{"id":15843,"date":"2020-01-30T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-30T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=15843"},"modified":"2023-01-01T13:09:36","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T21:09:36","slug":"roll-of-the-dice-when-you-need-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2020\/01\/30\/roll-of-the-dice-when-you-need-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Roll of the Dice: When You Need Me"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ask a fan or a critic about Bruce Springsteen’s Tunnel of Love<\/em><\/a> album, and odds are pretty good you’ll hear the term “divorce album.”<\/p>\n

At the very least, we tend to characterize the album as an anthology of love gone wrong, infected by doubt, insecurity, shame, and secrets.<\/p>\n

But it didn’t start out that way.<\/p>\n

When Bruce sat down in his home studio on January 20, 1987 to start recording songs for his next album, he recorded three songs on that first day: “Walk Like a Man<\/a>,” a tribute to his father; “Spare Parts<\/a>,” a song about self-love and -respect; and “When You Need Me,” which may hold the distinction of being the most syrupy song Bruce ever wrote.<\/p>\n