Bruce Springsteen

I'm struggling with this one

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as a child i was subjected to his shyte pretentious music from which i haven't fully recovered, i have no comment until the legal proceedings against springsteen inc are concluded.

Thunder Road - by a mile.

I don't have a favourite and have never bought any of his records but I did go and see him when he played at Wembley Stadium whenever that was and fair play he put on a brilliant show. I had to be dragged along but I was very glad I went in the end.

he just pummels the audience into submission imo...

jungleland is superb...springsteen is the daddy

.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AwBGSS63B2o

My fav Bruce Springsteen song, and my fav perfomance of this song

"Backstreets" - Hammersmith 1975 - awesome awesome

he has so much brilliant stuff though

You philistines who are slating Bruce want to have a good look at yourself.

Here is another classic

Darkness On The Edge Of Town

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS5qRG_no-I

Darkness on the Edge of Town is his best album, love it

Excellent live. When I hear Born To Run it takes me back to happy times

Can someone put me on to him? I've got his greatest hits but I'm not normally a fan of those, someone name his best three albums IYO please?

for me his 3 best are

Darkness on the Edge of Town
Born To Run
The River

He has so much good music though mate, explore it all

My favourite (sometimes)- Meeting across the river

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ptF8Y1cIgzk

And I love these live ones

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2eE9H7Nzww

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BisS5JxeUW0

Racing In the Street a masterpiece. depends, IMO, on your mood. Can't go far wrong with Jungleland tho.

Another classic...


Stolen Car


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LrRsJmJ36Hk

If you don;t like this song then there is something wrong with you!!!

Rosalita

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXWVSussrt0

My 3 favourites in no particular order are:

Blinded By The Light
Because The Night

and the iconic biggest hit that never was - Born To Run.

All three great song and lyric writing.

don't know too many of his songs and think he's only ok.

born to run is superb though and i like the river.

ghost of tom joad i enjoyed as i'd just read the book and was a bit obsessed with it at the time.

Is he supporting anyone big this summer?

yes, on at the **** end of the IOW festival after the main event takes place on Friday night 

I think he's got Frank Crassons old slot on the North Pier at Blackpool(Matinee shows on Sat as well)

Hope he does The River though

It was 'Born to Run' that got me into Springsteen and at the top it shall remain

One step up

Lyrics so true....

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkFQHScyti0

'Born to run' for me even tho it's an obvious pick. 'Thunder Road' a close 2nd.

Excellent article on Bruce in Saturdays Review supplement of The Telegraph

Racing in the Street.

Good shout

My fave also.

Sherry Darling second for me ....

You can tell her there's a hot sun beatin on the blacktop
She keeps talkin shell be walkin that last block
She can take a subway back to the ghetto tonight
Well I got some beer and the highways free
And I got you, and baby youve got me.
Hey, hey, hey whataya say sherry darlin

Bruce Springsteen - Tougher than the rest

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB50lzDZV0Q

I like the above track and some of his older music, I don't rate him as anything special

Bob Seger was far better and also many others IMO

im on fire

New York City Serenade (nap)

another few classics

my hometown
rosalita
streets of philadelphia

and the album 'Nebraska' yet to even get a mention - feckin superb lp and a later lp 'the rising' also superb but almost all his stuff worth a long listen.

excellent shout johnm

Streets Of Philadelphia for me.

Always loved 'Nebraska' for years, but generally gave the rest a miss.

That is, until converted on a balmy June night at Glastonbury a couple of years ago.
He came on and whispered his way through Strummer's 'Coma Girl' (the perfect Glasto-homage song)
to bemused WTF-looks from the generally young audience around us....

...but I knew

I used to buy almost any springsteen related album, including about 5 bootlegs from concerts and rejected material...he does re-use lines a lot :-). I even got the Gary US Bonds albums and the Asbury Jukes one. And Nils Lofgren's debut album. It's all good..even the stuff that never made it to release. I have favourite album, just favourites for different circumstances. Darkness on the Edge of Town probably had the most plays.

Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king, and a king ain't satisfied till he rules everything, well I wanna go out tonight, gonna find out what I got.

Watch this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lH6LRTbI7qg

Holy ****ing ****.

Still got it.

Darkness on the Edge of Town is an amazing album, the songwriting is brilliant

wishing i had a photograph of you,but i liked it more under its original title as oppose to we look after our own

how anyone can be a big fan of anyone who calls himself  'The boss' is beyond me..  Born in the USA ffs, makes my skin crawl, and his new one is even worse, 'Wherever this flag's flown
We take care of our own' FFS... I can understand Americans liking him, becasue they are insular and clueless, but if your British, get a f-ing grip....

Ampleforth


1)He doesn't call himself 'the boss' - his fans do.

2)Born In The USA was not a literal celebration of the title, it was an irony on the fact that if you are - you get treated like **** - eg. ex Vietnam vets. Reagan made the same mistake - and thought it was a positive message !

3)You have to listen to what he is saying in his lyrics - to get the true meaning.



I suspect all the above is beyond you though

I bet you can buy a 'BOSS' mug at the merchandise stall at his gigs....

Head in hands man required

3)You have to listen to what he is saying in his lyrics - to get the true meaning.


is that his trick, make everyone listen 200 times before they can work out what he's saying ?

Sherry darling a good call,like that song.

Incident on 57th Street

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmykPfwinA4



Stunning, stunning, stunning

NS


philistine

New Album released next Monday ''Wrecking Ball'' assult on corporate greed and corruption

listening via youtube for the past two hours. One track doing my head it with its shear beauty ROCKY GROUND choir rap and gospel all rolled into one.

forty days and nights of rain have washed this land
Jesus said the money changers in this temple will not stand

FFS Nilsson - how many more times? The main attraction of the IOW Festival is on the saturday night!

assult on corporate greed

couldn't make it up

Not everyone Nillson.

Amplefail.

In fact, once would do.

fair enough lager, i'm sure everyone will be heading back to the mainland on sunday morning, feck all decent on sunday night

Oh, I don't know - Ash are playing the second stage on the Sunday!

''We take care of our own'' not a patriotic song.......lines such as ''From the shotgun shack to the Superdome There ain't no help the cavalry stayed at home-about Hurricane Katrina-mean it's actually the complete opposite

Indeed...though it is calvary...a wordplay on America's religious fervour, which can be oddly lacking when it comes to forgiveness and compassion.

BigglesFlysUndun     28 Feb 12 23:26 
''We take care of our own'' not a patriotic song.......lines such as ''From the shotgun shack to the Superdome There ain't no help the cavalry stayed at home-about Hurricane Katrina-mean it's actually the complete opposite



Correct. As I posted earlier - you have to listen to the lyrics. Some people are just too dense to get it !!

One of the most over-rated artists out there.  His latest track is shocking.

sib. Don't be silly.

Listen to this - read the words. Learn to understand



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fkEU3JjNARs&feature=related

correct ^^^^^^^^^^^^

Hungry Heart.

.. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkcdu33K0qA

Spirit in the Night - Live in Barcelona

Try singing "Life of Riley" by the Lightning Seeds to the latest offering.  Let me know if you can tell the difference.

I can tell the difference. In fact, I can't even tell which song of his you mean!

I loved every minute of this gig


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nv5vKY8XLtI



Wasn't a dry eye in the park when he played this.

Was a pleasure to be there

Janice Long played Bruce last night and as it ended sang the Lightning Seeds along to it.  The point was very well made.  Try it on I-player.

Which song?

This latest one.

actually after reading this thread I think he may well be a genius after all.
Write a lyric for verses that critisises US culture/politics, but make the chorus an anthemic stadium rock sing along which even the most patriotic of Americans will sing along to. Kerching!!
It seems you can please all the people all of the time! now if he could just nail a good melody....

Wrecking Ball? We take care of our own?