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Bathgate66 · February 2008

keeponrockin wrote:

I'm so fuckin pumped! Less than a month till my first boss show!

you are gonna love it- youll instantly be hooked.

were you lucky enough to score GA tickets ?

if so , be sure to arrive early for your bracelet and lottery chance !

Bathgate66 · February 2008

Springsteen, whose "Magic" CD was surprisingly not nominated in any major category, won three Grammys: Best Solo Rock Vocal and Best Rock Song for "Radio Nowhere" and Best Rock Instrumental for "Once Upon a Time in the West" on a tribute CD to movie music legend Ennio Morricone.

Rock Song: "Radio Nowhere," Bruce Springsteen, songwriter (Bruce Springsteen).

Solo Rock Vocal Performance: "Radio Nowhere," Bruce Springsteen.

Rock Instrumental Performance: "Once Upon a Time in The West," Bruce Springsteen.

and none of it was televised, no performances.

only ( besides thwe Foo Fighters )

a bunch of lame crap otherwise,...

Anon · February 2008

hey Bath, what's the Grammy total for the Boss up to now?

Bathgate66 · February 2008

Mushmouthmatt wrote:

hey Bath, what's the Grammy total for the Boss up to now?

not sure on exact #s but I know last night puittem ' over 20 .

http://www.grammy.com/GRAMMY_Awards/Winners/Results.aspx

keeponrockin · February 2008

Bathgate66 wrote:

you are gonna love it- youll instantly be hooked.

were you lucky enough to score GA tickets ?

if so , be sure to arrive early for your bracelet and lottery chance !

Nah, I'm behind the stage, 100L though, so not too bad.

Not the best seats, but considering I got them a month and a bit after the onsale, not bad either!

I'm going with my mom who's seen him twice.

Bathgate66 · February 2008

keeponrockin wrote:

Nah, I'm behind the stage, 100L though, so not too bad.

Not the best seats, but considering I got them a month and a bit after the onsale, not bad either!

I'm going with my mom who's seen him twice.

ive seen many shows from rear or sidestage.
every seat is good,
this shows bruce and thge ESB view on things-
they will come to the back and play to the rear crowd throughout the show.
try to sneak a camera in- but dont get caught.
bruce has special dedicated crowd -camera security.

look out for the men in bllack.

keeponrockin · February 2008

Bathgate66 wrote:

ive seen many shows from rear or sidestage.
every seat is good,
this shows bruce and thge ESB view on things-
they will come to the back and play to the rear crowd throughout the show.
try to sneak a camera in- but dont get caught.
bruce has special dedicated crowd -camera security.

look out for the men in bllack.

So the view's alright?

What about the sound?

Bathgate66 · February 2008

keeponrockin wrote:

So the view's alright?

What about the sound?

view= allright ( id go out and say better than allright )

sound = will vary from veue to venue.

Bathgate66 · February 2008

Chris Zelkovich(Toronto Star);

"Move over American Idol and make room for Rockstar Curling, a reality television show that may indeed have a rock-star connection.

NBC confirmed yesterday it has an exclusive option to air a 10-episode sports reality show that will give the winners a shot at competing in the U.S. championships and even going to the 2010 Olympics.

And one aspect that would make this a draw to the button for NBC is a plan to land closet curlers Bruce Springsteen or Jon Bon Jovi as part of the show, assuming the rockers aren't worried what being connected to a sport with brooms might do to their images.

According to sources, the two rock stars are among a group of entertainment types who rent arena time on occasion to pick up brooms instead of guitars.

Organizers are trying to negotiate a deal to get one of them involved, possibly as a host."

Rock stars courted for curling reality show

Bathgate66 · February 2008

From Philly in 2005

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pyo2zVh4yw

Bathgate66 · February 2008

Mushmouthmatt wrote:

hey Bath, what's the Grammy total for the Boss up to now?

this was taken off the btx boards.

