19 Replies to “Talking back to 80s music, 35”

1. Jeff B. says:

   October 15, 2004 at 12:04 am

   This can only be “Glory Days” by Bruce Springsteen.  The guy writes like he never watched a single game of baseball in his life.  Too busy cruising those Asbury Park seaside bars and chasin’ after those waitresses who’ve lost their desire for him, I guess.

   (And as a guy who loves Bruce, moron Jon Landau-influenced politics aside, I loathe this song and most of the album it comes from.)

2. Scott P says:

   October 15, 2004 at 12:21 am

   Maybe his buddy was a junkie, too.  You’d have to be on drugs to hang with Bruuuuuuuuuce. 

   Shut up and ‘sing’, Boss.

3. deviantlogic says:

   October 15, 2004 at 1:21 am

   Speedball: Cocaine + Meth (Preferably anhydrous)? I was never here.

4. greyy says:

   October 15, 2004 at 1:42 am

   jeff, don’t pretend you don’t know what a speedball is.  nobody’s buyin’ it anyway

5. Stewart Vardaman says:

   October 15, 2004 at 2:05 am

   I thought it was coke + heroin.

6. "Yellow" Joe Pulitzer says:

   October 15, 2004 at 2:21 am

   I think Stewart V. has it right but as meth is much easier to get than heroin across middle-America it could be a new regional difference.  Regardless, it’s a needle-drug hybrid with coke either way.

   HBO documentaries and Cops.

7. Tom says:

   October 15, 2004 at 2:49 am

   Speedball is what splashed John Belushi

8. Joni says:

   October 15, 2004 at 3:57 am

   Springsteen?  Croce!  Terror of the highways an’ all them other truckers thought the boy was mad ….  Couldn’t ever be Springsteen.  He has way too highly developed a sense of the marketplace to ever be called mad, unless you take his political activism as a sign of madness.

9. The Sanity Inspector says:

   October 15, 2004 at 3:58 am

   In that song he predicted what a gabby old bore he’d probably become, too.

10. none says:

    October 15, 2004 at 5:13 am

    Isn’t coke + heroin a goofball?

11. none says:

    October 15, 2004 at 5:20 am

    Off topic. Jeff, what the hell did you do with Allah? He hasn’t posted since you returned from your trip. Could you check the basement behind the water heater? He may have found some of those little red pills you’re so fond of.

12. "Yellow" Joe Pulitzer says:

    October 15, 2004 at 5:52 am

    Speedball=goofball=Belushi’s overdose.

13. "Yellow" Joe Pulitzer says:

    October 15, 2004 at 5:56 am

    Before it comes up: a highball is the tallish eight-ounce glass you’d pour a Tom Collins or Singapore Sling into when you’re behind the bar at a TGIF’s.

14. Beck says:

    October 15, 2004 at 7:00 am

    While y’all are right about the drug-slang meaning of a speedball, I think Springsteen is actually talking about baseball in this case.  And yeah, it’s pretty freaking sad.

15. Rightwingsparkle says:

    October 15, 2004 at 1:12 pm

    Jeff has us all fooled you know. Making himself out to be some kind of partier player with sharp nipples.
    
    He’s changing a diaper right now.

    Seriously tho, I think I should have listened more closely to 80’s music. I never know what he’s talking about here.

16. corvan says:

    October 15, 2004 at 3:41 pm

    No doubt about it, the worst Springsteen album ever.  Certianly as bad as Leonard Nimoy’s album.  Maybe as bad as William Shatner’s album.

17. Slartibartfast says:

    October 15, 2004 at 4:12 pm

    Let’s not go overboard, folks.  At least it sounded like music.

18. nottellin` says:

    October 15, 2004 at 5:52 pm

    speedball is most definitely heroin and cocaine taken together.

19. Ash says:

    October 15, 2004 at 6:46 pm

    I’m glad you’re still doing these. I don’t think the well’s dry yet. For example, there’s always… nah, I’m done pestering you.

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