― Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 18:14 (nineteen years ago) link
― ccconor, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 18:47 (nineteen years ago) link
xpost
― amateur!!st, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 18:47 (nineteen years ago) link
that's super cool
― ccconor, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 18:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!st, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 18:54 (nineteen years ago) link
http://www.booktrail.com/Video_SelfDefense/Winning%20A%20Street%20Knife%20Fight.jpg
― Gear! (Gear!), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 18:59 (nineteen years ago) link
(this was certified true as of about a year ago, and i assume it's still true, but i can't give it my official fact checking certification.)
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 19:03 (nineteen years ago) link
― amateur!!st, Wednesday, 25 August 2004 19:08 (nineteen years ago) link
― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 19:15 (nineteen years ago) link
"Nebraska". Brilliant.
Also, too many people focus on "Born in the USA", hating it for what they think is "rah rah" US patriotism and not realizing it's a protest song.
― Thea (Thea), Wednesday, 25 August 2004 21:18 (nineteen years ago) link
The screen door slamsMary's dress wavesLike a vision she dances across the porch as the radio playsRoy Orbison singing for the lonely . . .
― chris herrington (chris herrington), Thursday, 26 August 2004 04:00 (nineteen years ago) link
He opened with an instrumental version of "The Star-Spangled Banner" on 12-string guitar, then "Born in the U.S.A." and I have to admit, I teared up.
― Pete Scholtes, Tuesday, 12 October 2004 17:56 (nineteen years ago) link
I am supporting this tour, figuratively.
― the bluefox, Tuesday, 12 October 2004 19:49 (nineteen years ago) link
― the bluefox, Tuesday, 12 October 2004 19:50 (nineteen years ago) link
― Lela, Tuesday, 12 October 2004 20:39 (nineteen years ago) link
How long was this show??
― frankE (frankE), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 20:48 (nineteen years ago) link
― Pete Scholtes, Tuesday, 12 October 2004 22:30 (nineteen years ago) link
Also check out the then and now inderrated "The Wild, The Innocent & The E-Street Shuffle", which contains his best ever song, "4th July, Asbury Park (Sandy)"
― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Tuesday, 12 October 2004 22:36 (nineteen years ago) link
― the bluefox, Wednesday, 13 October 2004 10:10 (nineteen years ago) link
To a 17yr old full of testerone this was a shining light in the darkness of new wave shite around at that time .
― Born Again, Monday, 1 November 2004 04:13 (nineteen years ago) link
Let's leave the last word to Thurston Moore: "Dude, have you heard Darkness On The Edge Of Town? It's just as good as Swell Maps!"
― Stew S, Monday, 1 November 2004 12:44 (nineteen years ago) link
note:
(a) i like swell maps(b) i think darkness is one of bruce's most uneven records
― amateur!!st, Monday, 1 November 2004 16:56 (nineteen years ago) link
i love the shit out of bruce springsteen
― max, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 05:12 (sixteen years ago) link
im from new jersey so its natural but seriously the guy like means something to me
i have a picture of him in my room like a russian orthodox icon or something
― max, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 05:13 (sixteen years ago) link
I spend a lot of time defending the man.
― Davey D, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 05:47 (sixteen years ago) link
I used to loathe his music, his persona, all that shit -- like he was the personification of everything American that made me retch. But weirdly, I've come around lately, just sifting through the periphery of his catalogue/discography (fuck, is there a better word for that?), although I always had a soft spot for Nebraska, especially after a long solo road trip across the continent during which I found myself on the New Jersey Turnpike among other Springsteen reference points.
― Lostandfound, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 06:48 (sixteen years ago) link
I used to loathe his music, his persona, all that shit -- like he was the personification of everything American that made me retch. But weirdly, I've come around lately
Credit Arcade Fire.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 11:04 (sixteen years ago) link
i can't see beyond the cock-rock in him. so dud
― Charlie Howard, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 11:10 (sixteen years ago) link
i just wish he had a clue about production: too slick, too polished, too FM radio, too much synth/piano, too little guitar. neil owns his ass.
― QuantumNoise, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 12:05 (sixteen years ago) link
too slick, too polished, too FM radio
yawn
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 13:08 (sixteen years ago) link
you said it: Boss = yawn.
