Did either town rip the bones from your back?
― she loves me like a rock lobster (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 4 April 2023 20:51 (one year ago) link
Prob wasn’t there long enough
― calstars, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 20:53 (one year ago) link
Just spent the day in Freehold and Asbury Park, ask me anything.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, April 4, 2023 4:48 PM (ten minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
Did you get Jersey Freeze?
― But his face would not turn into hot Kirby (Evan), Tuesday, 4 April 2023 20:59 (one year ago) link
I got sushi, just like Bruce did when he was little.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 21:03 (one year ago) link
You went to that fancy sushi place in Asbury? No, you have to go back. You messed the whole thing up.
― But his face would not turn into hot Kirby (Evan), Tuesday, 4 April 2023 21:05 (one year ago) link
Did have a conversation with the neighbor at the corner of E Street and 10th about his buddy in the fire department who knows a guy who knows a guy who's in the fire department with Springsteen's son. Also about his son who used to know a guy who knew Springsteen's personal chef who introduced him, and Springsteen was really cool.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 21:06 (one year ago) link
We also played pinball on the boardwalk around the corner from the Stone Pony.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 21:07 (one year ago) link
Riiight
― calstars, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 21:07 (one year ago) link
Did you get chills? xp
Yeah that pinball museum is no joke
― But his face would not turn into hot Kirby (Evan), Tuesday, 4 April 2023 21:08 (one year ago) link
Re: Springsushi
Eel sashimi, junp a little lighter
Come on up for the ricing
― she loves me like a rock lobster (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 4 April 2023 21:12 (one year ago) link
Thunder Roll
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 21:13 (one year ago) link
Wasabi Street Band
― she loves me like a rock lobster (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 4 April 2023 21:14 (one year ago) link
Thunder Roe
― hypnic jerk (morrisp), Tuesday, 4 April 2023 21:20 (one year ago) link
that's a good one
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 21:22 (one year ago) link
The Ghost of Tom Roe'd
― she loves me like a rock lobster (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 4 April 2023 21:22 (one year ago) link
Roesalita?
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 21:32 (one year ago) link
Roe Surrender?I think we have unlocked the key to Springsteen sushi puns.
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 21:33 (one year ago) link
The Rice That Binds
― StanM, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 21:45 (one year ago) link
Sashimeeting Across The River
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 4 April 2023 21:48 (one year ago) link
The Ramen Touch
― she loves me like a rock lobster (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 4 April 2023 21:53 (one year ago) link
Nori Days
― omar little, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 21:54 (one year ago) link
My Tempura Will Not Let You Down
― underwater as a compliment (Eazy), Tuesday, 4 April 2023 22:04 (one year ago) link
Born In The U N I
― nickn, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 22:14 (one year ago) link
LMAO
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 4 April 2023 22:19 (one year ago) link
She just said "Joe, I can't eat roeI had it once, I can't have it any more"She ate edamame, chicken teriyakiShe ordered California RollAnd I dropped to my knees, hung my head, and cried
― hypnic jerk (morrisp), Tuesday, 4 April 2023 23:17 (one year ago) link
and for my 19th birthdayi got a uni nigiri with some tobiko
― maf you one two (maffew12), Wednesday, 5 April 2023 13:38 (one year ago) link
Meet me tonight, for Atlantic ahi ...
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 5 April 2023 13:54 (one year ago) link
Working on a Bream
― she loves me like a rock lobster (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 5 April 2023 17:22 (one year ago) link
Salmon Claus is Comin' to Town
― she loves me like a rock lobster (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 5 April 2023 17:35 (one year ago) link
(But seriously Omar won that round with the very elegant "Nori Days.")
I don't think that can be improved upon.
― she loves me like a rock lobster (Ye Mad Puffin), Wednesday, 5 April 2023 17:38 (one year ago) link
Some fans have been synching their iPhone footage to the officially released downloads that come out a few days later - pretty good results!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=swjgpWjrNMU
― birdistheword, Thursday, 6 April 2023 23:42 (one year ago) link
Another good one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc-fBNA8tuA
― birdistheword, Thursday, 6 April 2023 23:46 (one year ago) link
"Jungleland" from MSG, in HDR which looks really impressive, especially for the 30 second stretch just past the 2 minute mark (try watching it on a computer screen instead of a phone).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3a3tFAsd9M
― birdistheword, Sunday, 9 April 2023 03:32 (one year ago) link
Any idea why Patti Scialfa hasn't played the last few shows?
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Sunday, 9 April 2023 06:25 (one year ago) link
I thought she only ever did a couple of shows each tour?
