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  • MysteryTrain
    MysteryTrain Singapore Posts: 1,189
    Anyone seen the film, Springsteen & I? I enjoyed it very much....lots of funny moments, lots of touching moments, couple of creepy moments.
  • tremors
    tremors Posts: 8,051
    Hello Springsteen officionados - I'm listening to Working on a Dream, and thinking how horrible the 'production' is - a real let down after Magic. What do others think? Does this record sound any good to anyone in the universe?
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  • veddertown
    veddertown Scotland Posts: 5,260
    I think from the more recent albums it is a pretty poor effort. I love The Rising, Magic and Wrecking Ball, all very good but Working On A Dream is drastically short of standout songs and I find it a pretty tedious affair all round. Wrecking Ball on the other hand is sheer class! :D
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  • tremors
    tremors Posts: 8,051
    veddertown wrote:
    I think from the more recent albums it is a pretty poor effort. I love The Rising, Magic and Wrecking Ball, all very good but Working On A Dream is drastically short of standout songs and I find it a pretty tedious affair all round. Wrecking Ball on the other hand is sheer class! :D

    Yes I get on very well with Wrecking Ball too. At the moment though I'm trying to understand where Working on a Dream is coming from. It's growing on me slowly!
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  • Lanternjaw
    Lanternjaw Posts: 553
    MysteryTrain wrote:
    Anyone seen the film, Springsteen & I? I enjoyed it very much....lots of funny moments, lots of touching moments, couple of creepy moments.
    I went and saw it with my daughters on Monday.... I felt about the same as you did.

    Although the anecdotes were sweet, I loved the vintage cuts of Springsteen on stage. Many of them I had seen already, but seeing them on a giant HD digital screen was really nice, and the acoustic Thunder Road that played right after the film was very nostalgic, as I saw Bruce open the Fenway2 show in 2012 with that...

    I told my daughter to submit something for consideration when they were calling for material... The old bones in this thread have seen it, but proud papa always has to throw it out there:

    Alexis and Bruce in Albany, 2012:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSiR2wqz ... e=youtu.be

    :D:D:D
  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    Lanternjaw wrote:
    MysteryTrain wrote:
    Anyone seen the film, Springsteen & I? I enjoyed it very much....lots of funny moments, lots of touching moments, couple of creepy moments.
    I went and saw it with my daughters on Monday.... I felt about the same as you did.

    Although the anecdotes were sweet, I loved the vintage cuts of Springsteen on stage. Many of them I had seen already, but seeing them on a giant HD digital screen was really nice, and the acoustic Thunder Road that played right after the film was very nostalgic, as I saw Bruce open the Fenway2 show in 2012 with that...

    I told my daughter to submit something for consideration when they were calling for material... The old bones in this thread have seen it, but proud papa always has to throw it out there:

    Alexis and Bruce in Albany, 2012:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSiR2wqz ... e=youtu.be

    :D:D:D
    :clap::clap::clap:
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  • Lanternjaw
    Lanternjaw Posts: 553
    Newch91 wrote:
    Lanternjaw wrote:
    MysteryTrain wrote:
    Anyone seen the film, Springsteen & I? I enjoyed it very much....lots of funny moments, lots of touching moments, couple of creepy moments.
    I went and saw it with my daughters on Monday.... I felt about the same as you did.

    Although the anecdotes were sweet, I loved the vintage cuts of Springsteen on stage. Many of them I had seen already, but seeing them on a giant HD digital screen was really nice, and the acoustic Thunder Road that played right after the film was very nostalgic, as I saw Bruce open the Fenway2 show in 2012 with that...

    I told my daughter to submit something for consideration when they were calling for material... The old bones in this thread have seen it, but proud papa always has to throw it out there:

    Alexis and Bruce in Albany, 2012:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mSiR2wqz ... e=youtu.be

    :D:D:D
    :clap::clap::clap:


    Lol -- thanks!

    We'll have to hook up in Hartford for a round of brews and Bruce banter. I'll be there with both daughters and we're staying at the adjacent Hilton so lets make it happen... :)
  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    Lanternjaw wrote:
    Lol -- thanks!

    We'll have to hook up in Hartford for a round of brews and Bruce banter. I'll be there with both daughters and we're staying at the adjacent Hilton so lets make it happen... :)
    Sounds like a plan! It will be a good time at the pre-party. Perfect for me: no Friday classes and will try to get that Friday off so I don't have to work at all.
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    I'm guessing a small South American tour and then that's it for touring for this year and a majority of next year?
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  • Better Dan
    Better Dan Posts: 5,684
    tremors wrote:
    veddertown wrote:
    I think from the more recent albums it is a pretty poor effort. I love The Rising, Magic and Wrecking Ball, all very good but Working On A Dream is drastically short of standout songs and I find it a pretty tedious affair all round. Wrecking Ball on the other hand is sheer class! :D

    Yes I get on very well with Wrecking Ball too. At the moment though I'm trying to understand where Working on a Dream is coming from. It's growing on me slowly!


