Wrecking Ball - Page 2

JennaG · 07 Mar 2012, 11:14

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Originally Posted by A Slice Of English

This one is about Bruce Springsteens new album so let's keep it on topic. There should be nothing about comparing Meat to Bruce in this thread. Create a new one if you want but don't muddy the waters of this one.

I'll remember that one for next time St. Springsteen is brought up in a Meat Loaf topic.

*AndyK* · 07 Mar 2012, 11:18

The mention of any artist in any thread is acceptable, as long as it's within the context of the conversational topic of that thread. Like it or not there are similarities between Meat's music and Bruce's, and also between the careers of these two (not to mention that there are many on here who are fans of both), so the comparison is bound to crop up more often than the comparison of say, Meat and One Direction ...

A Slice Of English · 07 Mar 2012, 11:38

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Originally Posted by Skybird14

I'll remember that one for next time St. Springsteen is brought up in a Meat Loaf topic.

Please do.

I created this topic to talk about Bruce's new album, not to compare the popularity of Bruce to Meat Loaf and develop things in that direction. I accept that there are certain similarities in perhaps some of their music, maybe bits of their careers but comparing the two directly is like talking about chalk to a cheesemonger.

In any event, Wrecking Ball, having listened to it through several times, is a great album and better, in my view, than Working On A Dream.

*AndyK* · 07 Mar 2012, 12:04

Wish someone would give play.com (who to be fair are usually brilliant with deliveries of new releases, just let me down this tim!) a kick to get my copy delivered, felling left out not being able to form a proper opinion!

K1ttycat · 07 Mar 2012, 15:34

My Amazon copy arrived yesterday and I'm really enjoying it.

I loved Working on a Dream, perhaps it is a bit lower-keyed, but if it wasn't for that cd I wouldn't have bought any other Springsteen ones. I was not big on him at all, despite my dh having a few of the classic album, but somehow that changed when I heard this one. Now I can't get enough and Wrecking Ball is great I think! :)

Tri.somethin · 07 Mar 2012, 19:41

I quite liked this album. Its different.

samurai7 · 07 Mar 2012, 20:07

I'm liking it

Julie in the rv mirror · 07 Mar 2012, 22:13

Quote:

Originally Posted by A Slice Of English

This one is about Bruce Springsteens new album so let's keep it on topic. There should be nothing about comparing Meat to Bruce in this thread. Create a new one if you want but don't muddy the waters of this one.

The Jimmy Fallon performances were excellent. I loved the Tom Morello solo in Death to my Hometown and the E-Street Shuffle was also fab.

"The E Street Shuffle" was the bomb, but I was very impressed with the other performances as well.

Morello was cool- people are wishing he would come on the tour, which would be amazing, but I don't see it happening. I'm sure that Nils can easily handle his parts, though.

In regards to the other discussion, I think it's an interesting topic, so I started a new thread here: http://www.mlukfc.com/forums/showthr...223#post566223

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Originally Posted by K1ttycat

My Amazon copy arrived yesterday and I'm really enjoying it.

I loved Working on a Dream, perhaps it is a bit lower-keyed, but if it wasn't for that cd I wouldn't have bought any other Springsteen ones. I was not big on him at all, despite my dh having a few of the classic album, but somehow that changed when I heard this one. Now I can't get enough and Wrecking Ball is great I think! :)

I'm glad that you're enjoying his music, but I find it interesting that it was "Working on a Dream" that changed your opinion. Lots of people (not including myself) really disliked that one. I'm curious- do you prefer the new albums to the classic ones? If so, what do you like about the new ones that you didn't find in the older albums?

glockenspiel · 08 Mar 2012, 00:44

I've splashed out 89p a time on ten tracks from 'Wrecking Ball', after investigating them all online. This includes the two extra songs on the 'special edition' are indeed, very special (and vital) ... 'Swallowed Up' puts a remarkable twist on the biblical story of Jonah and the whale. Tracks 7, 9, 11 don't quite make the grade, for me, so I haven't invested in those, and track 6 flows better if played after track 8. But aside from those quibbles, Bruce has, overall, pulled another gem out of the bag - digging into the nitty-gritty of the world after the economic crises, yet still offering homely and believable images of compassion and hope -- So similar to the response in 'The Rising' to the world after 9/11 etc, in that respect - and a worthy companion/ successor to it. Oh, and I haven't even mentioned the rich brew of instruments he's thrown in along the way ...

