Bruce Springsteen Band • Page 75

And #1 would be either Lonesome Day or Land of Hope of Dreams

 

Ohhh I’ll definitely participate but need a bit to think

Been on a big Bruce kick this week obviously. Currently listening to The Rising the way god/Brendan O’Brien intended: on shitty computer speakers (I am only partially kidding)

 

Went to the shitty little Walmart in our town of 5000 people in Mississippi with my dad and they didn’t have it so he drove to Tupelo (90 min round trip) and got two copies just in case. I’d just seen Bruce live with him like the year before so I was pretty aware of how big of a deal it was, although obviously still too young to fully fully appreciate. Extremely core memory regardless tho haha

 

I prefer the original version of Blood Brothers if only because of this incredible tribute their first show after Danny died:

 

90-minute drive with dad to get the new Bruce album. I love this for you.

 

1. The Rising
2. Land of Hope and Dreams
3. Youngstown
4. Long Walk Home
5. Moonlight Motel
6. Better Days
7. Living Proof
8. Lonesome Day
9. American Land
10. My Beautiful Reward

That’s probably my top 10 from 1990-present but I’m excluding anything that we know was written pre-1990. So nothing old from Tracks, no This Hard Land or If I Was the Priest etc.

 

Blood brothers

Ghost of tom joad

Jesus was an only son

Lonesome day

Waitin on a sunny day

Terry’s Song

Long walk Home

Wrecking Ball

I’ll See You in My Dreams

The Wall

 

Those are good lists. I can’t think of how The Wall goes offhand though.

 

I’ll See You In My Dreams is a great call

 

This crazy geriatric played another >3 hour show last night. 3:35 but with a rain delay slightly extending the encore break

Bruce Springsteen Setlist at Reale Arena, San Sebastian

 

I think the wall is gorgeous, I adore the mournful trumpet at the end

 

"The Wall" is absolutely the best song on High Hopes.

 

After revisiting it this morning, I think I have to move Letter to You up a notch or two. I forget how much that album wallops me emotionally.

 

Bruce in Liverpool the other week was the best show I've ever been to. It was biblical.

 

Lots of positive reviews for Tracks II so far. I can't wait to jump into this.

 

I would never try to defend High Hopes as an album, but I've always had a soft spot for Hunter of Invisible Game

 

That song, the wall, ghost of tom joad, down in the hole, american skin are all soft spots for me...idk clearly im higher on high hopes than most but like half of it is good!

 

"41 Shots" is a great song, but I do not like that version of it. The production sounded dated even when the album came out, and it just doesn't have the raw, incendiary intensity of the live versions. I was surprised at how much they missed on that one, considering how good the studio versions of "Wrecking Ball" and "Land of Hope and Dreams" turned out to be after years of loving those songs in live form.

 

I've always felt that I like it more than most people while still recognizing that it's kind of a disappointing mess as an album

 

I'm not gonna do a whole ranking, mostly because i'm not familiar with enough of the bottom end enough, but i can tell ya my list starts with top-5 are

1. Born to Run
2. Born In The USA
3. Darkness on the Edge of Town
4. Greetings from Asbury Park
5. The Rising
6. The Wild, The Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle

 

tunnel of love ?????

 

What an incredible setlist. Atlantic City and Youngstown are my top full band reworks + 9 tracks from BITUSA. Dear Lord.

 

Been re-visiting it this week so it may jump in, but it's never been a big one for me.

 

Couldn't have said it better. Exactly how I felt when I first put the album on.

 

I generally not have had a problem with his ongoing alliance with Ron Aniello, but that song is an exception.