Great new release by Bruce Springsteen (with the session band)

And what a way to release it! On CD, DVD, Blue Ray, and CD/DVD Combo pack. Probably on Vinyl too. Fans have enough options to choose. And yes, a live cd too!

Thank you Bruce!

I haven't got it yet, but I will.

Glad you like that sh*t over there. He took the tour back to Europe instead of doing his customary second leg in the states. None of the promoters here wanted to touch that show with a ten foot pole after the numbers were in for the first leg. If you European folks like Bruce's hootenay crap, more power to you.

If you actually got over yourself and saw that the boss was exploring one of his passions, if you actually went to the show you would have seen one of the most passionate performances ever. You would have also had the most fun you've ever had at a live show.

I went to this show in Mansfield, MA and I have to say it was one of the best live shows I've ever seen.

I say we should support our artists who want to go out and do something different for once. Just because people like you want to go to his shows and hear Thunder Road (Which is obviously a great song, I personally love it) for the 15th time. I personally would take this different atmosphere from a great artist anytime.

I say Bruce should "explore" on his own time. R is right. Give me "Darkness on the Edge" or "Tunnel of Love" all day long but send this new crap to foreign countries where it belongs.

Steel Guitar Engagement Wrote:
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> If you actually got over yourself and saw that the
> boss was exploring one of his passions, if you
> actually went to the show you would have seen one
> of the most passionate performances ever. You
> would have also had the most fun you've ever had
> at a live show.
>
> I went to this show in Mansfield, MA and I have to
> say it was one of the best live shows I've ever
> seen.
>
> I say we should support our artists who want to go
> out and do something different for once. Just
> because people like you want to go to his shows
> and hear Thunder Road (Which is obviously a great
> song, I personally love it) for the 15th time. I
> personally would take this different atmosphere
> from a great artist anytime.


What the man said. Too many fans cant take the blinkers off and see that he's more than just a rock n roll act. The diversity of the last 3 tours was stunning, each of them brilliant in their own way.

Fantastic series of shows and the most fun Ive had at any shows in years.. Was skeptical at first myself but I enjoyed the 5 that I saw as much as the recent ESB tours...and I never thought I'd ever say that. One of the best tour he's ever done and being at all the shows where this album and DVD were taped was fantastic. Listening to the Clear Channel preview of it now, and its a superb release.

Duane in Houston Wrote:
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> I say Bruce should "explore" on his own time. R is
> right. Give me "Darkness on the Edge" or "Tunnel
> of Love" all day long but send this new crap to
> foreign countries where it belongs.


new? uh...it's 'traditional' music

foreign ? uh...it's "American" music

what next - send the Stones home to England and tell them to take that black music theyre playin' 'home' with them?

but it's not out until June right?

June 4th in the old world. June 5th in the new world.

LOL

Duane in Houston Wrote:
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> I say Bruce should "explore" on his own time. R is
> right. Give me "Darkness on the Edge" or "Tunnel
> of Love" all day long but send this new crap to
> foreign countries where it belongs.


When you are Bruce, every time is his "own time." It just so happens thousands of people want to show up and see him on his own time. As far as the "send this crap to foreign countries where it belongs" comment, well, that's just sad. I apologize for all Americans for this one.

They were fantastic concerts, and everybody attending them seemed to have a great time.

So what is the problem?

jomo297 Wrote:
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> When you are Bruce, every time is his "own time."
> It just so happens thousands of people want to
> show up and see him on his own time. As far as
> the "send this crap to foreign countries where it
> belongs" comment, well, that's just sad. I
> apologize for all Americans for this one.


Thanks for the apology on behalf of JohnWayne In Houston

I've seen Bruce with the E-Streeters - a fantastic live show.

I've seen him without 'em - uh, not so fantastic.

Duane in Houston Wrote:
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> I say Bruce should "explore" on his own time. R is
> right. Give me "Darkness on the Edge" or "Tunnel
> of Love" all day long but send this new crap to
> foreign countries where it belongs.

With 'music lovers' like these, I can understand why the Stones play it safe with a greatest hits package instead of exploring their great catalog a bit deeper - or even do something totally unexpected like recording a blues or back to the roots rock and roll album or whatever else artistically more ambitious and relevant than playing the jukebox for 40 Licks fanatics (who possibly only know just a small percentage even of those 40).

There's an old saying here that goes "Dance with the one that brought ya". Bowie alienated his fan base several times by changing his sound once too often. Springsteen is perilously close to that point if he hasn't crossed it already. Bands that keep their signature sound (like ACDC, Boston, Blink 182 and many others) build on their fan base while the mad scientists like Bowie and Springsteen fracture theirs. It's an interesting pop music topic of discussion : If you were a manager of a successful band do you tell them to continue what made them successful or "progress" with the times? Discuss amonst yourselves...

