I don't follow,are they saying the boss never made a great album after nebraska or born in the USA? ? Tunnel of love & the rising ain't half bad
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That’s what he is saying
Since she has greatness being measured in sales?
The only stinker I recall was Working on a Dream and to a lesser extent having a double CD release of Human Touch etc which could have been one CD.
His body of work is up there with great post 1984
Absolutely,although Western stars I found a tad lifeless,Human Touch/lucky town did have some rippers,57 Channels,the best song about Foxtel ever written
Not even Taylor Swift has had banger after banger after banger.
Bruce is fine!
Bruce is fine!
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RussellEbertHandball
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Who is the Neville? And why did you bother quoting them?
I didn’t see you post anything about the positive review of the movie above which is one of a handful of pretty much terrible reviews
Are we only here to post sweet stuff about BS?
RussellEbertHandball
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You didn't answer the question, who is this person?
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Yeah each to their own but I disagree also. IMO Magic is one of the best albums by anyone anytime anywhere.
I suppose chart position doesn't necessarily constitute a great album but the Boss has had 10 UK number-one albums after BITUSA. (11 if you include Greatest Hits).
Full article here
Matt Feeney has his own website that you can explore
I’ve posted two reviews of the movie; one good and one fairly ambivalent that ended with an ignorant paragraph; so my posting on the film is balanced.
Now I’ve answered your question perhaps you can get down from up there and answer mine?
RussellEbertHandball
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Thanks. I have no idea who Unherd is. I took it as some random individuals social media post. Have seen a few of those type of posts lately and wonder why people post them on Big Footy.Full article here
Matt Feeney has his own website that you can explore
I’ve posted two reviews of the movie; one good and one fairly ambivalent that ended with an ignorant paragraph; so my posting on the film is balanced.
Now I’ve answered your question perhaps you can get down from up there and answer mine?
Off course we don't just have to post sweet stuff in here. I posted a link to the Fin Review's review of the movie, that wasn't complementary.
You can blame Google notifications. They just send me stuff on BS to troll me
I love that greatest hits as it has Murder Inc.on it,a good solid rocker
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An average 3 star review from the AFR. I think the bloke wanted a happier, more stadium rock hits type movie. There isn't a paywall.
This Springsteen movie is as unlikeable as you probably expected
Scott Cooper’s “Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere” goes for earnestness when it could be rocking out. The fact it focuses on an uncommercial LP doesn’t help.www.afr.com
The Australian didn't review it directly on the weekend but has a 2 pager about the movie and Jeremy Allen White. Its behind a paywall and when I used archive.li/ it doesn't have the story and says - This article contains features which are only available in the web version.
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Why is Bruce Springsteen getting so much hate?
Reading some things people hating on him.
Politics one would imagine.
Reading some things people hating on him.
Politics one would imagine.
The MAGA can’t stand him primarily because of his advocating of Dem Presidential candidates and Presidents.
Being BFF with Obama
And finally “a rich man in a poor mans shirt”; the wealth he has built riding on the working class theme when he hasn’t been poor for 50 years
The comments sections to his Movie on any website was an extraordinary read that shattered my pov on how some Americans view him
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RussellEbertHandball
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Went and watched Deliver Me From Nowhere tonight and here are a few random thoughts.
The 2 Jeremys, Alan White and Strong were pretty good in their lead and main support roles. Given both Bruce and John Landau spent a lot of time on set, the relationship portrayed in the movie must be pretty accurate. They are obviously best of mates as well as professional colleagues.
It is pretty slow moving at times which I'm not sure if non Bruce fans will happily sit thru. I don't think other than White's performance its going to go close to wining any major awards. White overnight has been nominated for a Golden Globe best actor in a drama and there are 6 actors nominated and there is a best actor in a musical or comedy category and 6 of those are also nominated, so it will be hard to get an Academy award nomination for White as there are only 5 of those.
I was expecting Strong/Landau to say in the movie what he says in the Trailer that Bruce is a repair man and with Nebraska he is repairing that hole in himself and then he's gonna repair the entire world. But I didn't hear it.
Its a bit of BS that they had to invent a non existent love interest. Why? Would the movie have really been that different / poorer without a love interest or if he was just dating someone casually here and there in those few months? Faye is played by Odessa Young - an Aussie actress. I've never heard of her and can't recall seeing her in any of her previous work in Oz.
Was that car scene where he floors it after breaking up with her, and he almost writes off the car and himself a real incident that was driven by a real incident not a made up, break up?
There were times I could tell it wasn't Bruce singing, but most of the time I couldn't.
I was surprised by the lack of interaction shown with other band members in the movie. I probably have to read Warren Zanes' 2023 book Deliver Me from Nowhere to check, but its hard to believe Bruce didn't talk to Stevie or Clarence on a regular basis during those few months he was lost and in pain.
Bruce in his video a few months ago saying he had continually been asked about Electric Nebraska and telling people it didn't exist, is hard to believe after watching the movie where they showed clearly they recorded the Nebraska songs and future Born in the USA songs in those studio sessions trying to make a normal record with the full band.
