Meanwhile... I'm Still Thinking » Bruce Springsteen http://shanefaubert.com/blog It's not just stringing a bunch of notes together, is it? Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:00:18 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 Bruce Springsteen-The Ghost Of Tom Joad http://shanefaubert.com/blog/2012/01/28/bruce-springsteen-the-ghost-of-tom-joad/ http://shanefaubert.com/blog/2012/01/28/bruce-springsteen-the-ghost-of-tom-joad/#comments Sat, 28 Jan 2012 09:00:24 +0000 sfaubert http://shanefaubert.com/blog/?p=4513
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    • ]]>     Ghost of Tom Joad

    Keepers:

    The Ghost Of Tom Joad
    Youngstown

    Ghost of Tom Joad

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    • ]]>     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

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    ]]>     http://shanefaubert.com/blog/2011/08/27/bruce-springsteen-ucky-own/feed/ 1     Bruce Springsteen-Human Touch http://shanefaubert.com/blog/2011/05/28/bruce-springsteen-human-touch/ http://shanefaubert.com/blog/2011/05/28/bruce-springsteen-human-touch/#comments Sat, 28 May 2011 09:00:26 +0000 sfaubert http://shanefaubert.com/blog/?p=3673
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    • ]]>     Human Touch

    Keepers:

    Human Touch
    The Long Goodbye
    Pony Boy

    Human Touch

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    ]]>     http://shanefaubert.com/blog/2011/05/28/bruce-springsteen-human-touch/feed/ 0     Bruce Springsteen-Tunnel Of Love http://shanefaubert.com/blog/2011/03/20/bruce-springsteen-tunnel-of-love/ http://shanefaubert.com/blog/2011/03/20/bruce-springsteen-tunnel-of-love/#comments Sun, 20 Mar 2011 11:00:37 +0000 sfaubert http://shanefaubert.com/blog/?p=3428
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    • ]]>     Tunnel of Love

    No longer trying to slip these by Curty Ray…

    Keepers:

    Tougher Than The Rest
    Spare Parts

    Tunnel of Love

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    ]]>     http://shanefaubert.com/blog/2011/03/20/bruce-springsteen-tunnel-of-love/feed/ 1     Bruce Springsteen-Born In The U.S.A. http://shanefaubert.com/blog/2010/12/29/bruce-springsteen-born-in-the-u-s-a/ http://shanefaubert.com/blog/2010/12/29/bruce-springsteen-born-in-the-u-s-a/#comments Wed, 29 Dec 2010 11:30:47 +0000 sfaubert http://shanefaubert.com/blog/?p=2963
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    • ]]>     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.

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    ]]>     http://shanefaubert.com/blog/2010/12/29/bruce-springsteen-born-in-the-u-s-a/feed/ 2     Bruce Springsteen-Nebraska http://shanefaubert.com/blog/2010/10/03/bruce-springsteen-nebraska/ http://shanefaubert.com/blog/2010/10/03/bruce-springsteen-nebraska/#comments Sun, 03 Oct 2010 11:00:17 +0000 sfaubert http://shanefaubert.com/blog/?p=2623
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    • ]]>     Nebraska

    Keepers:

    Nebraska
    Atlantic City
    State Trooper
    Open All Night

    Nebraska

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    ]]>     http://shanefaubert.com/blog/2010/10/03/bruce-springsteen-nebraska/feed/ 1     Bruce Springsteen-The River http://shanefaubert.com/blog/2010/08/01/bruce-springsteen-the-river/ http://shanefaubert.com/blog/2010/08/01/bruce-springsteen-the-river/#comments Sun, 01 Aug 2010 11:00:36 +0000 sfaubert http://shanefaubert.com/blog/?p=2372
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    • ]]>     River

    Keepers:

    Hungry Heart
    Crush On You
    The River
    Cadillac Ranch
    Ramrod

    River

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    • ]]>     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

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    ]]>     http://shanefaubert.com/blog/2010/05/15/bruce-springsteen-darkness-on-the-edge-of-town/feed/ 1     On Bruce Springsteen http://shanefaubert.com/blog/2010/02/06/on-bruce-springsteen/ http://shanefaubert.com/blog/2010/02/06/on-bruce-springsteen/#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 19:33:35 +0000 sfaubert http://shanefaubert.com/blog/?p=1415
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    • ]]>     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.

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    ]]>     http://shanefaubert.com/blog/2010/02/06/on-bruce-springsteen/feed/ 1     Bruce Springsteen-Born To Run http://shanefaubert.com/blog/2010/02/06/bruce-springsteen-born-to-run/ http://shanefaubert.com/blog/2010/02/06/bruce-springsteen-born-to-run/#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:00:21 +0000 sfaubert http://shanefaubert.com/blog/?p=1331
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    • ]]>     Born to Run

    Keepers:

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

    Born to Run

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