SONG
TITLE:
LOST
IN
THE
FLOOD
PERFORMER:
BRUCE
SPRINGSTEEN
SONGWRITER:
BRUCE
SPRINGSTEEN
YEAR
OF
RELEASE:
1973
COMMENTS:
This
is
Springsteen's
original
model
for
the
dramatic
rock
ballad,
a
style
that
would
yield
his
career-best
record
("Jungleland"),
then
eventually
get
a
lobotomy
and
become
known
as
Meatloaf.
This
is
probably
not
quite
fair
to
Meatloaf,
however,
and
is
certainly
no
knock
on
the
Boss.
The
song
works
structurally
to
the
basic
flood
metaphor
suggested
by
the
title.
He
starts
out
with
a
few
simple
piano
chords,
singing
quietly
with
a
little
space
between
phrases,
and
an
understated
but
urgent
tempo.
It
builds
up
and
drops
back,
develops
some
nice
dynamics,
before
opening
the
throttle
and
cranking
on
the
organ
and
drums
as
the
figurative
floodwaters
rise.
Finally,
it
fades
away
as
the
waters
recede
and
the
final
damage
is
assessed.
Lyrically,
this
song
is
in
his
groovy
faux
street-poet
mode.
It
does
not,
by
the
way,
describe
a
flood
of
water,
but
of
consequences.
Like
early
Dylan
and
unlike
later
Dylan
and
Springsteen,
this
early
tune
still
evinces
room
for
levity.
"Nuns
run
bald
through
Vatican
halls,
pregnant
-
pleading
immaculate
conception."
Riiiiiiiiiight!
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