The Tunnel Of Love Song By Bruce Springsteen - 1341 Words

Tunnel of Love is unlike any other album that Bruce Springsteen has written. This was an album full of love songs, songs about the ups, downs, trust and loyalty that come with being in a relationship. The Tunnel of love album is drastically different from the previous Nebraska and Born in the U.S.A.; those two albums both talked about the struggles and hardships of the working class, a motif that does not appear in Tunnel of Love. The beat of this album differs greatly from that of Born in the U.S.A. this album isn’t as up beat and fun, instead the album is more down beat and sounds somewhat sad. This album as a whole shows us that when someone doesn’t understand himself/herself it can hurt his or her relationship, and lead to unfaithfulness. Springsteen refers to marriage in the songs â€Å"Walk like a Man†, Cautious Man, and Spare Parts. â€Å"Cautious Man† is a song about a man who enjoyed his life of solitude and wandering, and always chose the life he was used to over love until one day when a woman caught his attention. He fell in love, and married her soon after meeting her. Bruce Springsteen married American model Julianne Phillips in 1985, after the release of Tunnel of Love. On the album, many of the songs described his unhappiness in the relationship with Phillips, and in 1989 (two years after the release of Tunnel of Love) they got a divorce. Although Bruce Springsteen denies this, many people, including myself, believe that â€Å"Cautious Man† is an autobiographical