My Top 10 songs of all time: A 10 part series (who woulda thunk it)

With JJJ running its Top 100 Of All Time I have agonised over a selection of songs to make up my Top 10 of all time. Of course this list is only how I feel today and may well change by the week after next. I thought I might take the time to explain what each of the songs means to me. They are listed in chronological order of release. I'll post one a day.

Bruce Springsteen – Born To Run. (1975)

One reason I want to someday be a contestant on Rockwiz is so that Julia gets to asks me what my first ever gig was. I will nonchalantly answer that it was The Boss at QE II Stadium in 1985 on The Born In The USA tour. Much respect from the audience will ensue, I am sure. I still have the t-shirt and it fits Girl O’Sea a treat. She looks very rock and roll. I assume that it was that night, standing in the upper reaches of that stadium, that I first heard Born To Run. My memories of the evening have been dimmed with the passing of time but I do know that my adoration of Springsteen began then. What was there not to love? He was singing about growing up in a working class town, being bored and wanting to fall in love. For a 14 year old from Ipswich it was all I could do to stop myself yelling, “You are singing about me Bruce!” And Born To Run is the ultimate expression of that. The Boss wants to get away from the town which “is a death trap” with his girl Wendy and find out ”if love is wild, … if love is real.” From the opening drum roll you understand the passion and the drama. The song ebbs and flows like life but by the end, baby, you are Born To Run! Or at least ready for Mum to come and pick you up.