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
Sounds like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRTHdC7k4uY&feature=related
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 19 January 2012 12:50 (twelve years ago) link
Hmm, repetitive plod or no, sounded OK on the radio, but even the DJ was all "what do you know, just in time for the election year a another song that could be easily misinterpreted by both sides, hmmm ..."
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 19 January 2012 14:28 (twelve years ago) link
Tracklist:
1. We Take Care of Our Own2. Easy Money3. Shackled and Drawn4. Jack of All Trades5. Death to My Hometown6. This Depression7. Wrecking Ball8. You’ve Got It9. Rocky Ground10. Land of Hope and Dreams11. We Are Alive
A special edition of Wrecking Ball will also be available including exclusive artwork and photography and two bonus tracks:
12. Swallowed Up13. American Land
Also, Tom Morello guests.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 19 January 2012 14:54 (twelve years ago) link
Putting "American Land" AND "Land Of Hopes And Dreams" on one album vs. Putting the word "Freedom" in two album titles in a row like Johnny Cougar did
― da croupier, Thursday, 19 January 2012 15:03 (twelve years ago) link
hope Death To My Hometown is really Death To "My Hometown" in a Listen Without Prejduice/blowing-up-the-jukebox way
― da croupier, Thursday, 19 January 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
Really pleased he's finally gotten around to recording 'LoHaD', always loved that song on the Live in NYC album.
― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Thursday, 19 January 2012 15:09 (twelve years ago) link
I'm kinda psyched about this?
― iatee, Thursday, 19 January 2012 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
The titles sound like they're ripped from a triumphalist eighties soundtrack or a Journey/Survivor/REO album.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 19 January 2012 15:29 (twelve years ago) link
That single is going to fit well with G8/Ocuppy craziness in Chicago this May.
― do you not like slouching? (Eazy), Thursday, 19 January 2012 15:40 (twelve years ago) link
could be easily misinterpreted by both sides, hmmm ..."
One would have to do a lot of contortions to twist this into a right wing anthem.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 19 January 2012 15:47 (twelve years ago) link
Reagan and George Will (and numerous others) managed to get a few miles out of "BITUSA." Never underestimate the contortionist abilities of the right wing.
― Let A Man Come In And Do The Cop Porn (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 19 January 2012 15:50 (twelve years ago) link
he should've called it OCCUPY NEW JERSEYhaven't really been into much of bruce's 21st century output aside from a few tracks, but i'll check this out. also, is "earwitness" really a term people use? sounds gross.
― tylerw, Thursday, 19 January 2012 16:00 (twelve years ago) link
He did a holiday concert a year or two ago from Asbury Park, was on YouTube for a short time, really good performance and really well shot.
I tried searching for it and found this instead--a show he did last weekend at the same venue:http://www.soundspike.com/story/3590/bruce-springsteen-ramps-up-tour-buzz-with-raucous-set-in-asbury-park/
― do you not like slouching? (Eazy), Thursday, 19 January 2012 16:11 (twelve years ago) link
yeahhh, he did incident on 57th st!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0P4j7mIRX9E
― tylerw, Thursday, 19 January 2012 16:14 (twelve years ago) link
Here he is last week, asking the audience to sing the sax line from Promised Land:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=l40sBvn23MU
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 19 January 2012 16:17 (twelve years ago) link
That new song, by the way, is faaaaar more ambiguous than BitUSA. The right wing will be so myopic about the phrase "we take care of our own." It can easily mean soldiers and unborn babies but not poor people in their mindset.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 19 January 2012 16:19 (twelve years ago) link
Other song titles offer promise of pissed Bruce, though, so I hope the Jars of Clay guy got him to step up.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 19 January 2012 16:20 (twelve years ago) link
lol that promised land is great. glad the Sopranos are back together too.
― tylerw, Thursday, 19 January 2012 16:24 (twelve years ago) link
― ban this sick stunt (anagram), Thursday, January 19, 2012 10:09 AM (1 hour ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
^^
― Planned Perrintweet (some dude), Thursday, 19 January 2012 16:44 (twelve years ago) link
A+ display name, some dude
― Famous porn scenes like "shake that bear" (Phil D.), Thursday, 19 January 2012 16:51 (twelve years ago) link
eh not crazy about the new song. does sound like he's going for maximum possibility of republican co-option.
― tylerw, Thursday, 19 January 2012 17:11 (twelve years ago) link
The right wing will be so myopic about the phrase "we take care of our own." It can easily mean soldiers and unborn babies but not poor people in their mindset.
He's a cool rocking daddy looking out for his fellow 1%ers.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 19 January 2012 17:23 (twelve years ago) link
this is unfortunate
― La Lechera, Thursday, 19 January 2012 17:24 (twelve years ago) link
Eh, it's an election year. He'll make his leanings clear. Could be a Ron Paul / Tea Party theme, though.
― do you not like slouching? (Eazy), Thursday, 19 January 2012 17:34 (twelve years ago) link
barf
― La Lechera, Thursday, 19 January 2012 17:35 (twelve years ago) link