Bruce could be tied for 5th. The Grammy's website has a search feature but it doesn't have a top to bottom list so based on who you can guess, you can find out. Anyway, based on who I could think of that were rock or pop or soul and some people my parents listend to. So, here's the Top 25 list I could compile:

1. Quincy Jones - 27
2. Stevie Wonder - 22
3. U2 - 22
4. John Williams, movie score composer - 20
5. Bruce Springsteen - 18
6. The Beatles - as a group and as solo artists - 18
7. Ray Charles - 17
8. Eric Clapton - 16
9. Ella Fitzgerald - 13
10. Michael Jackson - 13
11. Johnny Cash - 12
12. Bob Dylan - 10
13. The Beatles - only while as a group - 10
14. Count Basie - 9
15. Frank Sinatra - 9
16. Sheryl Crow - 9
17. Paul Simon - solo - 8; 4 more as Simon and Garfunkel
18. Barbara Streisand - 8
19. Dolly Parton - 7
20. Herb Alpert - 6
21. Madonna - 6
22. Whitney Houston - 6
23. Willie Nelson - 6
24. Billy Joel - 5
25. Dionne Warwick - 5

Artists barely avoiding a shutout by winning 1 Grammy are: Pete Townshend, David Bowie, Elvis Costello, John Mellencamp, John Fogerty, Nirvana, Pink Floyd (and not for Dark Side Of The Moon), & The Clash.

Notables that won 2 Grammys: Dire Straits, Marvin Gaye, Melissa Etheridge, Otis Redding (but only after he died), Rolling Stones, & Tom Petty.

Noticeably devoid of ANY Grammy recognition are: Blondie, Buddy Holly, Chuck Berry, Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, Little Richard, Neil Young, Patti Smith, The Doors, The Kinks, The Who, The Supremes, & The Moody Blues

Bathgate66 · February 2008

http://pamelaspringsteen.com/

Bathgate66 · February 2008

http://youtube.com/watch?v=4A4GtK9z2uM

tkepearljamn · February 2008

im rocking out to the wild, the innocent and the e street band

Anon · February 2008

tkepearljamn wrote:

im rocking out to the wild, the innocent and the e street band

just got that and Magic on vinyl on Friday. NICE.

Bath, thanks for the Grammy list. i spoke w/ my dad the other night and i swear all the guy thinks about is whether or not Bruce is going to add more dates to the US tour. i think he prays every night for a Philly show!!! everytime i speak to him he has to throw in, "wonder when Bruce is going to add more dates". funny stuff.

Bathgate66 · February 2008

1973 "KING BISCUIT" SHOW STREAMING ONLINE NOW
A classic Greetings-era E Street Band performance has come to Wolfgang's Vault: the original King Biscuit Flower Hour recording from January 31, 1973. Springsteen and the E Streeters were opening for Biff Rose at NYC's Max's Kansas City, and this is an hour's worth of music -- six songs from the early show ("Mary Queen of Arkansas," "Bishop Danced," "Wild Billy's Circus Story," "Spirit in the Night," "Does This Bus Stop at 82nd Street?," and "Thundercrack"), and two from the late show ("Saga of the Architect Angel," "Song to the Orphans").

"Bishop Danced" is the only song here that was officially broadcast, and it also turned up on Tracks; though the rest of the material has circulated among collectors, this is a clear upgrade. One of our, um, "audio experts" reports: "I've compared the Wolfgang's Vault version, and it is an improvement over all of the boots I've heard of this show. Previously available recordings sound like really good soundboards; the WV version sounds like a commercial CD with much more high end, without any hiss at all, the vocals crisper and more forward. Unlike a lot of their King Biscuit shows there is no sound overloading and boominess." Listen here.

Also new to WV today, in the latest Crawdaddy!, is Joe Sullivan's "Not Fade Away," tracing the connection from Buddy Holly to Bruce to the Arcade Fire; and from the archives, a 1973 review of Jon Landau's It's Too Late to Stop Now: A Rock and Roll Journal.
-February 20, 2008

Bathgate66 · February 2008

News updated February 21, 2008

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THANKS, SUZY, FOR A YABBA DABBA DOO TIME
We're sorry to hear of the recent passing of Suzy Shaw -- longtime Springsteen fan and keyboard player on the 1982 Bruce Springstone parody record. Its picture sleeve alone is a classic, picturing Fred as Bruce and Dino as Clarence, and the songs themselves have had a long life. In fact, the forthcoming book, Baseball's Greatest Hit: The Story of "Take Me Out to the Ballgame," celebrating the song's 100th anniversary, will list the Springstone B-side among the top 25 versions of the song ever recorded.

