I've alway liked Springsteen but I didn't realize how much until importing all my CD's into iTunes. He's like second to PJ (a very, very distant 2nd as I have about 7,000+ PJ songs :shh: )
Lights out tonight,
Trouble in the heartland,
Got a head on collision,
Smashin' in my guts, man,
I'm caught in a cross fire,
That I don't understand,
I don't give a damn,
for the same old played out scenes,
I don't give a damn,
for just the in betweens,
Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul,
I want control right now
Talk about a dream,
try to make it real
You wake up in the night,
with a fear so real,
Spend your life waiting,
for a moment that just don't come,
Well, don't waste your time waiting,
The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way it treats its animals. Ghandi
uncle bruce is able to tackle the feeling of wasting away at a job better than just about anyone currently recording tunes, with the exception of the national.
ive been listening to The Rising alot lately to cope with the death of my grandfather. That album got a ton of press when it came out but i still think its one of his most underrated albums.
uncle bruce is able to tackle the feeling of wasting away at a job better than just about anyone currently recording tunes, with the exception of the national.
ive been listening to The Rising alot lately to cope with the death of my grandfather. That album got a ton of press when it came out but i still think its one of his most underrated albums.
Disappeared into the fire... wow what an image
The Rising is my favorite Bruce album. I heard he made it after someone stopped him after 9/11 and said, "We need you." Definitely one of his best albums. To me, "World's Apart" is a powerful song.
Sorry about your grandfather.
Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
uncle bruce is able to tackle the feeling of wasting away at a job better than just about anyone currently recording tunes, with the exception of the national.
ive been listening to The Rising alot lately to cope with the death of my grandfather. That album got a ton of press when it came out but i still think its one of his most underrated albums.
Disappeared into the fire... wow what an image
The Rising is my favorite Bruce album. I heard he made it after someone stopped him after 9/11 and said, "We need you." Definitely one of his best albums. To me, "World's Apart" is a powerful song.
Sorry about your grandfather.
thanks. yeah, i have to say its up there for me as a hugely important bruce album, and important album in my own life.
i was a big time activist when it came out, a radical, and was pissed off at bruce and neil and the others for creating this jingoistic pro america music. And I finally gave the album a chance, oddly enough way back when in 2005 when my grandma passed away from cancer. I remember blasting Waiting on a Miracle, hoping she'd pull through. While Are You Passionate didnt age well, i gotta say, The Rising is a classic. In terms of albums that describe the feeling and emptiness that comes with losing someone, The Rising pretty much is the standard torch bearer. So many mindblowingly beautiful and sad songs.
uncle bruce is able to tackle the feeling of wasting away at a job better than just about anyone currently recording tunes, with the exception of the national.
ive been listening to The Rising alot lately to cope with the death of my grandfather. That album got a ton of press when it came out but i still think its one of his most underrated albums.
Disappeared into the fire... wow what an image
The Rising is my favorite Bruce album. I heard he made it after someone stopped him after 9/11 and said, "We need you." Definitely one of his best albums. To me, "World's Apart" is a powerful song.
Sorry about your grandfather.
thanks. yeah, i have to say its up there for me as a hugely important bruce album, and important album in my own life.
i was a big time activist when it came out, a radical, and was pissed off at bruce and neil and the others for creating this jingoistic pro america music. And I finally gave the album a chance, oddly enough way back when in 2005 when my grandma passed away from cancer. I remember blasting Waiting on a Miracle, hoping she'd pull through. While Are You Passionate didnt age well, i gotta say, The Rising is a classic. In terms of albums that describe the feeling and emptiness that comes with losing someone, The Rising pretty much is the standard torch bearer. So many mindblowingly beautiful and sad songs.
"The Rising" is one of his many anthems and an amazing song.
Shows: 6.27.08 Hartford, CT/5.15.10 Hartford, CT/6.18.2011 Hartford, CT (EV Solo)/10.19.13 Brooklyn/10.25.13 Hartford
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
She'll let you in her house
If you come knockin' late at night
She'll let you in her mouth
If the words you say are right
If you pay the price
She'll let you deep inside
But there's a secret garden she hides
She'll let you in her car
To go drivin' 'round
She'll let you into the parts of herself
That'll bring you down
She'll let you in her heart
If you got a hammer and a vise
But into her secret garden, don't think twice
You've gone a million miles
How far'd you get
To that place where you can't remember
And you can't forget
She'll lead you down a path
There'll be tenderness in the air
She'll let you come just far enough
So you know she's really there
Then she'll look at you and smile
And her eyes will say
She's got a secret garden
Where everything you want
Where everything you need
Will always stay
A million miles away
Bruce was my first music obsession, so he'll always be no.1 for me, way ahead of PJ. I heard of him back in the '90s when my dad used to spin his cds in the car, but believe it or not, I started taking notice after seeing his cameo in the film High Fidelity. My gateway album was actually Live In NYC.
