And you are man enough to admit it. Respect.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 1 December 2012 19:48 (eleven years ago) link
haha indeed
― susan dey with jigga (some dude), Saturday, 1 December 2012 19:57 (eleven years ago) link
michael b otm
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 1 December 2012 22:07 (eleven years ago) link
I heard Bruce is real big in Ireland. I'd love to see him play there. I'm from New Jersey and it's impossible to overstate just how huge of a presence he is here.
― kornrulez6969, Saturday, 1 December 2012 23:55 (eleven years ago) link
tbh you could easily argue Bruce and moreover the E Street Bands is schlock n' roll and still like him/them
― Master of Treacle, Sunday, 2 December 2012 00:15 (eleven years ago) link
I think it was about 5 years after that post I did a volte-face on Bruce. Got hooked on "Darkness" (then BITUSA, BTR and Tunnel of Love) and there was a lot of late-night drunken singalongs to "Racing In the Street" around then.
― Michael B Higgins (Michael B), Sunday, 2 December 2012 00:25 (eleven years ago) link
Mentioned before that Bruce is actually half-Irish himself, on his dad's side.
http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/news/bruce-springsteens-ancestors-hail-from-ireland-14529170.html
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 2 December 2012 03:00 (eleven years ago) link
On that appropriate link and note, he's playing the Kings Hall (Tom Joad tour) in July
Tried without avail to get tickets for the Magic tour Odyssey dates, they're release this Thursday and I predict mayhem (and disappointment)
― Master of Treacle, Sunday, 2 December 2012 04:02 (eleven years ago) link
Beyond being OTMFM, this also speaks to John Sinclair's attempted takedown of Dave Marsh when Sinclair claimed, pejoratively, that Born To Run's antecedent was West Side Story. Apparently (and not surprisingly, since he was an anti-popular music snob prior to managing the MC5), Sinclair had never heard nor heard of anything Phil Spector had been involved with.
― and I scream Fieri Eiffel Tower High (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Sunday, 2 December 2012 23:17 (eleven years ago) link
Why not more love for "Sherry Darling"? So simple, so smart-stupid, so perfect, carried entirely by a fantastic ensemble performance. Also: "All That Heaven Will Allow": all emotion, unlike some of his obviously "great" songs, or ones where he's striving for greatness ("out-Dylaning Dylan", pooping out the words on top of one another) (which can be great too, cf. "Sinaloa Cowboys" et. al.), just a thrust at the heart, via the loins.
― DJ Smoove Groothe (staggerlee), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 06:17 (eleven years ago) link
i love Sherry Darling
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 06:18 (eleven years ago) link
Best thing on "The River" imo (or close enough)
― Faster than food (Myonga Vön Bontee), Tuesday, 4 December 2012 17:33 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mchLMRlSC9A
― your damn bass clarinet (Eazy), Saturday, 22 December 2012 06:21 (eleven years ago) link
^^ this both really sucks & also kinda endears me to shitty garage band covers of popular classics
― kristof-profiting-from-a-childs-illiteracy.html (schlump), Saturday, 22 December 2012 06:37 (eleven years ago) link
Has Bruce ever said a word about Leonard Cohen? I know he was a big Dylan stan, but I've never thought about Cohen as an influence.
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 22 December 2012 14:44 (eleven years ago) link
bruce tracks poll coming soon! gonna be so much fun, hope the real hardcore fans will hip me to some stuff worth voting for
― nobody's bitch speaks again (some dude), Saturday, 22 December 2012 15:40 (eleven years ago) link
John Hammond discovered/signed both Springsteen and Chen, but I'd never heard any connection between the two either.
― your damn bass clarinet (Eazy), Saturday, 22 December 2012 15:51 (eleven years ago) link
omg when is the bruce poll? i will take time off of school for that thing, i swear!
― horseshoe, Saturday, 22 December 2012 15:53 (eleven years ago) link
sorry, kids. some things are important.
― horseshoe, Saturday, 22 December 2012 15:54 (eleven years ago) link
iirc Bruce poll is on hold til after the year-end polls. I already did all my homework by assembling a megaplaylist in advance of seeing him a few months ago. (Really hope we get at least 30 picks. 20 would be brutal.)
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 22 December 2012 16:30 (eleven years ago) link
lol horseshoe where you been!
― fanute me or shoot me (some dude), Saturday, 22 December 2012 16:31 (eleven years ago) link
hi al!!! i miss you!
― horseshoe, Saturday, 22 December 2012 16:32 (eleven years ago) link
we should hang out and listen to Bruce and argue about each other's ballots
― fanute me or shoot me (some dude), Saturday, 22 December 2012 18:31 (eleven years ago) link
bruce poll is gonna be awes u guys
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 22 December 2012 19:45 (eleven years ago) link
I love this photo
http://assets.flavorwire.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/49.-Bruce-Springsteen-and-The-Girls-Red-Bank-NJ-1979-Edit.jpg
http://www.flavorwire.com/340124/david-gahrs-dramatic-black-and-white-photos-of-60s-and-70s-musicians
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 24 January 2013 18:00 (eleven years ago) link
That is awesome.
I just started reading the Marc Dolan book, and as a result am listening to Steel Mill and Castiles clips all over YouTube. Man, Bruce is really slept on as a guitar player, isn't he?