****ing gutsy move to put out Nebraska the way he did, no promotions etc, after the success of The River album and tour and for Landau to back him to the hilt. Other big musical artists early on were full of praise of Bruce's and the industries first DIY album, and its stark, dark nature, even if radio stations wouldn't play songs from it, before critics and fans caught on to its powerful but different approach. It made platinum level sales in several markets, so shows how correct he was to insist on the album being produced the way it was.
Something however changed as videos for Atlantic City and Highway Patrolman were released in 1983 so I assume they were released as singles. Or was that a compromise for the MTV market? No Bruce and none of the band appeared in them.
The movie starts with Bruce ending the 1981 tour on 14th September in Cincinnati, Nebraska is released 30 September 1982, he then moves to LA, sees the shrink and then on screen it pops up 10 months later at his first show back with mum and dad waiting for him backstage.
According to Set Lists his next outing after 1981, was a small venue in New Brunswick New Jersey on 14th January 1984, then in June he did the Stone Pony, a small 6 song show in Pennsylvania then the first big gig with the band was in St Paul Minnesota on 29 June 1984.
That is a long gap between Nebraska being approved for release and his next big concert all covered in what seemed 10 or 15 minutes of the movie. There was obviously some big recovery steps that the movie doesn't show, but maybe Warren Zanes' book explores them further.
Mum was a saint, dad was a troubled soul, but good guy who was suffering mental illness. Bruce had his demons and lucky for us fans he found good professional help to guide him thru his pains, otherwise who knows how he might have ended up, and what music he wouldn't have made.
The old saying that great art comes from great pain and suffering of the heart, appears to have been proven correct again in Bruce's case.
The 2 Jeremys, Alan White and Strong were pretty good in their lead and main support roles. Given both Bruce and John Landau spent a lot of time on set, the relationship portrayed in the movie must be pretty accurate. They are obviously best of mates as well as professional colleagues.
It is pretty slow moving at times which I'm not sure if non Bruce fans will happily sit thru. I don't think other than White's performance its going to go close to wining any major awards. White overnight has been nominated for a Golden Globe best actor in a drama and there are 6 actors nominated and there is a best actor in a musical or comedy category and 6 of those are also nominated, so it will be hard to get an Academy award nomination for White as there are only 5 of those.
I was expecting Strong/Landau to say in the movie what he says in the Trailer that Bruce is a repair man and with Nebraska he is repairing that hole in himself and then he's gonna repair the entire world. But I didn't hear it.
Its a bit of BS that they had to invent a non existent love interest. Why? Would the movie have really been that different / poorer without a love interest or if he was just dating someone casually here and there in those few months? Faye is played by Odessa Young - an Aussie actress. I've never heard of her and can't recall seeing her in any of her previous work in Oz.
Was that car scene where he floors it after breaking up with her, and he almost writes off the car and himself a real incident that was driven by a real incident not a made up, break up?
There were times I could tell it wasn't Bruce singing, but most of the time I couldn't.
I was surprised by the lack of interaction shown with other band members in the movie. I probably have to read Warren Zanes' 2023 book Deliver Me from Nowhere to check, but its hard to believe Bruce didn't talk to Stevie or Clarence on a regular basis during those few months he was lost and in pain.
Bruce in his video a few months ago saying he had continually been asked about Electric Nebraska and telling people it didn't exist, is hard to believe after watching the movie where they showed clearly they recorded the Nebraska songs and future Born in the USA songs in those studio sessions trying to make a normal record with the full band.
****ing gutsy move to put out Nebraska the way he did, no promotions etc, after the success of The River album and tour and for Landau to back him to the hilt. Other big musical artists early on were full of praise of Bruce's and the industries first DIY album, and its stark, dark nature, even if radio stations wouldn't play songs from it, before critics and fans caught on to its powerful but different approach. It made platinum level sales in several markets, so shows how correct he was to insist on the album being produced the way it was.
Something however changed as videos for Atlantic City and Highway Patrolman were released in 1983 so I assume they were released as singles. Or was that a compromise for the MTV market? No Bruce and none of the band appeared in them.
The movie starts with Bruce ending the 1981 tour on 14th September in Cincinnati, Nebraska is released 30 September 1982, he then moves to LA, sees the shrink and then on screen it pops up 10 months later at his first show back with mum and dad waiting for him backstage.
According to Set Lists his next outing after 1981, was a small venue in New Brunswick New Jersey on 14th January 1984, then in June he did the Stone Pony, a small 6 song show in Pennsylvania then the first big gig with the band was in St Paul Minnesota on 29 June 1984.
That is a long gap between Nebraska being approved for release and his next big concert all covered in what seemed 10 or 15 minutes of the movie. There was obviously some big recovery steps that the movie doesn't show, but maybe Warren Zanes' book explores them further.
Mum was a saint, dad was a troubled soul, but good guy who was suffering mental illness. Bruce had his demons and lucky for us fans he found good professional help to guide him thru his pains, otherwise who knows how he might have ended up, and what music he wouldn't have made.
The old saying that great art comes from great pain and suffering of the heart, appears to have been proven correct again in Bruce's case.
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RussellEbertHandball
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Thanks Gaso.