― StanM, Sunday, 9 April 2023 07:20 (one year ago) link
it's a good question, I think she did the first few dates? I mean, she could be visiting or vacationing with her kids/grandkids, getting plastic surgery, dealing with other stuff privately; we assume the "health emergency" that postponed shows (or however they put it) was Bruce, but it could have been Patti, or anyone. These folks are old with families and lives.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 9 April 2023 12:49 (one year ago) link
Bruce finally got the 'vid. Seems to be doing OK.
I just bought some modestly situated (if not quite priced) seats to see the second Wrigley show this summer. He's brought me so much happiness over the years that I ultimately thought it kind of silly to sit it out out of spite. I'll probably make a decision about the first night closer to the date, but I suspect that decision will be "yes" even if he sticks to a static setlist.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 17 April 2023 01:58 (one year ago) link
I got it too. Think I know which artist I will be paying tribute to first when I get back on the karaoke circuit.
― The Titus Andromedon Strain (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 17 April 2023 02:07 (one year ago) link
Feel better, James (...and Bruce)
― morrisp.fandom.com (morrisp), Monday, 17 April 2023 02:08 (one year ago) link
Thanks! I’d like to thank that someday we’ll look back on this and it will all seem funny. It’s not going to BE funny but…
― The Titus Andromedon Strain (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 17 April 2023 02:10 (one year ago) link
Come on up for the virus
― doja catharsis (Ye Mad Puffin), Monday, 17 April 2023 09:02 (one year ago) link
Complete UBS Arena show in 4K
― birdistheword, Tuesday, 25 April 2023 04:53 (one year ago) link
On the way to the airport this morning, my wife's playlist popped up "Human Touch." I was impressed that she went with a (relatively) deep cut, and then she told me it was actually her second favorite Springsteen song after "The River," but that she'd burned herself out on "The River" (like Bruce?) and now gravitates toward "Human Touch." I had no idea! I was impressed!
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 28 April 2023 01:03 (one year ago) link
Oh hi. I recently started to emerge from my COVID cocoon and did the karaoke thing as promised, “Prove It All Night.”
― The Lubitsch Touchscreen (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 28 April 2023 01:51 (one year ago) link
I've been listening to THE PROMISE.
I don't think all of it is so great, but I do think - if an artist c.1979 had released just this LP, and made none of Bruce's other LPs, it would still be admired and viewed as a historically interesting tribute to big 1960s pop among other things.
― the pinefox, Friday, 28 April 2023 12:06 (one year ago) link
This never occurred to me until Jimmy Guterman pointed it out, but the closing guitar solo in "Human Touch" really does sound like a Richard Thompson solo. (It's also unfortunate that the single edit fades it out because it's the best part of the track.)
Re: The Promise, I agree pinefox. I do think it's a shame Springsteen held back that material for 30 years, but at least it was finally released. Several cuts wouldn't have been usable in 1979 since they were successfully re-worked for Darkness on the Edge of Town, but you could easily replace them with the Darkness outtakes on Tracks which were arguably stronger ("Don't Look Back," "The Iceman," "Give the Girl a Kiss," "Hearts of Stone"). I'm not sure whether a double LP or single LP would be better - on the one hand, I can see how half the set doesn't rise to the same level as the other half, but at the same time, I think a single LP would have the same problems as the shelved The Ties That Bind LP due to the general frothiness that dominates so much of the material.
― birdistheword, Friday, 28 April 2023 16:34 (one year ago) link
Like a lot of Springsteen, the "Human Touch" solo is more how he plays it than what he is playing. Here's a good live version with some guitar closeups from 2009. He's barely playing many notes, tbh:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srmQtMZPKN4
I always though the song reminded me a lot of "Tunnel of Love," which of course has a killer Nils solo. He gets to cut loose here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I4606sXyaRU
I was shocked at how little Nils had to do when I saw the show a few weeks ago, he's the most talented musician on stage.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 28 April 2023 17:12 (one year ago) link
When I was new to Springsteen, I mistook "Human Touch" for "Tunnel of Love" before I realized they were two different songs from two different albums. I think this happened when I heard Greatest Hits - I previously caught the video for Tunnel of Love somewhere (maybe a DVD?) and just assumed it was the same song.
― birdistheword, Friday, 28 April 2023 17:44 (one year ago) link
https://www.instagram.com/p/Crj2R8CoY5S/
― lord of the rongs (anagram), Saturday, 29 April 2023 07:50 (one year ago) link
birdistheword: Yes ... a single LP of the best of THE PROMISE would be strong! Picking the best 11 tracks or so out of that. Or even those that aren't on DARKNESS.
One thing about THE PROMISE as I recall is that by the end he keeps coming up with ever more epic finale numbers ... there are about 3 in a row, and they're all good.
― the pinefox, Saturday, 29 April 2023 08:19 (one year ago) link