Chasing Some Mirage: The Boss Tourney. LMS & Born To Run win

[epilogue]

Rocky Ground is the one I haven't really liked so far.

[Higgs]

LMS
Bugs

Sorry, can't do a write up on this one, no time, except to say that Backstreets, Thunder Road and Racing in the Streets are some top top shelf stuff.

[bada]

LMS
Bugs

[LetMeSleep]

We're about 15-16 votes in. I'll close this round in a few hours.

[darth_vedder]

Where the fuck is KD? I was expecting an in depth analysis of my team and that fucker has gone MIA. I'm glad I didn't vote for that guy's team!

[LetMeSleep]

Backstreets is phenomenal and doesn't need anymore praise. Darkness grows on me more and more with every year. Nebraska is top notch while Independence Day has taken on a special meaning since having a son. I always thought it was a two way conversation with the father speaking verse 2 and I loved hearing it that way (a 1980 version proves this incorrect unfortunately).
You're Missing was the song that made me a bit of a Bruce tragic. That song is so moving. Last To Die is essential Magic and the whole back half of that album play of each other so strongly it wouldn't be the same without each piece. Factory is Bruce through and through before it was cliche. This song like You're Missing is honed and striped of all fat. Save My Love is perfect radio pop, and second only to Ain't Good Enough.

KD has two must have tracks to start off. I prefer Racing 78 but I understand how the released version works better for the album. JCage and City are both aces as well. Sandy is nice but maybe too nice. Sherry is good pop. Brothers is pretty great too.

Good team KD but I'll give it to me.

[LetMeSleep]

Scott has half a team of tracks that I adore, a few I could do with never hearing again. Rocky Ground was a nice attempt but it's not a favourite of mine. TR is just about the best track he's ever written (or one of the ten best), This Hard Land, Long Walk Home and Land Of H+D are top notch too. I nearly took Devils and Dust but opted for one acoustic track in the end. Great character on this team.

Bugs has a few I'm not too keen on either. I'm so sick of Sunny Day that it's my piss break song. Galveston Bay reads better than it is too. Prove It and Something are top shelf and Hometown and Long Time are really good too.

I'll give this to Scott but it was mighty close.

[LetMeSleep]

This round closing in ten minutes or so.

[LetMeSleep]

End of round 1C - 16 votes

LMS 12-4

Bugs 12-4

[LetMeSleep]

Round 1d
DcT
10. Glory Days
23. Because the Night
42. New York Serenade
55. Night
74. Incident on 57th Street
87. The Rising
106. Shut Out The Light
119. Tougher Than The Rest

vs

TremorJ/SPENNO
16. Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
17. Downbound Train
48. Wreck On The Highway
49. For You
80. Meeting Across The River
81. Lucky Town
112. Loose Ends
113. Walk Like A Man

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Wease
5. Cover Me
28. Secret Garden
37. The Ghost of Tom Joad
60. Fire
69. It's Hard To Be A Saint in The City
92. If I Should Fall Behind
101. Blinded By The Light
124. War

vs

Kreng
3. Lost In The Flood
30. Adam Raised A Cain
35. Stolen Car
62. Worlds Apart
67. American Skin (41 Shots)
94. Youngstown
99. Mansion On The Hill
126. Part Man Part Monkey

[bada]

DcT
Wease

[bada]

Darth
Lv

Did you just vote against your own team??

I was on vacation with the family in Disney, wasn't familiar with a bunch of your selections and couldn't really listen. Felt wrong to vote against songs I didn't know. The writing was on the wall anyways.

[wease]

DcT
Wease

[Monkey_Driven]

DcT
Kreng

[kreng]

Dct
Me, though wease has a hell of a team too

[stip]

DcT
Wease

[evenslow]

As much as I want to vote for #1 Bruce Superfan Spenno (wasn't "Springsteen & I" about him?), I'm gonna have to give my vote to Joseph here. I wouldn't have taken Glory Days that high but then again I wasn't a big baseball player back in high school. I think Because the Night is a little overrated but, okay. I'm realizing this isn't a ringing endorsement but the rest of the team is solid.

[evenslow]

5 is way too high for Cover Me but I like it. Bruce doesn't often sound tender but he does on Secret Garden . Not a big Joad guy so...

... I'm going with kreng on this one. Adam Raised a Cain is where balls meet the wall and the other choices are a notch above wease for me.

[i got bugs]

Dct
Kreng

[i got bugs]

Btw, I like the rage joad better than bruces, sometimes I think it's the greatest cover song ever