Is it my imagination, or does Bruce Springsteen’s new single “Radio Nowhere” make reference to the 1980’s Tommy Tutone song “Jenny (867-5309)”?<\/p>\n
Compare:<\/p>\n
Radio Nowhere<\/p>\n
[youtube width=”300″ height=”174″]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KUI6Eq50y-g[\/youtube]<\/p>\n
This is Radio Nowhere
\nIs there anybody alive out there
\nThis is Radio Nowhere
\nIs there anybody alive out there
\nI was sitting around a dead dial
\nJust another lost number in a file<\/p><\/blockquote>\n867-5309 (Claymation version)<\/p>\n
[youtube width=”300″ height=”174″]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YbB6ygODTGc[\/youtube]<\/p>\n
I got it (I got it), I got it
\nI got your number on the wall
\nI got it (I got it), I got it
\nFor a good time call
\nJenny don’t change your number
\nI need to make you mine
\nJenny I’ve got your number
\n8 6 7-5 3 0 9 (8 6 7-5 3 0 9)<\/p><\/blockquote>\nA comment on the superficiality of the music scene that goes beyond the lyrics? Or just a coincidence?<\/p>\n
Or perhaps a comment on the apathy of the radio audience. Is there anybody alive out there? <\/p>\n
Or are they so easily controlled by the industry…the government…the church, etc. etc.?<\/p>\n
Discuss amongst yourselves.<\/p>\n
(Yes, I’m not only old enough to remember the song, but also to remember a few friends who called the number. You know, just in case.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Is it my imagination, or does Bruce Springsteen’s new single “Radio Nowhere” make reference to the 1980’s Tommy Tutone song “Jenny (867-5309)”? Compare: Radio Nowhere [youtube width=”300″ height=”174″]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=KUI6Eq50y-g[\/youtube] This is Radio Nowhere Is there anybody alive out there This is Radio Nowhere Is there anybody alive out there I was sitting around a dead dial Just another lost number in a file 867-5309 (Claymation version) [youtube width=”300″ height=”174″]http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=YbB6ygODTGc[\/youtube] I got it (I got it), I got it I got your…<\/p>\n