yes i agree...bravo rose...what beautiful photos of such incredible architecture...much of it looks like that beautiful green that brass turns from the sea air...& sometimes even the sea is that color
i especially loved the closeups...of the seahorses & the swirling sun in the glass...but all of it really, as a tribute to another time of a town... what a shame it is in ruins...how did this happen? maybe it too will rise as it seems atlantic city has risen from its ruins awhile ago...although, like many places, it will be different, not the same as before ( i have watched my town change radically...a sleepy santa barbara it was when i first discovered her...since then, several presidents have resided here & so many celebrities have made this town their home...a place where you used to be able to ride your horse to the beach has become a dangerous place to drive) but i digress... too bad musicians don't get the money that actors do (like bruce willis who bought a town in idaho) ... wouldn't it be cool if bruce s could buy the town & restore it? nj towns probably are more expensive than idaho towns though... how did i miss asbury park when i was a jersey girl?...i spent my summer youth in point pleasant, bay head & seaside...all south of asbury park...i missed bruce too...i was california dreamin... when i first heard bruce's songs, i knew the landscape of his songs (both physical & emotional)...& was amazed at his songwriting genius...(btw, jeff & i are working on one of his most beautiful songs for the jonifest) when i heard "tunnel of love" - the song lama refers to when he so eloquently writes "In decades-old paint, a section of an outdoor wall now foreshadows a Springsteen album title." oh, i could not believe my ears when i heard that song & when i read the album credits that said they had recorded the point pleasant roller coaster!!! my roller coaster!!!! now, i sadly realize, it may be because his city was in ruins... but here is why the song was so cool for me...i don't know about the tunnel of love in asbury park, but the one in point pleasant i know very well... it was a very scary ride that i rode when i was young...the memory is so clear...i really really really wanted to go on it...my parents said okay but no one else wanted to go, so i went alone! i was shaking like a leaf when i got off...it was NOT about love, it was about scaring you...things popping out of you from the darkness! but if you listen to his song, knowing that this ride was deceptive, that is what his song was about... anyway, i had the same kind of epiphany when i heard that song, maybe like the one that you mention you had with jeff's song...lama, if only the world was filled with more people like you, & those of so many here on the jmdl...who really listen to music & lyrics!!!! i shared your words with jeff who was elated to hear what you found...he said when he discovered that verse it was a jewel to him...you are the first to mention it...so from the bottom of my heart, thank you for noticing!!! i am so happy to hear your world is better...i am so proud of you for saying what you felt needed saying!!!! ******************************************** Kate Bennett: www.katebennett.com Sponsored by Polysonics/Atlantis Sound Labs Over the Moon- "bringing the melancholy world of twilight to life almost like magic" All Music Guide ********************************************
