Though I was wear in Philadelphia , I actually grew up in New Jersey . That ’s hard to admit , but I feel better now that I ’ve cleared the air . Too bad New Jersey ca n’t do the same .
We had a gravy boat in Avalon and spend a draw of time " ˜dawn the shoar ' ( that would be " ˜down the shoring ' or " ˜at the seashore ' with a thick South Jersey / Philly accent ) . Asbury Park was n’t too far away ( that ’s the home of theThe Stone Pony , among other beachy venues ) , and we were well aware of the Jersey Shore success stories , like Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi ( real nameJohnFrancis Bongiovi , if you did n’t know ) . We were also aware of Sinatra , who hail from North Jersey , and was always on the radio receiver as you flipped through the dial . There were even station that give entire day to nothing but Sinatra .
But growing up in New Jersey in the " ˜80s , most of us were depend beyond state bloodline for inspiring tunes . Jersey was something we were embarrassed by . This was , after all , the era of Joe Piscopo doing that character on SNL : " I ’m from Jersey!You from Jersey?What exit?“
Cooler states were producing cooler medicine . California had San Fran and LA and Journey , The Eagles , and the Grateful Dead . Further up our own Jersey Turnpike , ( but through the burrow , of row , across the nation wrinkle ) CBGBs in Manhattan was incubate The Talking Heads , Blondie and the Cars . The Beastie Boys were n’t too far off , either .
But here ’s what I ’m read : the older I get , and the further I get from New Jersey , the more those stripe mean to me . For illustration , I did n’t own a Springsteen album when I was rise up . I shun all thing E Street . It was n’t until I moved way up to Connecticut that I bought my first Springsteen CD . Now that I live in Los Angeles , I own most of the records .
So my possibility is : the further one gets from base , the more one appreciates the music that reminds him of dwelling . This is credibly also shape by years , import , the further one gets from the long time / time period the tunes were released , the more nostalgic one becomes for pronounce music .
The summing up ( distance + age ) = appreciation , crowing - time . Who agrees ? Are there bands or artists from your home towns that you feel similarly about ?
