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Bruce Springsteen - Magic

bossman3188bossman3188 Posts: 263
edited October 2007 in Other Music
what are everyones thoughts on the new album? i havent heard much on here about it. i have to say i love the new album...its a little bit of a new sound, how he layers the voice on some of the tracks.

I like it better than The Rising, its a solid and beautiful CD all around
there'll be time for laughin'
there's no time to cry
soon i will be leavin'
look me in the eye
no matter what's in front of me
it's your face that i'll see
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  • Bathgate66Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    bossman3188 wrote:
    i havent heard much on here about it.

    really?

    maybe you havent found the right spot yet.

    weve been chatting about it- lots.

    last to die, gypsy biker, GITSC are my favorites
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  • bossman3188bossman3188 Posts: 263
    sorry but if you're asking me to look through that gigantic thread of bruce....i think not haha
    there'll be time for laughin'
    there's no time to cry
    soon i will be leavin'
    look me in the eye
    no matter what's in front of me
    it's your face that i'll see
  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    ive prob listened to it somewhere around 30 times now, and i honestly think that it is his best record since Darkness. every track is incrediblly well played and well written. it boggles my mind that someone who has been around that long still has THAT good an album left in him.

    bruce is second to pearl jam.
  • Bathgate66Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    bossman3188 wrote:
    sorry but if you're asking me to look through that gigantic thread of bruce....i think not haha


    the last 2 or so pages are on magic,
    but to each their own. it was an invite- thats all.

    i like the fact that bruce and the e street band were not always in the studio with brendan o brien at the same time,

    something new for bruce recording.

    o brien works his magic with the sampling , dubbing, and mixing / engineering this fantastic album.
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  • sweetpotatosweetpotato Posts: 1,278
    GlorifiedAnimal wrote:
    ive prob listened to it somewhere around 30 times now, and i honestly think that it is his best record since Darkness. every track is incrediblly well played and well written. it boggles my mind that someone who has been around that long still has THAT good an album left in him.

    bruce is second to pearl jam.

    wow- that's soo close to my sentiment! my all-time fav album of bruce's is darkness- every song was brilliant. and my hubby just gave me Magic and i can't stop listening to it. it's really, really, really GOOD. my favorites, so far:

    Radio Nowhere
    Living in the Future
    Your Own Worst Enemy
    I'll Work for Your Love
    MAGIC (such a great, moody song, omg)

    well, i guess i pretty much like 'em all!!

    i've been a bruce fan since high school (lo those many years ago) i used to wake up to "bruce juice" on WPLJ every morning (jersey girl that i am...) and have seen him several times in concert. he puts on an incredible show. i lost touch with him for a few years after The River, but did enjoy The Rising. however, he has outdone himself with this new one. it's just great.

    thanks, bruce! :)
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  • sweetpotatosweetpotato Posts: 1,278
    I got a coin in my palm
    I can make it disappear
    I got a card up my sleeve
    Name it and I'll pull it out your ear
    I got a rabbit in my hat
    If you wanna come and see
    This is what will be
    This is what will be

    I got shackles on my wrists
    Soon I'll slip 'em and be gone
    Chain me in a box in your river
    And I'll rise singin' this song
    Trust none of what you hear
    And less of what you see
    This is what will be
    This is what will be

    I got a shiny saw blade
    All I need's a volunteer
    I'll cut you in half
    While you're smilin' ear to ear
    And the freedom that you sought's
    Driftin' like a ghost amongst the trees
    This is what will be
    This is what will be

    Now there's a fire down below
    But it's coming up here
    So leave everything you know
    Carry only what you fear
    On the road the sun is sinkin' low
    There's bodies hangin' in the trees
    This is what will be
    This is what will be
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  • surferdudesurferdude Posts: 2,057
    I think the album is all right, maybe a 6.5 out of 10. I'll listen to it to prepare for the tour then maybe never listen to it again. It's too dense and cluttered for me. The last thing an E Street record needed was 3 guitarists. It's listenable and hummable but lacks all the magic and open spaces his old records have. ut it is nice to hear an upbeat, up tempo Bruce.
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  • sweetpotatosweetpotato Posts: 1,278
    surferdude wrote:
    I think the album is all right, maybe a 6.5 out of 10. I'll listen to it to prepare for the tour then maybe never listen to it again. It's too dense and cluttered for me.The last thing an E Street record needed was 3 guitarists. It's listenable and hummable but lacks all the magic and open spaces his old records have.


    apparently he's got alot on his mind these days. :)

    i don't like real crowded sounds either, but musically, i think this album is just right.
    "Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States, Barack Obama."

