Archive for the ‘Bruce Springsteen’ Category

Bruce Springsteen-The Ghost Of Tom Joad

Saturday, January 28th, 2012

Ghost of Tom Joad

Keepers:

The Ghost Of Tom Joad
Youngstown

Ghost of Tom Joad

Bruce Springsteen-ucky own

Saturday, August 27th, 2011

Lucky Town

Clearly the working theory at the time was that the more consonants you dropped when you sang a song, the rootsier it sounded. Some good ol’ American nasality never hurt either.

Affectations be damned… still a good album.

Keepers:

Better Days
Local Hero
Leap of Faith
Living Proof
Book of Dreams
Souls of the Departed
My Beautiful Reward

Lucky Town

Bruce Springsteen-Human Touch

Saturday, May 28th, 2011

Human Touch

Keepers:

Human Touch
The Long Goodbye
Pony Boy

Human Touch

Bruce Springsteen-Tunnel Of Love

Sunday, March 20th, 2011

Tunnel of Love

No longer trying to slip these by Curty Ray…

Keepers:

Tougher Than The Rest
Spare Parts

Tunnel of Love

Bruce Springsteen-Born In The U.S.A.

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

Born in the U.S.A.

Keepers:

Born In The U.S.A.
Cover Me
Darlington County
Working On The Highway
No Surrender
I’m Goin’ Down
Glory Days

Born in the U.S.A.

Bruce Springsteen-Nebraska

Sunday, October 3rd, 2010

Nebraska

Keepers:

Nebraska
Atlantic City
State Trooper
Open All Night

Nebraska

Bruce Springsteen-The River

Sunday, August 1st, 2010

River

Keepers:

Hungry Heart
Crush On You
The River
Cadillac Ranch
Ramrod

River

Bruce Springsteen-Darkness On The Edge Of Town

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

Darkness on the Edge of Town

Keepers:

Badlands
Candy’s Room
The Promised Land
Prove It All Night
Darkness On The Edge Of Town

Darkness on the Edge of Town

On Bruce Springsteen

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Curty Ray of Power Pop Overdose comments:

    Am I the only one in the world that thinks Springsteen is WAY overrated?

Now that’s a tough one. I’ve never understood Bruce Springsteen’s uber-appeal… he’s good, but why and how did he become BRUUUUCE?

His first couple of albums were full of wordy shuffles that inexplicably got him branded as the next Dylan, and a few years later we got a couple of thin sounding synth-y things that were huge commercially, but pretty hard to listen to if you were on the fence to begin with. Fact is though, there were some really good records mixed in there as well and it all worked out: his mediocre records made him more popular and his good records made him more popular, and intermittent suckiness just didn’t make an ounce of difference. Everything the guy did seemed to enhance the icon factor. Think about it – the guy writes a melodically simplistic song about a Vietnam vet living a dead end life (Born In The USA), and it becomes misinterpreted into some sort of fist-pumping patriotic anthem that gets played at every fireworks display in America. Good work if you can get it.

My theory? Hard, hard work, a great live show, enough intelligence to pull back and deconstruct every so often (Nebraska) and a sneaky ability to create music (and a persona to match) that can be misunderstood in surprisingly beneficial ways. Overrated? maybe. Undeserving, no.

Bruce Springsteen-Born To Run

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

Born to Run

Keepers:

Thunder Road
Night
Backstreets
Born To Run
She’s The One

Born to Run

Bruce Springsteen-The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle

Sunday, November 22nd, 2009

The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle

Keepers:

4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
Wild Billy’s Circus Story

The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle

Bruce Springsteen-Greetings From Asbury Park

Thursday, October 15th, 2009

Greetings from Asbury Park

Keepers:

Growin’ Up

Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.