tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post522876096897590518..comments2024-03-29T02:23:55.741-07:00Comments on Burning Wood: "But Maybe Everything That Dies, Someday Comes Back."Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger40125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-36349905968771416512018-01-04T07:21:22.987-08:002018-01-04T07:21:22.987-08:00Well, you and all these other people know more tha...Well, you and all these other people know more than I do. Love hearing who the chicken man was. I'm sure you know Atlantic City better, having grown up in Jersey - or gone there often - can't recall - but I've never been there in my life. Love this song - first heard it by The Band, who did do it justice. And thanks to you I have "Nebraska" which is truly great. I look forward to hearing the one recorded live in Dublin. All I can say is: who else could write "I've got debts no honest man can pay"? Having gone bankrupt, I do know what he means. Bless Bruce, the Band, and all of you. Thank you Sal.Charlie Messinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17378301036143943175noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-13026070527077413192017-01-03T21:24:55.671-08:002017-01-03T21:24:55.671-08:00I just realized this post went up in 2012!! Ha! A ...I just realized this post went up in 2012!! Ha! A classic is timeless so it never occured... By the way, January 3 is the day Eva Cassidy recorded most of the live music she's remembered for (I'm not a big fan but still. ) And it's also JRR Tolkien's birthday, though I've yet to locate any hobbit references in "Nebraska." Michael Giltzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16921048823380535339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-74407226493688690802017-01-03T21:19:30.221-08:002017-01-03T21:19:30.221-08:00PS I thought Dylan hated it because it got so much...PS I thought Dylan hated it because it got so much love. I specifically remember Dylan making a snarky comment wondering why people were going crazy -- I did that guitar and voice shit 30 years ago, is my recollection of what Dylan said. Of course, the memory is a tricky thing. Maybe he's grown to accept it over the years? That was his response at the time, I think. Still, Dylan was never a gracious legend, but gods tend not to be. <br /><br />EriePresley -- cool to think of you on your mission rocking out to Bruce! Hope it didn't get you into trouble.<br /><br />Michael Giltzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16921048823380535339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-77114087140189139232017-01-03T21:15:50.773-08:002017-01-03T21:15:50.773-08:00"Nebraska" was the very first new Spring..."Nebraska" was the very first new Springsteen album I bought (after getting "The River"), the first one I anticipated and really the first one I loved. It was a little overwhelming for me at first as a kid. But I became obsessive about it. True, "The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle" is a great album to play while driving. But ironically the super quiet "Nebraska," which seems like an album one should play in your bedroom with the blinds shut while silently weeping over the cruelty of the world, kicks ass as a driving album. I've traveled up and down the state of Florida more often that I can count and late at night I would turn to Roy Orbison's greatest hits and "Nebraska" as sure fire pick me ups. It's his greatest album, hands down, thanks to ten great songs delivered in precisely the right way. "darkness" may be a b&w noir but this is his documentary of hard times. As a response to what seemed like the colossal commercial success of "The River" (who knew he'd grow exponentially bigger with "Born In The USA"?) it's a bold and fascinating decision: this is what I'm about, he's saying. I would kill to see him in an intimate setting doing this album with minimal backing. Some day.... Thanks Sal!Michael Giltzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16921048823380535339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-68530612610247463132017-01-03T16:17:21.845-08:002017-01-03T16:17:21.845-08:00Every song on this album reads like a screenplay. ...Every song on this album reads like a screenplay. It may sound subdued but it's voice can penetrate steel.MLUXhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14988746861758501746noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-10536146266390702082012-02-08T10:47:41.888-08:002012-02-08T10:47:41.888-08:00NEBRASKA? Simply the BEST!
