Feels more like a “Greatest Hits” (in fact the selections are fairly similar to that 1995 comp) than a “Best Of” (which to me implies more interesting selections).
― Hippie Ernie (morrisp), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 04:49 (two months ago) link
(To gesture toward answering the question – "Walk Like a Man" instead of “Tougher Than the Rest”)
― Hippie Ernie (morrisp), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 04:51 (two months ago) link
What’s interesting is that the CD and 2x LP versions up for pre-order both only seem to have 18 tracks. So is the 31-track version just basically going to be a playlist?
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 05:24 (two months ago) link
I mean, I’m not sure what “digital edition” would mean? I’m assuming streaming and those who pay for FLACs I guess?
― Maxmillion D. Boosted (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 05:25 (two months ago) link
xp Same as tipsy mothra except "Darkness on the Edge of Town" instead of "Prove it All Night."
Agree that it feels more Greatest Hits than Best of. If it's genuinely Best of, then I'd like to add in one more each from The River and Nebraska - maybe "Wreck on the Highway" and "Open All Night." I get that he's trying for something that genuinely spans his career, but I think he can still go a little heavier on his classic period. We don't need fully half of the songs to be post-BITUSA, it could be 2/3 early, 1/3 late and people would still get the idea.
I think after "Human Touch" is where my idea of Springsteen's Best of really diverges from his. I'd probably do something like this:
Human TouchLocal HeroStreets of PhiladelphiaYoungstownHighway 29The RisingLiving in the FutureWrecking BallWestern StarsHello Sunshine (or Stones, which I actually like better)Ghosts (or Rainmaker, or Burnin' Train)One Minute You're Here
― Lily Dale, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 05:38 (two months ago) link
did yall already post that amazing story he told on graham norton's show about his relationship with this family in st louisreally made me happy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lx0GllhVJks
― Swen, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 06:00 (two months ago) link
I love how Bruce gives absolutely no explanation of why he did this, because to him it's clearly just "eh, why not?" And meanwhile everyone else is going "OMG this is the craziest thing we've ever heard!"
― Lily Dale, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 06:21 (two months ago) link
100%
― Swen, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 06:25 (two months ago) link
Local news story on that story where they interview the family:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ezPRW1wt0NE
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 06:40 (two months ago) link
*news report on that story
solid
― Swen, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 07:14 (two months ago) link
that's a great story, the kids that approached him must have been terrified it would become a "don't meet your heroes" moment
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 16:00 (two months ago) link
TIny bit of Rashomon to this but still a great story
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 6 March 2024 15:53 (two months ago) link
The third Passaic night (sept 21st) of the legendary 1978 Darkness tour has now been released officially too (aka Coup De Grace) - and even though it may not one of The Big Five (the 5 shows that were broadcast on the radio & became the most bootlegged & wellknown), you can't go wrong with any of these shows, really.
― StanM, Saturday, 9 March 2024 09:36 (one month ago) link
Been digging a live version of “Because the Night” by Patti…Lupone. She makes it sound like an outtake from The Rocky Horror Picture Show.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 March 2024 11:50 (one month ago) link
From this: https://playbill.com/article/patti-lupone-at-les-mouches-vintage-lupone-club-act-arrives-in-stores-nov-11-com-155028
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 March 2024 11:57 (one month ago) link
Which was a midnight Saturday cabaret show she was doing in 1980 while she was in the midst of doing Evita.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 March 2024 11:59 (one month ago) link
From old cassette tapes! Pretty appropriate.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMRF7PiJBAs
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 March 2024 12:04 (one month ago) link
Anyway, sorry for the seeming derail. It’s just the only version I’ve heard that seems to take the Patti version and put a tiny bit of spin on it rather than just being…okay and similar but not quite as good like every other version.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 March 2024 12:06 (one month ago) link
The performance clips from the video are on the verge of being an SCTV parody, and I mean that in the best possible way.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 March 2024 12:18 (one month ago) link
Even redeems a crummy Kinks song.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 March 2024 12:24 (one month ago) link
If one can redeem something terrible by making it terrible in a brand new way. You weren't kidding about SCTV!
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 9 March 2024 12:59 (one month ago) link
Listening to that album now. Almost laughed out loud at the veiled Tina Turner reference in “Heaven Is a Disco”
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 March 2024 13:35 (one month ago) link
This thing is from the same universe as that Lou Reed live with The Toys albums.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 March 2024 13:42 (one month ago) link
The Tots, not The Toys. American Poet.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 March 2024 16:00 (one month ago) link
Springsteen joined Mellencamp onstage last night at NJ PAC for "Pink Houses":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Qo_-W4lBe4
― birdistheword, Monday, 11 March 2024 19:47 (one month ago) link
Bruce looking lithe, limber and ready to get back on the road.
Wait, hold up, is that Lisa Germano?! She's back!!
