Talk about return on investment. Bruce said he recorded Atlantic City for little over a thousand dollars. Once again, Springsteen is back painting portrait of a young couple escaping the confines, depression and violence of America’s decaying cities. And itis that violence that we have drawn our inspiration from here. We have also taken the liberty of using Sprinsgteen’s own technique of subverting the sounds of upbeat and downbeat themes. For while we have a happy looking Chicken Man here, the reality of Mafia boss, Phillip Testa’s life and especially his violent death were far from happy looking.