Saturday September 4, 2028 “Girls in Their Summer Clothes” Bruce Springsteen
"Girls in Their Summer Clothes" might either be a bittersweet lament about getting older or a nostalgic remembrance of Bruce’s younger days as he gazes at the beautiful girls in their summer clothes walking by on the boardwalk in Asbury Park.
Interestingly Bruce is not from Asbury Park even though his debut album was titled Greetings From Asbury Park, NJ. However, Bruce does not actually trace his roots there, but grew up a few miles away in Long Branch, New Jersey.Although he has many number one albums/CDs, Springsteen's best performance on the singles charts was in 1984 when “Dancing In The Dark” clocked in at number two. Ironically, when Mannfed Mann’s Earth Band did a Springsteen cover of “Blinded By the Light,” the opening track of his debut album Greeting From Asbury Park, N.J it actually hit the number one spot in 1977.
“Girls in Their Summer Clothes” won a Grammy for Best Rock Song in 2009 and Springsteen said he didn’t even know he was nominated but when he saw the next day that he had won he said “Well that’s great!”
Stay safe and well...and maybe a bit of melancholy as we bid farewell to summer and the “girls in their summer clothes who pass me by”.