tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6709252094146084846.post3381789220071763228..comments2024-03-04T06:11:34.471-05:00Comments on Abandoned and Heartbroke: A Little Hometown JamJohn E. Williamshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02337331081503642601noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6709252094146084846.post-76823847941299603692013-06-09T11:26:48.282-04:002013-06-09T11:26:48.282-04:00Dave, great comment. This is one of those instance...Dave, great comment. This is one of those instances I think where I am unable to completely discern whether my judgment of "Glory Days" is based upon an objective reading of the song or on 30 years of being sick to death of it. Possibly, it's a combination of both. I think at the time I resented the song because it was deliberately designed to appeal to a blue collar sensibility that he had touched on so brilliantly with songs like "Factory" but calculatedly exploits here. That may very well be a wild misreading of his intent and of the quality of the song, so if it seems that way it's probably correct. I will say, I don't think it has held up well over the years and sounds to me pretty dated and corny now.<br />John E. Williamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337331081503642601noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6709252094146084846.post-75267255807819514522013-06-06T11:27:26.160-04:002013-06-06T11:27:26.160-04:00I'm with you on Tunnel of Love--arguably my fa...I'm with you on Tunnel of Love--arguably my favorite album by Bruce and it came out when I was in the middle of an ugly and painful divorce from Carla, so it really resonated with me. But I actually think Glory Days is a good song and not close to stupid. To me, it expressed a similar sentiment to that in Ricky Nelson's Garden Party. Ricky talked about people asking him to play all the old songs and said "If memories were all I sang, I'd rather drive a truck". I think the sentiment there is similar to what Bruce was saying in Glory Days--you can't live in the past. I think he was correctly observing that people tend to get stuck in the time of their formative years and by spending their life in their past (glories or otherwise), they miss out on living today. That's my takeaway from those songs in any case. Ciao brother. David MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com