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“Meet Me Tonight” reference to Springsteen’s “Atlantic City” “Meet me tonight in Atlantic City”.

The Springsteen references are interlaced throughout the bands first albums.

“No Surrender my Bobby Jean” reference to “No Surrender” and “Bobby Jean”.

The title itself is an amalgamation of Springsteen’s “The River” and “Meet Me At Mary’s Place”.

(The name mentioned most obviously in “Mary, Mary” but also “Thunder Road”, “Jesus Was an Only Son”, “Terry’s Song” “Linda Let Me Be The One” “Mary’s Place”, “Mary Queen of Arkansas”, “The River”, “Gypsy Biker”, “Bring on the Night” and “Car Wash”) What’s also clever about this song is the own circular reference to their song “Angry Johnny and the Radio” from their previous release ‘Sink or Swim’ Also possibly a reference to Springsteen’s multi-album “obsession” with a girl named Mary.

““Little Eden is waiting” “I haven’t seen Sandy, Angry Johnny, or Mary” Bruce Springsteen –”4th Of July, Ashbury Park (Sandy)” often referred to as just Sandy.

“slip this skin” “Streets Of Philadelphia”.

“ Baby not tonight not tonight, I’m on fire…” Also a reference to “I’m on Fire” and there is also a reference to “Sandy” in this song, and a few other songs as well.

“At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet.” reference to “I’m on Fire”.

Most of the references are embedded in their second studio album ‘The ’59 Sound’ Fallon’s throaty voice has been compared to Springsteen but the relationship with Springsteen goes deeper than that among a number of Springsteen covers in their repertoire a slew of their songs make references to Springsteen’s work: Their musical similarities have made them friends and Springsteen even came up on stage to sing with them during a tour.

Bon Jovi once stated in an interview when asked if he liked The Boss: “In New Jersey, if you don’t like Springsteen they raise your taxes.” Fallon grew up listening to the sounds of Springsteen. Hailing from NJ it is not surprising that the band would find influence in one of the states most heralded artists. The Waterfront, Casablanca, Dazed and Confused Charles Dickens-Great Expectations (rather obvious) and A Christmas Carol, The Wizard of Oz, The Big Lebowski, Born on the 4’th of July

Sam Cooke, Gary U.S Bonds, Paul Simon, Counting Crows, Elvis Costello, Bob Seger, Otis Redding, Wilson Pickett, Against Me, Jackson Browne, James Brown, Leonard Cohen, even the traditional folk song “Matilda Waltzing”Īnd we can’t forget the classic literature and classic movies: Joe Strummer, The Clash, The “Boss”, Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Miles Davis, Tom Waits These references truly demonstrate Fallon’s brilliance as a song writer rather than take away from their originality it lends to it in a very unique way. Part of what makes this a band worth listening to though is the references that are intricately interpolated into the fabric of their song lyrics. Members include: Brian Fallon (lead vocals, guitar), Alex Rosamilia (guitar, backing vocals), Alex Levine (bass guitar, backing vocals), and Benny Horowitz (drums/ percussion).The band has released 5 studio albums and received some fame and notoriety with some single hits on the charts. ~I was inspired to write this upon thinking about all the cleverly and sometimes subtly written lyrical references in The Gaslight Anthem’s work.~Īmerican rock/”punk” band ‘The Gaslight Anthem’ from New Jersey formed in 2006. The Complete Guide to Gaslight Anthems References (Why it can be difficult to just introduce someone to The Gaslight Anthem)