The fact that Springsteen and Bowie 'do what they want' is precisely the reason why I keep following their work. I like to be surprised in their next move. If that means I don't like some albums, 'Outsider'(Bowie) comes to mind., it doesn't matter. I much prefer it this way, than making something with the main idea behind it is what the majority of your fan ('customer') wants.
The last Bowie DVD (also at The Point, by the way) is a great one. Good set with a lot of 'new' songs, and filmed excellent.

But each their own of course!

Duane in Houston Wrote:
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> There's an old saying here that goes "Dance with
> the one that brought ya". Bowie alienated his fan
> base several times by changing his sound once too
> often. Springsteen is perilously close to that
> point if he hasn't crossed it already. Bands that
> keep their signature sound (like ACDC, Boston,
> Blink 182 and many others) build on their fan base
> while the mad scientists like Bowie and
> Springsteen fracture theirs. It's an interesting
> pop music topic of discussion : If you were a
> manager of a successful band do you tell them to
> continue what made them successful or "progress"
> with the times? Discuss amonst yourselves...


Its called artistic progress. F***k sales. Follow your muse. Its what a true artist does. He has more money than God, so he hardly needs another Born in the USA (possibly the weakest album he ever made IMO)

It obviously excapes you that he was signed by Columbia as a folk act to begin with.

If its beyond your comprehension or cultural grasp, thats your problem.

Thank God for people like Bowie, Dylan, Bruce, Neil Young and the like - already long established artists who refuse to just play it safe for the big bucks every time and who arent afraid to take chances with their art.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-05-30 02:33 by Gazza.

Steel Guitar Engagement Wrote:
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> If you actually got over yourself and saw that the
> boss was exploring one of his passions....


"His passions"? Since when? WHEN did hootenany music EVER find its way into a STEEL MILL BOOT FOR EXAMPLE? Or an early Bruce Springsteen band recording? Where was the influence of washboards and pennywhistles on "Darkness," "The River," "Tom Joad" or "The Rising"? Was Bruce begging his mom for an electric guitar in 1965 so he could play "We Shall Overcome" - or "Mona"?

The SSB schtick is a cheesy contrivance and nothing more. It stiffed in the United States which is why Landau took it back to Europe. AT BEST it's (hopefully )a creative spark for Bruce's own lost muse. If you like it, fine, that's your perogative. Please feel free to spend the hard-earned money I USED TO SPEND on Bruce and his ridiculous hootenany project.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2007-05-30 02:45 by R.

You know,to each their own. Bruce Springsteen is my second favorite artist behind the Stones. I didn't particularly like the seeger sessions. Other than maybe the single that got played in the US,Pay my Money Down. But then again I didn't much like,The Rising either....I'm sorry but I would love a Bruce show heavy on warhorses. It's been probably close to 10 years since I last saw him and he ain't getting any younger. Plus he has a great back catalog of songs to choose from. ........But some of you people are amazing with the way you post on here...............No wonder why bv calls you monkeys.

I heard his new live version of "Blinded by the Light" and it was frickin amazing.
The older this guy gets the more I get him.

Gazza Wrote:
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> Duane in Houston Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> > There's an old saying here that goes "Dance
> with
> > the one that brought ya". Bowie alienated his
> fan
> > base several times by changing his sound once
> too
> > often. Springsteen is perilously close to that
> > point if he hasn't crossed it already. Bands
> that
> > keep their signature sound (like ACDC, Boston,
> > Blink 182 and many others) build on their fan
> base
> > while the mad scientists like Bowie and
> > Springsteen fracture theirs. It's an
> interesting
> > pop music topic of discussion : If you were a
> > manager of a successful band do you tell them
> to
> > continue what made them successful or
> "progress"
> > with the times? Discuss amonst yourselves...
>
>
> Its called artistic progress. F***k sales. Follow
> your muse. Its what a true artist does. He has
> more money than God, so he hardly needs another
> Born in the USA (possibly the weakest album he
> ever made IMO)
>
> It obviously excapes you that he was signed by
> Columbia as a folk act to begin with.
>
> If its beyond your comprehension or cultural
> grasp, thats your problem.
>
> Thank God for people like Bowie, Dylan, Bruce,
> Neil Young and the like - already long established
> artists who refuse to just play it safe for the
> big bucks every time and who arent afraid to take
> chances with their art.

Hear here, Gazza, loud and clear. Seeger Sessions isn't my favourite Springsteen album by a long shot, but I respected him for doing it, and the two Wembley Arena shows I went to last year were superb. My wife - who doesn't like Bruce at all, let alone the kind of music Bruce was playing - absolutely loved it.

Bruce has been f.ucking with the formula ever since he released Nebraska. His solo shows have seen complete rewrites of familiar songs. Anyone lucky enough to have caught the Tom Joad and Devils & Dust tours (or heard the bootlegs) will know about the quite radical reworkings The Promised Land, Reason To Believe, Johnny 99 and others went through. Bruce is doing what Dylan has been doing onstage for the last forty years - reinventing the very wheels that drive him.

