Dr. Medulla wrote:File Under: How To Write Like Greil Marcus
How a Bruce Springsteen concert helped bring down the Berlin Wall
According to the author of a book on the concert, it may have even, along with other factors, led directly to the fall of the Berlin Wall 16 months later.
Sure, there were "other factors," but it was mainly Springsteen.
Well it certainly wasn't Reagan, so the only other option is Bruce.
According to Billboard, the number one song in the US that week was Cheap Trick's "The Flame" (Jesus …), so I'm nominating that as the reason the Wall came down. Prove me wrong, children, prove me wrong.
I like that one.
Re: The Dizzle and Jimmy Jizzle's Thread o'Bruce
Posted: 06 Nov 2014, 12:18pm
by Silent Majority
Everyone knows it was David Hasselhoff.
Re: The Dizzle and Jimmy Jizzle's Thread o'Bruce
Posted: 06 Nov 2014, 12:20pm
by Dr. Medulla
matedog wrote:
Dr. Medulla wrote:
matedog wrote:
Dr. Medulla wrote:File Under: How To Write Like Greil Marcus
How a Bruce Springsteen concert helped bring down the Berlin Wall
According to the author of a book on the concert, it may have even, along with other factors, led directly to the fall of the Berlin Wall 16 months later.
Sure, there were "other factors," but it was mainly Springsteen.
Well it certainly wasn't Reagan, so the only other option is Bruce.
According to Billboard, the number one song in the US that week was Cheap Trick's "The Flame" (Jesus …), so I'm nominating that as the reason the Wall came down. Prove me wrong, children, prove me wrong.
I like that one.
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Re: The Dizzle and Jimmy Jizzle's Thread o'Bruce
Posted: 06 Nov 2014, 11:24pm
by JennyB
matedog wrote:
Dr. Medulla wrote:
matedog wrote:
Dr. Medulla wrote:File Under: How To Write Like Greil Marcus
How a Bruce Springsteen concert helped bring down the Berlin Wall
According to the author of a book on the concert, it may have even, along with other factors, led directly to the fall of the Berlin Wall 16 months later.
Sure, there were "other factors," but it was mainly Springsteen.
Well it certainly wasn't Reagan, so the only other option is Bruce.
According to Billboard, the number one song in the US that week was Cheap Trick's "The Flame" (Jesus …), so I'm nominating that as the reason the Wall came down. Prove me wrong, children, prove me wrong.
the proof we need that the concept of a written language needs to die for the good of us all.
Re: The Dizzle and Jimmy Jizzle's Thread o'Bruce
Posted: 12 Aug 2015, 10:49am
by daredevil
Darkness At the Edge of Town and The Promise are really good, so I started visiting Bruce's catalogue. Nothing really interested me (The River has it's moments) except Nebraska.
The only problem I have is it's a demo tape. Anybody know if full band recordings of the songs exist?
Re: The Dizzle and Jimmy Jizzle's Thread o'Bruce
Posted: 12 Aug 2015, 11:30am
by matedog
daredevil wrote:Darkness At the Edge of Town and The Promise are really good, so I started visiting Bruce's catalogue. Nothing really interested me (The River has it's moments) except Nebraska.
The only problem I have is it's a demo tape. Anybody know if full band recordings of the songs exist?
I highly recommend disc 2 of the Tracks compilation. It is mostly River outtakes that I (and most fans) think are a lot stronger than what made the actual album.
The electric Nebraska stuff has never leaked. The closest I could come to is some of the live versions at the time:
Atlantic City in particular sounds great:
More recently, he did a really great full band version of Reason to Believe
Re: The Dizzle and Jimmy Jizzle's Thread o'Bruce
Posted: 12 Aug 2015, 11:51am
by daredevil
matedog wrote:
daredevil wrote:Darkness At the Edge of Town and The Promise are really good, so I started visiting Bruce's catalogue. Nothing really interested me (The River has it's moments) except Nebraska.
The only problem I have is it's a demo tape. Anybody know if full band recordings of the songs exist?
I highly recommend disc 2 of the Tracks compilation. It is mostly River outtakes that I (and most fans) think are a lot stronger than what made the actual album.
The electric Nebraska stuff has never leaked. The closest I could come to is some of the live versions at the time:
Atlantic City in particular sounds great:
More recently, he did a really great full band version of Reason to Believe
That live version of Atlantic City is great.