So in summer of 2009, I finally got to see him & the E Street Band live. Had to travel halfway round the world from Southeast Asia to London (Hyde Park) just for the gig. But boy was it totally worth it. And on top of that, the best souvenir I got was the official live dvd/blu-ray of the concert!! Obviously once isn't enough, so I'm prepared to travel to NY/NJ next summer for the E Street tour.
Love The Boss...he is only 2nd to PJ for me, but I was into him before PJ. I love all of his work, but especially dig the acoustic solo stuff- love Ghost of Tom Joad album!! His career is Epic, with no signs of any letdown. My only gripe with his career, is IMO I would have made Lucky Town and Human Touch into 1 album- 14 songs long. They are just about the only albums where I skip a couple of songs.
Absolutely loved The Rising when it was released, just a brilliant album.
Very hard to pick favourites, but Tunnel of Love, Nebraska, Born to Run and GOTJ are the albums I listen to the most.
With the EV solo tour in Oz, I haven't given The Promise an in depth listen yet, but at first glance, sounds awesome.
I'll ride the wave where it takes me
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1995
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1998
*BEC, Brisbane, November 2006
*QSAC, Brisbane November 2009
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane March 10 and 12 2011
*Big Day Out, Gold Coast, 19 Jan 2014
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane, 22,23 & 25 Feb 2014
Do you still say your prayers little darlin’ do you go to bed at night
Prayin’ that tomorrow, everything will be alright
But tomorrow’s fall in number in number one by one
You wake up and you’re dying you don’t even know what from
Well they shot you point blank you been shot in the back
Baby point blank you been fooled this time little girl that’s a fact
Right between the eyes baby, point blank right between the pretty lies that they tell
Little girl you fell
point blank, trapped, bobby jean, state trooper, straight time, badlands, adam raised a coin, growin up, drive all night, the river, outlaw pete....man, that dude has so many gems!
point blank, trapped, bobby jean, state trooper, straight time, badlands, adam raised a coin, growin up, drive all night, the river, outlaw pete....man, that dude has so many gems!
I was amazed to read some of my very favourites among those you mentioned :thumbup:
Btw, speaking of State Trooper, has anyone watched/listened to this Cornell's version?
More like Bruce's style, but still good, imo.
The times are tough now, just getting tougher
This old world is rough, it's just getting rougher
Cover me, come on baby, cover me
Well I'm looking for a lover who will come on in and cover me
Promise me baby you won't let them find us
Hold me in your arms, let's let our love blind us
Cover me, shut the door and cover me
Well I'm looking for a lover who will come on in and cover me
Outside's the rain, the driving snow
I can hear the wild wind blowing
Turn out the light, bolt the door
I ain't going out there no more
This whole world is out there just trying to score
I've seen enough I don't want to see any more,
Cover me, come on and cover me
I'm looking for a lover who will come on in and cover me
Looking for a lover who will come on in and cover me
I'm a huge Bruce fan and, IMHO, his greatest song was Backstreets... performed as it was during the 1978 Darkness tour. During the Darkness tour he only had 4 albums worth of material so he would stretch Backstreets with an 'interlude' that was never really seen again after that tour:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=526FDxMxojw (link to clean audio of Backstreets performed at the Agora Ballroom in Cleveland -- my favorite rendition. I've got a boot of the whole show I'll share with anyone interested -- just send a PM)
One soft infested summer me and Terry became friends
Trying in vain to breathe the fire we was born in
Catching rides to the outskirts tying faith between our teeth
Sleeping in that old abandoned beach house getting wasted in the heat
And hiding on the backstreets, hiding on the backstreets
With a love so hard and filled with defeat
Running for our lives at night on them backstreets
Slow dancing in the dark on the beach at Stockton's Wing
Where desperate lovers park we sat with the last of the Duke Street Kings
Huddled in our cars waiting for the bells that ring
In the deep heart of the night to set us loose from everything
to go running on the backstreets, running on the backstreets
We swore we'd live forever on the backstreets we take it together
Endless juke joints and Valentino drag where dancers scraped the tears
Up off the street dressed down in rags running into the darkness
Some hurt bad some really dying at night sometimes it seemed
You could hear the whole damn city crying blame it on the lies that killed us
Blame it on the truth that ran us down you can blame it all on me Terry
It don't matter to me now when the breakdown hit at midnight
There was nothing left to say but I hated him and I hated you when you went away
Laying here in the dark you're like an angel on my chest
Just another tramp of hearts crying tears of faithlessness
Remember all the movies, Terry, we'd go see
Trying to learn how to walk like heroes we thought we had to be
And after all this time to find we're just like all the rest
Stranded in the park and forced to confess
To hiding on the backstreets, hiding on the backstreets
We swore forever friends on the backstreets until the end ---- 1978 interlude begins
Hiding on the backstreets, hiding on the backstreets
"Poor man wanna be rich
rich man wanna be king
and the king ain't satisfied until he rules everything"
Awesome lyric from Badlands which to me really captures the whole capitalistic ideas in America.
