YES, IT'S THE LIFE IN YOUR TIME

 




“It’s not the the time in your life,

it’s the life in your time.”

Bruce Springsteen


 

The Monday blues are here, again; and, I have been trying to chase them away by listening to my favourite performer Bruce Springsteen’s songs. In fact, I had been watching many of his performances right through yesterday… and, today, here I am watching this one over and over again…

 




Ever since this song –‘Treat Her Right’ – was first recorded by Roy Head in 1965, more than twenty well-known artistes have performed the same, adding their-own distinct touch. I have watched the original version by Roy Head, the one by Tom Jones, and the one in the 2019 movie ‘Once Upon a Time in Hollywood’…

But, none of them had succeeded in chasing my blues away as the endearing version by Bruce Springsteen did. Everything about this stage performance is so lively, so spontaneous, and so simple yet compelling... that, there is something about it one cannot describe in words. Just as Bruce himself says, in the middle of his performance… “Wait a minute… This song goes by so fast, that people don’t get the words, they don’t listen to the words… Words are the most important thoughts… So listen…” He starts it, all over again, going very, very slowly… and then, building its tempo with his insane guitar and vocal skills…

The icing on the cake is that random girl from the crowd, who climbs up on the ramp to dance – and as the young ones would describe in their lingo – ‘to kill it’!

The way the performance unfolds on stage is so heartwarming, that it makes one watch it, over and over again…

“It’s not the time in your life, it’s the life in your time.” I have quoted Bruce Springsteen at the outset  of this Post… And, are we reading them slowly, to grasp the meaning of those words?

“Treat Her Right,” is not just about treating your ‘Baby’ right. To me, it’s about treating everything in life right… Pausing time to time, to go slowly, very slowly… and, then, building up the tempo, all over again – singing, dancing and celebrating…

Yes, it’s the life in your time, and not the time in your life!

Go, dance…

 

GERALD D’CUNHA

 

Pic.: Pixabay

Video: Alex/Bruce Springsteen

Comments

Tanush Paul said…
Thank you so much sir
February 27, 2023 at 1:54 PM
Athrv Pandirkar said…
Wow Sir! Really inspiring!
February 27, 2023 at 3:08 PM
Shaina Shetty said…
Great recommendation sir
February 27, 2023 at 8:18 PM
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