when too much bruce is never enough

[Ken Gargett]

woohoo!

i know Rob will be over the moon - think of how much bruce S we now will have for the video reviews.

Just discovered that there will be a release of 15 CDs from the 1978 Darkness tour around the States. No doubt a reasonable amount of doubling up but woohoo! The release will be around December 18.

The crazy part – and as far as I am aware, it is only through amazon UK, not in the States – is that the cost of the 15 CDs will be, including postage to Australia, just under $35. Total. Not each.

They can do a lot of doubling up for that. I think I paid more just for the 78 Cleveland concert – which is part of this and some of the greatest Bruce imaginable.

And they have packaged up his first 7 albums into the collection (also below) and that is up for 15 pounds.

woohoo indeed!

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The Complete 1978 Radio Broadcasts ( 15 CD Box Set) Box set

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band (Artist) Format: Audio CD

Price:

£14.99

This title will be released on December 18, 2015.

Bruce Springsteen - The Collection, 1973 -1984 Box set

[Jeremy Festa]

I used to think Bruce Springsteen and Sting were the same person. As in Bruce Springsting.

My girlfriend at the time, now wife, thought this was absolutely hilarious, and still tells people to this day. Just to ridicule and embarrass me. The only reason I am telling you all now, is so that if and when you meet her, she doesn't have that story hanging over my head.

This confusion happened back in my ska/punk phase. I like both artists now.

Carry on.

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[Ken Gargett]

I used to think Bruce Springsteen and Sting were the same person. As in Bruce Springsting.

My girlfriend at the time, now wife, thought this was absolutely hilarious, and still tells people to this day. Just to ridicule and embarrass me. The only reason I am telling you all now, is so that if and when you meet her, she doesn't have that story hanging over my head.

This confusion happened back in my ska/punk phase. I like both artists now.

Carry on.

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speechless.

[sengjc]

How about Bruce Jenner aka Caitlyn Jenner?

[JohnS]

I thought the thread might have been about Bruce Lee or possibly Bruce Campbell, after all he's in everything you see on television these days.

[Miner]

Jer

Bruce Springsting.... Absolutely brilliant, I'm still laughing

Cheers

[OZCUBAN]

Must buy this xmas

[Ribeye]

I like Bruce Springsteen....I just wish entertainers would keep their politics private.

[gr8eman]

I used to think Bruce Springsteen and Sting were the same person. As in Bruce Springsting.

Rhymes with Loose Bedspring.

[Webbo]

Wow. Less than 10p per track from the world greatest live performer. I will be all over this like a cheap suit. Thanks for the heads up Ken.

[GTS21]

Never understood the fascination with Bruce S, just can't make myself enjoy his voice. Seems like a nice guy though

[JohnS]

Never understood the fascination with Bruce S, just can't make myself enjoy his voice. Seems like a nice guy though

I wonder if the same can be said for someone like Bob Dylan? Still, their (Springsteen and Dylan) contribution to 20th Century Popular Music is undoubted.

And in regards to voice, Mick Jagger has never been a noted singer, yet that never stopped the Rolling Stones from enjoying considerable success.

[khamy]

Can there be to much BS in this world?

[MIKA27]

Must buy this xmas

You disgust me.... It's people like you and Ken that make Bruce Springstein popular

[MIKA27]

I wonder if the same can be said for someone like Bob Dylan? Still, their (Springsteen and Dylan) contribution to 20th Century Popular Music is undoubted.

And in regards to voice, Mick Jagger has never been a noted singer, yet that never stopped the Rolling Stones from enjoying considerable success.

I'm not a fan of BS (haha! that's funny) but I'd much prefer him than Bob Dylan. People must be tripping out on LSD or worse to appreciate that guy.

[stogieluver]

I like Bruce Springsteen....I just wish entertainers would keep their politics private.

I was a huge Jimmy Buffett fan until I found out he was a Liberal supporting Obama. Just ruined my whole image of him and tainted his music with me forever. Never listen to him anymore. Same with actors. Hardly ever go to the movies anymore because I can't get past their Lib politics. Can't believe they would even think that Socialism is a viable economic model. I'll just leave it at that.

[Ken Gargett]

I'm not a fan of BS (haha! that's funny) but I'd much prefer him than Bob Dylan. People must be tripping out on LSD or worse to appreciate that guy.

seriously? dylan? made music what it is today. granted the voice may not be likely to have him the 4th tenor but the songs. wow!

[smokeyjoe01]

Ordered. Thanks KG

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[wabashcr]

That's a ridiculous amount of amazing content for such a meager price. I was born in 78, but I'm a big Springsteen fan. I've managed to get ahold of quite a few unofficial recordings (bootlegs), and for me it doesn't get any better than the Darkness tour. Audience recordings of most of those shows have been circulating for quite some time, but it will be cool to hear the better quality of the official release. Looking forward to getting my hands on this sometime.

