Racing in the Street WikipediaRacing in the Street is a song by Bruce Springsteen from his 1. Darkness on the Edge of Town. In the original vinyl format, it was the last song of side one of the album. The song has been called Springsteens best song by several commentators, including the authors of The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. StructureeditThe song is a near dirge like ballad that begins with a slow, graceful and elegant introduction by pianist Roy Bittan. The narrator has a dead end job, but his pride and joy is his 6. Chevy that he and his partner built, and race in the northeast section of the state exactly which state is not mentioned to win money gambling against similar racers. The first verse is accompanied only by piano and opens with the narrator singing that I got a 6. Chevy with a 3. 96. Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor. Max Weinbergs drum rim taps signal a somewhat faster pace for the second verse. Midway through, Danny Federicis organ later joins in, combining to form what writer Robert Santelli termed one beautiful, seamless sound. The organ entrance signals one of the lyrics main points,3 that the narrator divides the world into two types of people those who give up living And start dying little by little, piece by piece, and those like himself who find something to live for, which in his case is going racing in the streets. However, after an instrumental break the third verse unexpectedly takes place with again only piano behind it. The girlfriend the protagonist apparently won from a competitor in one of his races does not share his dream of going racing in the streets. Instead, she stares into the night with the eyes of one who hates for just being born. But the story ends on a possibly hopeful note, as the narrator attempts to find salvation in the closing lines 46Tonight my baby and me are gonna drive to the sea. And wash these sins off our hands. Other views of the closing have been grimmer. In any case, the song concludes with a moving fugue like instrumental coda with Bittans piano, Federicis organ and Max Weinbergs drums intertwining. The chord progression in the choruses and coda is IIViiIV in the key of F. Springsteen uses the technique of withholding the V chord, which is only heard during the piano introduction and during a later transition by reducing the chords influence, the sense of longing or desperation in the song is heightened. Racing in the Street contains two clear homages the title and chorus refer to Martha and the Vandellas 1. Dancing in the Street,1. The Beach Boys 1. Dont Worry Baby, itself about the emotional aspects of drag racing. The song also inhabits the space established by other early 1. LA_Street_Racing_Russobit_M_2009_Russkiiy.jpg' alt='La Street Racing Game' title='La Street Racing Game' />Jan and Deans Dead Mans Curve and various other Beach Boys works. Indeed, writer Jim Cullen sees as one of Springsteens goals with the song to comment upon and reconnect certain elements of rock history. Structurally, the song is also influenced by Van Morrisons Tupelo Honey. The organ refrain references Its My Life, a song by The Animals that Springsteen has revered since adolescence. Themes and interpretationseditSpringsteen has said that this song commemorates the racing in the street that occurred on a little fire road outside his home base of Asbury Park, New Jersey. But the song is one of a number of Springsteen songs from the 1. Born to Run and Thunder Road, that celebrate American mens desire for freedom from responsibility, as symbolized by the ability to drive to freedom in a fast car. The protagonist of Racing in the Street can be contrasted with the protagonist of Tracy Chapmans Fast Car. The protagonist of Racing in the Street using his fast car as a means to escape the city and responsibility, while the protagonist of Fast Car is using her fast car to approach the city and responsibility. In any case, the song plays off the American love of muscle cars during the late 1. Indeed, automotive enthusiasts have debated whether 1. Play the largest selection of online games at 2FlashGames. Including action games, racing games, puzzle games and many more Ford Street Racing is a game commissioned by Ford for the Xbox, PC, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable PSP. The game was sold as Ford Street Racing on the PC. The official PlayStationStore Buy the latest PlayStation games, movies and TV shows for your PS4, PS3 and PS Vita. Chevrolet models could be ordered, customized, or built to the exact specifications given in the song of a 3. Chevrolet big block engine with Fuelie Heads and Hurst Performance shifter. Another interpretation of the song is that it is a possible realization of the potential inherent in Thunder Road. That song is a declaration of what the protagonist and his girlfriend are going to do Racing in the Street is the reality of how they might end up. Most importantly, Racing in the Street is the first song in which Springsteen introduces the suffering woman. Rock has always had songs where women are won and lost as trophies in contests, but Springsteen treats that theme with much more compassion than usual in the genre. This perspective is amplified by writer Jeffrey B. Symynkywicz, who sees the romantic attachment formed in the story removing the protagonist from his perfectly constructed world of cars built to personal specification and no external commitments. Springsteen paints a harrowing portrait of the toll depression takes on the woman, but the protagonist is at least mature enough to realize he has to augment the challenges he takes on the street with the role of not letting the woman face her demons alone. While romanticization of the ordinary, anonymous Americans found in Racing in the Street is common in rock, Springsteens detailed depiction of them in this song shows real understanding and compassion, perhaps due to his having lived among them. Writer Greil Marcus sees Racing in the Street as picking up the characters of various Beach Boys songs fifteen years later in their lives, never finding anywhere else the freedom they found in their cars and driving forever towards a dead end that they could see but not wish away or reach. Rolling Stones David Fricke echoes this view, saying it is Springsteens grim Darkness portrait of a generation racing to a dead end. Both the albums title track Darkness on the Edge of Town and Racing in the Street, which is similarly set physically and which close the two album sides, are influenced by film noir, which further set the mood of the record. Writer Eric Alterman sees Racing in the Street as one of Springsteens top flight songs, and one of several on the Darkness album that helped establish its low on hype integrity and power, and thus cemented Springsteens relationship with his fan base. William Gibson, noir prophet of the cyberpunk subgenre of science fiction, said in 2. Racing in the Streets had everything to do with the hacker Bobby Quine from Gibsons 1. Burning Chrome and what he did for a living. Springsteen biographer Dave Marsh has called the song the line of demarcation separating casual Springsteen fans from the fanatics, with the former considering it yet another sign of Springsteens car metaphor obsession taken to an extreme, while the latter consider it maybe the best thing Springsteen has to give. Detractors have also referred to the song as plodding, especially in comparison to the dynamicism of the prior Born to Run album. Ess Nt32 Ess_Nt32. In any case, the people in Racing in the Street are part of the central thematic development of Springsteens cast of characters from Born to Run to Nebraska and beyond. Springsteen has called Racing in the Street one of his favorite songs. PS4, Xbox One, Switch, PC Gaming News, Reviews, Cheats.