samurai7 · 08 Mar 2012, 03:07

I really liked Working On A Dream too btw.

snider22 · 08 Mar 2012, 04:02

Gotta say that I just ain't feeling it. Granted I've never been a huge Springsteen fan but I do enjoy some of his older work, and to me this just isn't up to par.

stretch37 · 08 Mar 2012, 04:32

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Originally Posted by snider22

Gotta say that I just ain't feeling it. Granted I've never been a huge Springsteen fan but I do enjoy some of his older work, and to me this just isn't up to par.

yeah i know what you mean

stretch37 · 08 Mar 2012, 04:34

after a couple days i got into it

its do-able

Julie in the rv mirror · 10 Mar 2012, 09:08

Bruce and the band performed tonight at the Apollo Theatre in New York for Sirius Satellite Radio's anniversary. The concert was broadcast live on Sirius, and the band sounds fantastic! They did 8 songs from the new album- there's video here:

"We Take Care of Our Own"/ "Wrecking Ball"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ojhFzOKibA

and here:

"Death to My Hometown"
http://brucespringsteen.net/

This footage is great! I have a sneaky feeling we might get a DVD or something out of this.

Oh, by way- could someone PLEASE remind this man that he is 62 years old?!

LucyK! · 10 Mar 2012, 14:54

What ya doing Bruce! I bet the venue staff were nervous as hell with him up there! What a guy, can't wait to see him this summer, though dreading the gap on the left of the stage

robgomm · 10 Mar 2012, 15:17

Gotta give him credit. Big production, big band, great instrumentation, and Bruce himself has loads of energy and enthusiasm.

Mr. Happy · 10 Mar 2012, 15:38

Thanks for the streaming link a few days ago, Julie! I had a look, but it wasn't until a day or two after and it was gone by then. So I had to wait till the album officially came out

Thanks anyway, though

After having listened to the album a few times, I really like it. I don't really have much more to add to the short paragraph I wrote before, but the stand out tracks are definitely Take Care of Our Own, Wrecking Ball and Land of Hopes and Dreams for me. Otherwise:

>Jack of All Trades and This Depression are pretty good too.
>Death to My Hometown I'm still unsure of.
>Easy Money and Shackled and Drawn sound too similar for my liking, but I really like their sort of tone

>The remaining three I don't really feel anything for yet. They may grow on me, hopefully

Thing that saddens me, though, is the lack of saxophone. It's only real appearance is on Land of Hopes and Dreams, and it's not nearly enough

Clarence will be missed

Kind of sad to think I'll never have the opportunity to see him play live

Videos above are awesome, too. Looks like these songs all work really well live, too

duke knooby · 10 Mar 2012, 21:49

if i may... FANTASTIC pictures... thats beautiful crowd interaction :)

Wario · 10 Mar 2012, 22:48

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Originally Posted by Julie in the rv mirror

Meat should do this during Took The Words over the summer this tour. would get alot of people out of their seats.

Evil One · 10 Mar 2012, 22:51

Especially the people beneath him.

duke knooby · 11 Mar 2012, 02:45

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Originally Posted by Evil One

Especially the people beneath him.

that made me smile lol

samurai7 · 11 Mar 2012, 03:06

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Originally Posted by Wario

Meat should do this during Took The Words over the summer this tour. would get alot of people out of their seats.

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Originally Posted by Evil One

Especially the people beneath him.

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Originally Posted by duke knooby

that made me smile lol

Julie in the rv mirror · 11 Mar 2012, 05:10

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Originally Posted by Lucy!

What ya doing Bruce! I bet the venue staff were nervous as hell with him up there!

That's not the half- word was that during the rehearsal, he was planning to JUMP down!

The wife (thankfully) put the kabosh on that idea. lol Guess he used the ladder instead. He must give his security a heck of a time.

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Originally Posted by duke knooby

if i may... FANTASTIC pictures... thats beautiful crowd interaction :)

Thanks! I wish I could say they were mine. lol

Check this out- if you look you can spot Ben Stiller, Catherine Zeta Jones and Michael Douglas, and I think Bette Midler:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIW8M...eature=channel

Clarence's nephew Jake took the sax solo. He's going on the tour- rumor is he will be playing C's sax as well.