― QuantumNoise, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 13:16 (sixteen years ago) link
I'll go with classic, but the only songs I ever really want to hear are the early, kinda funky ones (10th Ave Freeze-Out, E Street Shuffle), and of course "Rosalita" and "Blinded by the Light" are completely awesome.
― will, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 13:33 (sixteen years ago) link
I prefer synth-pop Bruce (especially the ruminative Tunnel of Love, which is an electro Nebraska) to earnest wordy Bruce.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 13:35 (sixteen years ago) link
I love his cadence on the line "The night is dark but the sidewalk's bright And lined with the light of the living"
― will, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 13:39 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm from NJ, and it's impossible to overstate how huge he is here. I would even venture to say that Springsteen in NJ is more popular than any other singer/band anywhere else in America. Can't speak for Europe, though.
Obviously classic. My favorite album is Born In The USA, and my favorite song is The Promised Land.
Listen to his audition demo, it's on the Tracks box set. It's staggeringly good.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 14:01 (sixteen years ago) link
I'm not from NJ, and I say 'classic'. Though the two biggest Springsteen fans I know are European (of the German ilk).
I love the "earnestness" complaints above in the thread, b/c that seems like such a ridiculous "reason" to not like something. Like "I don't like Tim Duncan, he's too serious about his game".
― Euler, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 16:51 (sixteen years ago) link
I am from NJ, and I think he sucks, like really fucking bad. Just because you're from Illinois doesn't mean you have to like REO Speedwagon either. Remember, Bon Jovi is big in Jersey too, so it's not like the state has the most discerning musical palate.
― Bill Magill, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 17:24 (sixteen years ago) link
fuck you bill magill bon jovi rules
― max, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 20:29 (sixteen years ago) link
Jovi sucks. But REO rules. I'm not being ironic, either.
― kornrulez6969, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 20:45 (sixteen years ago) link
Ha! Although the Arcade Fire make me tired. Come to think of it, perhaps credit a less lauded Canadian indie rock band, the Constantines, whose comparisons to the Boss made me revisit and hear something different.
― Lostandfound, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 21:29 (sixteen years ago) link
I can't decide between C and D, because he's neither really. Classic for "Thunder Road" and "Atlantic City" and "The Ghost of Tom Joad", and (insert whatever), and Dud for everything you hate. I mean, in certain moods, he can slay you -- a live version of "For You" (Hammersmiith Odeon) came up on shuffle the other day and I completely lost my shit! Other than Nebraska, a copy of which I've had a long time, I don't think I'd ever buy a full album of his, but cherry-picking songs (especially live versions) and compiling your own "Best Of" mix can be Classic, too.
As for the earnest blue-collarness, I have no problem with that, even when it's not earned or it's cartoon-like (hello, Joe Strummer and a million others). It all just gets subsumed in my overall reception of/ reaction to the music, like Dylan's faux wandering troubador thing in the early '60s.
― Lostandfound, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 21:41 (sixteen years ago) link
That was my own earnest blue collar approach to ILM posting, btw.
― Lostandfound, Wednesday, 20 June 2007 21:42 (sixteen years ago) link
Anybody listen to the new Bruce track? Go to hypem.com and search for "Springsteen Radio Nowhere." I dig the track - one the more rocking Boss songs in a while!
― Davey D, Friday, 24 August 2007 18:08 (sixteen years ago) link
one of
I think I'd rather listen to Rosie O'Donnell defecate than listen to any Springsteen, much less new Springsteen.
― Bill Magill, Friday, 24 August 2007 18:43 (sixteen years ago) link
This is fucking outstanding. His best rocker in a very very long time.
― kornrulez6969, Friday, 24 August 2007 18:51 (sixteen years ago) link
I can't get into Springsteen. His whole aesthetic is a bit too gay for my liking. All that blue-collar sweatiness just reeks of camp.
It's like that "Brucing" craze that erupted in the Berlin gay clubs back in the day, where everyone used to wear a bandana and denim jacket and pull anguished, sincere, meaningful faces to the latest Springsteen records.
I prefer something a bit more authentic.
― PhilK, Saturday, 25 August 2007 22:38 (sixteen years ago) link
I prefer something a bit more authentic
Oh...
― MRZBW, Sunday, 26 August 2007 01:23 (sixteen years ago) link
Anybody listen to the new Bruce track?
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it's ok.
i forgot how much i liked this thread.
― tipsy mothra, Sunday, 26 August 2007 01:34 (sixteen years ago) link