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Bruce Springsteen

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I'm back guys ;) (I was banned for what some would call being racist).

Hopefully do some more over the next few days, I've been working a lot so can't promise anything though, will definitely continue though.

Also, NEW ALBUM November 8th!!!!!
 

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22) It’s Hard To Be A Saint In The City

I was the king of the alley, mama I could talk some trash

Oh my God. The power of Saint is unreal. It’s very fast paced, doesn’t really let you catch your breath, it’s not very long either and before you know it, it’s finished.

You know when a sang makes a Marlon Brando reference, you know it’s going to be good, and Saint definitely delivers. The lyrics are like something out of a rap song but with good music.

A lot of Greetings was written with a rhyming dictionary, and you can tell during this song especially.

I had skin like leather and the diamond-hard look of a cobra
I was born blue and weathered but I burst just like a supernova
I could walk like Brando right into the sun
Then dance just like a Casanova
With my blackjack and jacket and hair slicked sweet
Silver star studs on my duds like a Harley in heat
When I strut down the street I could hear its heartbeat

Brilliant writing considering how young Bruce was too when he wrote this. Then there is the musical side of it, that guitar duel with Steve is nothing short of shit hot. Bruce toasts him with ease though. Love Max’s work on the cymbals during the bridge too.

Absolutely blistering performance, again from Philly

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It's important to note that he was also the sexiest man in the world in his younger years.

My god :heart::heart::heart::heart:

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Simply my favourite artist of all time :thumbsu:

Slept out overnight to see him play the Showgrounds in the 80s, seen him play acoustic at the Palais, seen him play at the Dome.

Every person should be made to watch the Boss in concert, it would give them a reference point to rate the dribble that is mostly dished up nowadays.

The E Street band is the greatest rock and roll backing band of all time. Vale the Big Man and Danny Federici.

When you can picture a movie being described in a three minute song you know you are listening to one of musics greatest artists.

Have a listen to The Hitter, the mans been dishing up stories like this for decades.

Brrrrrrruuuuuuuuccccccceeeeeeee
 
Cruyff14 said:
Wow! Certainly had your Bruce dose OWWK. Which concert was the best?? Heard he cracked the shits at the Telstra Dome concert.
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Cruyff14,
The Born in the USA tour was the best concert I have ever been to, simply rocked the Showgrounds. Probably at the peak of their powers back then.
I was really disappointed with the concert at the Dome, poor venue, poor set list, really crappy atmosphere all around. To see a great live performer like the Boss struggle to get the crowd involved in the show was a bit of a shock really.
Mate I'm the type of punter that likes to see a performer perform their best songs, a greatest hits set if you like. I know they tour to promote the new stuff they are doing at the time and I respect that, but sometimes these artists may only get to our shores once or twice in their lifetime, I want to see them sing the songs I've grown up on.
Stone Temple Pilots at Festival Hall recently was a great example of how a concert should be, one or two songs off the new album then wall to wall back catalogue played loud, sweaty and fast.
Up close and personal at the Palais was fantastic for hard core fans that know what you could call his storytelling set.
The Boss is simply The Boss, always has been and always will be in my books :thumbsu::thumbsu:
 
I've seen the setlist for the Dome concert, got Backstreets, that's epic in itself.

Yeah Showgrounds would have been awesome! Hopefully he comes back for another tour (can see him doing the Dome again if he did - he only plays stadiums these days).

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Cruyff14 said:
I've seen the setlist for the Dome concert, got Backstreets, that's epic in itself.

Yeah Showgrounds would have been awesome! Hopefully he comes back for another tour (can see him doing the Dome again if he did - he only plays stadiums these days).

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Watching with interest mate :)
 
21) Girls In Their Summer Clothes

She went away, she cut me like a knife

Probably the best song to come off the Magic album. It’s got that happy feel about it, puts a smile on your face when it comes on and you feel better after listening to it. A good song too when you’re driving down a highway too, sunnies on, and the wind rushing through your hair.

Again Bruce does well with imagery throughout the song. The start of the song sounds like an outsider looking in, during a summer evening, everyone is happy, really enjoying themselves. As the song progresses, we reach the line

She went away
She cut me like a knife
Hello beautiful thing
Maybe you could save my life

Sounds like the character in the song has lbeen dumped by his long time partner, but has found a new girl which has given him a new lease on life.

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20) Thunder Road

Roll down the window, and let the wind blow back your hair

As soon as you start playing Born To Run you are greeted with that lovely harmonica intro. The sound of youth, the sound of freedom, the sound of…. Brilliance.

And then you’re treated to the spectacle that is Thunder Road. Considered by many Bruce fans as his greatest song, and you can’t really argue much why it wouldn’t be (ironic I know it being at number 19), but it is really an amazing song.

