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Post by kool on Jan 25, 2007 22:54:03 GMT -5
Cool! Thanks! I'll download it once I'm done uploading DD.  |
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Post by Kensterberg on Jan 25, 2007 23:04:53 GMT -5
Darkness (1978) is well, dark. Lots of guitar, very moody. If I were gonna recommend anything by Bruuuuuce to Mary, it would be this album (and Nebraska, of course). It's also got a couple of great big messianic numbers (Badlands, The Promised Land) that practically define the words "rock anthem."
The E Street Shuffle (1973) is a much earlier version of Bruce, and it's wordier, more meandering, and much more obviously soul and r&b based. Parts of this are awfully close to Van Morrison, in a good way, and Bob Ferdman (don't know if you remember him from RS) used to say that Counting Crows reminded him more than a bit of this phase of Bruce's career. Rosalita used to be one of the numbers that Bruce would use to wrap up his marathon shows (right before a cover of Twist and Shout or something similar), and it's definitely worthy of its legendary status.
Do you have Born to Run? It fits right in between these records, chronologically, artistically and thematically. The River is the capstone on this stretch of Bruce's career. I'll try to get that one to you next (and it contains one of Bruce's best singles, Hungry Heart, which he'd originally wanted to give to the Ramones until Jon Landau told him to stop giving away all his most accesible songs -- Fire to the Pointer Sisters, Because the Night to Patti Smith, etc.).
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Post by kool on Jan 25, 2007 23:14:43 GMT -5
The only Bruce I have is Tunnel Of Love, which I actually like quite a bit, and a download of Born In The USA. "Hungry Heart" is actually one of my favourite Bruce songs. How did he give "Because the Night" to Patti Smith? I have that Patti album and if I recall correctly, she's credited as co-writer. Unless of course that means she just took Bruce's song and changed the lyrics a little bit. I had no idea "Fire" by the Pointer Sisters was actually written by Bruce. That's actually kinda funny. That would be like Neil Finn writing a song for Beyonce. |
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Post by kool on Jan 25, 2007 23:51:27 GMT -5
Duran Duran's Greatest Hits tracklist: 1. Planet Earth 2. Girls On Film 3. Hungry Like The Wolf 4. Rio 5. Save A Prayer 6. Is There Something I should Know 7. Union of the Snake 8. The Reflex 9. New Moon On Monday 10. A View To A Kill 11. Wild Boys 12. Skin Trade 13. Notorious 14. All She Wants Is 15. I Don't Want Your Love 16. Come Undone 17. Ordinary World download.yousendit.com/6223FDF16235F24014 of these songs are from their first GH collection, "Decade" from 1989. "Ordinary World" and "Come Undone" hadn't come out yet, so that's why I've added them here, along with "New Moon On Monday" which was, for some reason omitted from the album. This is actually a better collection than the more recent Greatest Hits they released a few years back. A friend of mine has that, and some of the songs are badly edited single versions. These are all the original versions here. |
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Post by kool on Jan 26, 2007 8:56:08 GMT -5
 T.Rex - TanxI thought I'd upload Tanx too. This album, along with The Slider and Electric Warrior is all the T.Rex you need. This is a remastered version, with 6 bonus tracks, 2 of which are IMO the best songs Marc Bolan wrote. "Children Of The Revolution" and "20th Century Boy". www.yousendit.com/transfer.php?action=download&ufid=7257A96C166160A3 |
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Post by Kensterberg on Jan 26, 2007 10:36:02 GMT -5
Kool - Bruce had pretty much finished Because the Night when he gave it to Patti Smith. She changed the words to the chorus and added a completely different last verse, as I recall. When Bruce plays it in concert he never sings her changes. I'll have to remember to check copy of Live '75-'85 to see if the credit is Springsteen/Smith or just Springsteen. I much prefer Bruce's rendition, but I don't think I've ever heard a Patti Smith song that I've really liked.
Yeah, Bruce gave away a bunch of great songs in the late seventies ... Fire to the Pointer Sisters is probably the best example, but he and Steve Van Zandt also did a bunch of stuff with Southside Johnny and the Jukes, doing production and writing material for them, and he gave Pink Cadillac to Natalie Cole in the eighties, which became one of her biggest hits. And of course, Manfred Mann had their last big hit with a cover of Blinded By the Light. Bruce could actually release a pretty fair "greatest hits" of his songs that scored for others.
And he seriously was going to give Hungry Heart to the Ramones! Landau told him that the album really needed the song and basically that if he wanted to become a really big star he needed to start having hits under his own name instead of via other performers, or some such. Remember that at this point Bruce had sold quite a few albums, but he hadn't really made much of an impact on the singles charts, and his popularity was really centered in the northeast.
OK, I've probably bored everyone with enough Springsteen trivia for this morning ... I'll have some more stuff up here d/l later today.
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Post by Mary on Jan 26, 2007 11:04:22 GMT -5
Kool, you're awesome!!! Thanks so much for uploading all that stuff. I grabbed the Throwing Muses and the Human League last night, and I'm definitely grabbing Duran Duran. I'm always up for some good 80s nostalgia. Although I do have to confess I didn't really enjoy Human League as much as I anticipated. I have a few very early Human League tracks, from their less poppy, more experimental days, and I guess I got attached to that version of their sound. But the Throwing Muses are awesome!!! Seriously, this is one band who completely passed me by, but fuck, what an addictive and catchy band. Loving it. If there's anything I can shoot your way, do let me know - I promise it will sound nothing like Diamanda Cheers, M |
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Post by phil on Jan 26, 2007 11:19:09 GMT -5
If there's anything I can shoot your way, do let me know
- I promise it will sound nothing like Diamanda
Leonard Cohen ... ? ;D ?
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Post by Fuzznuts on Jan 26, 2007 11:20:15 GMT -5
Mary, did you get the Drive-By Truckers yet?
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Post by Kensterberg on Jan 26, 2007 11:35:10 GMT -5
I've got Decoration Day zipped and ready to upload now for M.
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Post by Kensterberg on Jan 26, 2007 11:38:36 GMT -5
I'm uploading Decoration Day (DBT) right now ... should be up in about half an hour or so.
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Post by Fuzznuts on Jan 26, 2007 11:47:19 GMT -5
I sent her Southern Rock Opera the other day. I figured that one is them at their purest essence, and the most "southern."
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Post by Kensterberg on Jan 26, 2007 11:51:48 GMT -5
I don't think you can go wrong with Decoration Day, Southern Rock Opera, or The Dirty South. Just brilliant stuff, and so evocative.
I think I'm gonna get some Jim Beam, sit on the back porch getting drunk, and blast that stuff out into the yard this weekend. Makes me wanna go hang out with my redneck brothers (seriously, I've got two brothers who definitely qualify!).
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Post by Fuzznuts on Jan 26, 2007 11:53:50 GMT -5
What about the live stuff I sent you and bowiglou?
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Post by Kensterberg on Jan 26, 2007 12:00:19 GMT -5
I've only had a chance to listen to part of that concert. They definitely deliver the goods, though.
Speaking of that ... for some reason the track sequence is all screwed up. Could you post or send me the proper running order? I know that beggars can't be choosers and all that, but ...
In the short time that I've become acquanted with DBT, I've got to admit that they've impressed the hell out of me. They're on that short list of bands who merit consideration as the best working right now ... hell, based on those last three albums, it's getting harder for me to argue that they're not the best band of this decade.
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