Suddenly, he is able to embrace his creative heart and challenge the racist world in which he is growing up.Īs that plot summary suggests, Blinded By The Light is always dangling on the precipice of an abyss of unpalatable cheese. A fellow Pakistani in his class (Aaron Phagura) introduces him to the music of Springsteen, which gives Javed a new lease of life. He has dreams of being a writer, which are nurtured by his teacher (Hayley Atwell), but his pushy father Malik (Kulvinder Ghir) has other, more practical ideas. Viveik Kalra plays Javed, who serves as Manzoor’s surrogate. More simply, though, this is an inspiring and joyous tale of a young man finding his voice and his home. Blinded By The Light, co-written by Manzoor, tells that story, with the music of The Boss running alongside an era of political unrest and intolerance. That, however, was the reality for journalist Sarfraz Manzoor when his family emigrated from the province of Punjab to the Bury Park area of Luton in 1979. Well, I jumped up, turned around, spit in the air, fell on the ground Asked him which was the way back home He said take a right at the light, keep goin' straight until night, and then, boy, you're on your own.Īnd now in Zanzibar a shootin' star was ridin' in a side car hummin' a lunar tune Yes, and the avatar said blow the bar but first remove the cookie jar we're gonna teach those boys to laugh too soon.You’d be forgiven for thinking that the music of American icon Bruce Springsteen is an odd choice of inspiration for a Pakistani teenager in Thatcher’s Britain during the 1980s. Oh, some hazard from Harvard was skunked on beer playin' backyard bombardier Yes and Scotland Yard was trying hard, they sent some dude with a calling card, he said, Do what you like, but don't do it here.
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Some silicone sister with her manager's mister told me I got what it takes She said I'll turn you on sonny, to something strong if you play that song with the funky break, And go-cart Mozart was checkin' out the weather chart to see if it was safe to go outside And little Early-Pearly came by in her curly-wurly and asked me if I needed a ride. Yeah he was blinded by the light Cut loose like a deuce another runner in the night Blinded by the light He got down but he never got tight, but he's gonna make it tonight Some brimstone baritone anti-cyclone rolling stone preacher from the east He says, "Dethrone the dictaphone, hit it in its funny bone, that's where they expect it least." And some new-mown chaperone was standin' in the corner all alone watchin' the young girls dance And some fresh-sown moonstone was messin' with his frozen zone to remind him of the feeling of romance
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Madman drummers bummers and Indians in the summer with a teenage diplomat In the dumps with the mumps as the adolescent pumps his way into his hat With a boulder on my shoulder, feelin' kinda older I tripped the merry-go-round With this very unpleasing sneezing and wheezing the calliope crashed to the ground Some all-hot half-shot was headin' for the hot spot snappin' his fingers clappin' his hands, And some fleshpot mascot was tied into a lover's knot with a whatnot in her hand And now young Scott with a slingshot finally found a tender spot and throws his lover in the sand And some bloodshot forget-me-not whispers daddy's within earshot save the buckshot turn up the bandĪnd she was blinded by the light Cut loose like a deuce another runner in the night Blinded by the light She got down but she never got tight, but she'll make it alright