Nice glockenspiel
― Sam Weller, Wednesday, 23 January 2019 09:36 (five years ago) link
I don't know when I last listened to "The Ghost of Tom Joad" - I think I usually hear its songs in the context of contemporaneous live recordings - but it's holding up really well right now.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 25 January 2019 16:51 (five years ago) link
Hmm...should we pre-cover?
“Western Stars” tracklist1. Hitch Hikin’2. The Wayfarer3. Tucson Train4. Western Stars5. Sleepy Joe’s Café6. Drive Fast (The Stuntman)7. Chasin’ Wild Horses8. Sundown9. Somewhere North of Nashville10. Stones11. There Goes My Miracle12. Hello Sunshine13. Moonlight Motel
― ... (Eazy), Thursday, 25 April 2019 14:01 (five years ago) link
I take it this will be another stripped down acoustic Bruce in the desert album.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 25 April 2019 14:04 (five years ago) link
Hm, maybe not!
The Boss is back with his first new studio album in five years. Western Stars is due out June 14 on Columbia Records and, according to a press release announcing the record, will be largely influenced by the Southern California pop sounds of the late '60s and early '70s."This record is a return to my solo recordings," Springsteen says in a statement, "featuring character-driven songs and sweeping, cinematic orchestral arrangements. It's a jewel box of a record."
"This record is a return to my solo recordings," Springsteen says in a statement, "featuring character-driven songs and sweeping, cinematic orchestral arrangements. It's a jewel box of a record."
I dig the idea of AM Gold Bruce.
― soaring skrrrtpeggios (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 25 April 2019 14:13 (five years ago) link
10. Stones
1. Hitch Hikin’
13. Moonlight Motel
tee hee
― glumdalclitch, Thursday, 25 April 2019 14:16 (five years ago) link
I love this picture of dad Bruce next to his boyfriend-smooching daughter:
https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2019/04/23/17/12621386-0-image-a-32_1556036048947.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 25 April 2019 14:20 (five years ago) link
i unreservedly love "hello sunshine" in a way i haven't loved a bruce springsteen song in i can't remember when.
― fact checking cuz, Friday, 26 April 2019 04:55 (five years ago) link
!
More than a few shades of ... Jimmy Webb?
Calling this a solo album, though he made it with many collaborators including his longtime producer Ron Aniello, original E Street Band keyboard player David Sancious, and the multi-instrumentalist and genius song-shaper Jon Brion
!!! Who else is on it?
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 26 April 2019 11:42 (five years ago) link
For others. This is slight but ... maybe not so slight, and lovely.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icJjlg5e6l8
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 26 April 2019 11:44 (five years ago) link
Can see him doing a solo tour next year now.
― the word dog doesn't bark (anagram), Friday, 26 April 2019 12:27 (five years ago) link
"You fall in love with lonely, you end up that way"
Great song, and I'm by no means a fan. Glenn Campbell vibes.
― Uptown VONC (Le Bateau Ivre), Friday, 26 April 2019 12:38 (five years ago) link
Also "Everybody's Talkin'," but yeah, Webb out the wazoo. My wife loved it.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 26 April 2019 13:13 (five years ago) link
this is great.
― EZ Snappin, Friday, 26 April 2019 13:22 (five years ago) link
best thing i've heard from him in... wow ok it's been a while
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 26 April 2019 13:34 (five years ago) link
i really loved that song he did for the wrestler, this feels quiet and unassuming in the same way but also the way the strings and piano gradually work their way into the mix is p masterful
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 26 April 2019 13:37 (five years ago) link
feels good to hear the boss over production that is not complete garbage, i gotta say
― american bradass (BradNelson), Friday, 26 April 2019 13:38 (five years ago) link
yeah, pleasantly surprised by this song, considering how much i disliked high hopes. it's really lovely.
― mourning joe (voodoo chili), Friday, 26 April 2019 14:09 (five years ago) link
xpost OTM. This is what overproduction should be! Nashville sound, etc.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 26 April 2019 14:36 (five years ago) link
glad Jon Brion is involved :-)
― Ludo, Friday, 26 April 2019 14:40 (five years ago) link
Playing Moog and celeste! Did he arrange the strings or was there someone else? I guess we will find out!
