Item: Bruce Springsteen - Secret Garden
Rating: 5
Author: RinaldiACHTUNG

THE REVIEW

What is it that people like about Bruce Springsteen?

I've always appreciated his simplicity.
He never needed to radically change his musical style.
A guitar in hand, the E-Street Band backing him up (almost always), and the knack for writing straightforward songs that hit you in the face with the lives of his characters and their uniqueness.
In some ways, like Lou Reed, but that's another story.

The example that comes to mind is the beautiful and sparse Nebraska.

Many songs I love are often underrated in concert setlists and by the artists themselves, and in my opinion, that's the case with Secret Garden.

Released as a single in 1995 to promote his Greatest Hits and later included in the soundtrack of the film "Jerry Maguire", the song, from a certain point of view, deals with the theme of incommunicability.

Is it right to have secrets with those closest to us?
But the question I ask myself:
Is it right, if you care about someone, to want to know everything about them?

Everyone has the right to reserve a place within themselves to keep their deepest feelings and memories.

And no matter how much you give of yourself, there is always a secret garden miles away from prying eyes. And there you put what you want, who you want. No one judges you and there is neither right nor wrong.

There are you and your mistakes.

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Summary by Bot

This review appreciates Bruce Springsteen’s consistent, straightforward musical style, highlighting the understated beauty of 'Secret Garden.' It reflects on the song’s theme of personal secrets and explores whether it's right to uncover every part of those we care about. The review praises the emotional depth often overlooked in live performances and connects the song’s impact to its inclusion in 'Jerry Maguire.'

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05 Pink Cadillac (03:33)

You may think I'm fooling
For the foolish things I do
You may wonder how come I love you
When you get on my nerves like you do
Well baby, you know you bug me
There ain't no secret about that
Well come on over here and hug me
And, baby, I'll spill the facts
Well, honey it ain't your money
Cause baby I got plenty of that

I love you for your

Pink cadillac
Crushed velvet seats
Riding in the back, oozing down the street
Waving to the girls
Feeling out of sight
Spending all my money on a saturday night
Honey, I just wonder what you do there in back of your pink cadillac
Pink cadillac

Well now way back in the bible, temptations always come along
There's always somebody tempting you
Somebody into doing something they know is wrong
Well they tempt you man with silver and they tempt you sir with gold
And they tempt you with the pleasures that the flesh does surely hold
They say eve tempted adam with an apple
Man I ain't going for that

I know it was her

Pink cadillac
Crushed velvet seats
Riding in the back, oozing down the street
Waving to the girls
Feeling out of sight
Spending all my money on a saturday night
Honey, I just wonder what it feels like in the back of your pink cadillac
Pink cadillac

Now some folks say it's too big and uses too much gas
Some folks say it's too old and that it goes too fast
But my love is bigger than a honda, it's bigger than a subaru
Hey man there's only one thing and one car that will do
Anyway we don't have to drive it honey, we can park it out in back
And have a party in your pink cadillac

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