Let's talk Springsteen (musically)
 

Since The Boss's anti-Bush tour is a hot topic right now, it's thrown me into Bruce Mode. What are some of your favorites? I'll be kicking myself later for stuff I'll foget, but here's what I can think of at the moment.....

Songs:
She's The One
The River
Hungry Heart
I'm On Fire
Adam Raised A Cain
Streets Of Fire
Sad Eyes
Human Touch
Ghost Of Tom Joad
If I Should Fall Behind (live w/ E Street Band)
The Fuse
Back In your Arms Again
Empty Sky
Tougher Than The Rest
Ain't Got You
Secret Garden (NOT the version with the Jerry Maguire overdubs...chee-zay!)
Streets Of Philadelphia
Straight Time
Born In The USA (solo acoustic version)
Cover Me (live)
Two Faces
No Surrender (especially live)
Thunder Road (any live version)
Two Hearts

Albums:
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
Tunnel Of Love
The Rising
(He also gets a big nod for awesome boxed sets: one of ten years of live performances including rare ones and I like many of the performances even better than the recorded versions, and one of three discs filled entirely with previously unreleased material :] )

Videos:
*I'm On Fire (heartbreakingly cute)
*War (could this possibly rock more?!)
*Fire (as a Nils Lofgren fan and a lover of Bruce's drama, what more could I ask for?!)
*Tougher Than The Rest (this KILLS me. One of my fave songs anyway, and then here's Patti and Bruce both wearing 1988-shiek bolo ties, failing an attmept to act professional onstage as they are falling madly in love. The passion in their eyes is heart-wrenching. Scandalous.)
*If I Should Fall Behind (incredible song, and I love seeing all of the band members do their parts...especially Nils and Patti)
*Murder Incorporated (love the gritty atmosphere)

Personal concert moments:
*2002: Getting to see all of those amazing songs from The Rising played live with Bruce's still-incredible energy, and him shocking me by playing Dancing In The Dark (it was awesome!)
*1999: Being introduced to If I Should Fall Behind (I was disappointed, though, that Patti had to miss this show for some reason)
*1996: Being 16 at a show on the solo acoustic tour and Bruce introducing Red Headed Woman as "a song about cunnilingus"...I was fine, but my Catholic mother was squirming in her chair! :laugh: Also getting hear the acoustic version of Born In The USA for the first time.


Phew! Anyone else?
:wavey:

One word-- Nebraska. That album is definitely on my top ten list of the greatest albums of all time.

SONGS:
Tunnel of Love
Tenth Avenue Freezeout
Born To Run
Brilliant Disguise
Hungry Heart
Murder Incorporated
Atlantic City
Jungleland
57 Channels
Streets of Philadelphia
Ain't Got You
The Rising

ALBUMS:
Born To Run
Tunnel of Love
Live In NYC

Thunder Road. A perfect song.

I like a lot of em, but my fav, from Born...
Down
god, I love that song!
AMBer

Well the obvious hits of course, Tunder Road, Born in The USA, Dancing In The Dark, ect, ect..
But for me it is definetly EVETY SONG of the Rising. The best album of his.

It really is mind-blowing, isn't it?!

I totally agree.

I also LOVE Rosalita, always have, not sure why.

Paula

My boyfriend did monitors for Bruce on The Rising Tour. I had never seen him live before and was not even really a fan. Ever since that tour I have been a HUGE fan of Bruce's. The man is the most amazing live performer I have ever seen, by far. And I have never experienced an audience like that...we FM fans are pretty diehard and dedicated....but those Bruce fans really don't hold ANYTHING back...and you know, I never saw one fight break out! It was pretty amazing. I will never forget it!

Kristin

Cool. Thanks for sharing. :wavey:

You're allowed. ;)

Seen the video? Hilarious.

No prob. The man is amazing...and has a pretty nice bod too if I may say...he is in such incredible shape!

Kristin

I'm not a big fan- but this song f**king kicks ass!!!

I've never understood the whole Bruce thing - I don't dislike him - but have only heard his radio stuff....and I used to be a huge Melissa Etheridge fan- and she's a huge Bruce fan...so yeah...my sister loathes and dispises him...I, however, don't really have an opinion...though the duet he did w/M.E. (Thunder Road) on her VH-1 duets was really cool...

Ditto. All I know are his singles, if that. :shrug:



curt.

Though I am a huge fan (but am not "fanatical" at the same level as I am with FM), it's not hard for me to understand people who can't get into Bruce. There are several songs that are too much for me. But generally it's kind of a "you get it or you don't" thing. Like Stevie..........

"One step up" is one of my favourites. I like the whole Tunnel of Love album a lot. Unfortunately I never could get into the two simultaneous follow up albums then.

That is such a great song.

I agree...I don't know that I've ever been able to listen to Human Touch or Lucky Town all the way through, and I'm an "album person". There's some good songs on them, but overall something just seems to be missing. Perhaps living in LA was having an adverse effect on him;). It sounds silly but it makes sense, since Bruce draws so much artistically from his surroundings. Glad he and Patti headed back to Jersey shortly thereafter, at which point that "something" did return. :shrug:

I also really like Bruce's wife's Patti Scialfa's voice. At first I found it to be very strange...but it has proven to grow on me. I love her new song 23rd Steet Lullaby.