Gotta Love Springsteen

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by WildHeart69

^ No, I have been keeping up with the sets and I never came across this.

He's playing with you.

[WildHeart69]

Originally Posted by vivfox

He's playing with you.

eh, whatever. It wouldnt surprise me if someone requested it.

[LukeA]

Sad that KC got canceled, not postponed. I guess the band definitely needs a break (this recent tragedy notwithstanding)

[WildHeart69]

I know the last couple years have really taken their toll on Clarence. He could hardly walk last week. When they did "American Land" I didnt think he was going to make it center stage... but you gotta hand it to him, he always has a smile

[Betsy]

WOW....I didn't know about the death or the cancellation. How sad.

I just bought Clarence's book BIG MAN off of Amazon. It came last week.

I was watchingVH1 Classic just this weekend, when I saw an old video of Clarence. VH1 did a one-hit wonders list. They had a video featuring Clarence and Jackson Browne. I didn't know they did a song together....

But then again, I am a Springsteen newbie....and am really late at hopping on the Boss bandwagon....I hopped on with BORN IN THE USA...but then hopped off for about 20 years.

[Nico]

Originally Posted by Betsy

WOW....I didn't know about the death or the cancellation. How sad.

I just bought Clarence's book BIG MAN off of Amazon. It came last week.

I was watchingVH1 Classic just this weekend, when I saw an old video of Clarence. VH1 did a one-hit wonders list. They had a video featuring Clarence and Jackson Browne. I didn't know they did a song together....

But then again, I am a Springsteen newbie....and am really late at hopping on the Boss bandwagon....I hopped on with BORN IN THE USA...but then hopped off for about 20 years.

Betsy, how's that book? I think I'm going to get it.

My best friend, who hated Bruce because of BITUSA, has now become the BIGGEST Bruce fan and is ravenously collecting everything she can get her hands on. She's so obsessed that I try to avoid her these days because it's so been there, done that for me and I was telling her 8 years ago about his greatness but she kept calling him "truck driver music" or something of such completely untrue, inaccurate blanket description. She saw one episode of "Cold Case" or some crime show that had all his songs and has been hooked ever since. Goes to show how well she values my opinion, eh?

[Betsy]

I am hooked on this guy.




John Stewart did the intro for the Bruce Segment at the Kennedy Honors. It too, made my day, but this video, makes my heart sing.

P.S. for Nico, I liked the book. My AP friend Kiley interviewed The Big Man on the book. I have a link to her review if you'd like to read it.

[vivfox]

Originally Posted by Betsy

Thank you for posting this awesome video! Can you imagine how many more tickets Fleetwood Mac could sell if they were even half as exciting as this type of show?

[Nico]

Originally Posted by Betsy

P.S. for Nico, I liked the book. My AP friend Kiley interviewed The Big Man on the book. I have a link to her review if you'd like to read it.

Absolutely. Send it my way...please.

[Betsy]

Hey Nick...

As for Clarence's BIG MAN. It is liberally sprinkled with the f-word...like every chapter....sometimes every other page, sometimes every other paragraph...sometimes every other sentence, etc. etc.

It is a good and fast read. The chapters vary from 1-5 pages. When Clarence tells a story, the pages are in white, and when Don tells the story, they are in gray.

The book is a pleasant read, like the authors are talking to you. The only *problem* is that you don't know what's truth or what is fiction...I guess that's why it's subtitled "Real Life & Tall Tales".

He mentions a meeting with Frank Sinatra, who is contemplating recording BORN TO RUN with acoustic guitars. Then there's a chapter on a reported *legend* of running into Graucho Marx on the phone, etc.

I really enjoyed it and ended up thinking about the stories as I was driving or doing other life things - so the book stayed on my mind.