Video of the balcony climb here (during the second song):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XwmrUVyqss

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Originally Posted by Mr. Happy

Thing that saddens me, though, is the lack of saxophone. It's only real appearance is on Land of Hopes and Dreams, and it's not nearly enough Clarence will be missed Kind of sad to think I'll never have the opportunity to see him play live.

The album's not an E Street Band record, although it is Clarence on LOHAD and "Wrecking Ball". I know what you mean about the Big Man- he will be missed.

Last night, during the band introductions, Bruce asked the crowd, "Are we missing anybody?" After the crowd responded, he then said, "The only thing I can guarantee tonight... if you're here and we're here, they're here."

So far, the new songs are sounding great, IMO. "Death to My Hometown" is becoming a favorite of mine.

Although, from last night's show, "Mansion on the Hill" was stunning, and "Thunder Road" has a slightly different arrangement- it made me cry. The second I heard the violin, the tears started. And then that sax was missing.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kd_bz_4C5q4

**Monstro** · 11 Mar 2012, 23:34

Went in at number 1
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17333542

AndrewG · 11 Mar 2012, 23:59

Awesome awesome album. By far the best album I've heard from any artist for the last 15 years or so and definitely one of my favourite Springsteen albums along with "The Rising" and his earlier work. It captures the essence of his Americana heart and soul perfectly and contains haunting celtic influences he has toyed with on several occasions (Seeger sessions band etc).

The title track, Death to my Hometown. a beautiful album version of Land of Hope and Dreams and Rocky Ground are my favourites.

The songs, instrumentation, arrangements and vocal performances are top notch for me.

Deserves to be at number 1! Definitely!

Clarence Clemons and Danny Federici would be proud.

BRING ON YOUR WRECKING BALL!

07 Mar 2012, 11:18	#27
AndyK Relentless Join Date: 21.11.2003 Location: Over the top..... seeing what's on the other side Posts: 18,694	The mention of any artist in any thread is acceptable, as long as it's within the context of the conversational topic of that thread. Like it or not there are similarities between Meat's music and Bruce's, and also between the careers of these two (not to mention that there are many on here who are fans of both), so the comparison is bound to crop up more often than the comparison of say, Meat and One Direction ...

07 Mar 2012, 12:04	#29
AndyK Relentless Join Date: 21.11.2003 Location: Over the top..... seeing what's on the other side Posts: 18,694	Wish someone would give play.com (who to be fair are usually brilliant with deliveries of new releases, just let me down this tim!) a kick to get my copy delivered, felling left out not being able to form a proper opinion!

07 Mar 2012, 15:34	#30
K1ttycat Super Loafer Join Date: 02.08.2006 Location: Orig. from Milwaukee, WI now in Cheadle Hulme,ENG for 21 years Posts: 321	My Amazon copy arrived yesterday and I'm really enjoying it. I loved Working on a Dream, perhaps it is a bit lower-keyed, but if it wasn't for that cd I wouldn't have bought any other Springsteen ones. I was not big on him at all, despite my dh having a few of the classic album, but somehow that changed when I heard this one. Now I can't get enough and Wrecking Ball is great I think! :)

07 Mar 2012, 19:41	#31
Tri.somethin Banned Join Date: 21.06.2011 Posts: 239	I quite liked this album. Its different.

07 Mar 2012, 20:07	#32
samurai7 Rock Star Join Date: 09.05.2005 Location: The future... Posts: 2,928	I'm liking it

08 Mar 2012, 00:44	#34
glockenspiel Senior Loafer Join Date: 28.08.2009 Posts: 171	I've splashed out 89p a time on ten tracks from 'Wrecking Ball', after investigating them all online. This includes the two extra songs on the 'special edition' are indeed, very special (and vital) ... 'Swallowed Up' puts a remarkable twist on the biblical story of Jonah and the whale. Tracks 7, 9, 11 don't quite make the grade, for me, so I haven't invested in those, and track 6 flows better if played after track 8. But aside from those quibbles, Bruce has, overall, pulled another gem out of the bag - digging into the nitty-gritty of the world after the economic crises, yet still offering homely and believable images of compassion and hope -- So similar to the response in 'The Rising' to the world after 9/11 etc, in that respect - and a worthy companion/ successor to it. Oh, and I haven't even mentioned the rich brew of instruments he's thrown in along the way ...

