{"id":12908,"date":"2019-09-13T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-13T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=12908"},"modified":"2019-09-13T05:58:52","modified_gmt":"2019-09-13T12:58:52","slug":"roll-of-the-dice-harrys-place","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/09\/13\/roll-of-the-dice-harrys-place\/","title":{"rendered":"Roll of the Dice: Harry’s Place"},"content":{"rendered":"

“That was my take on the Bush years.\u00a0 That would have perhaps originated from\u00a0Magic<\/em>, because that was the record where I was writing about the last days of the Bush years. I had that piece, and it was another one of those things where it was that or something else.”\u00a0 –Bruce Springsteen, Rolling Stone, January 9, 2014<\/em><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It was something else.<\/p>\n

How do you break down a song when the songwriter is an unreliable source?<\/p>\n

I guess we just take our best shot at it.<\/p>\n

Here’s what “Harry’s Place” is\u00a0not<\/em> about: the Bush years. (Unless it’s based on Hatchet Harry’s political blog that shares it’s name with the song. But that would be one heck of a stretch.) Or organized crime. Or prostitution. Or religion. Or a bar.<\/p>\n

Bruce is rarely on-the-nose and seldom arcane.<\/p>\n

I’m pretty certain “Harry’s Place” is about addiction. Take a listen:<\/p>\n