[Ken Gargett]

That's a ridiculous amount of amazing content for such a meager price. I was born in 78, but I'm a big Springsteen fan. I've managed to get ahold of quite a few unofficial recordings (bootlegs), and for me it doesn't get any better than the Darkness tour. Audience recordings of most of those shows have been circulating for quite some time, but it will be cool to hear the better quality of the official release. Looking forward to getting my hands on this sometime.

from all of the bootlegs i've heard (right back to about when you were born!!), i'd agree, the 78 darkness tour is the greatest of all - at least i always thought that - now, i think that last tour downunder actually topped it. whichever way you go, some of the greatest music in the history of every universe!

[wabashcr]

from all of the bootlegs i've heard (right back to about when you were born!!), i'd agree, the 78 darkness tour is the greatest of all - at least i always thought that - now, i think that last tour downunder actually topped it. whichever way you go, some of the greatest music in the history of every universe!

I've been a bit out of the loop for a few years, so haven't heard anything from the Aussie tour. I knew of it, and I'm not at all surprised to hear it was amazing. I've only been to a handful of Springsteen shows, but each one was consistently great. I have great respect for artists who not only create great music, but transform it to an even greater dimension in the live setting.

[MIKA27]

Bruce Springsteen Really Did Write A Song For Harry Potter That Was Wisely Rejected

I am not saying anything bad about Bruce Springsteen. But I do think that his style, amidst all the grade-A Britishness that Harry Potter exudes, might have been a little jarring.

Speaking to BBC Radio 2’s Simon Mayo, Springsteen confirmed the longstanding rumour that he had written a song called “I’ll Stand By You Always” that was, for whatever reason, never used.”You’ll have to ask them [why],” Springsteen said in the interview. The answers lie with Warner Bros., the producers, and the directors of the films, presumably.

Springsteen also said that the song was “was pretty good.””It was a song I wrote for my eldest son,” he continued. “It was a big ballad that was very uncharacteristic of something I’d sing myself, but it was something that I thought would have fit lovely.” So, on the one hand, I’m sure it was all those things. But, on the other, Springsteen is incurably American and I’m sure there was just something about the song which just didn’t mesh well with whichever of the Harry Potter movies it was supposed to go with.

Springsteen still has hope that we’ll get to hear it, though. “At some point I’d like to get it into a children’s movie of some sort because it was a pretty lovely song,” he concluded by saying. Maybe one of those ones where a child has cancer or sees god would work.

 

[Ken Gargett]

2 hours ago, MIKA27 said:

Bruce Springsteen Really Did Write A Song For Harry Potter That Was Wisely Rejected

I am not saying anything bad about Bruce Springsteen. But I do think that his style, amidst all the grade-A Britishness that Harry Potter exudes, might have been a little jarring.

Speaking to BBC Radio 2’s Simon Mayo, Springsteen confirmed the longstanding rumour that he had written a song called “I’ll Stand By You Always” that was, for whatever reason, never used.”You’ll have to ask them [why],” Springsteen said in the interview. The answers lie with Warner Bros., the producers, and the directors of the films, presumably.

Springsteen also said that the song was “was pretty good.””It was a song I wrote for my eldest son,” he continued. “It was a big ballad that was very uncharacteristic of something I’d sing myself, but it was something that I thought would have fit lovely.” So, on the one hand, I’m sure it was all those things. But, on the other, Springsteen is incurably American and I’m sure there was just something about the song which just didn’t mesh well with whichever of the Harry Potter movies it was supposed to go with.

Springsteen still has hope that we’ll get to hear it, though. “At some point I’d like to get it into a children’s movie of some sort because it was a pretty lovely song,” he concluded by saying. Maybe one of those ones where a child has cancer or sees god would work.

 

harry potter is now dead to me.

[Hurltim]

seriously? dylan? made music what it is today. granted the voice may not be likely to have him the 4th tenor but the songs. wow!

Dylan sounds like an Oompa Loompa on mescaline. Still, one of the best songwriters of all time.

I work with a girl who's friend is a concert promoter and she got to meet Sting back stage. Apparently, he prefers to be deodorant free so she called him Stank.

So does that now make him Bruce Springstank?

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[Ken Gargett]

7 hours ago, Hurltim said:

Dylan sounds like an Oompa Loompa on mescaline. Still, one of the best songwriters of all time.

I work with a girl who's friend is a concert promoter and she got to meet Sting back stage. Apparently, he prefers to be deodorant free so she called him Stank.

So does that now make him Bruce Springstank?

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mate of mine went and stayed with sting for several days to do a big article on him and his winery. spoke very highly of him.