The US leg of Seeger Sessions suffered a). because of the music he was playing (which, frankly, isn't that different to his reworkings of Mansion on the Hill and The River on the 1999/2000 tour, you "bring back the E Street Band NOW!" people) and b). because of the divisive Vote for Change tour, which alienated people who didn't like being told how to vote (they actually had a point, irrespective of your party affiliations). The latter also hurt the US leg of the Devils & Dust tour, which played to many empty seats.

"Devil's and Dust" !!! There's another one that'll grow mold next to "Tom Joad". What a piece of self-indulgant @#*x. He must have one HELL of a recording contract!

R Wrote:
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>> The SSB schtick is a cheesy contrivance and
> nothing more. It stiffed in the United States
> which is why Landau took it back to Europe. AT
> BEST it's (hopefully )a creative spark for Bruce's
> own lost muse. If you like it, fine, that's your
> perogative. Please feel free to spend the
> hard-earned money I USED TO SPEND on Bruce and his
> ridiculous hootenany project.


I can recall people saying exactly the same thing when Tunnel of Love came out!

If you like the old records (and nothing else), then my advice is to stay at home and play them. Somehow, I don't think that Bruce is going to lose any sleep worrying about the money THAT YOU USED TO SPEND.

If he was concerned about money, he'd have already made Born in the USA Volume 10 by now.

Duane in Houston Wrote:
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> "Devil's and Dust" !!! There's another one that'll
> grow mold next to "Tom Joad". What a piece of
> self-indulgant @#*x. He must have one HELL of a
> recording contract!


yeah, its better I suppose that he continues to write songs pretending he's 25, when hes 57....

R Wrote:
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> It stiffed in the United States
> which is why Landau took it back to Europe.

Nope. It was always the intention for that tour to return to Europe in the autumn. He said exactly that when interviewed by the BBC in May 2006 right at the start of the tour.

I went to see him in Paris for that particular tour
The album was pleasant, the show was good, but I won't buy this live record.

My recent Sprinsteen fave is still The Rising and the tour that followed.

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Gazza Wrote:
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>
> Its called artistic progress. F***k sales. Follow
> your muse. Its what a true artist does. He has
> more money than God, so he hardly needs another
> Born in the USA (possibly the weakest album he
> ever made IMO)
>

>
> Thank God for people like Bowie, Dylan, Bruce,
> Neil Young and the like - already long established
> artists who refuse to just play it safe for the
> big bucks every time and who arent afraid to take
> chances with their art.

Well done, my man.

With all the energy and power that the Stones still have, can you imagine if they were surprising us--if they were surprising and challenging themselves? Imagine if the Stones were pulling together runs of unexpected blues covers, or reworking, say, "Gimme Shelter" as a slow, distorted ballad on the b-stage, or doing "Country Honk" with a fiddle, or sending the audience home with a sad, sweet "Wild Horses?"

Hats off to Springsteen for really putting himself and his music to the test--and for having that respect for whatever portion of his overall fan base that wants to be part of something interesting and fresh.

I have the same opinion as Nikolai on the Seeger Sessions. It didn't do it for me, but it certainly was a cool thing to do for Bruce. How can one diss artists doing what they feel like, despite of what's popular or what people excpect to hear....more bands should have taken more chances

LOGIE Wrote:
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> R Wrote:
> --------------------------------------------------
> -----
> >> The SSB schtick is a cheesy contrivance and
> > nothing more. It stiffed in the United States
> > which is why Landau took it back to Europe. AT
> > BEST it's (hopefully )a creative spark for
> Bruce's
> > own lost muse. If you like it, fine, that's
> your
> > perogative. Please feel free to spend the
> > hard-earned money I USED TO SPEND on Bruce and
> his
> > ridiculous hootenany project.
>
>
> I can recall people saying exactly the same thing
> when Tunnel of Love came out!
>
> If you like the old records (and nothing else),
> then my advice is to stay at home and play them.
> Somehow, I don't think that Bruce is going to lose
> any sleep worrying about the money THAT YOU USED
> TO SPEND.
>
> If he was concerned about money, he'd have already
> made Born in the USA Volume 10 by now.


I only like the old stuff? You mean like "The Rising" and "Devils & Dust," both of which I love? BruceLandauInc. is VERY concerned about money which is precisely why the hootenany tour had its second leg in Europe.

Gazza Wrote:
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> Thank God for people like Bowie, Dylan, Bruce,
> Neil Young and the like - already long established
> artists who refuse to just play it safe for the
> big bucks every time and who arent afraid to take
> chances with their art.

Wouldn´t it be great if the Stones had made it into the list?
Unfortunately they play safe most of the time.