Hello I'm Lauren Laverne and this is Desert Island Discs postcards where we share a selection of some of our favourite moments from some of our most memorable castaways.
This postcard comes from rock legend Bruce Springsteen who celebrates 50 years this year
since the release of his breakthrough album Born to Run.
He spoke to Kirsty Young in 2016 about his love of dancing as a young man.
I'm delighted and not a little bit surprised to learn that you were a regular at the Friday night soirees of the Young Men's Christian Association.
That you were dancing the monkey, the swim, the jerk, the pony, the match potatoes.
I'm not going to ask you to do them now.
How did you learn the dances and what did you look like?
Oh man, I'm sure a complete fool,
but before I could play the guitar... I realized that girls love to dance.
And so I'd spent quite a bit of time in my own home mirror,
practicing all the different dance moves of the day.
Were you good?
I don't know.
It was good enough to get the girls on the dance floor.
Glad to hear it.
And what about the hair?
How did you look in those days?
Pretty hideous.
Let me see,