― Gollum: "Hot, Ready and Smeagol!" (Phil D.), Thursday, 24 January 2013 18:13 (eleven years ago) link
"Bruce thought that the sheer volume of car parts referenced in that original version of 'Racing in the Streets' was bound to get him some kind of endorsement deal with either an auto parts manufacturer or an auto parts superstore. And then he would save a fortune for the rest of his life on car parts." http://wfmu.org/flashplayer.php?version=1&show=48482&archive=83741
― shaane, Thursday, 24 January 2013 18:26 (eleven years ago) link
Btw I love old Springsteen pics.
― shaane, Thursday, 24 January 2013 18:27 (eleven years ago) link
lol shaane I lovelovelove that WFMU bit that Tom and Wurster did about Springsteen. Hilarious
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Thursday, 24 January 2013 18:31 (eleven years ago) link
I'm lollling every 30 seconds.
― shaane, Thursday, 24 January 2013 18:46 (eleven years ago) link
On one hand, I wish Bruce would be a little more liberal with the vaults. On the other, he's pretty lenient with sharing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=omfInocGYnU
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:24 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbM_9G1GQg0
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 January 2013 20:25 (eleven years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIB-o07xDsY
― ARE YOU HIRING A NANNY OR A SHAMAN (Phil D.), Friday, 22 March 2013 14:54 (eleven years ago) link
My bro in law was there. Love seeing Morello forced not to be Morello.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 22 March 2013 15:05 (eleven years ago) link
Rare airing!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3V3Z1kL3Sh8
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 27 May 2013 18:45 (eleven years ago) link
My first Bruce show last night. Cried my eyes out. Doing it again in two weeks time. Thanks BROOOOOCE.
Land of Hope and Dreams / Jackson Cage / Radio Nowhere / Save My Love / Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) / This Hard Land / Lost in the Flood / Wrecking Ball / Death to My Hometown / Hungry Heart / Darkness on the Edge of Town / Badlands / Adam Raised a Cain / Something in the Night / Candy's Room / Racing in the Street / The Promised Land / Factory / Streets of Fire / Prove It All Night / Darkness on the Edge of Town / Shackled and Drawn / Waitin' on a Sunny Day / The Rising / Light of Day / Pay Me My Money Down / Born to Run / Bobby Jean / Dancing in the Dark / Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out / Twist and Shout / Thunder Road (solo acoustic)
FUCK.
― Jamie_ATP, Sunday, 16 June 2013 11:10 (eleven years ago) link
oh and realised last night Brendan O'Brien is the worst thing to happen to Bruce's career, perhaps ever. I can't stand the production on those last three records, but last night even the weaker few new tracks sounded fantastic. Wrecking Ball and Land Of Hope And Dreams were just miles better than the awful lp recordings.
― Jamie_ATP, Sunday, 16 June 2013 11:11 (eleven years ago) link
insane setlist
― ramona & yeezus (some dude), Sunday, 16 June 2013 11:34 (eleven years ago) link
Born to Run / Bobby Jean / Dancing in the Dark / Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
This stretch alone might have made me pass out.
― This amigurumi Jamaican octopus is ready to chill with you (Phil D.), Sunday, 16 June 2013 11:55 (eleven years ago) link
xpost I was on the brink of tears on and off all night. Managed to hold them in. At Hyde Park last year I was weeping within moments of him opening with the piano Thunder Road. Was in the pit last night - incredible. Apart from the v pissed stag party who talked all the way through Racing in the Street.
― If you tolerate Bis, then Kenickie will be next (ithappens), Sunday, 16 June 2013 12:19 (eleven years ago) link
What was the sound like where you were Jamie? Was fine for me, but seen a few complaints about extreme muddiness further back …
― If you tolerate Bis, then Kenickie will be next (ithappens), Sunday, 16 June 2013 12:31 (eleven years ago) link
Wow, really interesting setlist. Did he really start with "Land of Hope and Dreams?" "This Hard Land," "Lost in the Flood...". Took me a second to see this was one of the "play Darkness at the Edge of Town in order" shows!
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 16 June 2013 13:33 (eleven years ago) link
Ha, from Backstreets:
"We can either keep playing requests... or we can play Darkness on the Edge of Town start to finish." A simple proposition posed by Bruce to the crowd ten songs in, but one that defined this show — and one that seems to define the course of the tour itself. It seems to say, in other words, "You want full albums? We got 'em. You want oldies and rarities? We got 'em. You want the new ones? We gave 'em to you last year, so we'll stick to the old ones." Not to say that's necessarily a bad thing, but it is a clear difference from where the tour left off in 2012.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 16 June 2013 13:36 (eleven years ago) link
wow that setlist
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Sunday, 16 June 2013 13:55 (eleven years ago) link
omg Jamie
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 16 June 2013 14:55 (eleven years ago) link
holy shit
― steening in your HOOSless carriage (BIG HOOS aka the steendriver), Sunday, 16 June 2013 16:38 (eleven years ago) link
this looks good
Bobby Jean / Dancing in the Dark / Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Sunday, 16 June 2013 16:40 (eleven years ago) link
I just want to say that the man has some really good genes. He looks in really good shape for 63.
― Moka, Sunday, 16 June 2013 17:49 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah i mean - i feel like i've seen the guy on top of his game. No let up - voice amazing. Astonishing.
The sound was ropey for the first 30 mins or so but then was pretty perfect for the next 2 hours and 40 minutes.
― Jamie_ATP, Sunday, 16 June 2013 17:51 (eleven years ago) link
i was thinking twist and shout would be a little lame but it was Ferris Bueller levels of joy
― Jamie_ATP, Sunday, 16 June 2013 17:54 (eleven years ago) link