{"id":15411,"date":"2020-02-07T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-07T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=15411"},"modified":"2023-01-01T13:07:56","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T21:07:56","slug":"roll-of-the-dice-wages-of-sin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/02\/07\/roll-of-the-dice-wages-of-sin\/","title":{"rendered":"Roll of the Dice: Wages of Sin"},"content":{"rendered":"

I don’t know exactly why this 1982 outtake fascinates me so much. Bruce mined similar earth to more humorous effect both earlier (“Talk to Me<\/a>“) and later (“I’m Goin’ Down<\/a>“); he’d write more probing and insightful relationship songs on\u00a0Tunnel of Love<\/em>\u00a0<\/a> a few years later.<\/p>\n

Lyrically, Bruce would put some of these lines to better use in “My Father’s House<\/a>.” Metrically, “Wages of Sin” is one of the most awkward songs Bruce has ever written–he stumbles and trips his way through the entire song, at times veering perilously close to a train wreck but never quite leaving the track.<\/p>\n

And yet.<\/p>\n

“Wages of Sin” worms its way into your brain and takes up residence there, lingering long after the song fades out.<\/p>\n