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federici’s pizza
from bruce springsteen posted in music by pete_nice
One of The Boss's favorite spots in Freehold, NJ. After his 1996 appearance at St. Rose of Lima, they had a party here. The Boss also joined a some fans for a slice here on July 31, 2004, after they had been working on a home in Freehold for Habitat for Humanity.
Danny Federici's (1950-2008, former organ/glockenspiel/accordion player for the E Street Band) family owns and operates the Italian restaurant.
view full location details...hoxton street
from the verve posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat
The street that Richard Ashcroft walks down in the video for "Bittersweet Symphony" is Hoxton Street in London. If you want to recreate this, start lip-syncing next to the Golden Fried Chicken on the corner of Hoxton and Falkirk and head north, but refrain from bumping into people like an asshole.
The video was inspired by the 1991 video for "Unfinished Sympathy" by Massive Attack where Shara Nelson walks down a street in Los Angeles, singing and ignoring her surroundings just like Richard Ashcroft did, but not being such a dick.
view full location details...west pico boulevard
from massive attack posted in music by nevereatshreddedwheat
In Massive Attack's 1991 video for "Unfinished Sympathy," Shara Nelson walks west on West Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles, starting at New Hampshire Avenue and rounding the corner onto Dewey. This video inspired the similar music video for the Verve's "Bittersweet Symphony" filmed in London.
view full location details...st. rose of lima school
from bruce springsteen posted in music by prof_improbable
From kindergarten to 8th grade, Bruce Springsteen attended school here (1954 to 1963). Later, the Boss would recollect being at odds with the structure of Catholic school, but having it lead to a "very active spiritual life." Traces of Irish-Catholic hymns can be heard in some of his work.
The Boss came back to the school to play a benefit acoustic show in the gymnasium on Nov. 8, 1996, and only Freehold residents were allowed to purchase tickets.
view full location details...bruce springsteen’s second home
from bruce springsteen posted in music by prof_improbable
Doug and Adele Springsteen moved Bruce and his sister, Ginny, here around 1955. The Springsteens lived on the left side of the duplex for about eight years. It was here that Springsteen saw Presley on The Ed Sullivan Show in 1956. A week later, he rented his first guitar from Freehold Music Center on Main Street.
In 1984, Springsteen did a photo shoot here that included a shot of him leaning next to a tree. It appeared in the Born in the U.S.A. liner notes.
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