--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thought I was in for a feel-good read. Until I came across the
reference to
Asbury Park as a town of losers.
It's the impression. Mario you've been here long enough to have seen
it all.
Look at the newest loser - the epseranza
Mario,
Neither Cohen nor Springsteen ever refer to Asbury Park as a town of losers.
Obviously
he's referring to the lyric from Thunder Road, which never specifies a
particular town.
(though given its references to dusty beach roads and windblown hair [hard to
imagine on
snail paced Ocean
Ok. Cohen gets a pass because he's a college kid. The metaphor is, as you
say, obvious in the context of the song.
Not so obvious in the kid's paragraph where everything is literal not
fugurative:
It doesn't matter that Springsteen became rock and roll's future by
yearning to leave New
WE? I want to Barf!
--- In AsburyPark@yahoogroups.com, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Thought I was in for a feel-good read. Until I came across the
reference to
Asbury Park as a town of losers. Guess I'm not thick-skinned.
Feel free
to educate this guy via the comment box or letters link.