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    The Promise

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    thanks guys, really helpful comments...

     

    i've definitely listened to Born to Run (many times in fact) and it is probably my favorite so far.

     

    looking forward to exploring more. the biggest disappointment is that i may never seem him live. hope there's another tour within the next couple of years.

     

    You'll get your wish, it just happens that he has cranked out albums and tours in recent years and this is a downtime. All talk indicates that the E Street Band have one more go in them at some point. I'd be surprised if his next album isn't a full band record.

    The Promise

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    Maybe because I was 10 in 1984 I am more of an apologist for BITUSA than those who were older and a Bruce fan going back ten years before, but to me it has worked on different levels as I've aged. As a ten-year old I just thought those were some catchy ass pop songs, not as good as another mega-record from that year ("Purple Rain") but damn if I didn't love the hell out of it. Years later as an adult songs like "Dancing In the Dark," "I'm Going Down' and "Downbound Train" took on a whole new life. Lyrically and thematically most of the record is as dark and full of despair as "Nebraska." No surprise as those albums/songs were all written rougly at the same time. My favs go like this: 1. BTR, 2. WIESS, 3. Nebraska, 4. Darkness, 5. BITUSA,

    6. Greetings, 7. Magic, 8. The River, 9. The Rising, 10. Tunnel. I anticipate "The Promise," will be in the middle of this pack, could be higher if "The Iceman" and "Don't Look Back" were on it and not "Tracks."

    The Promise

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    CDM,

    I think based upon what Bruce has said in interviews about how he has learned to relax with his records abit in the past decade,hence his prolific run the past few years, he too will relax with holding onto all of this stuff so closely. I really think the floodgates are going to open in the next few years with all of these treasures. He seems to really relish in the revisiting and exploring his past, he certainly likes talking about it, so I'm with you, just bring it all on already.

    The Promise

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    Don't shoot me, but I think I prefer the reworked Tracks take on "The Promise" versus the original version. I just think the song hits harder with the sparse arrangement and middle-aged Bruce's voice. Either way, fucking unbelieavable that this song was an outtake, and furthermore that video footage is just superb!

    The 8 Month Old "New" Fall TV Season 2010-2011

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    Have been watching Boardwalk Empire since the beginning and even thought about starting a thread on here. Very impressed thus far, especially with the weaving of of the Chicago, NYC, AC plotlines. I thought it might be too much but if indeed they are trying to paint a broad picture of the early days of organized crime, then they are doing a very meticulous job. The attention to set, costume and period has been astonishing, apparently there is some overlap with Madmen designers, wardrobe, etc. Buscemi may have found the role of his life.

    My Morning Jacket

    in After The Show

    Posted

    :lol well put!

    i saw a pic of the finale: all the band dressed like col. sanders, the squallis (sp?) puppeteers...

    wish i could have been there! (darn those friday shows :ohwell )

     

    greg, i didn't know the arena was so huge! holy toledo.

     

     

    "don't look at the setlist!"

    "too late."

    :cheers

     

    The arena seats 22,000 for basketball or 17,500 for a fully sold-out concert. For MMJ they didn't sale tickets for the upper arena at all. They have a very clever system of blocking it off with long, black drapes that make it seem intimate, even though there are technically 7-8,000 empty seats. You really couldn't even tell those seats existed. The fricking Eagles sold out the whole damn place of course.

    Dexter

    in Tongue-Tied Lightning

    Posted

    Well, that last sequence this week seems to confirm that indeed they will become lovers/partners in crime. For whatever reason, and you have to really suspend reality quite often with this show, she sees Dexter as a kindred spirit. That scene at the warehouse was quite possibly the most preposterous nick of time escape yet.

    My Morning Jacket

    in After The Show

    Posted

    Nothing more satisfying than seeing MMJ here in my hometown, their hometown, before 10,000 plus people in a total lovefest to the city. A really good Louisville band as an opener, the Louisville Youth Orchestra who performed above and beyond all night, the local village, the new arena, downtown Louisville was jumping before and after the show. It made me feel downright some serious pride. I saw MMJ for the first time close to ten years ago, and even then you got the sense that they were way too big for the tiny clubs they were playing, after Friday night I go a step further and say that they're to big for arenas. Their songs are larger than life and this show proved to me that that Madison Square Garden show a few years back was no fluke, they owned the arena. The set touched on all corners of the catalog and played like three hours of greatest hits (they're all hits!). Epic night all around.