7/2/06 - Denver, CO
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
7/2/06 - Denver, CO
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
Huge Springsteen fan. Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, and The Boss have been my 3 favorite bands for, like, ever.
Happy Birthday, Bruce! Glad someone bumped this thread to recognize the birthday of one of the most brilliant rock singers/songwriters/musicians of our time.
My favorite Springsteen song is Thunder Road - the lyrics to that song are breathtaking. But really, like PJ, Bruce Springsteen has no bad songs....and what I listen to is dictated only by my own mood - not the quality of Springsteen's songs.
Huge Springsteen fan. Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, and The Boss have been my 3 favorite bands for, like, ever.
Happy Birthday, Bruce! Glad someone bumped this thread to recognize the birthday of one of the most brilliant rock singers/songwriters/musicians of our time.
My favorite Springsteen song is Thunder Road - the lyrics to that song are breathtaking. But really, like PJ, Bruce Springsteen has no bad songs....and what I listen to is dictated only by my own mood - not the quality of Springsteen's songs.
Oh he does, Pony Boy on Human Touch is absolutely dire.
The secret to a happy ending is knowing when to roll the credits
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Trouble in the heartland,
Got a head on collision,
Smashin' in my guts, man,
I'm caught in a cross fire,
That I don't understand,
I don't give a damn,
for the same old played out scenes,
I don't give a damn,
for just the in betweens,
Honey, I want the heart, I want the soul,
I want control right now
Talk about a dream,
try to make it real
You wake up in the night,
with a fear so real,
Spend your life waiting,
for a moment that just don't come,
Well, don't waste your time waiting,
ive been listening to The Rising alot lately to cope with the death of my grandfather. That album got a ton of press when it came out but i still think its one of his most underrated albums.
Disappeared into the fire... wow what an image
Sorry about your grandfather.
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
thanks. yeah, i have to say its up there for me as a hugely important bruce album, and important album in my own life.
i was a big time activist when it came out, a radical, and was pissed off at bruce and neil and the others for creating this jingoistic pro america music. And I finally gave the album a chance, oddly enough way back when in 2005 when my grandma passed away from cancer. I remember blasting Waiting on a Miracle, hoping she'd pull through. While Are You Passionate didnt age well, i gotta say, The Rising is a classic. In terms of albums that describe the feeling and emptiness that comes with losing someone, The Rising pretty much is the standard torch bearer. So many mindblowingly beautiful and sad songs.
"Becoming a Bruce fan is like hitting puberty as a musical fan. It's inevitable." - dcfaithful
She'll let you in her house
If you come knockin' late at night
She'll let you in her mouth
If the words you say are right
If you pay the price
She'll let you deep inside
But there's a secret garden she hides
She'll let you in her car
To go drivin' 'round
She'll let you into the parts of herself
That'll bring you down
She'll let you in her heart
If you got a hammer and a vise
But into her secret garden, don't think twice
You've gone a million miles
How far'd you get
To that place where you can't remember
And you can't forget
She'll lead you down a path
There'll be tenderness in the air
She'll let you come just far enough
So you know she's really there
Then she'll look at you and smile
And her eyes will say
She's got a secret garden
Where everything you want
Where everything you need
Will always stay
A million miles away
Wish you were here...
♥~RIP Dad
So in summer of 2009, I finally got to see him & the E Street Band live. Had to travel halfway round the world from Southeast Asia to London (Hyde Park) just for the gig. But boy was it totally worth it. And on top of that, the best souvenir I got was the official live dvd/blu-ray of the concert!! Obviously once isn't enough, so I'm prepared to travel to NY/NJ next summer for the E Street tour.
Absolutely loved The Rising when it was released, just a brilliant album.
Very hard to pick favourites, but Tunnel of Love, Nebraska, Born to Run and GOTJ are the albums I listen to the most.
With the EV solo tour in Oz, I haven't given The Promise an in depth listen yet, but at first glance, sounds awesome.
