Ahahahaha, yes. It got mindnumbing after a few listens to me :lol: I do think This Is Your Sword is a pretty good song, but it hasn't grown on me yet. It sounds like a not-quite-so-good version of American Land, to my ears. I'm sure I'll like it much more after a few more listens.

I agree with all of this :up: :D

Pre-ordered mine today - complete with Born in the USA DVD from my 1st Bruce concert!

I preordered the set, too; I'm going to get the vinyl as well. How cool that you get a DVD as a souvenir of your first show! :-)

Lol Yeah, it is rather repetitive, but I have always been a "music first" person, and this song just grabbed me- can't explain it. It has me dancing. :-) (reminds me of one of my all-time faves- Miss Me Blind) I think it's going to be tremendous live.:cool:

This Is Your Sword does sound like something from the Seeger Sessions (would have fit on Wrecking Ball), and I'm pretty tired of American Land, so maybe that's why I'm not so big on the tune. Lots of people seem to like it, though.

Done

If anybody's still waiting to hear it, the album will be streaming starting this Sunday night: http://www.cbs.com/shows/the_good_wi..._wife/1001731/

The stream has gone live: :cool:

http://www.cbs.com/shows/the_good_wife/springsteen

For UK fans you can listen here:

http://www.theguardian.com/music/mus...s-album-stream

thanking you

I had low hopes for High Hopes but some of it is really good I have to say. Love the studio version of American Skin, in fact it's excellent, maybe it should have been the title and opening track. Frankie Fell in Love is great fun. Just Like Fire Would sounds like it's an outtake from the late 70s. New Tom Joad version is great and I prefer it. Dream Baby Dream was always good. Hate Harry's Place. Awful. Sorry.

Dream Baby Dream kind of puts me to sleep. :zzz: ;)

Harry's Place has some cool lyrics:

Your blood and money spit-shines Harry's crown...

I love Dream Baby Dream. I found myself singing it on my fitness test for the RAF.... I got a few funny looks from the corporals.

Mines in the post!

So is mine. But I was sent an amazon download code by email last night so gave it a run this morning. Not sure if it's the near 6 hour drive I endured this morning but I wasn't vastly impressed on first listen. The title track is ok and Tom Joad and 41 Shots are reasonable studio versions of songs that I've really enjoyed hearing live plenty of times (especially Tom Joad). Franklie Fell In Love is the only other really memorable track right now... London to Liverpool tomorrow so that'd a few more listens to judge it.

It's here, Born in the USA time!

I have my DVD on now- Downbound Train just ended. I freaking love that song! :-)

The audio mix on this thing is outstanding. :cool: :up:

No Surrender now...:-)

I'm Going Down...Jake killing the sax solo! :cool:

Bruce's vocals are fantastic thus far. :-)

My hometown is my highlight. Amazing song with the sunset just superb.

Live versions from the Jimmy Fallon show the other night:

Heaven's Wall:
http://vimeo.com/84362492

High Hopes:
http://vimeo.com/84362680

10th uk no.1 album for mr springsteen it would appear

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-25802202

*Lead balloon warning*

Bored. Bored, bored out of my mind!

Radio 2 had High Hopes as Album Of The Week before it was released (they play one song each day from an upcoming album) and not one of them excited me, I was at work so not properly listening but they really didn't grab me at all.

Now got the album and sorry to say the boredom hasn't improved! I found almost every song to be completely lifeless, and on a good selection of them I can sing other Bruce songs over the top as they're re-works of existing songs.

I can only hope that the tour ends up being like the Working On A Dream tour, during which Bruce dropped I think all but one songs from the album and went back to just playing songs and requests from his back catalogue.

Sorry Bruce :(

Technically, they play two! If you listen to the Alex Lester show he plays one and then they play a different one later. However, over the course of the week, both shows play the same five. Nitpicking, but worth mentioning. Ok, it wasn't worth it. :-)

But, judging by your comments, one would have been plenty.

Sorry you feel that way, Lucy, but I don't agree. (Except for Dream Baby Dream)

Yes, some of the songs are re-worked (Joad, 41 Shots), but of the ones we haven't heard before, I think there are some really good lyrics. Maybe because I love The Rising so much, but I really like Down in the Hole, Frankie Fell in Love is fun, and I love Heaven's Wall.

I guess we'll be seeing very soon how the new tunes work out live.

I wasn't really crazy about the Dream tour (though I saw a couple of amazing shows near the end of the tour) compared to the Magic tour. The requests were fun, but I think the dedicated section in the middle of the show kind of disrupted the flow; I liked it better on the WB tour when he just picked one here and there. The last tour where I really loved the new songs was Magic.

As much as I love the shows, I'm ready for something new.

8 minute Video from Dutch News about Bruce in Africa:

http://nos.nl/video/606376-bruce-spr...uidafrika.html

Partial in Dutch and English.

I found this thread while I was looking for something else, and I thought it might be interesting to revisit it now that we've heard most of the songs in their live incarnations. IMO, the standout song, by far, turned out to be The Wall:

YouTube Video

Having seen it live a couple of times, I can attest that it was a very moving experience, and when he followed it immediately with Born in the U.S.A., it was just a stunning two-pack.

High hopes, 41 shots and tom joad are my favourites so far. Just like fire would makes me feel happy... whether its supposed to or not.

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