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TheBig3 08-19-2012 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by trollheart (Post 1220740)
i kind of lost touch a little with albums after "the rising". Didn't really like d&d (must give it another try) and never listened to "magic" or "working on a dream", but everything up to then:pure class.

My all-time favourites would have to be (not in order)
born to run
darkness
nebraska
wrecking ball (yeah, i think it's that good)
live 75-85 (i know, i know: A box set, but every note is gold)
human touch/lucky town (love them both in equal measure)
tunnel of love

i have to mention born in the usa, as it was the first springsteen album i ever bought, but really it's quite commercial and kind of his "eliminator", when you look at it: Everyone was listening to it, just because it was cool. Like the the's "infected": After the cool factor died everyone but the true fans drifted away. Men from the boys, ya know?
d&d?

cozypowellsdrumkit 08-19-2012 07:52 PM
It is also a shame Clarence is gone and I believe Roy Bittan is too. He passed first.

Trollheart 08-20-2012 12:56 PM
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Originally Posted by TheBig3 (Post 1220750)
d&d?
Er, "Devils and dust". Not, as you might have thought, "Dungeons and dragons"... :laughing:

Trollheart 08-20-2012 12:57 PM
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Originally Posted by cozypowellsdrumkit (Post 1220753)
It is also a shame Clarence is gone and I believe Roy Bittan is too. He passed first.
And Danny. Few of the E Streeters left. :( Time gets us all in the end...

Trollheart 08-20-2012 12:58 PM
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Originally Posted by cozypowellsdrumkit (Post 1220742)
Live 1975-1985 my first set was cassettes, and I wore them out. I got the deal on CD. It is still magical.
Oh I had (and still have) it on vinyl. Big cardboard box, open it and inside are the albums each in individual dust sleeves. Biggest box set I ever got, and one of the few I ever played all the way through. Total magic.

Franco Pepe Kalle 08-20-2012 01:15 PM
I have always found myself liking Bruce Springsteen. He is someone who has always managed to be real whether you like or not. He is a true man. That is why I respect him big time.

sopsych 08-22-2012 09:12 PM
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I have to mention Born in the USA, as it was the first Springsteen album I ever bought, but really it's quite commercial and kind of his "Eliminator", when you look at it: everyone was listening to it, just because it was cool. Like The The's "Infected": after the cool factor died everyone but the true fans drifted away. Men from the boys, ya know?
Good analogy, but I wasn't old enough then to be listening to Bruce. I got into it later, and it is by far my favorite Springstreen album. However, I like "Tunnel of Love" (the song) and probably "Atlantic City" better than anything on Born in the USA. When one goes commercial, often some depth is sacrificed for breadth. I'm not a big fan of any Springsteen song after 1992 or so.

adidasss 08-13-2021 05:23 AM
So I heard Born in the U.S.A. from start to finish for the first time the other day and dayum, that album is tight.

I was always reluctant to listen to it because the title and album cover made me think it's some nationalistic bullshit but apparently Springsteen isn't about that at all.

And anyway, I'm a whore for catchy tunes and that album is chalk full of them.

rubber soul 08-13-2021 06:36 AM
Actually, Springsteen is somewhat socially liberal and generally writes songs in that vein. Born in the USA, in fact, is about the horror that was experienced by a soldier in Vietnam. The Boss was later none too happy when Reagan used it as a political campaign theme song without even listening to the lyrics.

Plankton 08-13-2021 07:40 AM
I'm just a whore, but there's a few tunes by Bruce and the boys I've learned to appreciate. I went through the entire Boss phase as a hater when BITUSA came out in the 80's since that was a requirement for being a Metalhead. After shedding those mental bonds of oppression the message he was conveying became a bit clearer and I came to appreciate the talent involved. His radio saturated stuff is a bit annoying but these few are on a couple of my playlists:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWLMaZ7H3B0


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmwJQ62Cs_o

This one hits me hard, since I had a musician friend pass away at the beginning of the year. The lyrics mirror exactly what I've felt and the accompaniment is solid with the ebb and flow of the tune:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJkaZ8hQM60

Rosalita's another one I won't turn off when it comes over the airwaves.


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