# "She aint a beauty, but hey she's alright": Springsteen Quiz **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [January 21, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-aint-a-beauty-but-hey-shes-alright-springsteen-quiz/341000 "2006-01-21T18:07:12Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-aint-a-beauty-but-hey-shes-alright-springsteen-quiz/341000/1 "2006-01-21T18:07:12Z")
Over the years, Bruce Springsteen has sung about a wide variety of women. See if you can identify the song that each of these ladies appeared in. Extra credit if you can quote a line in the song in which the woman in question’s name appears. 1a) Mary 1b) Mary 1c) Mary 1d) Mary (4 different songs. Bruce must really have a thing for women named Mary!) 1. Wendy 2. Puerto Rican Jane 3. Kate 4. Crazy Janie 5. Missy Bimbo 6. Sandy 7. Kitty 8. Sloppy Sue 9. Candy 10. Wanda 11. Diamond Jackie 12. Spanish Rose 13. Sherry 14. Maria 15. Barefoot Girl Good luck! PS Feel free to add additional names if you can think of them. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-aint-a-beauty-but-hey-shes-alright-springsteen-quiz/341000/2 "2006-01-21T18:40:41Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > Over the years, Bruce Springsteen has sung about a wide variety of women. See if you can identify the song that each of these ladies appeared in. Extra credit if you can quote a line in the song in which the woman in question’s name appears. > > 1a) Mary – Thunder Road – “Mary’s dress waves/ Like a vision she dances across the porch as the radio plays…” > > 1b) Mary – The River – “Me and Mary met in High School, when we were just 17…” > > 1c) Mary – Mary’s Place. > > 1d) Mary > > (4 different songs. Bruce must really have a thing for women named Mary!) > > 1. Wendy – Born to Run -“Wendy let me in I want to be your man I want to guard your dreams and visions” > > 2. Puerto Rican Jane > > 3. Kate > > 4. Crazy Janie – Jeez I can’t remember the name of the song but they lyric is something like “me and crazy Janie were making love in the dirt.” > > 5. Missy Bimbo > > 6. Sandy > > 7. Kitty > > 8. Sloppy Sue > > 9. Candy – In Candy’s Room > > 10. Wanda > > 11. Diamond Jackie > > 12. Spanish Rose – Do you mean Rosalita (Come Out tonight)? “Rosalita come sit by my fire” > > 13. Sherry > > 14. Maria > > 15. Barefoot Girl > Good luck! > > PS Feel free to add additional names if you can think of them. You forgot **Mary Lou** , who loved Johnny in _Reason to Believe_ (with a love pure and true) I didn’t do as well as I thought I would. I feel like I have the other Mary on the tip of my tongue… ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-aint-a-beauty-but-hey-shes-alright-springsteen-quiz/341000/3 "2006-01-21T18:58:08Z")
1d Mary is also in “The Rising” 7 Sandy “Fourth of July” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-aint-a-beauty-but-hey-shes-alright-springsteen-quiz/341000/4 "2006-01-21T19:16:18Z")
Thunder Road Mary’s Place ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-aint-a-beauty-but-hey-shes-alright-springsteen-quiz/341000/5 "2006-01-21T19:17:44Z")
1. “Highway Patrolman” ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-aint-a-beauty-but-hey-shes-alright-springsteen-quiz/341000/6 "2006-01-21T19:17:53Z")
:smack: :smack: ---
**Author:** ![panamajack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/47e85d/32.png) [@panamajack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panamajack)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-aint-a-beauty-but-hey-shes-alright-springsteen-quiz/341000/7 "2006-01-21T19:21:10Z")
Crazy Janie’s in _Spirits in the Night_. I don’t know any of the ones not mentioned, but there’s **Cherry** in Meeting across the River unless that’s who Sherry is supposed to be. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-aint-a-beauty-but-hey-shes-alright-springsteen-quiz/341000/8 "2006-01-21T19:43:23Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > Over the years, Bruce Springsteen has sung about a wide variety of women. See if you can identify the song that each of these ladies appeared in. Extra credit if you can quote a line in the song in which the woman in question’s name appears. > > 1a) Mary > > 1b) Mary > > 1c) Mary > > 1d) Mary > > (4 different songs. Bruce must really have a thing for women named Mary!) > > 1. Wendy > > 2. Puerto Rican Jane > > 3. Kate > > 4. Crazy Janie > > 5. Missy Bimbo > > 6. Sandy > > 7. Kitty > > 8. Sloppy Sue > > 9. Candy > > 10. Wanda > > 11. Diamond Jackie > > 12. Spanish Rose > > 13. Sherry > > 14. Maria > > 15. Barefoot Girl > Good luck! > > PS Feel free to add additional names if you can think of them. 1. One of the Mary’s got pregnant in “The River” 2. “My Hometown” (Last night me and Kate sat in bed and talked about getting out") 3. The Barefoot Girl is in Jungleland ---
**Author:** ![psycat90](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@psycat90](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/psycat90)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-aint-a-beauty-but-hey-shes-alright-springsteen-quiz/341000/9 "2006-01-21T19:53:05Z")
Puerto Rican Jane is from Incident on 57th Street Maria is from Maria’s Bed Sloppy Sue is from Rosalita And others already answered the other ones I knew. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-aint-a-beauty-but-hey-shes-alright-springsteen-quiz/341000/10 "2006-01-21T20:03:56Z")
This is my wife Audrey, she smells a bit but she has a heart of gold. ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-aint-a-beauty-but-hey-shes-alright-springsteen-quiz/341000/11 "2006-01-21T20:44:09Z")
