because tramps like us
baby, we were born to run A sermon on Simon and the sinful woman : Bruce Springsteen’s breakout, third album, “Born to Run” is a gem. With Born to Run, Springsteen swung for the fences. He had a sound he wanted, and the studio put a bunch of money behind the album so he could have one last shot to break through to a larger audience. And with Born to Run, Springsteen managed to do it all . The album was a critical success, and he managed to out out an album that sounded like Roy Orbison singing Bob Dylan, and had been produced by Phil Spector. It’s an album with the swagger of a young man full of confidence and optimism. Embodied by the song the album takes its name from, “Born to Run.” Cause, tramps like us, baby we were born to run. His next, and best, album “Darkness on the Edge of Town” would reckon with the limits of such joyrides. Because although he was right , tramps like us are born to run; you can’t run forever. And, there are some things...
