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Bruce Springsteen Appreciation Thread! Hey Orgers, when's the last time we had an appreciation thread for the "Boss"? Let's start one and share about our thoughts about one of America's finest entertainers! Trolls be gone! | |
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Been to see him twice now and going again this summer. I'd actually put him just ahead of Prince in terms of live performances. Both shows I went to were around the 4 hour mark. Considering he's in his 60's, he's got a lot of energy. | |
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Absolutely love Bruce.
For me, the quality of his music is getting better with age.
An artist who has aged gracefully but still manages to be relevent and challenging!
And lets not even talk about his remaster treatments............ | |
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Bruce is awesome! He is an icon and he early shows how much he loves performing and loves his fans! | |
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Empress said: Bruce is awesome! He is an icon and he early shows how much he loves performing and loves his fans! Agree! He's one of the best songwriters in modern history in my opinion. He has a gift for making classics! I'll be seeing him in concert soon. Will be my second time! Trolls be gone! | |
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I saw him on Sunday playing the entire River album...and then he played a whole separate concert of classic tunes for another hour and a half. Talk about hard core. The one and the only E-Street band! BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCE!!!
"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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"The reason I'm running for president is because I can't be Bruce Springsteen." "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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Great tune here! Trolls be gone! | |
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Among other River outtakes, I wish Bruce would perform this one on tour:
"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCE!! Great songwriter and performer. "Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced." - James Baldwin | |
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One thing I really respect about him is the way he takes care of his catalog and his legacy.There are always remasters and box sets being released by him.He thinks from a fan's perspective and he knows what they want. | |
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plus,he just seems like a really nice guy | |
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One of a kind. “The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”
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I loved "The Wrestler" the first time I heard it. Definitely an instant classic for me. “The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”
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midnightmover said: I loved "The Wrestler" the first time I heard it. Definitely an instant classic for me. Yep. I remember the first time I heard it I kept hitting the "repeat" button. Bruce is an amazing songwriter and his music always sounds fresh. I can't think of many artists who reach his age who can do that. Trolls be gone! | |
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Exactly. He was 59 when he wrote that. And to me it's right up there with his best songs. “The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”
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You like that? Not my cup of tea, I'm afraid. Some of those old songs he covered were great, but some were a little too hoedownish for me. I prefer Oh Mary Don't You Weep and Pay Me My Money Down. “The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”
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midnightmover said:
Exactly. He was 59 when he wrote that. And to me it's right up there with his best songs. Yeah I couldn't stop listening to it. I think given that this was a big comeback for Mickey Rourke the song made sense. I haven't seen the movie yet (no spoilers please) but it just seemed like the perfect theme. Bruce doesn't get enough credit for his songwriting. I put him up there with Smokey Robinson and Stevie Wonder. Trolls be gone! | |
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You like that? Not my cup of tea, I'm afraid. Some of those old songs he covered were great, but some were a little too hoedownish for me. I prefer Oh Mary Don't You Weep and Pay Me My Money Down. Hush your mouth I think he's the only artist who can play this kind of music that I actually would buy! Trolls be gone! | |
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I liked some of it too. This one was cool... “The man who never looks into a newspaper is better informed than he who reads them, inasmuch as he who knows nothing is nearer to truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.”
