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Oh well...I thought it was a break up song, breaks up and walks home and its all gone to shit like the relationship.

The song was recorded during the Magic recording sessions which took place between March and May 2007 at Southern Tracks Studios in Atlanta, GA. Patrick Warren contributes Chamberlin and/or tack piano on this track.
The lyrics "I looked in their faces / They were all rank strangers to me", and much of this song's theme, are borrowed from the old country/gospel song RANK STRANGERS (TO ME): "They knew not my name and I knew not their faces / I found they were all rank strangers to me".
"In that particular song a guy comes back to his town and recognizes nothing and is recognized by nothing," Springsteen told The New York Times' A. O. Scott. "The singer in 'Long Walk Home,' that's his experience. His world has changed. The things that he thought he knew, the people who he thought he knew, whose ideals he had something in common with, are like strangers. The world that he knew feels totally alien. I think that's what's happened in this country in the past six years."
"It's sort of the summational song of the album," manager Jon Landau told Rolling Stone. "I think it's one of Bruce's great masterpieces."
"That's one of my favorite songs that he's done in a long time," producer Brendan O'Brien told Rolling Stone. "It's mournful, but also hopeful. It has very introspective verses and then he opens up lyrically as the song progresses. It hits me in a real great spot."
 

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Girls truly is an amazing sign. Got a great quality recording if you want it emailed to you Gas.

Check these out, hope you like em!

If you notice, he changes the arrangement from Magic tour to WB tour. And the bass during the intro! :thumbsu:




 
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About a town changing I think... could be wrong though.

a bit of a metaphor for US changing under Bush, was my understanding - the town represents the country - unrecognisable.

Long Walk Home was anti Bush. Last to Die was pro 2004 democratic candidate Senator John Kerry who Bruce campaigned for in the last month of the 2004 election. It was a paraphrase of Kerry's comment in the early 1970's when he testified to congress against the Vietnam War and asked "How do you ask a man to be the last man to die for a mistake?"

Another song on Magic is about John Kerry and his election loss - Livin' In the Future.
 
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Girls in their Summer Clothes is probably Bruce's greatest Phil Spector Wall of Sound type song.

With a 17 piece band there are other songs that are bigger wall of sound songs when re done with the "big band," but in terms of what he put down in the studio, Girls is the most Phil Spector type production.
 
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I watched Paul Kelly Stories of Me doco on ABC last night. Geez there are a lot of similarities with Bruce in what drives them to write songs. the early struggles, the almost obsessive drive to write the perfect lyrics, the way they approach the theme of love - different type of love, the imagery in their words, the leaving the band behind, the solo career to try different styles as they spent time around their kids growing up and then coming back and having universal respect from the industry and the inspiration to and collaboration with so many young musicians who are blown away by both the written words as well as the melody and music. Its probably why I am a big fan of them both and find their songs talk to me and their music nourishing my soul.
 
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Magic is my favourite post-BITUSA Bruce full band album, easily.

Must agree wholeheartedly. I know that there's been a fair bit of criticism regarding the production and the whole "wall of sound" thing, but I bloody love it. Although I do like both The Rising and Wrecking Ball, both have quite a few songs that I really don't care for, whereas I don't skip any tunes at all when listening to Magic. Devils Arcade the absolute highlight for me.
 

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What type of space requirements are given to front standing?

Anyone know how many tickets get allocated in that space?

There are still GA and Front Standing at AAMI Sunday night.

Everything else exhausted.
 

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Must agree wholeheartedly. I know that there's been a fair bit of criticism regarding the production and the whole "wall of sound" thing, but I bloody love it. Although I do like both The Rising and Wrecking Ball, both have quite a few songs that I really don't care for, whereas I don't skip any tunes at all when listening to Magic. Devils Arcade the absolute highlight for me.
Its the album I quote when I get the 'Springsteen ...wtf you like him still' comment with my response being that it is probably one of his best albums since Born in the USA.
 

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Cruyff14, I never got around to ask but did you have any luck with the signs you made?

Some of the signs I saw the night I went looked bland.

Suppose its just a matter of getting some card, writing the song and hoping....?

Anyone else on here get their song picked?
 

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Depends on the size of the venue. Typically, the front third of the venue floor is GA. In Melbourne the Front GA will be pretty big due to the size of the venue.

In Adelaide, according to the map, the front GA is about a quarter of the already small Ent Cent floor. Going to be awesome. I phoned the Adelaide Entertainment Centre a few weeks ago to ask them if the front GA will be increased at all to fit more in - they said no because 95% of the floor seats are sold and won't be able to be moved further back now. So it's locked in.
 

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Its the album I quote when I get the 'Springsteen ...wtf you like him still' comment with my response being that it is probably one of his best albums since Born in the USA.
When I turn new people on to the Bruce journey, I always recommend Born To Run, Nebraska, and Magic. That closely mirrors his full arc IMO.
 
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