eumaas wrote:Wolter wrote:Turns out it he was hornswaggled. It was fool's gold, consarn it.eumaas wrote:Bruce lost me after he went panning for gold.Billy Joel wrote:I really like the version of Atlantic City on it. There's a few parts where his wife or somebody sings that suck, but as far as Bruce goes, it's pretty solid.eumaas wrote: If by spectacular you mean terrible.
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Bruce's London Calling
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Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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"Bruce is great and if you do not understand that you're a pretentious martian from Venus". Joe StrummerDr. Medulla wrote:Conversation between me and a friend who loves Springsteen:eumaas wrote:Anything is better than constipated grunting.
I like some studio Bruce, but his live music is horrible.
Shane: Listen to this. [puts in a BS cassette]
Me: What's wrong with his voice? Did he have an accident?
Shane: You're a jerk. [Hits "Stop"]
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Joe liked some really dopey music sometimes.lanini66 wrote:"Bruce is great and if you do not understand that you're a pretentious martian from Venus". Joe Strummer
"If you don't like Bruce Springsteen, you don't understand Rock'n'roll". Joe strummer
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
Re: Bruce's London Calling
Thank god I don't have to take that asshole's opinions as gospel truth.lanini66 wrote:"Bruce is great and if you do not understand that you're a pretentious martian from Venus". Joe StrummerDr. Medulla wrote:Conversation between me and a friend who loves Springsteen:eumaas wrote:Anything is better than constipated grunting.
I like some studio Bruce, but his live music is horrible.
Shane: Listen to this. [puts in a BS cassette]
Me: What's wrong with his voice? Did he have an accident?
Shane: You're a jerk. [Hits "Stop"]
"If you don't like Bruce Springsteen, you don't understand Rock'n'roll". Joe strummer
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I'm okay with Springsteen, but I can't think of a straight up rock 'n' roll song that he's written."If you don't like Bruce Springsteen, you don't understand Rock'n'roll". Joe strummer
What does that mean, exactly?"Bruce is great and if you do not understand that you're a pretentious martian from Venus". Joe Strummer
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Bo Diddley.Silent Majority wrote:What does that mean, exactly?"Bruce is great and if you do not understand that you're a pretentious martian from Venus". Joe Strummer
I feel that there is a fascistic element, for example, in the Rolling Stones . . .
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
— Clashy
— Morton Feldman
I've studied the phenomenon of neo-provincialism in self-isolating online communities but this place takes the fucking cake.
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Imagine spending the day hearing Strummer's internal monologue. As he goes to the shops and hoovers his house and does lots of petty stuff.eumaas wrote:Bo Diddley.Silent Majority wrote:What does that mean, exactly?"Bruce is great and if you do not understand that you're a pretentious martian from Venus". Joe Strummer
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No way did Strummer ever hoover.Silent Majority wrote:Imagine spending the day hearing Strummer's internal monologue. As he goes to the shops and hoovers his house and does lots of petty stuff.eumaas wrote:Bo Diddley.Silent Majority wrote:What does that mean, exactly?"Bruce is great and if you do not understand that you're a pretentious martian from Venus". Joe Strummer
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I bet his Mrs nagged him to helping out here and there. But most of the time it'd probably have been her asking him to tidy up by the time she gets back and then he's passed out on the settee in front of the telly surrounded by beer cans and a giant spliff on the arm chair.Heston wrote:No way did Strummer ever hoover.Silent Majority wrote:Imagine spending the day hearing Strummer's internal monologue. As he goes to the shops and hoovers his house and does lots of petty stuff.eumaas wrote:Bo Diddley.Silent Majority wrote:What does that mean, exactly?"Bruce is great and if you do not understand that you're a pretentious martian from Venus". Joe Strummer
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You mean my life?Silent Majority wrote:I bet his Mrs nagged him to helping out here and there. But most of the time it'd probably have been her asking him to tidy up by the time she gets back and then he's passed out on the settee in front of the telly surrounded by beer cans and a giant spliff on the arm chair.Heston wrote:No way did Strummer ever hoover.Silent Majority wrote:Imagine spending the day hearing Strummer's internal monologue. As he goes to the shops and hoovers his house and does lots of petty stuff.eumaas wrote:Bo Diddley.Silent Majority wrote: What does that mean, exactly?
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Why would he write the whole "letter" in permanent marker then sign his name with a pen? That there is phony-baloney.lanini66 wrote:"Bruce is great and if you do not understand that you're a pretentious martian from Venus". Joe StrummerDr. Medulla wrote:Conversation between me and a friend who loves Springsteen:eumaas wrote:Anything is better than constipated grunting.
I like some studio Bruce, but his live music is horrible.
Shane: Listen to this. [puts in a BS cassette]
Me: What's wrong with his voice? Did he have an accident?
Shane: You're a jerk. [Hits "Stop"]
"If you don't like Bruce Springsteen, you don't understand Rock'n'roll". Joe strummer
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people are strange.....pete_21 wrote:Why would he write the whole "letter" in permanent marker then sign his name with a pen? That there is phony-baloney.lanini66 wrote:"Bruce is great and if you do not understand that you're a pretentious martian from Venus". Joe StrummerDr. Medulla wrote:Conversation between me and a friend who loves Springsteen:eumaas wrote:Anything is better than constipated grunting.
I like some studio Bruce, but his live music is horrible.
Shane: Listen to this. [puts in a BS cassette]
Me: What's wrong with his voice? Did he have an accident?
Shane: You're a jerk. [Hits "Stop"]
"If you don't like Bruce Springsteen, you don't understand Rock'n'roll". Joe strummer
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I have no doubt he wrote it. Joe liked a lot of mediocre crap.
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I suspect Mick's tastes would intersect with mine more than Joe's.Wolter wrote:I have no doubt he wrote it. Joe liked a lot of mediocre crap.
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I think mine would probably intersect most with John Moss.Dr. Medulla wrote:I suspect Mick's tastes would intersect with mine more than Joe's.Wolter wrote:I have no doubt he wrote it. Joe liked a lot of mediocre crap.
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