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LoathedVermin72 wrote:The Wild, the Innocent... is the one album I just can't get into. It sounds like a total mess to my ears; the production does not pull all the disparate instrumentation into a cohesive whole like on Born to Run.

Rosalita!

Lament wrote:Born to Run has always been behind Nebraska and Darkness for me. All three are very close to perfect in my eyes though.

I pretty much concur with you Matt. Darkness is the one for me though. Very clear favourite.

LoathedVermin72 wrote:The Wild, the Innocent... is the one album I just can't get into. It sounds like a total mess to my ears; the production does not pull all the disparate instrumentation into a cohesive whole like on Born to Run.

The Wild, The Innocent...is the "classic" Bruce album it took me the longest to get into by far. For years I just thought it was a mess as well, and I actually preferred Greetings to it. Then one night I got really sucked in listening to the last three songs on it, and it just kinda "clicked" for me. Incident on 57th Street is fantastic.

Lament wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:The Wild, the Innocent... is the one album I just can't get into. It sounds like a total mess to my ears; the production does not pull all the disparate instrumentation into a cohesive whole like on Born to Run.

The Wild, The Innocent...is the "classic" Bruce album it took me the longest to get into by far. For years I just thought it was a mess as well, and I actually preferred Greetings to it. Then one night I got really sucked in listening to the last three songs on it, and it just kinda "clicked" for me. Incident on 57th Street is fantastic.

Ha, maybe that's where I am, because I vastly prefer Greetings. I think that album is pretty underrated in his discography.

LetMeSleep wrote:

Lament wrote:Born to Run has always been behind Nebraska and Darkness for me. All three are very close to perfect in my eyes though.

I pretty much concur with you Matt. Darkness is the one for me though. Very clear favourite.

Do you have the bootleg of the Winterland '79 show? I usually hate live records/bootlegs, but this is one I love. Some totally devastating versions of those songs from Darkness.


I know he's been "officially" releasing a lot of classic shows lately, but I don't think this is one he's done yet. If you want, I can try to upload it for you.

Lament wrote:

LetMeSleep wrote:

Lament wrote:Born to Run has always been behind Nebraska and Darkness for me. All three are very close to perfect in my eyes though.

I pretty much concur with you Matt. Darkness is the one for me though. Very clear favourite.

Do you have the bootleg of the Winterland '79 show? I usually hate live records/bootlegs, but this is one I love. Some totally devastating versions of those songs from Darkness.


I know he's been "officially" releasing a lot of classic shows lately, but I don't think this is one he's done yet. If you want, I can try to upload it for you.

Thanks man but I have it on a drive somewhere. The new release shows are nice, just halfway through the 1980 one.

I need this Winterland '79 show show. Have heard good things.

Is it different than this?

Yep, that's the one, #BRL.

I think that one is on Wolfgang's Vault.

Oh yeah? I wonder if the sound is improved enough to warrant buying it.

It looks like Capitol Theatre '78 is the only one on Wolfgang's Vault.

Damn memory. I haven't been on WV for maybe 7 years or so.

Oh damn, I didn't realize the New Year's Eve 80/81 show was available on his site. I might have to check that one out.


I hope he releases the all-acoustic 1990 benefit show he did. The bootleg is AMAZING, but it'd be nice to have it polished up a bit.

Lament wrote:

LoathedVermin72 wrote:The Wild, the Innocent... is the one album I just can't get into. It sounds like a total mess to my ears; the production does not pull all the disparate instrumentation into a cohesive whole like on Born to Run.

The Wild, The Innocent...is the "classic" Bruce album it took me the longest to get into by far. For years I just thought it was a mess as well, and I actually preferred Greetings to it. Then one night I got really sucked in listening to the last three songs on it, and it just kinda "clicked" for me. Incident on 57th Street is fantastic.

"The Wild..." was the album that turned me from casual fan into lifer -- I loved it the instant I heard it. The album is positively alive with the joy of being young -- and yet, it's written by someone who is just far enough removed from it to have some emotional perspective on it. The carnivalesque, boardwalk imagery calls to mind so many scenes from my own youth, even though I grew up nowhere near Asbury Park and never did half the things the songs detail -- the spirit of wonder it manages to capture, that feel of youthful exuberance when every night might be the night your life changes forever, when around every corner might be a doorway to the greatest adventure you've ever had, is irresistible to me. To understand that feeling, to me, is also to understand why the narrator in "Thunder Road" had to con himself into believing that taking his crush and his shitty car on an inane pilgrimage to nowhere might be the secret key to making it last forever, and to understand why the reality checks on "Darkness" then stung so badly. Those three albums tell an everyday story of such weight -- especially taken as a piece, they're among my favorite in all of music.

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Opens with the single most perfect version of Brilliant Disguise ever. He almost sounds like Roy Orbison in the best parts.

Oh man thats wonderful. I love that song.

Lovely version. I'll listen to that whole show when I get the time. Cheers

His singing was in top shape in the early '90's -- shame so much of the material was so weak. CD4 on the "Tracks" set features some of the most gloriously rich singing of his whole career.

Lament wrote:

Opens with the single most perfect version of Brilliant Disguise ever. He almost sounds like Roy Orbison in the best parts.

Highway 61!