The scramble for tickets for those in-store book signings is going to be unedifying.
― heaven parker (anagram), Monday, 5 September 2016 14:48 (eight years ago) link
I'll just download the bootleg.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 5 September 2016 16:39 (eight years ago) link
Looking forward to reading this, and I am not even the biggest Springsteen fan- I just don't have the Sitzfleisch to make through a four hour rock concert.
― Under the Zing of Stan (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 5 September 2016 16:41 (eight years ago) link
Thumbs up AVclub:
Although Springsteen will appear in person at each stop on the nine-date book tour, the books will come pre-signed, meaning you probably won’t get the chance to stand in front of The Boss and ask him if he got sick of sitting around here trying to write this book with a big stupid grin as he scribbles your name and pretends he’s never heard that one before. Maybe that’s for the best, come to think of it.Dates for the Bruce Springsteen Born To Run book tour are embedded below. How he’ll manage to extend a book tour date to nearly four hours remains to be seen, but if anyone can do it, Springsteen can.
Dates for the Bruce Springsteen Born To Run book tour are embedded below. How he’ll manage to extend a book tour date to nearly four hours remains to be seen, but if anyone can do it, Springsteen can.
― Josh in Chicago, Monday, 12 September 2016 22:32 (eight years ago) link
lol nice
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Tuesday, 13 September 2016 01:35 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dpOSRY2olDk
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 18 September 2016 21:02 (eight years ago) link
Picked up my friend Steve to see the Mekons in the city. It was 7:15, and the Springsteen channel was maybe 2/3rds of the way through "New York Serenade," the first song he played at the epic August Meadowlands set they were broadcasting. We drove into the city and got to the gig a bit early, then the band went on a bit late. The Mekons were ragged but managed maybe two hours of music. We got back to the car around 10:20, and Bruce's Meadowland's set was nowhere near done. It was mid-'Dancing in the Dark," which means there were still five songs to go, all around 6-10 minutes long, and it was still far from wrapping up when I finally got home. I mean ... wow.
Meanwhile: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/21/books/bruce-springsteen-memoir-born-to-run.html
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 04:14 (eight years ago) link
He raised his three children without rock-star mementos in the house. “My kids didn’t know ‘Badlands’ from matzo ball soup,” he writes. “When I was approached on the street for autographs, I’d explain to them that in my job I was Barney (the then-famous purple dinosaur) for adults.” His eldest son says, in shock, “Dad, that guy has you tattooed on his arm.”
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 04:18 (eight years ago) link
Who is going to be awesome and convert this list to a public playlist on Spotify?
http://www.vulture.com/2016/06/every-bruce-springsteen-song-ranked.html
― Brevs Mekis (dandydonweiner), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 16:20 (eight years ago) link
hmm all titles in that article have youtube links afaict so if you want a playlist with every bruce song haphazadly ranked it wld prob be a lot easier to youtube it
― niels, Wednesday, 21 September 2016 16:25 (eight years ago) link
Does anyone know where I can find a streaming service that provides access to some Bruce Springsteen tracks?
― Gravity Well, You Needn't (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 16:33 (eight years ago) link
Ah good point Niels...so the thing to do would be make a YouTube playlist of those tracks and then import to Spotify via:
https://soundiiz.com/login
That site has been very handy in the past btw.
― Brevs Mekis (dandydonweiner), Wednesday, 21 September 2016 16:45 (eight years ago) link
Starting to wonder which Jimmy Cliff songs he covered. I had forgotten about "Trapped," which was popular for one hot minute because it was on a benefit album, (We Are The World?) and see some other tunes on YouTube from The Harder They Come, including "The Harder They Come" with Jimmy himself. But I also seem to recall him playing "Vietnam," although I am finding little evidence of it.
― Gravity Well, You Needn't (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 22 September 2016 04:43 (eight years ago) link
(We Are The World?)
