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SPRINGSTEEN 'IM ON FIRE' One of my favorites from Bruce. Very mysterious and sensual sound with some great lyrics,
'At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet and a freight train running through the middle of my head, only you can cool my desire'. | |
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This song came up in discussion several weeks back. It could be mistaken for molester fodder. | |
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i prefer tori amos's version but i like bruce's a lot! | |
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TommyRoss said: This song came up in discussion several weeks back. It could be mistaken for molester fodder.
Apologies, didn't know that the song subject had already been brought up before. Those opening lines could indeed be taken as being somewhat creepy, especially nowadays. | |
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PurpleJam said: TommyRoss said: This song came up in discussion several weeks back. It could be mistaken for molester fodder.
Apologies, didn't know that the song subject had already been brought up before. Those opening lines could indeed be taken as being somewhat creepy, especially nowadays. No need to apologize. It was within a separate discussion. I love this song, but it kinda creeps me out, too. It feels like I was hearing singles from this album on the radio for a long time. Was this the last single? | |
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I love love love love love love love love that song.
There's something about the way the sparse instrumentation, lyrics, and vocals all work together. I fucking love the shit out of this song! | |
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AsianBomb777 said: I love love love love love love love love that song.
There's something about the way the sparse instrumentation, lyrics, and vocals all work together. I fucking love the shit out of this song! me too. 
another Bruce song that i've discovered again lately is "Stolen Car" from "The River", that is such an amazing song too. and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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sallysassalot said: i prefer tori amos's version but i like bruce's a lot!
same. she does the sexiness of it justice. | |
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GangstaFam said: sallysassalot said: i prefer tori amos's version but i like bruce's a lot!
same. she does the sexiness of it justice. yeah, it's nice. but i actually prefer the original, which doesn't happed to me often with tori covers since she's so good at them... and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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IstenSzek said: yeah, it's nice. but i actually prefer the original, which doesn't
happed to me often with tori covers since she's so good at them... True. That's how I am with "Enjoy The Silence". Except I don't like hers at all. | |
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GangstaFam said: IstenSzek said: yeah, it's nice. but i actually prefer the original, which doesn't
happed to me often with tori covers since she's so good at them... True. That's how I am with "Enjoy The Silence". Except I don't like hers at all. i think hers is ok, in the context of the album it's on it works pretty well, although "Time" is probably the best cover on that album imo. but yeah, some songs are too hard to improve upon. like Enjoy the Silence. usually i love the way she manages to strip a song down to it's essentials and plays it with minimal piano and somehow just makes it her own totally. her cover of famous blue raincoat is just amazing. and true love lives on lollipops and crisps | |
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PurpleJam said: One of my favorites from Bruce. Very mysterious and sensual sound with some great lyrics,
'At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet and a freight train running through the middle of my head, only you can cool my desire'. One of the highlights on the patchy Born In The USA album. There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently | |
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GangstaFam said: IstenSzek said: yeah, it's nice. but i actually prefer the original, which doesn't
happed to me often with tori covers since she's so good at them... True. That's how I am with "Enjoy The Silence". Except I don't like hers at all. oooh, its the only tori recording i don't like at all. it really should have been left off, with only women bleed in its place. | |
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sallysassalot said: GangstaFam said: True. That's how I am with "Enjoy The Silence". Except I don't like hers at all. oooh, its the only tori recording i don't like at all. it really should have been left off, with only women bleed in its place. The Alice Cooper tune? I haven't heard her version. | |
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I've always thought Springsteen's lyrics were incredibly evocative. The entire Born to Run album (as another example) just makes me ache for warm summer breezes and lost youth... We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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TommyRoss said: This song came up in discussion several weeks back. It could be mistaken for molester fodder.
