“Johnny Bye Bye” and “Follow That Dream” were songs that allowed Springsteen to linger on the idea of Elvis Presley, as myth, symbol, and man. Presley had given Springsteen the desire to be a performer, and a model for what it looked like. But Presley’s success came so fast and took on such unprecedented proportions that Presley never had a chance to ask himself the question, “Should I really go after the big success?”