Greetings from ItalyNEBRASKA? Simply the BEST!<br />Greetings from ItalyGiovanni Madurininoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-79819043170527276132012-01-29T22:09:39.311-08:002012-01-29T22:09:39.311-08:00I was a Mormon missionary in Japan in 1982 when Ne...I was a Mormon missionary in Japan in 1982 when Nebraska came out. We weren't allowed to listen to any other kind of music than gospel. I snuck in a music store and bought a Sony walkman and the Nebraska cassette and would listen to it on the sly. It remains one of my all time favorites.eriepresleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-17592123998252497562012-01-07T05:24:20.802-08:002012-01-07T05:24:20.802-08:00just a late thought and not sure how you go about ...just a late thought and not sure how you go about proving it's correctness but I think there are more covers of songs off of Nebraska then any other Bruce album. Now Bruce isn't a big coverer to begin with but that must say something. I think.soundsourcehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05513218897301902518noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-81687426054237212992012-01-05T19:37:14.489-08:002012-01-05T19:37:14.489-08:00nebraska is probably only 10x better than tom joad...nebraska is probably only 10x better than tom joad. nebraska is springsteen finding things he wanted to tell us; joad is springsteen setting out things he knows we need to hear. nebraska is an album of demos; joad is an album of lessons. nebraska works on its own terms; joad needed the band to liberate the, often impressively constructed, songs from the didactic purpose of the album. nebraska is bruce springsteen human; joad is bruce springsteen person with importnat things to say. joad is the springsteen tom morello wants to be. the wonderful saving irony of live rock is that springsteen and morello's guitars gave life to the pointed simulacra of youngstown, joad, and others.big bad wolfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-3991065768275769902012-01-05T12:25:14.685-08:002012-01-05T12:25:14.685-08:00Hi,
I'm glad to see others admitting that, as...Hi,<br /><br />I'm glad to see others admitting that, as was true for me, they did not like "Nebraska" when it first came out.<br /><br />By then I had heard bootlegs of the 78 tour, and I really missed that wild and intense rock and roll music.<br /><br />Now I like Nebraska very much -- have the bootlegs with the missing songs and alternate takes -- and see where it fits with the whole story.<br /><br />Ace K.<br /><br />P.S. It is 100 times better than "Tom Joad".bglobe313https://www.blogger.com/profile/00308428545934319473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-32533578957590307972012-01-05T07:52:30.760-08:002012-01-05T07:52:30.760-08:00I've liked Bruce Springsteen since hearing him...I've liked Bruce Springsteen since hearing him at work singing Born to Run. While attending school at Indiana University 78-82, no one there I associated with liked Bruce. I've always liked his voice and the feelings he emits when he sings. He always laughs in concert and actually looks like he's having a good time. When I first heard Nebraska, I just sat there and kept playing it. I love the album and for the record, the songs and sentiment's he pours out are the ONLY ones I remember in my day to day life. The lines from 'Used Cars' and Highway Patrolman "Man turns his back on his family well he just ain't no good" and "I ain't ever gonna ride in no used car again" just pop up in my mind out of nowhere from time to time. I thank Bruce for having the courage to produce such a work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-67707934859669321892012-01-05T07:41:38.660-08:002012-01-05T07:41:38.660-08:00While I like the songs on the album, I appreciated...While I like the songs on the album, I appreciated them more once he played them with his band (sacrilege?) -- and thus when I go back to this album I actually listen to the NEBRASKA LIVE bootleg which, I am quite certain, I bought at NYCD.David Handelmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05899694860294565558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-35143815575069271122012-01-05T05:44:52.338-08:002012-01-05T05:44:52.338-08:00great post, sal. and thanks for the bobby bland re...great post, sal. and thanks for the bobby bland reminder the other day....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-48765490260957338232012-01-05T01:57:35.351-08:002012-01-05T01:57:35.351-08:00Reason To BelieveReason To BelieveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-22794259745015804512012-01-04T22:28:13.783-08:002012-01-04T22:28:13.783-08:00well, the band did end up doing atlantic city and ...well, the band did end up doing atlantic city and doing it pretty well on jericho, but it's great cause it's beautifully written, not cause it might sound like it should have been the band. cold fact: the band would never have written a lyric as hauntingly insistent as maybe everything that dies someday comes back.<br /><br />great as atlantic city is, i like nebraska as much and my favorite line is from state trooper---only thing that i've got been bothering me my whole life.big bad wolfnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-80266419240990087722012-01-04T22:27:58.428-08:002012-01-04T22:27:58.428-08:00I live in Cape Town, South Africa and a big fan of...I live in Cape Town, South Africa and a big fan of Bruce's music, especially the older stuff. His songs are universal and the stories in his songs aloso happened in "my hometown". My favourite song on Nebraska is Used Cars - about a child who is embitterded with the humiliations of poverty. We were struggeling financially and my dad used to buy old used cars. My mom used to sit in the back seat and I was in front with my dad. When I listen to that song it still makes me wanna cry.