Talk:Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out

IDLE SPECULATION

This bit of unsourced speculation was fortunately edited out of the article in May 2013:

"Notwithstanding Springsteen's reluctance to elucidate the lyrics, the phrase could refer to Tenth Avenue in Manhattan, which is a truck route that runs down the west side of Manhattan and through Hell's Kitchen -- now known as Chelsea, which was known as a depressed, gritty area at the time the song was written. Immediately below that is the West Village, which was also known for its mean streets, decades before gentrification. Springsteen used to play in small clubs in the West Village before he became famous. It was not uncommon for Puerto Rican gangs like those immortalized in West Side Story and Irish gangs such as the Westies to intimidate people and rumble in the street. The lyrics say he was "stranded in the jungle" (the urban jungle), "the night is dark", he "turned the corner, things got quiet real fast", his "back to the wall" and he's "all alone." It would not be a stretch to infer that a "freeze out" refers to a dicey situation—maybe a late night encounter or standoff with street toughs on 10th Avenue—that Springsteen imagined or experienced."

Many believe that Tenth Avenue is 10th Avenue that runs through E Street in Belmar, NJ. The band got their name from E street, which is where they used to rehearse. According to lifelong New Jersey shore resident and Springsteen fan Stan Goldstein, Tenth Avenue is in New York City, and he was told so by longtime Springsteen associate and close friend Terry Magovern. Surely references to "tear drops on the city" and "tenement windows" apply not to Belmar, but to New York City. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.45.14.243 (talk) 14:24, 28 June 2015 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 09:14, 15 January 2008 (UTC)

Vocals

Aren't there other vocalists on this song? That's not Bruce singing, "And I'm all alone…," is it?
Ulmanor (talk) 07:33, 8 February 2013 (UTC)

Never mind, according to the CD reissue's liner notes he's the only vocalist.
Ulmanor (talk) 04:33, 13 February 2013 (UTC)