Red Mosquito

lecherouslittlestump wrote:How would you rank Bruce's 80s output?

Me:

Tunnel of Love
Nebraska
The River
Born In The USA

Born in the USA
Nebraska
The River
Tunnel of Love

Monkey_Driven wrote:

lecherouslittlestump wrote:How would you rank Bruce's 80s output?

Me:

Tunnel of Love
Nebraska
The River
Born In The USA

Born in the USA
Nebraska
The River
Tunnel of Love

And, now his 20s output:
1. Seven O'Clock

stip wrote:

stip wrote:it struck me this morning that lyrically and sonically this is an inversion of sleight of hand

I want to draw attention back to my brilliant observation that no one has talked about.

I said to a PJ friend offline that it's Unemployable with Trump as the main character. At least that second(?) verse. Haven't tried to figure out all the lyrics yet.

Jaeti wrote:

stip wrote:

stip wrote:it struck me this morning that lyrically and sonically this is an inversion of sleight of hand

I want to draw attention back to my brilliant observation that no one has talked about.

I said to a PJ friend offline that it's Unemployable with Trump as the main character. At least that second(?) verse. Haven't tried to figure out all the lyrics yet.

But yours is better.

I don't like Springsteen (who knew!) but I liked this song a lot on my first (and so far only) listen, including Ed's vocal delivery.

stip wrote:

stip wrote:it struck me this morning that lyrically and sonically this is an inversion of sleight of hand

I want to draw attention back to my brilliant observation that no one has talked about.

I have no idea what you mean by that.

Oh hm. I like this. I think this one is going to grow on me a lot. But I'm only two minutes in so let's see where it goes.

Count me as another one who thinks the verses are the highlight. Chorus is alright, but the verses I really like.

I'm not sure this needed to be the longest song on the album. I agree with whoever said the climax is sort of underwritten. But I think the verses are great. The ending few minutes remind me of ...OH GOD EDDIE IS HEE'ING

...Anyway, I dont really like the ending very much.

mikejasond wrote:I'm not sure this needed to be the longest song on the album. I agree with whoever said the climax is sort of underwritten. But I think the verses are great. The ending few minutes remind me of ...OH GOD EDDIE IS HEE'ING

...Anyway, I dont really like the ending very much.

both opinions were me!

I'm not sure everything but the verses is actually bad, or whether the verses are so good nothing was worthy of following them

still, let's just call it a flawed masterpiece

This is the best song on the album, folks.

sweeper wrote:This is the best song on the album, folks.

My favourite right now as well. The verses are amazing. Reminds me Springsteen - downbound train or cross my heart? Can't put my finger on the song but it's definitely Springsteen.

Love it.

SJM wrote:

sweeper wrote:This is the best song on the album, folks.

My favourite right now as well. The verses are amazing. Reminds me Springsteen - downbound train or cross my heart? Can't put my finger on the song but it's definitely Springsteen.

Love it.

Or maybe something off the rising? This album reminds me of the Rising actually. Not musically, but a big thematic statement linked to a major life event.

You fuckers better stop insulting Springsteen with these extremely wrong comparisons

LoathedVermin72 wrote:You fuckers better stop insulting Springsteen with these extremely wrong comparisons

Come on now, DotC is the same as 57 channels - can't you hear it?

PHATJ wrote:

stip wrote:

stip wrote:it struck me this morning that lyrically and sonically this is an inversion of sleight of hand

I want to draw attention back to my brilliant observation that no one has talked about.

I have no idea what you mean by that.

I had an 8 hour zoom meeting today so I'm fried and don't have it in me to elaborate, but they seem like musical and thematic inversions of each other. SoH is tight and cold and claustrophobic. Seven OClock is warm and open. SoH is about giving up on your dreams and the possibility that things might get better. Seven O Clock spends the whole song explicitly rejecting that perspective - it literally puts it to bed

3 listens on this one, and the last one with decent headphones.

Really growing. Ed’s great here, well until the “heeee, heeeahh”

SJM wrote:

sweeper wrote:This is the best song on the album, folks.

My favourite right now as well. The verses are amazing. Reminds me Springsteen - downbound train or cross my heart? Can't put my finger on the song but it's definitely Springsteen.

Love it.

I might agree, but the Trump references hold it back. It’s like the dream world of the song is broken by a real-world reference. Same thing with the government references in River Cross. Still really like both of them though.

The Alright -> Seven O'Clock combination had me nearly tearing up. It's really speaking to me.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:You fuckers better stop insulting Springsteen with these extremely wrong comparisons

have you ever heard a Springsteen song before? Those first few verses are mimicking his cadences (and even his lyrical styling) as surely as DotC is doing the same with David Byrne