re: Songs with lyrics that make no sense

OK let me maybe not backtrack completely but take a small step back from what I said about “Blinded by the Light.” In “The Book of Rock Lists” which I own, it’s listed at No. 6 on “The Greatest Songs About Masturbation.” I always figured the deal about the adolescent pumping into his hat confirmed that.

However, I’ve found some other stuff about the song online that says Bruce simply went crazy with a rhyming dictionary and some of the images are from his childhood. Basically, only Bruce knows for sure I guess.

Other songs on that list, for the record, include Pictures of Lily, In My Room, Whip It, Whole Lot Of Shakin’, The Stroke, Whole Lot of Rosie, Imaginary Lover, Only The Lonely and, of course, She Bop, I Touch Myself, Rattlesnake Shake, Rocks Off and Captain Jack.