That's incredible Bruce with the long memory, tricks the dude into directing a video for him 10 years after the fiasco!
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 12 August 2011 14:48 (twelve years ago) link
"This video contains content from SME, who has blocked it in your country on copyright grounds"
― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Friday, 12 August 2011 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
NOW I WORK DOWN AT THE CAR WASHWHERE ALL IT EVER DOES IS RAIN
― difficult listening hour, Sunday, April 3, 2011 12:36 PM (5 months ago) Bookmark
― horseshoe, Sunday, 4 September 2011 22:41 (twelve years ago) link
lol
― http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_i_qxQztHRI (Princess TamTam), Sunday, 4 September 2011 22:53 (twelve years ago) link
oh i thought that was a fake lyric, but its a real one
Dud - if only on a personal level. I know a lot of British people that are partial to a bit of Springsteen, and my dad was a bit of a fan of his back in the '80s. I think 'Born To Run' and 'Thunder Road' are great tracks, but on the whole I've never been able to relate to his lyrics - which seem to be the point of Springsteen. Stuff like 'Born In The USA', while the passion in his voice can't be denied, just bores me a bit... that repeating keyboard phrase just hammering itself into the ground. So yeah, I can understand why some people like it - but it's not for me.
― Turrican, Monday, 5 September 2011 14:04 (twelve years ago) link
i get the impression that tom joad is polarizing among springsteen fans, and i never much listened to it before. it's good fyi!
― horseshoe, Saturday, 12 November 2011 21:12 (twelve years ago) link
haha half of this thread's comments on it are like "this and nebraska are all i like" and the other half are people being like, "this is the most boring album i've ever heard." seems like most of the springsteen diehards incline to the latter view. :(
― horseshoe, Saturday, 12 November 2011 21:16 (twelve years ago) link
i like it, for sure, but i feel like it kind of heralds the springsteen of the last 15 years or so which is my least favorite springsteen
― max, Saturday, 12 November 2011 21:17 (twelve years ago) link
so i enjoy listening to it but dont like what it represents
― max, Saturday, 12 November 2011 21:18 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i'm embarking on a project to listen to the last 15 years of bruce tbh
― horseshoe, Saturday, 12 November 2011 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
the rising is so bad
― max, Saturday, 12 November 2011 21:19 (twelve years ago) link
i like "american skin (41 shots)" iirc. but that's not on an album iirc.
― horseshoe, Saturday, 12 November 2011 21:20 (twelve years ago) link
iirc
Tom Joad works best with lyrics in hand while listening.
― Tower Feist (Eazy), Saturday, 12 November 2011 21:24 (twelve years ago) link
ha -- I remember a time (most of the nineties) when admitting to liking BITUSA over everything else made everyone clear their throats and change the conversation.
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 12 November 2011 21:37 (twelve years ago) link
I like some of Tom Joad, but it's not real strong melodically. Apart from the title track, I can't remember a single tune off it (tho I do remember the narratives, which is where I think he put most of his effort).
― something of an astrological coup (tipsy mothra), Saturday, 12 November 2011 22:15 (twelve years ago) link
"Tom Joad" is pretty boring. Ironically, the solo tour behind it was one of his best, and set the stage for his ongoing resurgence.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 12 November 2011 23:01 (twelve years ago) link
I liked 'Magic' maybe the most of the recent 'old Bruce' albums, but still not as much as I love 'young Bruce'.
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 12 November 2011 23:15 (twelve years ago) link
this went a few years into the 00s and covered most of his career save for nebraska and maybe tom joad. 04 or 05, the whole world decided to change its mind on him all at once.
― Bruce K. Tedesco (zachlyon), Saturday, 12 November 2011 23:20 (twelve years ago) link
I find it a lot still, where saying you like Bruce is like saying you like, Toby Keith or something. It's kind of a bummer.
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 12 November 2011 23:29 (twelve years ago) link
Toby Keith has a lot of good songs though. A lot of bad ones too, sure, but still.
― all the other twinks with their fucked up dicks (billy), Sunday, 13 November 2011 16:41 (twelve years ago) link
I liked 'Magic' maybe the most of the recent 'old Bruce' albums, but still not as much as I love 'young Bruce'
xpost: i liked magic the first time i heard it, then his singing on it started to bug me. he's kinda "shouty" on it and in a way i don't like. devils and dust on the other hand is the one later bruce i'm glad i still own
― epigram addict (outdoor_miner), Sunday, 13 November 2011 17:35 (twelve years ago) link
yeah i prefer Devils & Dust compared to Tom Joad. first one sounds so weirdly vulnerable.
― Ludo, Sunday, 13 November 2011 18:01 (twelve years ago) link
Toby Keith has a lot of good songs though.
in the early 2000's he was writing better ones than Bruce.
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 13 November 2011 18:39 (twelve years ago) link
Not to get all rockist or anything, but Toby Keith has a writing partner. Bruce's contemporary mediocrity is all his own doing.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 13 November 2011 21:20 (twelve years ago) link
Keith has often written solo (and his most recent albums are all self-produced).