08 Mar 2012, 03:07	#35
samurai7 Rock Star Join Date: 09.05.2005 Location: The future... Posts: 2,928	I really liked Working On A Dream too btw.

08 Mar 2012, 04:02	#36
snider22 Guest Join Date: 23.11.2008 Location: Posts: 525	Gotta say that I just ain't feeling it. Granted I've never been a huge Springsteen fan but I do enjoy some of his older work, and to me this just isn't up to par.

08 Mar 2012, 04:34	#38
stretch37 Mega Loafer Join Date: 28.06.2008 Location: Posts: 2,119	after a couple days i got into it its do-able

10 Mar 2012, 09:08	#39
Julie in the rv mirror Spirit in the Night Join Date: 23.07.2008 Location: On the edge of town (in the Darkness...) Posts: 1,559	Bruce and the band performed tonight at the Apollo Theatre in New York for Sirius Satellite Radio's anniversary. The concert was broadcast live on Sirius, and the band sounds fantastic! They did 8 songs from the new album- there's video here: "We Take Care of Our Own"/ "Wrecking Ball" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ojhFzOKibA and here: "Death to My Hometown" http://brucespringsteen.net/ This footage is great! I have a sneaky feeling we might get a DVD or something out of this. Oh, by way- could someone PLEASE remind this man that he is 62 years old?!

10 Mar 2012, 14:54	#40
LucyK! The Monster Is Luce Join Date: 14.04.2002 Location: Posts: 7,547	What ya doing Bruce! I bet the venue staff were nervous as hell with him up there! What a guy, can't wait to see him this summer, though dreading the gap on the left of the stage

10 Mar 2012, 15:17	#41
robgomm Mega Loafer Join Date: 22.10.2006 Location: Hemel Hempstead, UK Posts: 1,671	Gotta give him credit. Big production, big band, great instrumentation, and Bruce himself has loads of energy and enthusiasm.

10 Mar 2012, 15:38	#42
Mr. Happy Guest Join Date: 13.02.2010 Location: Posts: 736	Thanks for the streaming link a few days ago, Julie! I had a look, but it wasn't until a day or two after and it was gone by then. So I had to wait till the album officially came out Thanks anyway, though After having listened to the album a few times, I really like it. I don't really have much more to add to the short paragraph I wrote before, but the stand out tracks are definitely Take Care of Our Own, Wrecking Ball and Land of Hopes and Dreams for me. Otherwise: >Jack of All Trades and This Depression are pretty good too. >Death to My Hometown I'm still unsure of. >Easy Money and Shackled and Drawn sound too similar for my liking, but I really like their sort of tone >The remaining three I don't really feel anything for yet. They may grow on me, hopefully Thing that saddens me, though, is the lack of saxophone. It's only real appearance is on Land of Hopes and Dreams, and it's not nearly enough Clarence will be missed Kind of sad to think I'll never have the opportunity to see him play live Videos above are awesome, too. Looks like these songs all work really well live, too

10 Mar 2012, 21:49	#43
duke knooby Mega Loafer Join Date: 24.06.2005 Location: belfast Posts: 17,884	if i may... FANTASTIC pictures... thats beautiful crowd interaction :)

10 Mar 2012, 22:51	#45
Evil One Mega Loafer Join Date: 15.01.2007 Posts: 5,192	Especially the people beneath him.

11 Mar 2012, 23:34	#49
Monstro Promoted to Wario's spellchecker Join Date: 17.09.2005 Location: London Posts: 12,946	Went in at number 1 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-17333542

11 Mar 2012, 23:59	#50
AndrewG I hope your salmon sucks! Join Date: 18.01.2004 Location: Northamptonshire Posts: 7,077	Awesome awesome album. By far the best album I've heard from any artist for the last 15 years or so and definitely one of my favourite Springsteen albums along with "The Rising" and his earlier work. It captures the essence of his Americana heart and soul perfectly and contains haunting celtic influences he has toyed with on several occasions (Seeger sessions band etc). The title track, Death to my Hometown. a beautiful album version of Land of Hope and Dreams and Rocky Ground are my favourites. The songs, instrumentation, arrangements and vocal performances are top notch for me. Deserves to be at number 1! Definitely! Clarence Clemons and Danny Federici would be proud. BRING ON YOUR WRECKING BALL!