    The Promise

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    I think even Bruce admitted "WOAD" was a misstep indirectly by only playing 2-3 cuts from it on the tour, wheras "The Rising" and "Magic" both were featured prominently on their respective tours. "Magic" is my favorite by Bruce since BITUSA.

    Bands that have opened for Wilco

    in Just A Fan

    Posted

    Something got my mind going on this topic the other day and it's staggering to think of all of the notable bands/artists that have opened for Wilco over the years. To get the ball rolling: My Morning Jacket, Sonic Youth, Sleater Kinney, The Flaming Lips, The Roots, Dr. Dog, Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, Yo La Tengo, Tortoise.

     

    What others do you recall?

    Great Moments in Rock and Roll History

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    This:

     

    According to legend, as a young black man living on a plantation in rural Mississippi, Robert Johnson was branded with a burning desire to become a great blues musician. He was "instructed" to take his guitar to a crossroad near Dockery Plantation at midnight. There he was met by a large black man (the Devil) who took the guitar and tuned it. The "Devil" played a few songs and then returned the guitar to Johnson, giving him mastery of the instrument. This was, in effect, a deal with the Devil mirroring the legend of Faust. In exchange for his soul, Robert Johnson was able to create the blues for which he became famous.

    Go-Go Boots

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    The latest from Patterson:

     

    Y'ALL:

     

    Hope everyone out there is doing fine.

     

    We've enjoyed our time at home, although no one could actually accuse us of being "Off". Actually been really busy preparing for our Halloween Weekend Shows, getting the next record all set up, working out logistics for The Big UK/Europe To-Do and setting up our NEW YEARS EVE BIG TO-DO FINALE which we will have more info on for you very soon and TONS MORE.

     

    First off, for all of our FACEBOOK Friends, we just launched a FREE DOWNLOAD of "Your Woman is a Living Thing" (our Record Store Day Single from April) and the track that you have heard prior to our set if you have been to a Rock Show in the past year.

     

    This Weekend is our Big To-Do Halloween Weekend Extravaganza with shows in Boone NC, 2 Nights in Richmond VA (including our Big Halloween Ball on Saturday) and Halloween Night at The Fillmore in Charlotte NC. Our good friend Bobby Bare Jr will be joining us for the entire run. In honor of the big Halloween weekend we wanted to send out a special World Premiere Live Video of "USED TO BE A COP" filmed by Jason Thrasher at our Atlanta GA show a few weeks back. The song is from our forthcoming new album and we're really excited about it!

     

    Record Store Day was such a success back in April that everyone has decided to do it again on Black Friday (the day after Thanksgiving). Our love of Vinyl and Independent Record Stores is legendary and for the occasion we are releasing A SPECIAL 10" 45 of two Brand New songs: "THE THANKSGIVING FILTER" and "USED TO BE A COP". It features a special sleeve designed by Wes Freed, a Free MP3 Download of both songs. We are doing a limited pressing of only 2500 copies so it is sure to become a collectors item (plus it gives you a special sneak peak of a little of what's in store for 2011).

     

    In the meantime, we can't wait to take The Big To-Do to the UK and Europe. It's been two and a half years since we've toured over there and this time we're hitting a bunch of countries we've never played before. Ticket sales have been great (We just Sold Out Birmingham and all of the UK shows are following close behind) so get your ticket before it's too late.

     

    Finally, we will be kicking off 2011 with the release of our new album. GO-GO BOOTS will be coming out from our good friends at ATO Records on February 15, 2011 (it will be released in Europe from our friends at PIAS Records on Valentines Day, Feb 14).

     

    Look Out for The Go-Go Boots Episodes, (a series of short films about the album produced and directed by Jason Thrasher and Myself). There will be a Pilot Episode Coming in November with the others following around the first of the year. We are really proud of these and can't wait for you to see them.

     

    There's actually a lot more to tell, but it's going to have to wait till next time because I have a lot of packing to do.

     

    SEE YOU AT THE ROCK SHOW!

     

    Patterson Hood

    The Promise

    in Someone Else's Song

    Posted

    Check out this interview with Max starting at the 3:06 mark for some clarification on the full-band "Nebraska."

    "Weinberg did reveal that the rumored full-band recording of Springsteen's 1982 acoustic disc Nebraska does exist. "The E Street Band actually did record all of Nebraska and it was killing," Weinberg says. "It was all very hard-edged. As great as it was, it wasn't what Bruce wanted to release. There is a full band Nebraska album, all of those songs are in the can somewhere."

     

     

     

    http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/17386/113564

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