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"Backstreets" begins with a minute-long instrumental introduction that features pianist Roy Bittan playing both piano and organ, with only occasional traces of any other instruments being heard. In his review of Born to Run for Rolling Stone, writer Greil Marcus said:
"Backstreets" ... begins with music so stately, so heartbreaking, that it might be the prelude to a rock & roll version of The Iliad.
"Backstreets" has also been interpreted as a narrative about a homosexual relationship, since the name Terry is sexually ambiguous. It may also represent a platonic but intense friendship between two men. It is widely known that Springsteen originally intended the album Born to Run to reflect one day in the life of the male and female protagonists. Note, for example, that the album begins in the morning with Thunder Road and ends late at night in Jungleland. As such, most of the songs featuring a girl used the name "Mary" for the protagonist. As the original concept was modified, Springsteen simply changed the name of the girl in several songs to rhyme with Mary. For example in "Meeting Across the River", the original "Mary" became "Cherry". In Backstreets, "Mary" became "Terry". The original Mary of Thunder Road simply remained the same.
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"Backstreets" begins with a minute-long instrumental introduction that features pianist Roy Bittan playing both piano and organ, with only occasional traces of any other instruments being heard. In his review of Born to Run for Rolling Stone, writer Greil Marcus said:
"Backstreets" ... begins with music so stately, so heartbreaking, that it might be the prelude to a rock & roll version of The Iliad.
"Backstreets" has also been interpreted as a narrative about a homosexual relationship, since the name Terry is sexually ambiguous. It may also represent a platonic but intense friendship between two men. It is widely known that Springsteen originally intended the album Born to Run to reflect one day in the life of the male and female protagonists. Note, for example, that the album begins in the morning with Thunder Road and ends late at night in Jungleland. As such, most of the songs featuring a girl used the name "Mary" for the protagonist. As the original concept was modified, Springsteen simply changed the name of the girl in several songs to rhyme with Mary. For example in "Meeting Across the River", the original "Mary" became "Cherry". In Backstreets, "Mary" became "Terry". The original Mary of Thunder Road simply remained the same.
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