You know you're getting old when...

demonrail666 · 10.01.2007, 06:35 AM

The new Bruce Springsteen album becomes top priority on your shopping list.
It's gonna be afternoon naps, DIY catalogues and TV re-runs of Zulu from now on I think.

pbradley · 10.01.2007, 06:36 AM

Ugh, I hate Springsteen with a passion.

sonicl · 10.01.2007, 06:37 AM

I love that new Springsteen single, "Radio Nowhere". Reminds me of a good mid-to-late-period Ramones track.

demonrail666 · 10.01.2007, 06:43 AM

Up for game of bowls anytime soon SonicL? I'll provide the werthers originals, you bring the dandelion and burdock.

sonicl · 10.01.2007, 06:46 AM

I can't make it this week, I'm having the hairs in my ears trimmed.

pokkeherrie · 10.01.2007, 06:52 AM

In that case it's reassuring to know that age hasn't caught up with me yet.

toxic johnny · 10.01.2007, 06:54 AM

Nor me... and I'm ancient.

gmku · 10.01.2007, 07:02 AM

If I don't like Springsteen, does that mean I'll never get old? I've never liked him.

10.01.2007, 07:03 AM

I've been listening to music that is old enough to be a couple of my fathers since forever, but I still drink from the fountain of youth. Just in case.

demonrail666 · 10.01.2007, 07:07 AM

Radio Nowhere is a great song. Never thought of the Ramones but yeah, you're kind of right. Then again, so far as I can remember, Hungry Heart was originally written for The Ramones, so maybe the link isn't that strange at all. Either way, I'm gonna be walking straight past Thurston's new album to buy it today.

demonrail666 · 10.01.2007, 07:11 AM

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Originally Posted by sarramkrop

I still drink from the fountain of youth. Just in case.

Mmm, good point. Maybe I should get Thurston's album as well. But then again, isn't he roughly the same age as Bruce anyway?

Glice · 10.01.2007, 10:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sarramkrop

...but I still drink from the fountain of youth. Just in case.

Paedo.

SynthethicalY · 10.01.2007, 10:27 AM

I don't like him, but can tolerate the music.

Norma J · 10.01.2007, 05:18 PM

Born to Run is a cool album.

atari 2600 · 10.01.2007, 06:59 PM

The last album of his that I really like is The Ghost of Tom Joad, which was without the E. Street Band.

He and the E. Street Band played for like three to four hours this week for NBC's Today show. The broadcast kept cutting to them every so often for a song or two. One of the new ones that aired in its entirety was "Long Walk Home," and it was pretty good.

Magic track-by-track with related links

Their performance of "Kitty's Back" on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in '02

demonrail666 · 10.01.2007, 08:54 PM

Listening to Magic right now. It's a Bruce Springsteen album, that's for sure. Consequently, he wont be losing any die hard fans with this, although he probably won't be gaining any new ones either.

5Against1 · 10.01.2007, 10:58 PM

Springsteen should have quit after Darkness On The Edge Of Town...that was his apex...imho of course.

atari 2600 · 10.01.2007, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by 5Against1

Springsteen should have quit after Darkness On The Edge Of Town...that was his apex...imho of course.

That's also my favorite.

Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. excellent
Wild, The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle very good
Born To Run good to very good
Darkness on the Edge of Town excellent

He's done quite a few after Darkness that are worthwhile, albeit some moreso than others...

The River very good to excellent
Nebraska very good
Born in the U.S.A. good to very good
Live 1975-1985 good
Tunnel of Love okay to very good
Human Touch okay
Lucky Town okay to good
The Ghost of Tom Joad good

atari 2600 · 10.01.2007, 11:17 PM

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Originally Posted by demonrail666

Listening to Magic right now. It's a Bruce Springsteen album, that's for sure. Consequently, he wont be losing any die hard fans with this, although he probably won't be gaining any new ones either.

bruce magic torrent

Dead-Air · 10.01.2007, 11:34 PM

Springsteen can write great songs, as proved by Bowie ("Saint in the City"), Patti ("Because the Night"), and Waits ("Jersey Girl"), but his originals all come off as pure cheese in my book.

Occasionally if I'm in the mood for such cheese, he works as well as Manilow, who is actually a similar poetic talent. I can't think of a more wonderfully ridiculous lyric than "Outside the streets on fire in a real death waltz between what's flesh and what's fantasy/ And the poets down here don't write nothin' at all they just stand back and let it all be" Probably should have taken his own advice, but worth a laugh at the right moment.

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demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Up for game of bowls anytime soon SonicL? I'll provide the werthers originals, you bring the dandelion and burdock.
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sonicl invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 9,527	I can't make it this week, I'm having the hairs in my ears trimmed.
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10.01.2007, 07:03 AM	#9
sarramkrop Posts: n/a	I've been listening to music that is old enough to be a couple of my fathers since forever, but I still drink from the fountain of youth. Just in case.
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10.01.2007, 07:07 AM	#10
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Radio Nowhere is a great song. Never thought of the Ramones but yeah, you're kind of right. Then again, so far as I can remember, Hungry Heart was originally written for The Ramones, so maybe the link isn't that strange at all. Either way, I'm gonna be walking straight past Thurston's new album to buy it today.
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SynthethicalY invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 7,408	I don't like him, but can tolerate the music.
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Norma J invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orstralia Posts: 4,917	Born to Run is a cool album. __________________ I want girls with new-wave hair-doos
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atari 2600 invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 8,212	The last album of his that I really like is The Ghost of Tom Joad, which was without the E. Street Band. He and the E. Street Band played for like three to four hours this week for NBC's Today show. The broadcast kept cutting to them every so often for a song or two. One of the new ones that aired in its entirety was "Long Walk Home," and it was pretty good. Magic track-by-track with related links Their performance of "Kitty's Back" on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in '02
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10.01.2007, 08:54 PM	#16
demonrail666 invito al cielo Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18,510	Listening to Magic right now. It's a Bruce Springsteen album, that's for sure. Consequently, he wont be losing any die hard fans with this, although he probably won't be gaining any new ones either.
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5Against1 bad moon rising Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Canastota, NY USA Posts: 147	Springsteen should have quit after Darkness On The Edge Of Town...that was his apex...imho of course.
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Dead-Air invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland OR Posts: 4,300	Springsteen can write great songs, as proved by Bowie ("Saint in the City"), Patti ("Because the Night"), and Waits ("Jersey Girl"), but his originals all come off as pure cheese in my book. Occasionally if I'm in the mood for such cheese, he works as well as Manilow, who is actually a similar poetic talent. I can't think of a more wonderfully ridiculous lyric than "Outside the streets on fire in a real death waltz between what's flesh and what's fantasy/ And the poets down here don't write nothin' at all they just stand back and let it all be" Probably should have taken his own advice, but worth a laugh at the right moment. __________________ FuckBook; My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
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