“Betty” even kicks off with a harmonica solo straight from Bruce Springsteen’s boy/girl/car classic “Thunder Road”—a song that begins with the slamming screen door where Taylor began her own story in “Our Song.” She’s all three of these lovers, and they’re all her. For the big climax, James shows up at her party, ready to beg for forgiveness.
I'm so so glad that Sheffield noticed the same Swift/Springsteen slamming-screen-door parallel that I did (as a reminder, this is not the first time that slamming screen door is brought up and analyzed in this book. very important)