Yep, that's the one (and I wish the question mark was actually part of the title), and "Trapped" got a ton of airplay at the time.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Thursday, 22 September 2016 14:33 (eight years ago) link
I don't know why I am thinking he covered "Vietnam." Did he? Or did it appear in some other context - the "Treasure Island" section in Stranded?- and I am just confounding.
― Gravity Well, You Needn't (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 22 September 2016 14:48 (eight years ago) link
There's bootlegs of a song he did called Vietnam that later mutated into Born In The USA. I don't know if his song has anything to do with the Jimmy Cliff song.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 22 September 2016 15:57 (eight years ago) link
New Order (!) covered Vietnam, but don't think Bruce did.
― Josh in Chicago, Thursday, 22 September 2016 16:40 (eight years ago) link
i love bruce in jersey shred devil mode. could watch bruce solo vids a lot actually.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euwbwRAITa4
― scott seward, Friday, 23 September 2016 01:08 (eight years ago) link
oh but i was reading richard ford on chronicles vol.2...
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/25/books/review/bruce-springsteen-born-to-run-richard-ford.html?hpw&rref=books&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&module=well-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well
― scott seward, Friday, 23 September 2016 01:10 (eight years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fj8jGgUDHqw
Mr. Ford will be hearing from the Dutch embassy...
"Springsteen’s part Scots-Irish, part Italian family was a caldron of these bubbling forces."
― scott seward, Friday, 23 September 2016 01:18 (eight years ago) link
I like Springsteen guitar but he's best when he knows when to get out of the way, especially when paired with James fucking Burton:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=la2H9OCOlrQ
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 23 September 2016 02:11 (eight years ago) link
This is a great one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACSeVC6umzg
― Josh in Chicago, Friday, 23 September 2016 03:22 (eight years ago) link
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/bruce-springsteen-call-trump-moron-228586?cmpid=sf
“The republic is under siege by a moron, basically. The whole thing is tragic. Without overstating it, it's a tragedy for our democracy,” the rocker said, when asked what he makes of the “Trump phenomenon”.
Countdown to Trump slamming the Boss on twitter, aka the end of his candidacy.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 24 September 2016 00:20 (seven years ago) link
Boring Bruce slams me in low-selling Rolling Stone! Sad! Not A Fan!
― a full playlist of presidential sex jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 24 September 2016 01:07 (seven years ago) link
#JohnCaffertyIsBetter
― a full playlist of presidential sex jams (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 24 September 2016 01:09 (seven years ago) link
You're on firefired!
― Autotune the Sky (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 24 September 2016 01:18 (seven years ago) link
If/when this happens, Chris Christie's brain will explode.
― Ⓓⓡ. (Johnny Fever), Saturday, 24 September 2016 01:19 (seven years ago) link
that jersey shred devil mode is great!
― niels, Saturday, 24 September 2016 10:59 (seven years ago) link
Bruce looked nervous talking to Colbert about the book on tv last night. Interesting if not totally insightful.
― curmudgeon, Saturday, 24 September 2016 11:50 (seven years ago) link
Perhaps you will find something in this interview more to your liking: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1XZWmpWbinY
― Autotune the Sky (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 24 September 2016 15:47 (seven years ago) link
Bruce seemed fine on Colbert. Meanwhile, Nils's Jersey shred devil by proxy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fd6c6z2owak
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 25 September 2016 15:48 (seven years ago) link
Noticed recently that he tends to "borrow" song titles: "Party Lights," "Mansion on the Hill, "All Or Nothin' At All" to name three that come to mind, don't know how many more there are.
