HT and LT could be condensed into a single album that's solid, but still weaker than Tunnel or Tom Joad.
― Johnny Fever, Thursday, 29 May 2014 17:57 (nine years ago) link
"human touch" is a way better SINGLE than i originally thought. my impression when it came out was that it, along with much of the two albums, was self-parody, but today i'd rate it an A-plus springsteen single, and it remains one of my favorite springsteen live songs.
the albums as a whole still sound like parody to me, filled with rote arrangements and playing and way too much imagery of rivers and birds and other such stuff that makes me want to throw up onto my freshman poetry syllabus. but make it into a single album with "human touch," "living proof," "leap of faith," "if i should fall behind," "lucky town," "my beautiful reward" and a few others and it could be a mildly catchy document of the rock star approaching middle age.
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 29 May 2014 18:04 (nine years ago) link
His solo in "Human Touch" is solid.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 29 May 2014 19:06 (nine years ago) link
absolutely!
― fact checking cuz, Thursday, 29 May 2014 19:19 (nine years ago) link
Yes. Always loved the song Human Touch.
― kornrulez6969, Thursday, 29 May 2014 19:54 (nine years ago) link
Didn't get to vote in this, but the top 3 would have been mine as well. And I love the album cuts, too. "Minutes to Memories", "Between A Laugh and A Tear", "Face Of A Nation". I played this a lot in 1985.
― jetfan, Friday, 30 May 2014 04:51 (nine years ago) link
Heard Minutes to Memories on the radio for the first time in probably 20 years today. Holy fuck is that a great song.
― Prince Kajuku (Bill Magill), Sunday, 1 March 2015 06:06 (nine years ago) link
Fantastic discussion upthread about Springsteen.
So...if he'd released HT/LT in '90 instead of '92, would they and its singles have been better received? Would he have had a Rhythm of the Saints moment i.e. "solid return and acclaim and sales" or gone The Razor's Edge and A Night on the Town? I tend to think that if the latter had happened, we'd remember TOL as a genuine New Jersey.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 1 March 2015 14:36 (nine years ago) link
"rumbelseat" and "authority song" are about the only two post-1980 JCM songs that don't wear me out these days. and tbf the only pre-80 songs I can say for sure i know are "i need a lover" and "ain't even done with the night" but those are fucking dope k-classic all-timers imo
― casual male (will), Sunday, 1 March 2015 16:27 (nine years ago) link
The third single is the worst.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 6 July 2018 02:32 (five years ago) link
A few days ago, WXRT in Chicago did a program on this album: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s47xRaz2AGk
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 16 March 2022 15:05 (two years ago) link
Listening to it now, the program's probably not my thing, but if you're a huge fan of the album, hopefully it's a good listen - I never got the impression there was that much info out there on the making of Scarecrow.
― birdistheword, Wednesday, 16 March 2022 15:07 (two years ago) link