Bruce Springsteen

RedMosquito22 wrote:

This is a perfect thread for the Other Music Forum

Awwww - Killjoy! You would deny the Porch a bit of Bruce love would you?? Shame on you!

OK - will this be enough to keep this thread on the Porch?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4J54_MvGL0

I've always loved "Worlds Apart", a song written about two lovers (and this is my interpretation), an American man and a Muslim woman who love each other and after 9/11, their relationship is possibly in jeopardy because of Americans views of Muslims. Kind of like a post-9/11 Romeo and Juliet story, this time between Americans and Muslims. When I first heard the song, I thought it was genius!

I hold you in my arms, yeah that's when it starts
I seek faith in your kiss and comfort in your heart
I taste the seed upon your lips, lay my tongue upon your scars
But when I look into your eyes we stand worlds apart

Where the distant oceans sing and rise to the plain
In this dry and troubled country your beauty remains
Down from the mountain road where the highway rolls to dark
'Neath Allah's blessed rain we remain worlds apart

Sometimes the truth just ain't enough
Or is it too much in times like this
Let's throw the truth away we'll find it in this kiss
In your skin upon my skin in the beating of our hearts
May the living let us in before the dead tear us apart

We'll let blood build a bridge over mountains draped in stars
I'll meet you on the ridge between these worlds apart
We've got this moment now to live then it's all just dust and dark
Let's let love give what it gives
Let's let love give what it gives

pjhawks wrote:

"Poor man wanna be rich
rich man wanna be king
and the king ain't satisfied until he rules everything"

Funny how I've always thought that to be and sung until he loses everything
Thanks for making me realize!

tremors wrote:

OK - will this be enough to keep this thread on the Porch?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D4J54_MvGL0

well played there, tremors!

not long ago Eddie's version of One step up was mentioned somewhere else, too: guess it might be appropriate here

Michelle10 wrote:

I never liked him when I was younger (back in born in the usa days) but now that Im older I like him a lot. His discography is on often on rotation on my ipod. Still not a huge fan of born in the usa though. Also Im a RATM fan and had no idea Ghost of Tom Joad was his song, very cool

Me too, except I was the opposite, I only liked Born in the USA but everything else I thought was like "folksy" or something. Only til the Rising did I give him a shot and now he's up there with one of my favorites! Right now I can't stop listening to "Nothing Man" which I checked out on youtube and somebody said:
"I put this on expecting a Pearl Jam cover

I was not disappointed"

And then this thread popped up. Synergy. weird...

bennett13 wrote:

"Is a dream a lie if it don't come true, or is it something worse?"

The River...breaks my heart every time

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: )

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

Newch91 wrote:

musicismylife78 wrote:

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.

musicismylife78 wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

musicismylife78 wrote:

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.