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 11 March 2024 21:50 (one month ago) link
Yes it is! I saw Mellencamp at the Beacon and he was awesome. At one point, he let a kid get on stage and let HIM sing one of his hits while he walked off for what seemed like a smoke.
― birdistheword, Monday, 11 March 2024 23:12 (one month ago) link
Tour resumes tonight, Bruce lookin' good!https://scontent-ord5-2.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/432766426_949567229858904_5539654209860653751_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=5f2048&_nc_ohc=VIQrTwEDuDIAX-pUF_u&_nc_ht=scontent-ord5-2.xx&oh=00_AfAb_AU3DFryU1mnOECcjxasUkZHb2Bs1-l5gM3TKWfI8A&oe=65FE75E5
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 19 March 2024 21:13 (one month ago) link
hottest silver fox in town
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 19 March 2024 22:51 (one month ago) link
Some nerd livestreamed the whole show, if you want to watch it:
https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1083363189561218&id=1182636260&mibextid=qi2Omg
More or less the same set, slight tweaks.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 20 March 2024 16:22 (one month ago) link
Had no idea he was even on tour!
― paisley got boring (Eazy), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 16:58 (one month ago) link
Interesting:https://pitchfork.com/news/bruce-springsteen-movie-starring-jeremy-allen-white-in-the-works/
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Wednesday, 27 March 2024 08:05 (one month ago) link
The Bruce
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 27 March 2024 14:28 (one month ago) link
The movie is just gonna be him floating down a river in a canoe listening to the songs on a boom box. Would watch!
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 27 March 2024 15:10 (one month ago) link
Love that Bruce is getting back in the habit of popping up on stage with other musicians. Somebody leaked the news yesterday, and I think he flies home between shows anyway, but Bruce flew east from Cali to play with Zach Bryan in Brooklyn yesterday.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 28 March 2024 13:05 (one month ago) link
I'm not familiar with the song they played together "Sandpaper."
― Indexed, Thursday, 28 March 2024 13:12 (one month ago) link
I think it's new.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 28 March 2024 13:33 (one month ago) link
Just found out about this guy flying home between shows. That's wild. (Not to mention, environmentally questionable.)
― DT, Friday, 29 March 2024 01:20 (one month ago) link
Carbon footprints of the rich and famous. But he's 74, it's probably nice to go home for a few days.
Speaking of flying, some friends and I are talking about flying up to one of the Philly shows. I don't know if it'll come together, but I really would like to see him (at least) one more time.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 29 March 2024 01:31 (one month ago) link
going to see him for the first time in sf on Sunday. excited!
― gneiss, gneiss, very gneiss (outdoor_miner), Friday, 29 March 2024 01:40 (one month ago) link
you are in for a treat my friend
― werewolves of laudanum (VegemiteGrrl), Friday, 29 March 2024 01:50 (one month ago) link
Looks like he is loosening up the setlists, maybe 5%, throwing in some songs he hasn't played yet, taking the occasional request. Still mostly the usual, but I think he knew people were getting a little tired of that.I think I'm going to try to see him again in Philly this August, depending on prices.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 29 March 2024 14:59 (one month ago) link
Some nice additions in Los Angeles last night, reportedly. And 32 songs, 3 1/2 hours! He's done this before, recently, one tour leg exciting but still relatively conservative, and then the next one loosening up, with more requests and surprises.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 5 April 2024 14:48 (one month ago) link
Bob Seger used to do the same thing. Play two or three shows, fly home for a few days, go back out. Metallica, too.
― Instead of create and send out, it pull back and consume (unperson), Friday, 5 April 2024 14:57 (one month ago) link
Zeppelin kind of invented the home-base method of regional rock band touring, as I understand it. Set up in Chicago, head out for a bunch of shows within a certain radius. This is not what Bruce is doing, though I think Bruce does fly home after almost every show. I meant that Bruce toured for much of 2023, took time off to get healthy, and now has returned to the road (for many months) reportedly reinvigorated.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 5 April 2024 15:01 (one month ago) link
The sound at the show last week was almost unbearably loud (forgot to bring ear protection which i basically always tote to a show). The horn section was just blaring and after 2 hours I was semi covering the ear most exposed to a speaker stack when they came in. But I am really happy that I went and jeez feel like we really got our money's worth. Band sounded great and was awesome to see those legends.
― gneiss, gneiss, very gneiss (outdoor_miner), Friday, 5 April 2024 16:58 (one month ago) link
it's quite remarkable to see him in 2024 and consider that he is more or less 40 years past his live peak.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 5 April 2024 17:06 (one month ago) link
I love, for the boss' sake, that he has a "Little Big Man" in the band
― gneiss, gneiss, very gneiss (outdoor_miner), Friday, 5 April 2024 17:42 (one month ago) link