In December 2000,stood onstage at the Convention Hall in Asbury Park, New Jersey, and debuted “My City of Ruins.” It was an elegy for his adopted hometown, where he learned to perform by playing nightly near the oceanfront boardwalk and saw acts like the Who and Janis Joplin as a teenager. But in the decades following the city’s race riots of 1970, Asbury Park had become a shell of itself due to neglect and political corruption. “Young men on the corner like scattered leaves,” Springsteen sang.
Two decades later, Asbury Park has staged an incredible comeback, reclaiming its longstanding status as a go-to resort town with a musical heart. Joining classic Springsteen haunts like the Stone Pony and Wonder Bar are a host of sleek new spaces like
By running the real local music venue out of town and putting big acts outside festival style instead of on an iconic intimate stage?
Bits of Jersey never lose heart,.. its always still there.... sometimes we just need to take a breather from when our hearts seize after partying ...kick it around to get the blood going ....dust it off ...zap it with a downed power line.... *poof* we're back
SpectorMatt I can’t believe you didn’t write this