Racing in the Street—at 60, without a cane!

From the desk of Ned P. Rauch:

Today, as Bruce Springsteen turns 60, I reflect on one of my favorite Springsteen moments. (This guy, with a lot more energy than I have, came up with 60 Bruce-centric moments; worth a look.) It was the beginning of my freshman year of college. I was hanging out in my room with a girl I badly wanted to go out with. The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle was playing on the stereo while I tried to explain what made it so great. She wasn't buying it till "Incident on 57th Street" came on, specifically the verse late in the song where the pianos and guitars drop out and it's just bass, cymbals and Springsteen's voice narrating the scene. "Janey sleeps in sheets damp with sweat, Johnny sits up alone and watches her dream on, dream on," he sings. That blew her mind. She was sold. But not on me yet. It wasn't until more than a year later that we started going out. Some years after that, we split up. But she still digs Springsteen, so, in the end, it was a good night.

(Photo of Springsteen lifted from someone who lifted from someone else.)