On the afternoon of Sept. 11, 2001, Bruce Springsteen was in Sea Bright when an unidentified driver yelled at him.
“Bruce, we need you.”
The Boss responded with “The Rising” in 2002, an album that articulated the country’s hopes, fears, anger, sorrow and confusion.
“It was a moment of healing,” said Robert Santelli, a Point Pleasant Beach native who’s now the executive director of the Grammy Museum in Los Angeles. He’s also collaborated on several books with Springsteen. “Bruce felt that pain personally and painfully, having lost friends in 9/11.”
“The Rising’ was artistically a return to greatness for Springsteen and the E Street Band, who hadn’t recorded a full album together since 1984’s “Born in the U.S.A.” “The Rising” features songs of love, faith and finding strength in loss, themes that Springsteen had explored throughout his career.
“Countin’ on a Miracle,” a song of trial and devotion, has a wonderfully robust chorus and unstoppable beat. “Worlds Apart,” which hints at an interfaith love, has a Middle Eastern-flavored intro and a big guitar sound. The song “The Rising” is a stirring rocker that has the phrase “C’mon up” as its mantra. The imagery of “rising” has multiple interpretations.
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