Bruce Springsteen Band • Page 66

if my brother still lives there this fall I really really might if my dad can be convinced too

gotta get pops to another Bruce show before his vision gets any worse than it already is ha

 

Wrote about Born in the USA for the 40th anniversary!

Bruce Springsteen – Born In The U.S.A.

 

Bruce fans who are dismissive of BITUSA are so boring.

They're the equivalent of movie fans who say hate every blockbuster because they think it elevates their opinion.

 

happy 22nd bday 2 The Rising

 

good ass record

 

Sat down with Magic for the first time in awhile and god damn does it work as a complete record. What a gift to have gotten records as great as The Rising, Magic, Wrecking Ball and Letter to You in his late career.

 

Magic is the one that just seems to get better and better the older I get. There's some thematic heft to that one, about aging and mortality, that I didn't totally tap into when it first came out.

 

Magic is my favorite record of his post-Tunnel of Love I think

 

It's also got this hard-won joy to it. Even on some of the ones with bummer lyrics, musically and melodically there's a crackling life to "You'll Be Coming Down", "Living in the Future", "Girls in Their Summer Clothes" and "I'll Work for Your Love"

 

incredible as usual last night!

 

Bruce did a cover for the new Jesse Malin tribute record.

 

ranking his album covers:

ICONIC
Born to Run
Born in the USA
Darkness on the Edge of Town
Nebraska

GREAT
Tunnel of Love
Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ
The Promise
Live 1975-85

FINE
The Wild, The Innocent, & The E Street Shuffle
The Rising
The River
Western Stars

MEH
Working On A Dream
Wrecking Ball
Magic
Letter To You
Devils & Dust
Tracks
We Shall Overcome

BAD
Lucky Town
Human Touch
Only The Strong Survive
High Hopes

WHO LET THIS COME OUT
The Ghost of Tom Joad

 

I'm giving it a listen for the first time in years. "Your Own Worst Enemy" could totally slot into Western Stars.

 

Oh man, this is sad! It sounds like she'll be ok, but it's a big life adjustment.

Can't disagree too much, but I do have a soft spot for the Wrecking Ball cover. I think that's a pretty cool design.

I'd had that same thought about "Devil's Arcade" recently.

 

Honestly "Girls In Their Summer Clothes" wouldn't be too far off either. I attribute this same melodic "brightness" and production to the music on Western Stars.

 

Yeah, there's definitely similarity in those albums, thematically and melodically. One has that more classic Springsteen sound, the other gets put through the Glen Campbell/classic country filter.

 

im fine im not thinking about it at all

 

The River has been becoming one of my favs lately

 

Who gives a fuck about Meeting Across the River he played goddamn THUNDERCRACK?!?

 

I’m just saying if he plays Don’t Look Back on this tour maybe I’ll experience Murphs pain

 

Anyone got takes on the Tracks version of This Hard Land vs the Greatest Hits version? Asking the important questions

 

Tracks version far superior.