this rules:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4octJwjb7LE#t=59
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 24 April 2014 19:12 (ten years ago) link
I believe he did a different iconic Aussie song on each of his Aussie stops. I mean, holy shit at this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFIkABkwlLY
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 April 2014 20:38 (ten years ago) link
(even better because they totally fuck up Born to Run after it!)
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 April 2014 20:42 (ten years ago) link
Damn! Springsteen=the best covers artist working in 2014!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfJvrH7iQ3c
― Inside Lewellyn Sinclair (cryptosicko), Thursday, 24 April 2014 21:54 (ten years ago) link
Wonder if he'll do local covers in the US next month. Can't wait until he hits Albany and plays...um...that Albany classic...song...shit, yeah, nothing here.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 24 April 2014 23:01 (ten years ago) link
"I wanna be a part of it - Upstate New York!"
― EZ Snappin, Thursday, 24 April 2014 23:02 (ten years ago) link
That INXS cover is fucking awesome.
He opened Pittsburgh last night with The Clash's "Clampdown."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IuVkCxZL53o
― bi-polar uncle (its OK-he's dead) (Phil D.), Thursday, 24 April 2014 23:10 (ten years ago) link
http://imgick.nj.com/home/njo-media/width620/img/springsteen_impact/photo/14759781-mmmain.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 April 2014 23:18 (ten years ago) link
What a shame that Morello is still in this band.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 April 2014 23:20 (ten years ago) link
truth
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 24 April 2014 23:24 (ten years ago) link
Love his playing. Can't fucking stand his awful, awful singing.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 24 April 2014 23:25 (ten years ago) link
Morello's schtick works in Rage Against the Machine. Here, he might as well be Steve Vai.
What I love about Bruce is that he's not above this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeZmz38gkVU
I mean, come on, it takes a certain kind of guy to even bother with this, so good for him for being that guy.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 24 April 2014 23:26 (ten years ago) link
One thing I love about Bruce is that none of this is spoilery; he could (and likely will) do an entirely different set next month (or next week, or the next night).
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 24 April 2014 23:28 (ten years ago) link
Or he may not do a song for a decade.
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 25 April 2014 00:08 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9SIvN7ULkNE
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 25 April 2014 01:03 (ten years ago) link
Van Halen's "Jump"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoGL2PsPEh8
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 25 April 2014 01:06 (ten years ago) link
Now see, that's pretty much the only reason to have Morello in your band, and even then, I'm pretty sure Nils would have done better. He's a secret tapping wiz:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9Wu3maOs44
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 25 April 2014 03:26 (ten years ago) link
Lofgren is twice the guitarist Morello is, fo sho
― jamiesummerz, Friday, 25 April 2014 14:04 (ten years ago) link
You can do it, too! But patience, grasshopper:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtEbZ-NioIc
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 25 April 2014 17:38 (ten years ago) link
Bring your own hat:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd6c6z2owak
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 25 April 2014 17:40 (ten years ago) link
'Stayin Alive'
holy shit this is good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n1GT-VjjVs&feature=youtu.be
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 16:13 (ten years ago) link
Saw him last night, and he brought out "Stayin' Alive" (by request).
This was my first time seeing him and yeah, I think this kid is goin' places. Holy fucking shit.
There was a lot of audience participation: a woman got up and danced with him for most of a song; a couple of "whaddya call 'em now...tweens?" requested "Seaside Bar Song," and danced onstage with him; and, the point at which I got something in my eye, he danced with a fan's mom (who was also a fan) to "Save The Last Dance For Me" for Mother's Day.
He opened with "Don't Change" (which was great, but I was hoping for "Clampdown"), did a bunch of new stuff I hadn't heard, a bunch of old stuff at the end, and a few things that I think (?) are rarely played -- the aforementioned "Seaside Bar Song," "Mary's Place," "Something in the Night," "Ramrod."
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 16:58 (ten years ago) link
no matter how lukewarm I get about his albums these days, I'll always go see him live
dude puts on a SHOW
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 17:08 (ten years ago) link
Imagine what a bummer it would be if he ever went the Prince route, where some nights it's the best thing you've ever seen, and some nights he just did not give a fuck. Fortunately Bruce currently gives enough fucks to carry all the other acts who do not give a fuck.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 14 May 2014 17:21 (ten years ago) link
Yeah that's the thing with Bruce ---and I get a bit of the same thing from Pearl Jam live too, not quite at that same level but close --- where you might see him do a 4 hour show and feel like it's the most amazing set you've ever seen, and then two days later you read a set list that even more off the chain, and that will continue for like, months.
Bruce live is never just, 'eh that was okay'...it's always 110%, and I can't imagine what it does to him physically to do that every night but goddamn, you gotta love him for it.
― set the controls for the heart of the sun (VegemiteGrrl), Wednesday, 14 May 2014 17:38 (ten years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vT-VaMXsAw
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 12 August 2014 16:19 (ten years ago) link
<3
― SEEMS TO ME (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 12 August 2014 20:51 (ten years ago) link
http://brucespringsteen.net/
Complete 73-84 Studio Albums Box on remastered CD and Vinyl due November 17. Unfortunately, dspite what they say, the links provided are just for the MP3 edition.
― You and Dad's Army? (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 17:52 (nine years ago) link
I wonder how much Bruce had to do with this, and also if he messed around at all with the mixes, etc.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 24 September 2014 18:31 (nine years ago) link
Interview with Bob Ludwig here: http://www.backstreets.com/remasters.html
No remixing, and Bruce is happy with them. Also, thought this was interesting:
There are a few albums where originally Bruce wanted to use some compression, and the remasters have a little less. It is a balance, and a question of what 'feels good' that day.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 18:36 (nine years ago) link
I like the remastered version of Born to Run and Darkness, so I'm expecting good things. Very sneaky of them not to include Tunnel of Love, because Vol. 2 will have to have some draw.