    "Obama's main opponent in this election on November 4th (was) not John McCain, it (was) ignorance."~Michael Moore

    "i'm feeling kinda righteous right now. with my badass motherfuckin' ukulele!"
    ~ed, 8/7
  • surferdudesurferdude Posts: 2,057
    sweetpotato wrote:
    apparently he's got alot on his mind these days. :)

    i don't like real crowded sounds either, but musically, i think this album is just right.
    I was suprised to see Patti on the album. I thought he split from her a while back. What's up with that?
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    when it hits you, you feel to pain.
    So brutalize me with music.”
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  • sweetpotatosweetpotato Posts: 1,278
    Pour me a drink Theresa
    In one of those glasses you dust off
    And I'll watch the bones in your back
    Like the stations of the cross

    'Round your hair the sun lifts a halo
    At your lips a crown of thorns
    Whatever other deals goin' down
    To this one I'm sworn

    I'll work for your love, dear
    I'll work for your love
    What others may want for free
    I'll work for your love
    "Ladies and gentlemen, the President of the United States, Barack Obama."

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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    I read a review that described it as sounding "a bit too Bruce Springsteen".

    which is fucking retarded really.
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  • Bathgate66Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    and people that havent seen the new live show ,
    seen how the new songs translate live,
    should save their judgement until theyve done so.

    theres a reason a band , still in its original lineup, is still together and still relevant after even 35 years .
    :rolleyes:

    heres the lyric booklet offred by Backstreets for those that havent seen it yet :

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    MagicLyricbook12Backcover.jpg
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  • Bathgate66Bathgate66 Posts: 15,813
    surferdude wrote:
    I was suprised to see Patti on the album. I thought he split from her a while back. What's up with that?


    :confused:


    too much NY Post for you, friend .
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  • JaneNYJaneNY Posts: 4,438
    Jeremy1012 wrote:
    I read a review that described it as sounding "a bit too Bruce Springsteen".

    which is fucking retarded really.

    What did they expect it to sound like -Metallica or something?

    I'm liking the album and can't wait till the show!
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  • Jeremy1012Jeremy1012 Posts: 7,170
    JaneNY wrote:
    What did they expect it to sound like -Metallica or something?

    I'm liking the album and can't wait till the show!
    it was the dumbest review ever. they did say it was pretty good though. the fact that it was too Bruce was the only criticism :D
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  • AnonAnon Posts: 11,175
    the new album is his best since Nebraska. i got to see him last Saturday in Philly, 3 rows from the back of the stage. i saw him twice on the 99 Reunion tour but this was much better. all the new songs sound amazing live and some of the older ones he throws in (Ties That Bind, Reason To Belive, Night, Thundercrack) are outstanding.

    one thing i did notice and this might be ME but some of the old songs just sound tired. Prove It All Night was the one that stood out for me. maybe i'm just too use to hearing old 1978 bootleg versions that are 10 minutes long.
  • gregkitefangregkitefan Posts: 1,115
    I like it.
    I think I like The Rising more though.
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  • DOSWDOSW Posts: 2,014
    I think it's amazing, and the best he's done in a long time. At first I thought it was good but not great for the reasons mentioned earlier (too cluttered, some songs sound similar) but it got better every single time I listened to it. Now I love it to death.

    Still, "Your Own Worst Enemy" is kinda weak. But besides that, it's amazing. Radio Nowhere is still kick-ass even after hearing it a billion times.
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  • pjfan31pjfan31 Posts: 7,331
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4LcC1Owprk

    Put a whole knew look on bruce for me, and not a good 1. I know this wasnt his song but still...........
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