{"id":2421,"date":"2018-06-04T05:00:47","date_gmt":"2018-06-04T12:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=2421"},"modified":"2024-01-01T15:16:51","modified_gmt":"2024-01-01T23:16:51","slug":"roll-of-the-dice-atlantic-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2018\/06\/04\/roll-of-the-dice-atlantic-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Roll of the Dice: Atlantic City"},"content":{"rendered":"

Everything dies, baby, that’s a fact.
\nBut maybe everything that dies someday comes back.<\/em><\/p>\n

That’s one of the finest couplets Bruce has ever written.<\/p>\n

But what to make of those lines? The first one sounds nihilistic; the second sounds hopeful. So what’s he really singing about?<\/p>\n

Unless you grew up around the Jersey Shore prior to the 1980s, it’s hard to truly understand “Atlantic City” simply by listening to it. It’s a song deeply rooted in a very real place at a very specific time.<\/p>\n

Luckily, I spent much of my childhood summers at Atlantic City in the seventies, and I remember the events that Bruce sings about playing out in our local newspapers and on the boardwalk. So allow me to set the stage–but first, watch the song’s video (Bruce’s first one ever). It really helps.<\/p>\n