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Re: Springsteen and the American Muse

takeshi19 — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 22:43:52 -0000

I like the lyrics of these song may I know the guitar chords of this, cause I want to play in with my guitar.But anyway this is a great post, thanks for sharing.

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manuj — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 06:48:42 -0000

Magic is his masterpiece indeed. All the songs are mind-blowwing especially "shut out the light"

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garvg — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 10:15:51 -0000

The lyrics of song-Girls in Their Summer Clothes is very nice. I like this a lot.

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Isisduo — Sat, 18 Jul 2009 04:46:57 -0000

This is really good one, thanks for the share.

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paulbjaylee — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 06:29:49 -0000

The benefit: It lets executives purchase fidelity 401k future amounts of guaranteed income during the accumulation phase, while permitting investments in mutual funds for potentially greater gains; they strike a balance between a 100 percent fixed payout annuity and a 100 percent variable immediate annuity, he says.

Re: Springsteen and the American Muse

annktrembley — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 06:59:18 -0000

Gypsy Biker is troubling and dedicated to a whole legion of Springsteen anti-heroes - from the Highway Patrolman to the dead-end greaser in Racing in the Streets, but most especially the returning solder in Shut Out the Light, which Springsteen explicitly reprises in the lyric.
The speculators made their money on the blood you shed Your fidelity 401k momma’s pulled the sheets up off your bed The profiteers on Jane Street sold your shoes and clothes Ain’t nobody talkin’ because everybody knows We pulled your cycle up back to the garage and polished up the

Re: Springsteen and the American Muse

Jason Chervokas — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 09:29:52 -0000

It's a strong album. But it's not as good as The Wild & Innocent (my fave Springsteen record) or Nebraska, not to mention the big ones (BTR, Darkness). Similar in a lot of ways to The River or Tunnel of Love--spotty but liberally sprinkled w/ great stuff.

I'm also not as sold on the lyrical strength of the record (w/ the exception of Gypsy Biker, which I'm coming around to as the best song on the album, the one where the social message finds a home in a human narrative instead of general platitudious musing). I'm really rankled by the mangled syntax of chorus of the otherwise wonderful (and, I think, strictly Catholic devotional song) "I'll Work For Your Love" (What others may want for free I'll work for your love?!??.)

Some of the lyrics are just plain dumb and cliched (Radio Nowhere, which is a rocking performance but a shitty excuse for a song, and Last to Die)--not up to the level of springsteen's greatest songs. And even the songs I like best (besides I'll Work...and Gypsy Biker)--Girls in their Summer Clothes, Your Own Worst Enemy--rely on some pretty pedestrian rhymes and images, particularly for Springsteen, who, at his best, can really dazzle (The Losing Kind, still unreleased from the original Nebraska 4-track tape, is better written lyrically than anything but Gypsy Biker here).

But on balance I agree that it's his best record since he broke up the band the first time in 1987, I really like it a lot. Sounds fresh, something I haven't said about a springsteen record in, well, 20 years.

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Tom Watson — Thu, 04 Oct 2007 08:54:32 -0000

Yeah, Thundercrack is a terrific song, but it's a great performance....been listening to that one on boots since the 70s but never heard it live.

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Kate Golden — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 17:50:54 -0000

I'm not sold on Livin' In the Future, although I was always lukewarm on 10th Avenue Freeze-Out until I saw it live, and the songs are kind of similar to me.

Thundercrack is apparently in the band's set for this tour. Yes!

Re: Springsteen and the American Muse

Tom Watson — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:20:39 -0000

You know who's a big star on the record, but hardly ever gets any attention - Federici. He's to E-Street what Garth Hudson is to the Band, laying down whatever bed of whirling sound is appropriate.

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The Viscount — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:04:24 -0000

Viscount, I was there babyÃ¢â‚¬Â¦

Cool. Wish I was.

But I have to disagree on Darkness - itÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s my favorite, actually. Love the raw power, and slimmed down lyrics, the guitars and well, the darkness.

Yep - and I think most of his fans are in your camp. Speaking of guitars I thought it was a great decision to add Nils Lofgren as a permanent member of the band.

We do agree that the new record is a winner...

Re: Springsteen and the American Muse

The Viscount — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 16:02:54 -0000

>Viscount, I was there babyÃ¢â‚¬Â¦But I have to disagree on Darkness - itÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s my favorite, actually. Love the raw power, and slimmed down lyrics, the guitars and well, the darkness.

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Tom Watson — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 15:38:13 -0000

Viscount, I was there baby...

But I have to disagree on Darkness - it's my favorite, actually. Love the raw power, and slimmed down lyrics, the guitars and well, the darkness.

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Viscount LaCarte — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 13:56:22 -0000

I jumped on the Springsteen wagon pretty early ( E Street Shuffle) and saw him perhaps a couple of weeks before Born To Run hit the stores at CW Post College on Long Island. Funny that you count Darkness as one of his best. He lost me on that one - for years. Indeed, I came back with his release of Tunnel of Love which I count on par with Born to Run, which (I think) many of his die-hard fans dismiss. I think that is his most emotionally honest record up to that point.

I admire him for his tough stance against the current administration, especially when you consider that he risks alienating potentially more than half of his fan-base that vote Republican.

If you haven't already, check out his
performance of my favorite new track on The Today Show

Re: Springsteen and the American Muse

fred wilson — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 06:35:07 -0000

I'll second everything you've said Tom although I prefer Terry's Song, Living In The Future, and I'll Work For Your Love to Girls In Their Summer Clothes.

But that's like arguing over whether Thunder Road is better than Born To Run. Bruce has made a great record, up there with everything he's done other than BTR, Darkness, and Nebraska in my book.

Re: Springsteen and the American Muse

Tom Watson — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 21:34:03 -0000

It's a "hidden track" on the disc - you have to get it, a must-have tribute to his friend...

Re: Springsteen and the American Muse

the shamus — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 21:31:06 -0000

Tom, no argument here, although "Girls In Their Summer Dresses" doesn't do as much for me as "Livin' In The Future" and "Magic." I hope the whole disc keeps growing on me, but it's been exciting today to feel reenergized by a mainstream pop album. It's been awhile. One nit: I keep seeing these references to "Terry's Song," but that wasn't on the Apple download I got today, unless it has been renamed "Devil's Arcade." And if I've been screwed out of a song, I'm not going to be happy.