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 26 April 2019 14:46 (five years ago) link
wow this sounds great. HE sounds great.
― Simon H., Friday, 26 April 2019 14:47 (five years ago) link
I hope Fred Neil got a credit, tho
― Simon H., Friday, 26 April 2019 14:48 (five years ago) link
it seems ok but derivative enough that I'm not gonna rave about it
― L'assie (Euler), Friday, 26 April 2019 14:54 (five years ago) link
20 seconds in and Fred Neil otm
― dan selzer, Friday, 26 April 2019 15:13 (five years ago) link
I haven't wanted to replay a Bruce record since The Rising. This isn't quite there but agree re: production.
It sounds a little like early 90s REM doing "Baby Blue"
― Chuck_Tatum, Friday, 26 April 2019 17:02 (five years ago) link
Very nice - first time I've liked something new of his in a while. Reminded me of Lucinda.
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Friday, 26 April 2019 18:03 (five years ago) link
when someone you already love does something that makes you love them even more & then your heart explodes^basically me right now
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 27 April 2019 03:01 (five years ago) link
also the percussion takes me straight to john paul young’s “love is in the air” and i’m not mad
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 27 April 2019 03:03 (five years ago) link
Good songHope the album has more like this
― We were never Breeting Borting (President Keyes), Saturday, 27 April 2019 13:43 (five years ago) link
this sounds great, nice sense of spaceagreed about the sound of his rock records since the 90s, such off the rack modern rock tones and production
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 27 April 2019 14:27 (five years ago) link
Now it reminds me of “Skyway”
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 27 April 2019 22:17 (five years ago) link
This seems promising but not quite ready to jump on the bandwagon yet.
― Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 April 2019 23:12 (five years ago) link
Sounds a bit like "Everybody's Talkin'" too, in case that hasn't been mentioned amongst the things it is reminiscent of.
― Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 April 2019 23:13 (five years ago) link
Wondering if he was actively channeling Glen Campbell what with his recent passing and long illness leading up to it.
― Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 April 2019 23:15 (five years ago) link
Okay, I see this upthread, sorry.
― Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 April 2019 23:17 (five years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjc79mlluKA
https://variety.com/2018/music/news/bruce-springsteen-talks-trump-new-album-and-hints-at-an-upcoming-tour-1203078221/
“Really, that record is influenced by Southern California pop music of the ’70s,” he said, referring to orchestrated-pop music of that era by “Glen Campbell, Jimmy Webb, Burt Bacharach, those kinds of records. I don’t know if people will hear those influences, but that was what I had in my mind.
― Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 27 April 2019 23:19 (five years ago) link
WE HEAR IT BRUCE <3
― Squeaky Fromage (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 27 April 2019 23:59 (five years ago) link
Ha!
― Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 April 2019 02:32 (five years ago) link
Jimmy Webb FB page gave a nod to this
― Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 29 April 2019 14:01 (five years ago) link
Best vocal on an "Everybody's Talkin'" (even if it's the worst arrangement):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fjw0yE8mQVc
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Monday, 29 April 2019 15:13 (five years ago) link
Wow
― Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 29 April 2019 15:19 (five years ago) link
You know I always liked my walking shoesBut you can get a little too fond of the bluesYou walk too far, you walk away
― Good cop, Babcock (Chinaski), Monday, 29 April 2019 15:46 (five years ago) link
Songs where it's fun to say HOOS in place of the actual lyrics
― Theory of Every Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 29 April 2019 15:50 (five years ago) link
I kind of think Lana Del Rey took the same SoCal influences, went in a different direction and ended up with Mariners Apt Complex
― that's not my post, Tuesday, 30 April 2019 04:50 (five years ago) link
not so sure about "there goes my miracle." on first listen, it's exactly what i feared this album would be. not sure he has the voice for these arrangements. i'd kinda like to hear scott walker singing this, though.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 16 May 2019 16:48 (five years ago) link
(also, i'm secretly hoping it's about miracle the horse from mel brooks' "history of the world part 1.")
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 16 May 2019 16:49 (five years ago) link
(and still completely enthralled by "hello sunshine.")
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 16 May 2019 16:50 (five years ago) link