The key word here being "mistaken". "Little girl" was common Springsteen lyric vernacular at the time for "woman" (taken from the vintage rock 'n' roll records that inspired much of his music); "Daddy" = old-school slang for boyfriend. "I'm on Fire" was the fourth 45 from Born in the U.S.A. And - yes, Tommy - you were hearing singles from this album for quite a while on the radio; it spawned seven (second only to Thriller, I believe): "Dancing in the Dark"/"Pink Cadillac" "Cover Me"/"Jersey Girl (live)" "Born in the U.S.A."/"Shut Out the Light" "I'm on Fire"/"Johnny Bye-Bye" "I'm Goin' Down"/"Janey, Don't You Lose Heart" "Glory Days"/"Stand On It" "My Hometown"/"Santa Claus is Comin' to Town (live)" | |
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Incidentally, this was created in the studio, during the incredibly long sessions that began with an attempt to record the Nebraska songs with the band and eventually yielded over one hundred tunes ("Dancing in the Dark" being the last of them, written when manager/producer Jon Landau indicated that he did not hear a breakout first single).
The story goes that, one night, Bruce was fooling around on a break with a Johnny Cash & the Tennessee Three rhythm (slowed-down, of course), when he hit on something he liked and began digging through his notebook to find an appropriate lyric. They were so excited about what they were coming up with, that they began recording before some of the band had returned from dinner. This was unusual, at the time, because most of Darkness, The River and U.S.A. were recorded live-in-the-studio with minimal overdubbing. | |
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Ace said: Incidentally, this was created in the studio, during the incredibly long sessions that began with an attempt to record the Nebraska songs with the band and eventually yielded over one hundred tunes ("Dancing in the Dark" being the last of them, written when manager/producer Jon Landau indicated that he did not hear a breakout first single).
The story goes that, one night, Bruce was fooling around on a break with a Johnny Cash & the Tennessee Three rhythm (slowed-down, of course), when he hit on something he liked and began digging through his notebook to find an appropriate lyric. They were so excited about what they were coming up with, that they began recording before some of the band had returned from dinner. This was unusual, at the time, because most of Darkness, The River and U.S.A. were recorded live-in-the-studio with minimal overdubbing. You know your Bruce. Apparently they're going to reissue Darkness in the same box set, CD/DVD format they did Born To Run. There is talk of a possible release of the first Winterland show from December 1978 (and my favourite Bruce bootleg) in its entirety as well. There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently | |
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Genesia said: I've always thought Springsteen's lyrics were incredibly evocative. The entire Born to Run album (as another example) just makes me ache for warm summer breezes and lost youth...
Ah, but Born To Run has a heart of darkness and an almost palpable sense of despair about it. Thunder Road, Meeting Across The River, Jungleland, Backstreets and the title track aren't the kind of dark songs Bruce would pen from 1976 onwards, but you can sense the shadows waiting in the wings. Only She's The One and Tenth Avenue Freezeout liven up the mood. There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently | |
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Ace said: TommyRoss said: This song came up in discussion several weeks back. It could be mistaken for molester fodder.
The key word here being "mistaken". Yeah, I understand all that. My brother explained it all to me when I was 11. 
Incidentally, in my head you are Stanley Tucci. That makes me wanan rub your pecs. So, yeah... | |
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Shapeshifter said: Genesia said: I've always thought Springsteen's lyrics were incredibly evocative. The entire Born to Run album (as another example) just makes me ache for warm summer breezes and lost youth...
Ah, but Born To Run has a heart of darkness and an almost palpable sense of despair about it. Thunder Road, Meeting Across The River, Jungleland, Backstreets and the title track aren't the kind of dark songs Bruce would pen from 1976 onwards, but you can sense the shadows waiting in the wings. Only She's The One and Tenth Avenue Freezeout liven up the mood. Now, see...I think She's the One is incredibly dark -- as dark as Jungleland or Backstreets. There's a desperation and longing to that song ("that thunder in your heart at night when you're kneelin' in the dark") that gives me chills. On the other hand, I can feel the wind blowing Mary's dress in Thunder Road and the jubilation of walking out of work on a Friday of Night. That album is the most beautiful mix of delight and despair -- everything that your teens and 20s are about is there. 