<br /><br />Greetings from AfricaHeindrichnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-87432330328930651602012-01-04T20:30:37.837-08:002012-01-04T20:30:37.837-08:00A great cover of Atlantic City is done by Levon He...A great cover of Atlantic City is done by Levon Helms (drummer and vocalist of The Band). <br /><br />It is one of the very rare situations where the cover version of Springsteen is better than the original in my opinionUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11102829339457908963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-91798975941055120772012-01-04T20:22:29.342-08:002012-01-04T20:22:29.342-08:00I was at the Wild And The Innocent show the night ...I was at the Wild And The Innocent show the night before, and I cried, got chills, danced, and was moved in so many different ways ( after about 60 or so Bruce shows ) that I'm always reminded that Bruce is able to move his listeners in more ways and to more different emotions than most artists in any medium. Usually only film has this type of range, but Bruce has all of the film director's tools at his disposal. The same guy that made Nebraska sand Santa Claus is comin to Town and wrote Red Headed Woman. Humor, pathos, insight, inspiration, sensible integrity, and political wisdom. All of those of us who know what he's capable of bringing to the table are richer for it. <br />Also glad that Sal got some recognition from the official site. <br />( PS I think Meanstreets is joking, along the lines that Levon stole that song from Bruce, and while it's good, I think Bruce inhabits the feeling of that song better. Levon merely makes it a Band song. )Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-2274740778012853212012-01-04T20:11:31.356-08:002012-01-04T20:11:31.356-08:00SAL, Thanks for sharing your wonderful insight Be...SAL, Thanks for sharing your wonderful insight Being a Springsteen fan from early days, NEBRASKA does rate up there in my book. Was at the River concert at MSG and thought Atlantic City was a wonderful addition to the songlist. Best of all so HAPPY CHRIS had the chance to rock it to the song she so anticipated !!!FRANCIEnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-23094718357754204682012-01-04T16:51:37.694-08:002012-01-04T16:51:37.694-08:00BTW, I'm not quite sure what Meanstreet's ...BTW, I'm not quite sure what Meanstreet's point is in relation to your post.<br /><br />Doesn't change the power of the song, most music came from somewhere else.<br /><br />If MS doesn't like it, fair enough, but the comment seems a tad petty.Anything Should Happenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05593722184088140203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-21390857480642033522012-01-04T16:47:18.654-08:002012-01-04T16:47:18.654-08:00I've come to love it more and more, I soon got...I've come to love it more and more, I soon got sick of Born In The USA and reverted to Nebraska even more.<br /><br />After a clunky decade after Born In The USA, I returned to the Boss and this.<br /><br />I am a big Springsteen fan and acknowledge The Wild as a fantastic album, but if I'm honest I feel much more when I listen to Nebraska or his first two albums.Anything Should Happenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05593722184088140203noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-29748020986885619742012-01-04T16:39:44.319-08:002012-01-04T16:39:44.319-08:00I've seen Bruce many time over the years and h...I've seen Bruce many time over the years and he very rarely fails to deliver anything less than amazing performances (I tend to gush about the Boss). The River show was special, but for my money the night before was better. E. Street Shuffle in its entirety was really great, but what got me was Human Touch. The albums was my least favorite over the years but I love, love ,love that song. I hadn't heardbitlive since 93 so that was a huge treat.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-60780188025364548482012-01-04T14:42:40.688-08:002012-01-04T14:42:40.688-08:00Bruce is my favorite Rock & Roll act, period. ...Bruce is my favorite Rock & Roll act, period. I have about 60 bootlegs, and my favorite era for his music is 1973 - 1978.<br /><br />I HATED Nebraska first time I heard it back in '82. I remember Johnny Cash recorded Johnny 99. Anyway, I wanted something along the lines of Darkness On The Edge of Town. <br /><br />Caught up with Bruce and the ESB on the Magic tour when they came to Seattle, where he played Reason To Believe and it was the highlight of the show.<br /><br />For the record, favorite Bruce song of all time: Live 1978 "Prove It All Night" with the piano intro and scorching guitar solo. Still gives me goosebumps.<br /><br />Outstanding blog you have here, sir.The Patmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11274267832697200197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-34177302294622224352012-01-04T14:02:52.071-08:002012-01-04T14:02:52.071-08:00Recently got myself a vintage ATLANTIC CITY charm ...Recently got myself a vintage ATLANTIC CITY charm bracelet and for sure I will be wearing it when Bruce Springsteen plays at the Roskilde Festival in Denmark in July !! Love the song. :-)jane joensenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14255271891247899473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4357001616333664522.post-23858008475844330002012-01-04T13:57:51.236-08:002012-01-04T13:57:51.236-08:00Iwould like to give a mention to "Highway Pat...Iwould like to give a mention to "Highway Patrolman":<br /><br />Me and Frankie laughin' and drinkin',<br />Nothin' feels better than blood on blood<br />Takin' turns dancin' with Maria<br />As the band played "Night of the Johnstown Flood"<br />I catch him when he's strayin' like any brother would<br />Man turns his back on his family well he just ain't no goodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com