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1995
*BEC, Brisbane, March 1998
*BEC, Brisbane, November 2006
*QSAC, Brisbane November 2009
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane March 10 and 12 2011
*Big Day Out, Gold Coast, 19 Jan 2014
*EV Solo, QPAC, Brisbane, 22,23 & 25 Feb 2014
I love this response! I have a couple employees wondering why the boss is laughing at his desk. Well done.
"...I changed by not changing at all..."
Prayin’ that tomorrow, everything will be alright
But tomorrow’s fall in number in number one by one
You wake up and you’re dying you don’t even know what from
Well they shot you point blank you been shot in the back
Baby point blank you been fooled this time little girl that’s a fact
Right between the eyes baby, point blank right between the pretty lies that they tell
Little girl you fell
point blank, trapped, bobby jean, state trooper, straight time, badlands, adam raised a coin, growin up, drive all night, the river, outlaw pete....man, that dude has so many gems!
I was amazed to read some of my very favourites among those you mentioned :thumbup:
Btw, speaking of State Trooper, has anyone watched/listened to this Cornell's version?
More like Bruce's style, but still good, imo.
The times are tough now, just getting tougher
This old world is rough, it's just getting rougher
Cover me, come on baby, cover me
Well I'm looking for a lover who will come on in and cover me
Promise me baby you won't let them find us
Hold me in your arms, let's let our love blind us
Cover me, shut the door and cover me
Well I'm looking for a lover who will come on in and cover me
Outside's the rain, the driving snow
I can hear the wild wind blowing
Turn out the light, bolt the door
I ain't going out there no more
This whole world is out there just trying to score
I've seen enough I don't want to see any more,
Cover me, come on and cover me
I'm looking for a lover who will come on in and cover me
Looking for a lover who will come on in and cover me
1984
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=526FDxMxojw (link to clean audio of Backstreets performed at the Agora Ballroom in Cleveland -- my favorite rendition. I've got a boot of the whole show I'll share with anyone interested -- just send a PM)
One soft infested summer me and Terry became friends
Trying in vain to breathe the fire we was born in
Catching rides to the outskirts tying faith between our teeth
Sleeping in that old abandoned beach house getting wasted in the heat
And hiding on the backstreets, hiding on the backstreets
With a love so hard and filled with defeat
Running for our lives at night on them backstreets
Slow dancing in the dark on the beach at Stockton's Wing
Where desperate lovers park we sat with the last of the Duke Street Kings
Huddled in our cars waiting for the bells that ring
In the deep heart of the night to set us loose from everything
to go running on the backstreets, running on the backstreets
We swore we'd live forever on the backstreets we take it together
Endless juke joints and Valentino drag where dancers scraped the tears
Up off the street dressed down in rags running into the darkness
Some hurt bad some really dying at night sometimes it seemed
You could hear the whole damn city crying blame it on the lies that killed us
Blame it on the truth that ran us down you can blame it all on me Terry
It don't matter to me now when the breakdown hit at midnight
There was nothing left to say but I hated him and I hated you when you went away
Laying here in the dark you're like an angel on my chest
Just another tramp of hearts crying tears of faithlessness
Remember all the movies, Terry, we'd go see
Trying to learn how to walk like heroes we thought we had to be
And after all this time to find we're just like all the rest
Stranded in the park and forced to confess
To hiding on the backstreets, hiding on the backstreets
We swore forever friends on the backstreets until the end
---- 1978 interlude begins
Hiding on the backstreets, hiding on the backstreets
Awesome lyric from Badlands which to me really captures the whole capitalistic ideas in America.
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
Happy Birthday, Bruce! :wave:
6/12/08 - Tampa, FL
8/23/09 - Chicago, IL
9/28/09 - Salt Lake City, UT (11 years too long!!!)
9/03/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 1
9/04/11 - East Troy, WI - PJ20 - Night 2
You're right. You are a monster! You are sick! Get help!
At least, I am not a fuck-up! A lying fuck-up!
I think my fave Springsteen song has to be either:
"Human touch"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Lb9XxRNKBg
"the river"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6R7jTPehgo
"spirit in the night"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIVbLsU9IR8
EV Solo: 7/11/11 11/12/12 11/13/12
Happy Birthday, Bruce! Glad someone bumped this thread to recognize the birthday of one of the most brilliant rock singers/songwriters/musicians of our time.
My favorite Springsteen song is Thunder Road - the lyrics to that song are breathtaking. But really, like PJ, Bruce Springsteen has no bad songs....and what I listen to is dictated only by my own mood - not the quality of Springsteen's songs.
Oh he does, Pony Boy on Human Touch is absolutely dire.