The singer sings that: I was gonna be your Romeo you were gonna be my Juliet These days you don't wait on Romeos You wait on that welfare check She grew up fast, but rather than getting the life she wanted, she ended up on welfare. But waking up, he realizes he saw the girlfriend standing in the doorway trying to stay out of the rain, looking "like just another stranger waitin' to get blown away." The ex-girlfriend is the subject of the song's narrative. The singer dreams that he is still with his former girlfriend and they are dancing together. "Point Blank" is also one of several songs on the album dealing with the conflict between dreams and reality. The emotions covered by the song include disappointment, fear, loneliness and desperation. And "Point Blank" is one of the most painful songs on the album. With The River, Springsteen figured out how to create an album on which happy songs like "Sherry Darling" could co-exist with painful songs like "Point Blank". As with "The River" and "Independence Day", this song deals with the disappointments of working-class family life. "Point Blank", along with the title track, " Wreck on the Highway" and " Independence Day", is one of the verse-chorus songs on The River that was essentially a short story or character sketch. In 2015, Springsteen stated that he regards "Point Blank," " Stolen Car," " Independence Day" and the title track as being "the heart and soul" of The River album. Īfter several lyrical revisions, Point Blank was recorded on August 23–25, 1979 at Power Station Studios, New York City, NY. A live 1978 performance from Houston, Texas is included on a DVD in The Promise box set. In its 1978 incarnation, the lyrics dealt with the singer's girlfriend's drug addiction. "Point Blank" had its live premiere on Jin a concert on the Darkness Tour at the Roxy Theatre in West Hollywood, California, at which " Independence Day" was also premiered. The song was written in 1978, and was the first song Springsteen wrote after completing the Darkness on the Edge of Town album. "Point Blank" is recorded in the key of B minor with a soft rock tempo of 116 beats per minute with Springsteen’s vocals ranging from B3 to A5 while the song follows a chord progression of Bm-G-A-F#m-F#7. Although it was not released as a single in the US, it did reach #20 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. In Europe, it was also released as a single in 1981, backed by another song from The River, " Ramrod". "Point Blank" is a song written by Bruce Springsteen and first released on Springsteen's 1980 album The River. 1981 single by Bruce Springsteen "Point Blank"īruce Springsteen, Jon Landau, Steven Van Zandt
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