What a great song. Bruce may have ripped off Janice Ian's song Seventeen but regardless; this tune brings tears to my eyes. As autobiographical as you will ever hear the boss.
@michaelwitmondt Correct me if I'm wrong, but if this was an early Springsteen demo (Backstreets magazine estimates it was recorded around '72, the time of the Hammond demos), it pre-dates Seventeen (released 1975) by a couple of years. Even if you take it from the date the song was written (the Wiki page says Seventeen was written in '73), there's still a gap there.
man i feel like im 16 again walkin down asbury park boardwalk long live the boss
itabuttrose 2 years ago
What a great song. Bruce may have ripped off Janice Ian's song Seventeen but regardless; this tune brings tears to my eyes. As autobiographical as you will ever hear the boss.
michaelwitmondt 2 years ago
@michaelwitmondt I listened to both back to back. I think it's different enough.
RudyCasordapek 1 year ago
@michaelwitmondt Correct me if I'm wrong, but if this was an early Springsteen demo (Backstreets magazine estimates it was recorded around '72, the time of the Hammond demos), it pre-dates Seventeen (released 1975) by a couple of years. Even if you take it from the date the song was written (the Wiki page says Seventeen was written in '73), there's still a gap there.
PowerThirteen 1 year ago