― Autotune the Sky (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 September 2016 15:55 (seven years ago) link
Reason to Believe
― Ari (whenuweremine), Sunday, 25 September 2016 15:58 (seven years ago) link
http://www.impawards.com/1958/posters/thunder_road.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 25 September 2016 16:05 (seven years ago) link
http://www.gstatic.com/tv/thumb/movieposters/5362/p5362_p_v8_aa.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 25 September 2016 16:08 (seven years ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/e6/Badlands_movie_poster.jpg
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 25 September 2016 16:09 (seven years ago) link
I do like the bit in the doc where Bruce concedes he still doesn't know what a "Tenth Avenue Freeze Out" is. Love this on wiki:
The song tells the story of the formation of the E Street Band. However, when asked, most Springsteen fans cannot answer the question, "What is a Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out?" The meaning of the phrase is still a mystery. Even Springsteen himself says, laughing, in the Born to Run documentary Wings for Wheels: The Making of Born to Run: "I still have no idea what it means. But it's important."
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 25 September 2016 16:10 (seven years ago) link
perhaps he was familiar with the Visions of Johanna working title "Freeze Out"?
― niels, Sunday, 25 September 2016 16:14 (seven years ago) link
I was excited to hear the news that he was writing this until I realized I have no interest in learning more about him
― calstars, Sunday, 25 September 2016 16:54 (seven years ago) link
I am doing the opposite approach, going to try to read this thing right away before I know too much from interviews and reviews.
perhaps he was familiar with the Visions of Johanna working title "Freeze Out"?― niels, Sunday, September 25, 2016 4:14 PM (one hour ago)
― niels, Sunday, September 25, 2016 4:14 PM (one hour ago)
― Autotune the Sky (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 September 2016 17:45 (seven years ago) link
There are also lots of reoccurring images and phrases in his lyrics. "Killing floor," "darkness on the edge of town/other things," "promised land," "debts no honest man can pay,"(used twice on Nebraska), "Got on a dead man suit and smilin' skull ring. Lucky graveyard boots and a song to sing.," etc. The "Darkness" outtake "Spanish Eyes" begins "Hey, little girl, is your daddy home?" Lots of repetition I imagine is due to his rewriting songs and lyrics over and over again, finding the right place for the right phrase in the right song. In the case of "Nebraska," it's no doubt because the songs were more or less demos to begin with.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 25 September 2016 18:45 (seven years ago) link
Not that I think it's this, but as the song talks about the early days of the band, I always think Tenth Avenue Freeze Out means not being able to crossover from NJ to NY, as 10th avenue is one of the western most streets in the city.
― dan selzer, Sunday, 25 September 2016 21:20 (seven years ago) link
i was listening to his new years 1980 show where he played songs with similar titles in suites and i thought that was hilarious and smart
― who is extremely unqualified to review this pop album (BradNelson), Sunday, 25 September 2016 21:25 (seven years ago) link
― calstars, Sunday, September 25, 2016 12:54 PM (four hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
same, i probably wouldn't have read Peter Ames Carlin's (very good) five hundred page bio if i'd known Bruce had his own thick tome on the way so soon after
― Best Beloved Trump-Pence (some dude), Sunday, 25 September 2016 21:28 (seven years ago) link
Carlin's book was great, I have a feeling the Bruce book will be pretty different. Maybe almost like a collection of chapter-long essays.
― Josh in Chicago, Sunday, 25 September 2016 21:42 (seven years ago) link
yeah you're prob right, i just won't personally have won't have the appetite to read 1000 pages about Bruce in the space of like 3 years.
― Best Beloved Trump-Pence (some dude), Sunday, 25 September 2016 22:19 (seven years ago) link
Seems like Carlin had a lot of access for that book as well so perhaps not so much left to be revealed. B-b-but The Boss's unique storyteller's voice!
― Berberian Begins at Home (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 25 September 2016 22:23 (seven years ago) link
yeah...the occasional times BS has penned an essay or whatever he's seemed pretty capable as a writer
― Best Beloved Trump-Pence (some dude), Sunday, 25 September 2016 22:28 (seven years ago) link
this is the most excited i have been about a memoir in recent memory
i love his writing & i think he's a v good storyteller, just keen to see what sorta visual tapestry he weaves idk
― Flamenco Drop (VegemiteGrrl), Sunday, 25 September 2016 23:19 (seven years ago) link