I've never been a big fan of Springsteen. Have liked the odd song here and there and I really liked 'Radio Nowhere', the lead track from his last album ('Magic'), but then bought the album and wasn't that impressed.
We went to see 'The Wrestler' yesterday and without giving too much away, the film has a very powerful and emotional ending. Just as the credits start to roll a song plays and a voice sings "Have you ever seen a one trick pony in a field so happy and free / If you've ever seen a one trick pony then you've seen me". Two thoughts entered my head: 1. This is Springsteen and 2. This is absolutely brilliant.
and it continued to be so. Rarely has a song fitted the emotion and feeling of a film so well. A simple song, hardly any instrumentation, but so affecting and sung so well. Everything is so stripped down that it reminds me of the recordings Johnny Cash made with Rick Rubin, taking everything away except the voice and the feeling of the song.
Further investigation reveals that this was written for the film, that much was obvious, on the request of Mickey Rourke. Rourke and Springsteen both deserve great acclaim for their work on 'The Wrestler'.
A beautiful song.
['The Wrestler' is out now as a digital single. It will also feature on the LP 'Working On A Dream' out 26 Jan]
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