    I have a hard time with Working on a Dream. Not only are the songs not that good, but I think the production/mixing/mastering sounds horrible and makes it difficult for me to get through more than a few songs on the album at a time.
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  • PJFAN13
    PJFAN13 Posts: 1,422
    tremors wrote:
    Hello Springsteen officionados - I'm listening to Working on a Dream, and thinking how horrible the 'production' is - a real let down after Magic. What do others think? Does this record sound any good to anyone in the universe?

    *Raises hand!* I really dig this album, and I know I'm in the minority...

    I'm in love with queen of the supermarket...

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    Saw this tour stop in Glendale AZ and the show was heavy on Working tunes and they were all great live.
    My only quirk with the album was "Tomorrow Never Knows" - just felt like it didn't fit at all...in fact on the album it has no place, really...

    But yeah, count me as one in the universe who digs the album :D
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  • eldarion75
    eldarion75 Posts: 2,488
    So this happened:)
    Glen fella did us all proud:)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dElsEEk1k7g
  • tremors
    tremors Posts: 8,051
    eldarion75 wrote:
    So this happened:)
    Glen fella did us all proud:)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dElsEEk1k7g

    That is fabulous Eldarion. I think you can really hear Glen's Van Morrison influence coming through there. To be able to hold your own amongst the E-street band..... Well, that is something special
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  • tremors
    tremors Posts: 8,051
    Better Dan wrote:
    tremors wrote:
    veddertown wrote:
    I think from the more recent albums it is a pretty poor effort. I love The Rising, Magic and Wrecking Ball, all very good but Working On A Dream is drastically short of standout songs and I find it a pretty tedious affair all round. Wrecking Ball on the other hand is sheer class! :D

    Yes I get on very well with Wrecking Ball too. At the moment though I'm trying to understand where Working on a Dream is coming from. It's growing on me slowly!


    I have a hard time with Working on a Dream. Not only are the songs not that good, but I think the production/mixing/mastering sounds horrible and makes it difficult for me to get through more than a few songs on the album at a time.

    I agree with you totally about the production and mixing, and the tragedy is I think some of the songs *are* that good.
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  • tremors
    tremors Posts: 8,051
    PJFAN13 wrote:
    tremors wrote:
    Hello Springsteen officionados - I'm listening to Working on a Dream, and thinking how horrible the 'production' is - a real let down after Magic. What do others think? Does this record sound any good to anyone in the universe?

    *Raises hand!* I really dig this album, and I know I'm in the minority...

    I'm in love with queen of the supermarket...

    Out of the East on an Irish stallion came bounty hunter Dan
    His heart quickened and burdened by the need to get his man

    Have you ever seen a one legged dog makin' his way down the street
    If you've ever seen a one legged dog then you've seen me

    Saw this tour stop in Glendale AZ and the show was heavy on Working tunes and they were all great live.
    My only quirk with the album was "Tomorrow Never Knows" - just felt like it didn't fit at all...in fact on the album it has no place, really...

    But yeah, count me as one in the universe who digs the album :D

    Like I say, it's growing on me....:)
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    eldarion75 wrote:
    So this happened:)
    Glen fella did us all proud:)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dElsEEk1k7g
    :? No comment.
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  • youngster
    youngster Boston Posts: 6,576
    Sitting here on a cloudy Sunday afternoon, listening to The River on vinyl. I've said it before, but I believe this is his best record. I am obviously stating my opinion. But it is just song after quality song. Not telling anything new, just figured I'd share my pure enjoyment of this record.

    Tonight I'm thinking of watching Disc 2 of the Darkness re-issue box set.
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    I've been watching "The Sopranos" for the first time and just finished season 1. The ending music to the season 1 finale was "State Trooper." Steve probably hooked them up with the song. :D
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  • youngster
    youngster Boston Posts: 6,576
    Newch91 wrote:
    I've been watching "The Sopranos" for the first time and just finished season 1. The ending music to the season 1 finale was "State Trooper." Steve probably hooked them up with the song. :D

    Awesome. What do you think of it so far? Probably the greatest show in the history of TV.
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  • Newch91
    Newch91 Posts: 17,560
    youngster wrote:
    Newch91 wrote:
    I've been watching "The Sopranos" for the first time and just finished season 1. The ending music to the season 1 finale was "State Trooper." Steve probably hooked them up with the song. :D

    Awesome. What do you think of it so far? Probably the greatest show in the history of TV.
    I'm hooked on it. Loving the show right now.
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