Darkness on the Edge of Town - Bruce Springsteen

[Steve-O]

From "The Boss":

Noir was particularly interesting to me because it’s a world where people are always being pulled apart. In James M Cain and Jim Thompson novels, the divided mind is a huge part of the psychological life of those characters and that’s how I always felt. So I was drawn to it. Film noir was adult, country music was adult. I was feeling those tensions and I was interested in making rebellious adult music, and the tensions in those films and novels of the time felt very close to my own psychology. So a lot of Darkness on the Edge of Town is straight out of a noir title. I was moved by all of those pictures and I wanted my characters to have that kind of existential complexity.

[Raven]

I’m a fan of the Boss, but I fail to see the connection between noir and country music! In my house there are two kinds of music that are not allowed; country and western!

[Davidmk]

Nov. 16th see's the release of a 3-cd /3 blu-ray version of this album , I dig bruce , even his last two albums were pretty cool ...
Tom petty has also stated he find's Influence form these films & it's what he loves to do on the tour bus ,He's a big fan of the French stuff & loves "elevator to the gallows"