# Blinded by the Light **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 11, 2020, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blinded-by-the-light/855421 "2020-06-11T01:09:34Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 1:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blinded-by-the-light/855421/41 "2020-06-13T01:51:30Z")
> [@P-man](#): > > I’m thinking I may need to give Greetings From Asbury Park a listen today. Good choice. I was at a concert of his in Pittsburgh a few years ago where he played that whole album from start to finish. Amazing!! ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blinded-by-the-light/855421/42 "2020-06-13T02:17:58Z")
> [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](#): > > What do you mean by “not much of a dent”? MfM were pretty popular. I only knew these songs as being MfM songs long before I knew them as Springsteen songs. All I meant was that those two singles, _For You_ and _Spirit in the Night_, didn’t make a dent in the charts. _Blinded by the Light_ was huge for them, obviously. ---
**Author:** ![Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba9def/32.png) [@Just\_Asking\_Questions](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Just_Asking_Questions)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 2:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blinded-by-the-light/855421/43 "2020-06-13T02:21:16Z")
> [@gotpasswords](#): > > Think you’re confusing albums. Those lyrics are from _Not Now John,_ which is on _The Final Cut_, not \*The Wall. \* _Tigers_ was written for _The Wall_, but the rest of the band thought it was too personal and rejected it. It is available on the 2004 reissue of _The Final Cut_. I know the difference. (You think I’d quote the lyrics “not now John” and not know they were from Not Now John?) I was making a comment about Waters crybaby attitude about the film. ---
**Author:** ![x-ray\_vision](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/x-ray_vision/32/351_2.png) [@x-ray\_vision](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/x-ray_vision)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 2:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blinded-by-the-light/855421/44 "2020-06-13T02:42:14Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > All I meant was that those two singles, _For You_ and _Spirit in the Night_, didn’t make a dent in the charts. Did Springsteen’s version of _Spirit in the Night_ chart at all? Manfred Mann did two versions and the second made it to 66 on the Billboard Hot 100. I think the first version did well also. [https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1977-06-18](https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1977-06-18) I think the single sold pretty well in Europe, too. ---
**Author:** ![actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e79b87/32.png) [@actualliberalnotoneofthose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/actualliberalnotoneofthose)\ **Post date:** [June 13, 2020, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blinded-by-the-light/855421/45 "2020-06-13T12:07:05Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Was the Beatles’ Day Tripper a prick teaser or a big teaser? Either way, she took him half the way there. Also, the first song my son learned to play on his guitar when he was in a kids’ band when he was about 8. The little girl who sang it did a great job. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blinded-by-the-light/855421.md?page=2)