― Johnny Fever, Wednesday, 24 September 2014 18:38 (nine years ago) link
Happy birthday Bruce. He turned 65 yesterday...
Dj'd on Sirius-Xm, is working on a children's book and more
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/bruce-springsteen-turns-65/
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 24 September 2014 18:42 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, the BtR and Darkness remasters sound great, but I don't wanna double them with this set.
There's some talk on Bruce message boards that this set is exactly what fans didn't want, particularly with recent chatter/rumors about a possible River box and archival live stuff.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 18:52 (nine years ago) link
Those individual albums were so slow going in development though.
― You and Dad's Army? (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 19:12 (nine years ago) link
"Individual Album BOXES" even
― You and Dad's Army? (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 24 September 2014 19:13 (nine years ago) link
so easy to find most of these used on vinyl - kind of hard to justify paying big bucks for remastered versions of 5-buck records
― Brio2, Wednesday, 24 September 2014 20:01 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, I don't want to rebuy the remastered versions of BtR or DatEoT. But it has been s l o w going with the box sets. Is it too much to ask for a once a year box set remaster? My favorite albums of his are the ones not remastered to this point - the ones encompassing The River through Tunnel of Love.
― Rod Steel (musicfanatic), Thursday, 25 September 2014 00:03 (nine years ago) link
It's true that the boxes have been slow coming out, but jeez, he made a movie for each one!
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 25 September 2014 00:27 (nine years ago) link
Two in the case of Darkness...(the doc and the new live performance of the album)
― You and Dad's Army? (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 25 September 2014 00:37 (nine years ago) link
At the pace they were going, The River set would be 12 discs (the album, outtakes, two docs, three concerts plus a replica Little Steven beret).
― You and Dad's Army? (C. Grisso/McCain), Thursday, 25 September 2014 00:40 (nine years ago) link
I wish they'd bang out single-disc or double-disc versions of the outtakes + alt versions etc for each record. I'm perfectly happy with 2-cd version of "The Promise" over the 6-cd box. I appreciate that stuff being available in a manageable package for people without $ or inclination to wade through the whole she-bang - would be nice if people did this more. A nice best-of of the new Self Portrait stuff would be fine for me, for instance.
― Brio2, Thursday, 25 September 2014 15:24 (nine years ago) link
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/02/books/review/bruce-springsteen-by-the-book.html?action=click&contentCollection=Baseball&module=MostEmailed&version=Full®ion=Marginalia&src=me&pgtype=article
Books he has been reading
Who is your favorite novelist of all time, and your favorite novelist writing today?
I like the Russians, the Chekhov short stories, Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky. I never read any of them until the past four years, and found them to be thoroughly psychologically modern. Personal favorites: “The Brothers Karamazov” and, of course, “Anna Karenina.”
Current favorites: Philip Roth, Cormac McCarthy and Richard Ford. It’s hard to beat “American Pastoral,” “I Married a Communist” and “Sabbath’s Theater.” Cormac McCarthy’s “Blood Meridian” remains a watermark in my reading. It’s the combination of Faulkner and Sergio Leone’s spaghetti westerns that gives the book its spark for me. I love the way Richard Ford writes about New Jersey. “The Sportswriter,” “Independence Day” and “The Lay of the Land” are all set on my stomping grounds and, besides being poignant and hilarious, nail the Jersey Shore perfectly.
― curmudgeon, Friday, 31 October 2014 19:13 (nine years ago) link
He has done a lot of book reading since the age of 29
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 1 November 2014 17:19 (nine years ago) link
it'd be cool to be bruce springsteen and rich and have a lot of time to catch up on great novels you've missed
― I dunno. (amateurist), Saturday, 1 November 2014 22:37 (nine years ago) link
Yeah, he's such a rich slacker, isn't he? Just sitting home year 'round, counting his money.
― the man with the black wigs (Eazy), Saturday, 1 November 2014 22:45 (nine years ago) link
on Friday i turned on my local classic rock station and they were celebrating 'Springsteen Halloween' and playing nothing but Bruce the entire day. they were playing a lot of cuts not usually played on the radio much, it was fun, although i can't imagine any other stations are doing it.
― some dude, Saturday, 1 November 2014 23:12 (nine years ago) link
Don't forget the cross-country motorcycle trips that Springsteen regularly does
― DDD, Saturday, 1 November 2014 23:23 (nine years ago) link
i think this "springsteen halloween" sounds made up
― BIG HOOS aka the steendriver, Monday, 3 November 2014 00:56 (nine years ago) link
Got a wife and kids in Baltimore, Jack / I went out for a ride and I never went back Baltimore Halloween, Baltimore classic rock radio Halloween
― curmudgeon, Monday, 3 November 2014 14:08 (nine years ago) link
x-post--Didn't critic Dave Marsh start giving Bruce books?...
I skipped most of college, becoming a road musician, so I didn’t begin reading seriously until 28 or 29. Then it was Flannery O’Connor; James M. Cain; John Cheever; Sherwood Anderson; and Jim Thompson, the great noir writer. These authors contributed greatly to the turn my music took around 1978-82. They brought out a sense of geography and the dark strain in my writing, broadened my horizons about what might be accomplished with a pop song and are still the cornerstone literally for what I try to accomplish today.
― curmudgeon, Monday, 3 November 2014 14:11 (nine years ago) link