(Meeting Across the River isn't on Born to Run, BTW.) We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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OMG I loooooved this song back in the day. | |
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Shapeshifter said: Ace said: Incidentally, this was created in the studio, during the incredibly long sessions that began with an attempt to record the Nebraska songs with the band and eventually yielded over one hundred tunes ("Dancing in the Dark" being the last of them, written when manager/producer Jon Landau indicated that he did not hear a breakout first single).
The story goes that, one night, Bruce was fooling around on a break with a Johnny Cash & the Tennessee Three rhythm (slowed-down, of course), when he hit on something he liked and began digging through his notebook to find an appropriate lyric. They were so excited about what they were coming up with, that they began recording before some of the band had returned from dinner. This was unusual, at the time, because most of Darkness, The River and U.S.A. were recorded live-in-the-studio with minimal overdubbing. You know your Bruce. Apparently they're going to reissue Darkness in the same box set, CD/DVD format they did Born To Run. There is talk of a possible release of the first Winterland show from December 1978 (and my favourite Bruce bootleg) in its entirety as well. Will be interesting to see which show makes up the DVD. Is Phoenix the only usable show out there?  | |
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Genesia said: Meeting Across the River isn't on Born to Run, BTW.
 It sure as hell is.  | |
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Ace said: Genesia said: Meeting Across the River isn't on Born to Run, BTW.
It sure as hell is. I'm sorry...you're right. For some reason, I just couldn't hear it in my head at that moment... We don’t mourn artists because we knew them. We mourn them because they helped us know ourselves. | |
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PurpleJam said: One of my favorites from Bruce. Very mysterious and sensual sound with some great lyrics,
'At night I wake up with the sheets soaking wet and a freight train running through the middle of my head, only you can cool my desire'. I LOVE THIS SONG! | |
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sallysassalot said: GangstaFam said: True. That's how I am with "Enjoy The Silence". Except I don't like hers at all. oooh, its the only tori recording i don't like at all. it really should have been left off, with only women bleed in its place. Agreed. | |
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Genesia said: Shapeshifter said: Ah, but Born To Run has a heart of darkness and an almost palpable sense of despair about it. Thunder Road, Meeting Across The River, Jungleland, Backstreets and the title track aren't the kind of dark songs Bruce would pen from 1976 onwards, but you can sense the shadows waiting in the wings. Only She's The One and Tenth Avenue Freezeout liven up the mood. Now, see...I think She's the One is incredibly dark -- as dark as Jungleland or Backstreets. There's a desperation and longing to that song ("that thunder in your heart at night when you're kneelin' in the dark") that gives me chills. On the other hand, I can feel the wind blowing Mary's dress in Thunder Road and the jubilation of walking out of work on a Friday of Night. That album is the most beautiful mix of delight and despair -- everything that your teens and 20s are about is there.
(Meeting Across the River isn't on Born to Run, BTW.) I forgot about Night. Probably because it's forgettable - to me. No darkness in She's The One, surely. Just passion, lust and doubt. It's a thematic precursor to much of Tunnel of Love. Oh, and Meeting Across The River IS on Born To Run. He wrote it with another famous son of New Jersey in mind - Frank Sinatra. There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently | |
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I also love "Tunnel of Love" That song is awesome! | |
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PocketFullofHorses said: I also love "Tunnel of Love" That song is awesome!
Wonderful song, and one of my favourites. Relationships as a dark ride into the unknown - and the pay off line: "You've got to learn to live with what you can't rise above" is almost up there with "Is a dream a lie, if it don't come true - or is it something worse" from "The River". I recommend you track down a live version from the 1988 tour - either Mountainview or Stockholm. Very very powerful. Acrually, if you get the whole of the Stockholm boot, you'll hear the second greatest live album he never released. [Edited 12/11/06 12:23pm] There are three sides to every story. My side, your side, and the truth. And no one is lying. Memories shared serve each one differently | |
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