I first remember hearing it on the Barcelona DVD (it closes that concert), it grabbed me straight away. Everything about it was great, I really couldn’t fault it. Then over the years it grew more and more on me and I can’t help but wonder how does someone at the age of 24 come up with something like this? Many artists of today would be honoured to have written anything half as good, but to Bruce, it’s just another amazing song in a long list of songs that have lyrics that only a few could match.

The lyrics, the music, the Roy Orbison reference, the live versions where the crowd sing the end of the first verse, the piano to carry it along, the sax solo. Where does Thunder Road fail to deliver? It doesn’t. I feel terrible having it so low, but it’s just personal taste and I just happen to like other songs more. Not taking away anything from Thunder Road, it is the perfect song to open or end an encore.

Thunder Road, ladies and gentlemen, is Bruce Springsteen near his absolute best.

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19) Badlands

It ain't no sin to be glad you're alive

Two album openers following each other. This time, it’s Badlands, the song that opens Darkness On The Edge Of Town

It’s in your face from the word go. Max bashing away with his bass drum and on his snare, Roy serving up his usual great work on the piano. Then Bruce comes in…

And it’s 6 minutes of music that will leave you full of energy, only wanting more. This is another one of those songs you pump your fist to like you’re a teenager at a club, and then shout the lyrics at the top of your lungs without a care in the world. This is what Badlands is. It’s a stadium rocker, it’s an anthem to Bruce fans, it’s a staple on setlists, it’s a show opener, it’s a first set closer, it can be in the middle of the set, it can be in the encore, it can be anywhere and you’re let loose like no tomorrow.

That guitar solo is kick ass, you can hear Bruce is really torturing the guitar, but in a good way. Clarence’s solo drives the song forward even more, the pounding of Max’s drum forces you to tap your foot. The woah-oh-oh-oh bit. If this song doesn’t get you pumped up, nothing ever will.

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18) The Rising

A dream of life comes to me, like a catfish dancin' on the end of the line

The song I criminally forgot. I don’t know how, but luckily I realized.

The only positive thing to come out of 9/11 was The Rising. Had that not happened, we probably wouldn’t have been treated to arguably Bruce’s finest album of recent times.

I remember when this CD was released my uncle gave it to my dad, and my dad absolutely raved about it. He kept pestering me to listen to it, and I brushed it off because he said that about a lot of other CD’s which I never liked, so I didn’t see why I should view this one any differently. Anyway, from memory, I gave in one day because I was bored and I whacked it in my CD player in my room. I was 14 at the time, then the love for Bruce really started growing. I would listen to the album on repeat because I couldn’t get enough of it.

Then the Barcelona DVD came out and this was the opening track for the majority of The Rising Tour shows. The violin gives us something different to start off the song. Lyrically, it sounds like a firefighter responding to the events of 9/11. The song is intense and powerful, you can’t help but picture the character in the song.

Here’s the Barcelona version

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17) Downbound Train

I dropped to my knees, I hung my head and cried

Entry 17 may come as a bit of a surprise. It never really receives that much recognition off BIT USA, but my word, it is a crackerjack of a song.

Let me just say, that intro for Downbound Train is awesome. I can’t describe how much I like it. The unique thing about Downbound Train is that it doesn’t have a bridge. Sure the music disappears, but the tempo remains the same. The song doesn’t really follow any sort of structure, well to me anyway. It’s pretty much five verses with three of them mentioning the title at the end of them.

Downbound Train is about a guy who is in a really terrible place. Lost his job, lost his girl and it just seems nothing is going for him. You can hear the anguish in Bruce’s voice when he performs this, it’s heartbreaking. And as I said, that opening riff is awesome!

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Same concert, just focuses on the screen.

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16) Land of Hope and Dreams

Big wheels roll through fields where sunlight streams

The new song released on the NYC DVD. What a spectacle it is. Nearly 10 minutes of Bruce and The E-Street Band at their cohesive best.

It’s a song that doesn’t get played enough in my opinion. Really should see more of a regular slot in the encore as opposed to the likes of Hungry Heart and stuff. That riff Bruce plays during the intro is great, Steve’s work on the banjo is something different, Clarence has a solo, but when this song reaches its climax musically is Max’s solo towards the end. It’s about 30 seconds of him showcasing his talent, or rather what Bruce has written, but nonetheless it’s great. You can’t help but drum away to yourself and pretend you’re Mighty Max and you are driving the beat of this magnificent song.

This is about leaving all the bad behind and getting to enjoy the good parts of life. Forgetting about the negatives, and going to a place that is full of positives.

So, I’ll see you all, in the Land Of Hope and Dreams.

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