1. Spanish Rose – Do you mean Rosalita (Come Out tonight)? “Rosalita come sit by my fire” Uhh, no. If I meant Rosalita, I would’ve typed the word “Rosalita”. ---
**Author:** ![pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/a9a28c/32.png) [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pseudotriton_ruber_ruber)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-aint-a-beauty-but-hey-shes-alright-springsteen-quiz/341000/12 "2006-01-21T21:05:32Z")
“Missy Bimbo” sits in her chair and yawns in “Wild Billy’s Circus Song” (not nearly the exct title, but close enough for you to know which one I mean) on the Asbury Park album. I think you’re misquoting in your title. It should be “You ain’t no beauty but hey you’re alright,” which my ex-wife heard and muttered “Just what every girl wants to be told.” ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-aint-a-beauty-but-hey-shes-alright-springsteen-quiz/341000/13 "2006-01-21T21:34:56Z")
The missing **Mary** is from Mary Queen of Arkansas… _But on your bed Mary, I can see the shadow of a noose I don’t understand how you can hold me so tight and love me so damn loose_ **Spanish Rose** is from Does This Bus Stop at 82nd St _Senorita, Spanish Rose, wipes her eyes and blows her nose uptown in Harlem, she throws a rose to some lucky young matador_ **Diamond Jackie** is from NY City Serenade _Diamond Jackie is so intact and she falls so softly beneath him_ **Kitty** is from Kitty’s Back in Town… though honestly the only lyric I can think of with the name Kitty in it is just the ‘chorus’, _Kitty’s back in town, oh, Kitty’s back in town_. But I do remember that in that same song _there hasn’t been a tally since Sally left the alley_ **Sherry** is from I’m in Love With a Jersey Girl. No, wait, that’s another **Sandy** I think. Yeah, that one’s Sandy. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 9:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-aint-a-beauty-but-hey-shes-alright-springsteen-quiz/341000/14 "2006-01-21T21:36:17Z")
> [@pseudotriton ruber ruber](#): > > “Missy Bimbo” sits in her chair and yawns in “Wild Billy’s Circus Song” (not nearly the exct title, but close enough for you to know which one I mean) on the Asbury Park album. > > I think you’re misquoting in your title. It should be “You ain’t no beauty but hey you’re alright,” which my ex-wife heard and muttered “Just what every girl wants to be told.” That tune’s from The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle, actually. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![edwino](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@edwino](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/edwino)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-aint-a-beauty-but-hey-shes-alright-springsteen-quiz/341000/15 "2006-01-21T21:39:36Z")
How bout “Mary Queen of Arkansas” for one of the Marys? And obviously Sandy is from “4th of July Asbury Park (Sandy).” ---
**Author:** ![AveDementia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc8723/32.png) [@AveDementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AveDementia)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2006, 10:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-aint-a-beauty-but-hey-shes-alright-springsteen-quiz/341000/16 "2006-01-21T22:47:14Z")
Kitty’s not a woman. Kitty’s a cat. ---
**Author:** ![Hello\_Again](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/85e7bf/32.png) [@Hello\_Again](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hello_Again)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-aint-a-beauty-but-hey-shes-alright-springsteen-quiz/341000/17 "2006-01-22T01:50:36Z")
> [@Frostillicus](#): > > 1. Spanish Rose – Do you mean Rosalita (Come Out tonight)? “Rosalita come sit by my fire” > Uhh, no. If I meant Rosalita, I would’ve typed the word “Rosalita”. Well then you forgot **Rosalita** too. So there! ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 3:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-aint-a-beauty-but-hey-shes-alright-springsteen-quiz/341000/18 "2006-01-22T03:33:09Z")
Sloppy Sue remains a mystery, but my daughter and I put our heads together and came up with the rest of them. What a fun way to spend a Saturday afternoon, with Bruuuuuuuuuuce. 1a) Mary- Thunder Road 1b) Mary- The River 1c) Mary- Mary, Queen of Arkansas 1d) Mary- Straight Time 1. Wendy - Born to Run 2. Puerto Rican Jane - Incident on 57th Street 3. Kate - My Hometown 4. Crazy Janie - Blinded by The Light 5. Missy Bimbo -Wild Billy’s Circus Story 6. Sandy - 4th of July, Asbury Park 7. Kitty - Kitty’s back in Town 8. Candy - Candy’s Room 9. Wanda - Open All Night 10. Diamond Jackie - New York Serenade 11. Spanish Rose - Does this Bus stop at 82nd Street ? 12. Sherry- Sherry darling 13. Maria - Lost in the Flood 14. Barefoot Girl - Jungleland ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 3:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-aint-a-beauty-but-hey-shes-alright-springsteen-quiz/341000/19 "2006-01-22T03:42:51Z")
> [@AuntiePam](#): > > Sloppy Sue remains a mystery, Nope. **psycat90** got that one in Post #9. ---
**Author:** ![AuntiePam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@AuntiePam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AuntiePam)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2006, 3:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-aint-a-beauty-but-hey-shes-alright-springsteen-quiz/341000/20 "2006-01-22T03:56:01Z")
Oops. Missed that on preview. I’m trying to think of some more, to keep this thread going, and as an excuse to play some more Bruce. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/she-aint-a-beauty-but-hey-shes-alright-springsteen-quiz/341000.md?page=2)