― lumber up, limbaugh down (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 13 November 2011 22:42 (twelve years ago) link
Yeah, but during that period you cite (early '00s) he was part of a team.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 13 November 2011 22:56 (twelve years ago) link
fuckin knew it was a mistake citing Toby Keith. ;)
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 13 November 2011 23:24 (twelve years ago) link
Ugh:
The Hollywood Reporter has quotes today from someone who has heard the new, "as-yet-untitled" and "terrific" Springsteen record. Judging by this earwitness account, it's a wrecking ball of an album: "He gets into economic justice quite a bit. It's very rock 'n' roll. He feels it's the angriest album he's ever made. Bear in mind, though, that he wrote and recorded the majority of the album before the Occupy movements started, so he's not just setting headlines to music."Sonically, look for "unexpected textures — loops, electronic percussion," according to the source, "an amazing sweep of influences and rhythms, from hip-hop to Irish folk rhythms." The Hollywood Reporter also confirms that the album was produced by Ron Aniello."
Sonically, look for "unexpected textures — loops, electronic percussion," according to the source, "an amazing sweep of influences and rhythms, from hip-hop to Irish folk rhythms." The Hollywood Reporter also confirms that the album was produced by Ron Aniello."
The Aniello wiki is some sad shit: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ron_Aniello
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 13 January 2012 23:42 (twelve years ago) link
Oh dear. Not a good track record for Mr. Aniello.
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 14 January 2012 00:39 (twelve years ago) link
aw crap
― Janet Snakehole (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 14 January 2012 00:45 (twelve years ago) link
The (potential) horror lies in the contrast between the two paragraphs. On one hand, an angry wrecking ball of a political record. On the other, loops, electronic percussion (whatever that means), hip-hop to Irish folk rhythms. By the guy who brought you Jars of Clay, Sixpence None The Richer, Lifehouse and Candlebox.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 14 January 2012 01:23 (twelve years ago) link
The thing is, risk-taking in terms of arrangements/orchestration has never been Springsteen's strong suit. But I wouldn't be saying that if, say, the original Bomb Squad had reunited to produce this record.
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 14 January 2012 01:29 (twelve years ago) link
a lot of the recession/blue collar-themed stuff on Darkness and BITUSA has been very important music to me in the last couple years and i've often thought about how few people are writing songs NOW that speak to what's happening these days like the songs Bruce was writing back then, so honestly i'll give him the benefit of the doubt if he wants to try to do it again. and the E-Street-via-Pearl-Jam production of the last few rock albums was so wearying that i'll even happily look forward to any kind of change in sound.
― Jean-Luc Gohard (some dude), Saturday, 14 January 2012 01:45 (twelve years ago) link
Clearly you missed "Working on a Dream."
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 14 January 2012 02:06 (twelve years ago) link
uh that's one of the Brendan O'Brien-produced albums i was referring to, and didn't seem like a particularly angry or economy-themed record
― Jean-Luc Gohard (some dude), Saturday, 14 January 2012 02:32 (twelve years ago) link
It was definitely a change in sound, though.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 14 January 2012 03:44 (twelve years ago) link
The Hollywood Reporter also confirms that the album was produced by Dan Aiello
― buzza, Saturday, 14 January 2012 04:09 (twelve years ago) link
would love springsteen to cover papa don't preach
whatever 'change in sound' happened in the year between Magic and Working On A Dream] was not especially significant or dramatic imo
― Jean-Luc Gohard (some dude), Saturday, 14 January 2012 04:11 (twelve years ago) link
Well, one difference is that when I look at the track listing for the latter, I can't recall 3/4 of the songs.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 14 January 2012 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
well then you're talking about the quality of the songs, not the production aesthetic
― Jean-Luc Gohard (some dude), Saturday, 14 January 2012 16:33 (twelve years ago) link
A bit of both, tbh - songs were weak to begin with but further weakened by the production, which was much more diverse (and inconsistent) than the previous two, by design. At the very least, it did not sound like an E Street Band record.
That said, no one even knows what's going on on that front. Did they get a replacement sax player? Has he expanded the line-up? Pared it down? Added a horn section. Very curious on that front.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 14 January 2012 21:18 (twelve years ago) link
Here's hoping the demos leak at some point.
― do you not like slouching? (Eazy), Saturday, 14 January 2012 21:36 (twelve years ago) link
Man, credit the Boss this: since Born in the USA there has been a full clampdown on pretty much any and all studio leakage. This from a guy who until that point had had leaked pretty much an extra six or seven albums' worth of (often great) material.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 14 January 2012 22:44 (twelve years ago) link
no one even knows what's going on on that front. Did they get a replacement sax player? Has he expanded the line-up? Pared it down? Added a horn section. Very curious on that front.
Pared down would be great but it's not gonna happen. My dream E Street Band line-up for this album and tour would be just Springsteen plus the four core members of the band i.e. Tallent, Bittan, Weinberg, van Zandt.
― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Saturday, 14 January 2012 23:08 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.nj.com/springsteen/index.ssf/2011/11/whats_ahead_for_bruce_springst.html
I could see Bruce putting together a horn section. He last used one with the E Street Band on the Tunnel of Love Tour in 1988. The Seeger Sessions Tour in 2006 also featured a four-piece horn section
In 2009, Bruce added Curt Ramm on the trumpet for the final two months of the Working on the Dream Tour. Curt was great and added so much.
Will Ramm be back on this tour, with a horn section possibly featuring longtime Asbury Juke Ed Manion and others? There's also been plenty of internet chatter about Jake Clemons, Clarence's nephew, playing sax.
At the Oct. 22 Boston College benefit at the Stone Pony in Asbury Park, Bruce had a horn section (as he usually does at these events) and had Steve Barlotta of the Soul Cruisers playing sax.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 14 January 2012 23:40 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=M3Bz0d2xm7U#!
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 19 January 2012 12:48 (twelve years ago) link
New single^
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 19 January 2012 12:49 (twelve years ago) link