Too bad the full band recordings of Nebraska has never been released. I'll check out the Tracks CD.
Re: The Dizzle and Jimmy Jizzle's Thread o'Bruce
Posted: 12 Aug 2015, 11:58am
by matedog
daredevil wrote:
matedog wrote:
daredevil wrote:Darkness At the Edge of Town and The Promise are really good, so I started visiting Bruce's catalogue. Nothing really interested me (The River has it's moments) except Nebraska.
The only problem I have is it's a demo tape. Anybody know if full band recordings of the songs exist?
I highly recommend disc 2 of the Tracks compilation. It is mostly River outtakes that I (and most fans) think are a lot stronger than what made the actual album.
The electric Nebraska stuff has never leaked. The closest I could come to is some of the live versions at the time:
Atlantic City in particular sounds great:
More recently, he did a really great full band version of Reason to Believe
That live version of Atlantic City is great.
Too bad the full band recordings of Nebraska has never been released. I'll check out the Tracks CD.
It's 84/85, so the synths are a bit high. Disc 2 is the big one for River stuff, but there are a couple Darkness outtakes on Disc 1 - Don't Look Back, Hearts of Stone, Give the Girl a Kiss.
Re: The Dizzle and Jimmy Jizzle's Thread o'Bruce
Posted: 13 Aug 2015, 7:00pm
by Marky Dread
matedog wrote:
daredevil wrote:
matedog wrote:
daredevil wrote:Darkness At the Edge of Town and The Promise are really good, so I started visiting Bruce's catalogue. Nothing really interested me (The River has it's moments) except Nebraska.
The only problem I have is it's a demo tape. Anybody know if full band recordings of the songs exist?
I highly recommend disc 2 of the Tracks compilation. It is mostly River outtakes that I (and most fans) think are a lot stronger than what made the actual album.
The electric Nebraska stuff has never leaked. The closest I could come to is some of the live versions at the time:
Atlantic City in particular sounds great:
More recently, he did a really great full band version of Reason to Believe
That live version of Atlantic City is great.
Too bad the full band recordings of Nebraska has never been released. I'll check out the Tracks CD.
It's 84/85, so the synths are a bit high. Disc 2 is the big one for River stuff, but there are a couple Darkness outtakes on Disc 1 - Don't Look Back, Hearts of Stone, Give the Girl a Kiss.
Do you think Bruce will finally relent and allow this stuff a release?
Re: The Dizzle and Jimmy Jizzle's Thread o'Bruce
Posted: 14 Aug 2015, 10:02am
by matedog
Marky Dread wrote:
matedog wrote:
daredevil wrote:
matedog wrote:
daredevil wrote:Darkness At the Edge of Town and The Promise are really good, so I started visiting Bruce's catalogue. Nothing really interested me (The River has it's moments) except Nebraska.
The only problem I have is it's a demo tape. Anybody know if full band recordings of the songs exist?
I highly recommend disc 2 of the Tracks compilation. It is mostly River outtakes that I (and most fans) think are a lot stronger than what made the actual album.
The electric Nebraska stuff has never leaked. The closest I could come to is some of the live versions at the time:
Atlantic City in particular sounds great:
More recently, he did a really great full band version of Reason to Believe
That live version of Atlantic City is great.
Too bad the full band recordings of Nebraska has never been released. I'll check out the Tracks CD.
It's 84/85, so the synths are a bit high. Disc 2 is the big one for River stuff, but there are a couple Darkness outtakes on Disc 1 - Don't Look Back, Hearts of Stone, Give the Girl a Kiss.
Do you think Bruce will finally relent and allow this stuff a release?
Which stuff? The Tracks compilation is an official release.
Re: The Dizzle and Jimmy Jizzle's Thread o'Bruce
Posted: 14 Aug 2015, 10:23am
by Marky Dread
Sorry should've been more specific. I am referring to the Electric Nebraska session.
Re: The Dizzle and Jimmy Jizzle's Thread o'Bruce
Posted: 14 Aug 2015, 10:42am
by daredevil
I wanted to clarify that I liked a lot of Bruce's songs on his albums that I listened to. Just not enough to go out and buy the album. The River is really good, but some of the songs just didn't click with me.
Same with BITUSA. I always liked DITD and Going Down, but never liked the title track.
