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Re: Chasing Some Mirage: The Springsteen Tourney - Joey
Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 2:49 pm
by LetMeSleep
TremorJam wrote:LetMeSleep wrote:Still a place up for grabs if someone wants in.
Is this spot still open? I thought I was going to be in already, but didn't see my name on the line up for picks..
You're in.
Re: Chasing Some Mirage: The Springsteen Tourney - Joey
Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 2:55 pm
by TremorJam
LetMeSleep wrote:TremorJam wrote:LetMeSleep wrote:Still a place up for grabs if someone wants in.
Is this spot still open? I thought I was going to be in already, but didn't see my name on the line up for picks..
You're in.
I've been brushing up on my Bruce..
Re: Chasing Some Mirage: The Springsteen Tourney - Joey
Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 3:00 pm
by Monkey_Driven
Kevin Davis wrote:DV - I think "Darkness" is light years better than "Born to Run," as are "E Street Shuffle" and "Nebraska." As an album, I actually don't find "Born to Run" very satisfying, even though I like most of the individual songs. The big songs all feel so singularly complete, and the little songs don't really do anything special to tie them together. Generally it's an album I reach for when I have the itch to hear one of its particular songs, as opposed to a record I can put on and get swept up in.
Darkness is the superior album no doubt.
Re: Chasing Some Mirage: The Springsteen Tourney - Joey
Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 3:34 pm
by evenslow
I'm more forgiving to BTR as an album experience than KD, but it is absolutely true that a handful of the songs stand on their own as achievements, with or without the album.
Darkness has more of a story to tell and I usually like to listen to those songs in the context of a complete album.
For me, it's a toss-up between the two - both fantastic for completely different reasons. So impressive he did them back to back.
Re: Chasing Some Mirage: The Springsteen Tourney - Joey
Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 3:38 pm
by Monkey_Driven
evenslow wrote:I'm more forgiving to BTR as an album experience than KD, but it is absolutely true that a handful of the songs stand on their own as achievements, with or without the album.
Darkness has more of a story to tell and I usually like to listen to those songs in the context of a complete album.
For me, it's a toss-up between the two - both fantastic for completely different reasons. So impressive he did them back to back.
Absolutely.
Re: Chasing Some Mirage: The Springsteen Tourney - Joey
Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 3:55 pm
by evenslow
I'm getting the feeling that Joey's name is going to sit permanently in the thread title.
Re: Chasing Some Mirage: The Springsteen Tourney - Joey
Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 4:21 pm
by darth_vedder
LoathedVermin72 wrote:COME ON JOEY
Re: Chasing Some Mirage: The Springsteen Tourney - Joey
Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 4:34 pm
by Higgs
I gotta hit the hay. I've pm'd 3 picks to LMS who I think is doing night shift and is around.
Re: Chasing Some Mirage: The Springsteen Tourney - Joey
Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 8:09 pm
by i got bugs
Thought there were time limits on these things
Maybe I can pick something off his next album by round 7 or 8
Re: Chasing Some Mirage: The Springsteen Tourney - Joey
Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 8:42 pm
by Norah
amateur hour in here
Re: Chasing Some Mirage: The Springsteen Tourney - Joey
Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 9:01 pm
by doug rr
cutuphalfdead wrote:amateur hour in here
"speedball" bothers the sh*t out me..thats when I left bruce
Re: Chasing Some Mirage: The Springsteen Tourney - Joey
Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 9:28 pm
by epilogue
Glory Days
Re: Chasing Some Mirage: The Springsteen Tourney - Joey
Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 9:36 pm
by LetMeSleep
Higgs takes Streets of Philadelphia.
Re: Chasing Some Mirage: The Springsteen Tourney - Joey
Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 9:42 pm
by Kevin Davis
doug rr wrote:cutuphalfdead wrote:amateur hour in here
"speedball" bothers the sh*t out me..thats when I left bruce
durdencommatyler wrote:Glory Days
This is a great 1-2 punch of posts.
I'd hoped to grab "Glory Days" as a sleeper pick in a later round. Good call, Joey.
Re: Chasing Some Mirage: The Springsteen Tourney - Joey
Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 9:44 pm
by doug rr
haha, damnit joey
Re: Chasing Some Mirage: The Springsteen Tourney - Joey
Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 10:15 pm
by epilogue
LetMeSleep wrote:Higgs takes Streets of Philadelphia.
I was thinking about this one with my next pick.
Re: Chasing Some Mirage: The Springsteen Tourney - Joey
Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 10:16 pm
by epilogue
doug rr wrote:haha, damnit joey
Re: Chasing Some Mirage: The Springsteen Tourney - Scottmusi
Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 10:23 pm
by scottmusic
I always wondered what it must have been like for someone in 1975 who sits down with the Born to Run LP for the first time and hears the opening sequence of Thunder Road. It truly is a magical piece of music and one that I've always "known" (my parents were always playing Springsteen when I was growing up) so I don't have any memory of when I first heard it. But man, I am jealous of people who get to hear this song for their first time.
So I choose Thunder Road, for which I believe is the best song he's written.
Re: Chasing Some Mirage: The Springsteen Tourney - Scottmusi
Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 10:26 pm
by LetMeSleep
It's a truly great song.
Re: Chasing Some Mirage: The Springsteen Tourney - Joey
Posted: Wed May 17, 2017 10:40 pm
by wease
durdencommatyler wrote:Glory Days
I was going between it and Cover Me.
You ignorant slut.