looks like it'll be E Street Band shows...
http://www.nme.com/news/bruce-springsteen/30406
I want to go! :(
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I'm new to the boss
I've got Nebraska, which I like. But I quite want to get an album with a couple of his 'anthems' on. Any ideas?
Born. To. Run.
born to run
born in the u.s.a.
not
born in the usa.
yes, born inna USA...
Dude, this slab of wax holds Glory Days within it... I have spent my last two birthdays at midnight listening to that tune onna jukebox of the Holiday Cocktail Lounge in NY...
Incredible LP, but get Born To Run first, natch...
glory days is GASH
all of his pre-USA lps are 50000 times better
of COURSE its GASH...
that's what makes it so FUN, sweetheart!
Gash?
As if!
They really aren't.
he sent he wanted some
with "anthems" on them. any of his albums have more "anthems" than BITUSA?
thats still no excuse
to recommend and inferior lp!
I got born in the USA on vinyl for £1.50 the other week
worth every penny
just get the best of
ohmyfuckinggod
I nneed go
anyone got any info on this?
.
i just saw the live shows
mentioned in the London Lite. or the London Paper. one of the two. I think in December?
I said when the O2 opened
I would only go there for the Boss. Now I have to go! Wish he would do a dirtier venue but hey!
this
MUST BE DONE
found this..
This evening's "The London Paper" free sheet has a front page image of
Bruce from the last tour with a caption that reads "Bruce Is Born To
Strum At The O2".
Inside, with another photo:
"Legendary rocker Bruce Springsteen is playing a string of pre-
Christmas gigs at the O2 Arena. The shows will be some his largest
ever in London, with some 23,000 fans expected at each one... a source
close to the 57-year-old singer... said "Bruce is very excited at the
prospect. He's going to be bringing something special to London this
time."
You can view a thumbnail of the cover here: http://www.thelondonepaper.com/
but you will need to register (free) to see the article inside.
yep
that's the one i saw.
also
surely the crystal palace shows he played a few years ago were bigger?
bruce is 57?
looking good for his age!
I WANT TO GO SO BAD
bet there on
when im in austrailia
dam you!
So no news
on when tickets might go on sale?
alas,
no
I would go
But I've decided I don't ever want to step in the O2 again. I did it for Prince, and he made it worth it. I'm not doing it again for no one.
not even the boss
^this
can you imagine how shit White Strpes will be there?
but
this is The Boss. he will play for 3 hours. he will be ace.
i feel sick thinking about it
i think this is the first time i've been glad to be an o2 customer
presale tickets for meeee
true dat...
my woman's also on o2...
Inna words of Joliver: Appy Days...
me too!
do you have to register??
so
you'll get me one, right? right?
riiiiiiiiiight
no, i don't think so
i've never done it before but you might get a text, or visiting the o2 website should do it...
Totally
That's going to be awful. I pity those paying £40odd for that, I really do. They have no idea.
the reports I've heard are that
the sound and views are really good in the O2, no?
I thought it was alright,
as huge venues go. Better than Earls Court.
It's the first massive venue
I've ever been to to be honest, so i don't have any comparisons. It's just not that nice.
Tom's right, it's definitely better than cunting Earl's Court
and I'd have said better than Wembley Arena too.
*shrugs*
oh yeah it's the best of a bad bunch
for sure, and the sound was great.
I just hated being seated for any gig really.
Scrolling tube updates on the walls too = tak!
everyone was stood up at the night I went to
I thought the venue was well organised too.
Yeah, twas well organised etc etcq
But it just felt slightly wrong to me. Like watching a football game in a shiny new flatpack stadium with no soul. I just like the smaller places. It was good for what it was, I suppose. I just don't like £6 sandwiches and escalators to get in and comfy seats and Credit Suisse sponsorship logos and things at gigs really. Hmm.
And you can text your friends on that if you're with O2
but I didn't know the number.
I really meant to bring my mum's binoculars to the Prince gig.
From google
Although he objects to it, Bruce Springsteen is often referred to as "The Boss". Why do people call him that? Well, according to the man himself, this originates back in the days of "The Student Prince", a club the band played in the 1960s: he was the man who got the money for the gigs and then paid out the band members.
In the years that followed many fans have adopted this nickname. Even in 1999, when he toured with his band again, many publicists and tour promoters used the slogan: "The Boss is Back."
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I really don't get why people think so much of him, though.
that's because
you're a momo.
Shut up, dickwad!
He's right though
You're a massive, massive dangler.
Seriously
I've obviously heard tracks like Born to Run and Born in the USA, Dancing in the Dark and I don't see why people go mad over him like they do.
If you started a thread like this about Mark Knopfler it would have 0 replies apart from comedy ones, but they both do AOR.
And for the record I don't hate Dire Straits either...I just don't find that sort of thing particularly exciting. Given the nature of the taste of people here it baffles me that others do.
* secret garden - best song ever
also
i <3 dire straits
I actually think the first two dire straits albums are great
after that it's very much a case of avoiding Brothers in Arms as much as possible and picking and choosing...
Because
Springsteen is so much more than a MOR guy.
Listen to Darkness on the Edge of Town, or Nebraska or The Ghost of Tom Joad.
you havent heard
his good lps. sorry. momo.
I haven't heard his LPs full stop
I've only heard tracks. Nothing has made me want to check him out.
MOMO
p.s.
what is a momo?
.
http://www.drownedinsound.com/user/view/1570
I think you mean
http://www.drownedinsound.com/user/view/13947
Momo.
oh touche
i may have to do this
It was AMAZING.
They even played Santa Claus Is Coming To Town at the end, while wearing Santa hats.
Best gig I've ever been to.
Ah man
I would have loved to have been there.....although I am going to see him at the Nu Camp in Barcelona next July....get in!