In 1994, Suzy wrote "The Bruce Springstone Story" for Backstreets #48, her own page right out of history. Of meeting Clarence Clemons, she wrote: "I was almost too shy to say anything, but when I finally did, I told him I'd played the organ on the record. He said, 'You bad girl!' with a delightful twinkle in his eye."

In Suzy's honor, here are the A- and B-sides from Bruce Springstone's Live in Bedrock:

Bedrock Rap / (Meet) The Flintsones
Take Me Out to the Ballgame

[Downloads] -February 21, 2008

Bathgate66 · February 2008

BACKSTREETS News updated February 22, 2008

IRAQ VETERAN FINDS INSPIRATION IN "DEVILS"
A new documentary called Body of War focuses on Tomas Young, a veteran of the war in Iraq who was shot and paralyzed his first week serving there. Young himself selected the music for the film's soundtrack, Body of War: Songs That Inspired an Iraq War Veteran, and as Billboard.com reports, Springsteen's "Devils & Dust" will lead off disc two of this two-CD set. Other artists include Against Me!, Public Enemy, Tom Waits, and John Lennon, along with some of Bruce's Vote for Change tour mates: Bright Eyes, Neil Young, Pearl Jam, and Eddie Vedder, who contributed a new original.

It's a very personal collection of music, as Young previously told Billboard.com: "The songs collected here are the sounds that have helped to inspire me and keep me going as I struggle to find the strength to deal with my new physical limitations while trying to find the energy to fight when many parts of my body and brain are telling me to stop....Each song you hear you're hearing because I found a meaning in it that helped focus a number of emotions and turn them into something that I hope will ultimately be positive."

The CD set will be released on March 18 from Sire, and an LP version on April 15, with all proceeds to benefit Iraq Veterans Against the War.
-February 22, 2008

sj.brodie · February 2008

Thought i'd share the video for "Girls In Their Summer Clothes"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7g7-lL6cQU

I really like it. Making videos can be risky but Bruce attacked it perfectly. The video fits the song - some great imagery on this one.

Bathgate66 · February 2008

sj.brodie wrote:

Thought i'd share the video for "Girls In Their Summer Clothes"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7g7-lL6cQU

I really like it. Making videos can be risky but Bruce attacked it perfectly. The video fits the song - some great imagery on this one.

awesome !

I hadnt seen that at all yet- even with all the buzz on Backstreets.

thanks for sharing that -

2 weeks from today Bruce & ESB bring their Magic to Nassau Coliseum .

cant wait,....

today at rehearsals ( the first for this upcoming leg : ) in Asbury Park :

from Stan The Man :
Bruce and the band got back together at Asbury Park's Convention Hall this morning for a rehearsal before the start of Thursday's world tour.
The band went through what was a basic setlist from the Fall shows.
Charles Giordano was there, Danny Federici was not.
Bruce even stopped to sign autographs as he left for the dozen fans there.

My thanks to Jeremy, Anne and Tom for filling me in on the songs Bruce played before I arrived.

The music started at 10:15 a.m. and unlike last September, there was no radio playing loudly so we were able to hear the band play.

Today's setlist:
1. Radio Nowhere
2. Night
3. Lonesome Day
4. Gypsy Biker
5. Magic
6. Reason To Believe
7. Candy's Room
8. She's The One
9. Livin' In The Future
10. Promised Land
11. Tunnel of Love
12. Workin' On the Highway
13. Devil's Arcade
14. The Rising
15. Last To Die
16. Long Walk Home
17. Badlands

The music stopped for about 10 minutes before they resumed with:
18. Girls In Their Summer Clothes
19. American Land.
20. Waiting On A Sunny Day

They finished play at 12:10 p. m.

Patti Scialfa was there today.
The music was very fluid until the encores, with one song played right after the other, just as it was a concert.

Only about a dozen fans around, most of them veterans of previous Asbury Park rehearsals.
Bruce left at 2:35 p.m. and waved to the fans before he drove down the ramp.
Two fans were waiting at the bottom of the ramp and Bruce stopped to sign for them and then signed for the dozen other fans who had been waiting at the top of the ramp and walked down.
He personalized every autograph.
Not too many fans looking for autographs today from band members.
Max Weinberg stopped to sign a few as did Charles Giordano.

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