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I was going to post that one. Probably my favourite on that album. That version from the BBC4 gig is particularly good, too. Bruce can sometimes 'Hank' it up a bit when he's singing this material, but his tone's more straight and honest in that performance. "Not everything that is faced can be changed; but nothing can be changed until it is faced." - James Baldwin | |
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Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band played one last epic three hours and forty minutes concert at the Dump That Jumps in L.A. on Saturday, the last of a three night series. 'The end of old school': 5 takeaways from Bruce Springsteen's Thursday show at the Sports Arena“The end of old school.” . That’s how Bruce Springsteen described the imminent demise of his beloved Los Angeles Sports Arena, where Thursday night he played the second of three concerts to close the place down before it’s demolished to make way for a new soccer stadium. . Given the little chuckle with which he said it, Springsteen was clearly also poking a bit of fun at himself — or at the idea, anyway, that at age 66, he embodies a rock ’n’ roll tradition that may die when he does. But if Thursday’s show was supposed to be a funeral, it sure didn’t feel like one, as Springsteen and his E Street Band played with muscle and verve for a solid 3 1/2 hours: first a complete performance of his landmark 1980 album “The River,” which his current tour revisits following a 35th-anniversary box set from last year, then 90 minutes of rapid-fire hits, including “Born to Run” and “Dancing in the Dark.” . Here are five thoughts on the gig. . 1. Springsteen’s endurance is a beautiful thing to behold, and on Thursday, his fans seemed to think they could absorb some of it by touching him. Reaching toward a rock star is a familiar move at any show, of course, but I can’t remember the last time I saw so many people so eager to receive a high-five from the guy onstage; several folks even proffered their young children, as though being blessed by Father Bruce might endow them with special powers. (Wish I’d brought my kids.) And then there was the moment — actually, several moments — during “Hungry Heart” when Springsteen crowd-surfed his way back to the stage from a platform on the arena’s floor. It took so long that you wondered whether a plan had been hatched to carry the singer out onto Figueroa and away to somebody’s darkened guest house. 2. Did Springsteen appear to mind the manhandling? Not at all. In fact, this might’ve been the happiest I’ve seen him in a concert, with countless instances of the crinkly-eyed smile that’s making him look more and more like that other genial giant of American music: Tony Bennett. Speaking of smiles, a fun thing to do at a show by the E Street Band is to keep your eyes on singer-guitarist Patti Scialfa, who surveys the scene from her position stage left with a knowing little half-grin, like Christina Hendricks in “Mad Men.” You boys enjoy yourselves, she seems to be saying as Springsteen (also known as her husband) and guitarist Steven Van Zandt goof around in the spotlight. I’ll just be over here working. . 3. One of rock’s foremost orators, Springsteen had plenty to tell the crowd about “The River” between songs, including some bits he’d recycled from recent interviews. But I liked what he had to say about how the album was his attempt to will into being certain experiences that, at the time, he hadn’t yet had: marriage, for example, and starting a family. “Let’s go back down to ‘The River’ and see what we find,” he said at the beginning of the show, and that felt like the right way to engage in an essentially nostalgic act. . 4. As much as it was an opportunity to play old songs in an old arena, Thursday was also St. Patrick’s Day, an occasion Springsteen cheerfully observed with stomping renditions of two Celtic-accented cuts from his 2012 album “Wrecking Ball”: “Death to My Hometown” and “American Land,” which Springsteen dedicated to “all the Irish out there.” (One such crowd member? Conan O’Brien, who watched the show featuring his pal Max Weinbergfrom a seat near the stage.) Earlier, during the “River” portion of the evening, Springsteen said “Crush on You” was for any Irish lovers in the house. Then, noting that both he and Scialfa are half-Irish, he planted a kiss on his wife. 5. In keeping with his custom, Springsteen turned the house lights back up for “Born to Run” — all the better in this case to take in the Sports Arena’s dilapidated environs. But Thursday, he kept the lights on for the last half-hour or so of the gig, which made it easy to see how much energy these songs were generating in the audience, and how much energy the audience was giving back to the musicians onstage. , For the last couple of numbers — a seriously jubilant “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out” and a lengthy but propulsive take on the Isley Brothers’ indelible “Shout” — Springsteen brought out several children of Clarence Clemons and Danny Federici, former E Street members who died not long ago, to play tambourines and basically jump around. And along with the fans I could see linking arms to sing along, that made me think that perhaps the usefulness of this music now is in its ability to reinforce a sense of community, of family even. . In other words, its familiarity is its virtue. That’s a value that deserves to live on.
[Edited 3/20/16 7:04am] "Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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Bruce is the shit. I discovered him on Paladia, he gave a killer live show. | |
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Darkness On The Edge Of Town is one of the most flawless albums ever. "Drop that stereo before I blow your Goddamn nuts off, asshole!"
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Oakland loves BRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCE!
"Music gives a soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything." --Plato
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Bruce is great, I've always been familar with his Born in the USA album and ofcourse the song for the Philadelphia soundtrack which was IIRC a big hit for him, but there's also a lot more of his music which I've found is definitely worth checking out, especially "The River" and I've got quite a few Bruce albums (Vinyl & CD in my collection now). | |
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Great to have his albums in your collection They're going to be (or already ARE) very valuable! I think it's going to be a very long time before we have another artist who has his song writing ability and who can easily go from rock, pop, folk, etc. seamlessly....he's the best! Trolls be gone! | |
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His new collection -- The Ties That Bind -- is amazing. "Drop that stereo before I blow your Goddamn nuts off, asshole!"
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Cool, will check it out Trolls be gone! | |
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