Bruce Springsteen General Discussion Thread

ThunderRoad94

Dr. Nick wrote: »

Here ya go lad, Prove It 78 from Cork....

Thank you. Great video quality too. Beyond words.

PTH2009

would love if Bruce done a solo acoustic tour next year. Imagine him playing a few intimate gigs in the Bord Gais Theatre or Vicar Street

Gordo10

tracert wrote: »

Brilliant. Go on Nils! I still can't believe I saw Prove It All Night '78 live.

Me too. I had a big request sign for it, but I forgot to bring it:mad:, maybe that's why he played it.
First time for me to hear it live as well, it was top of my wish list.

Faith rewarded:)

niallon

True enough no list will please everyone, but that list is extremely petty imo. Basically, every album that's not "vintage E Street before Bruce went mainstream" sits low on the list, besides Nebreska (which I actually dislike as an album, I like the songs but much prefer them in the full band arrangements he has done live)

That list is done by someone who has a slight "he's just phoning them in" attitude. Lucky Town I agree with, but Wrecking Ball is far inferior to both Magic and Working On A Dream and Seger Sessions should be far higher.

ThunderRoad94

niallon wrote: »

True enough no list will please everyone, but that list is extremely petty imo. Basically, every album that's not "vintage E Street before Bruce went mainstream" sits low on the list, besides Nebreska (which I actually dislike as an album, I like the songs but much prefer them in the full band arrangements he has done live)

That list is done by someone who has a slight "he's just phoning them in" attitude. Lucky Town I agree with, but Wrecking Ball is far inferior to both Magic and Working On A Dream and Seger Sessions should be far higher.

Wrecking Ball, far inferior to WOAD? :eek: INFERIOR? Wrecking Ball is one of his best albums yet. Just shows how he still remains relevant after 50 years in the business (next July! ) :rolleyes:

Dr. Nick

ThunderRoad94 wrote: »

Wrecking Ball, far inferior to WOAD? :eek: INFERIOR? Wrecking Ball is one of his best albums yet. Just shows how he still remains relevant after 50 years in the business (next July! ) :rolleyes:

WOAD is very patchy, nowhere near WB in quality. Magic is one his best albums imo, only surpassed by BTR and the Darkness.

rebel without a clue

Magic album is excellent. wonder why he didnt play any songs off it??

blastman

Gypsy Biker live complete with guitar duel at the RDS was stunning, would be a shame if he never played it again.

Goreme

Dr. Nick wrote: »

WOAD is very patchy, nowhere near WB in quality. Magic is one his best albums imo, only surpassed by BTR and the Darkness.

Agree with you there, Magic really is up there and challenging to equal his best albums when you listen to it from start to finish, its that good.

seachto7

Devils and Dust ain't bad

carolinespring

This is magic and well worth a listen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXLlslSzwp0

tommy2bad

carolinespring wrote: »

This is magic and well worth a listen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXLlslSzwp0

Hadn't come across that before. Feckin awesome!

carolinespring

Another gem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7lX3zajBtv8

delbertgrady

Slightly off-topic, but may be of interest to some: Caril Fugate (who is now 70) has been critically injured in a car crash that killed her 81-year-old husband.
The single-car accident happened on Monday night in Michigan.

The Swordsman

delbertgrady wrote: »

Slightly off-topic, but may be of interest to some: Caril Fugate (who is now 70) has been critically injured in a car crash that killed her 81-year-old husband.
The single-car accident happened on Monday night in Michigan.

If anyone is wondering how this relates to Bruce Springsteen, this is the woman who went on the killing spree with Charles Starkweather in Nebraska, I think, back in the 50s. Bruce's song Nebraska is based on this event.

Dero123

Looks like dates in Australia and new Zealand going to be announced this afternoon. People getting very excited and speculating over new album and tour for next year on twitter and on greasy lake

kryogen

Dero123 wrote: »

Looks like dates in Australia and new Zealand going to be announced this afternoon. People getting very excited and speculating over new album and tour for next year on twitter and on greasy lake

Just cant see it myself, would have thought it will be 2015 at least before he makes his way back around....

Maybe a smaller tour on his own?

Dr. Nick

http://www.therock.net.nz/MusicampEvents/LiveRock/BruceSpringsteenAndTheEStreetBand.aspx

kryogen

Dr. Nick wrote: »

http://www.therock.net.nz/MusicampEvents/LiveRock/BruceSpringsteenAndTheEStreetBand.aspx

Whats your take on it? Can you see a full European tour again next year?

Dr. Nick

kryogen wrote: »

Whats your take on it? Can you see a full European tour again next year?

My best guess at the moment:

New Album late Jan (as per WB)
AUS/NZ tour (confirmed)
US tour - Spring/Summer
European Autumn mini-tour
More US dates Spring 2015
European tour summer 2015

But who knows with Bruce......certainly the new album hints and rumours have been hanging around for a while now.

Looking at him this year, and the countries and different venues he's visited, he seems like he wants to leave a legacy of live performances world-wide.

Dero123

Its official now 7 gigs in oz and new Zealand in Feb. Wonder will we see him on Europe late summer agree that he will go back to states April and may with Europe maybe late June through to august.

Frank03

Dero123 wrote: »

Its official now

It sure is...http://brucespringsteen.net/news/2013/march-2014-dates-added-in-australianew-zealand

Dr. Nick

dixiefly's thread title really getting old now.....

Furious-Red

As much as id love to see him again ASAP , id rather he took time off after OZ/NZ tour to write the new album and be back over here in 2015

Dr. Nick

Furious-Red wrote: »

As much as id love to see him again ASAP , id rather he took time off after OZ/NZ tour to write the new album and be back over here in 2015

You're assuming it's not already written...

dixiefly

Dr. Nick wrote: »

dixiefly's thread title really getting old now.....

And so it begins again! need to start saving. Daughters in college and Bruce Springsteen tours are not very compatible.

I tried changing the thread title to 2013 a month or so ago. Maybe you lose access to the title after a time period.

Mods, can the title be changed to 2012/2013/2014?

gilmour

Ha i was about to post in here the other night at how sad i was to see the thread disappear off the front page and it was really setting in that the tour was over and nothing new to talk about. Looks like we will be getting ready to do it all over again within the year

Btw i really think he wants to celebrate the 50 years aspect, as soon as he mentioned it in Kilkenny i was thinking it would be very difficult for him to spend that kind of anniversary chilling at home or stuck in the studio. The album is already written and ready to go before NZ/Aus in my opinion, the prolific ****er! (i say that as a jealous songwriter who is struggling to put a verse together at the minute )

Dr. Nick

I thought the 3000th post should be marked in a special way.....Olivia Wilde promoting her new movie....

delbertgrady

It'd be nice to have a good chat with her about what songs she'd have left off that album, and what outtakes she thinks should have made the cut instead... :rolleyes:

dixiefly

Dr. Nick wrote: »

I thought the 3000th post should be marked in a special way.....Olivia Wilde promoting her new movie....

Good stuff Damo, nice t shirt.;)