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"In his determination to make a great album, Springsteen produced a timeless, inspiring record about the labors and glories of aspiring to greatness."...
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TrebuchetUK Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band UK tour dates/details here!: http://www.trebuchet-magazine.com/index.php/site/item/bruce_springsteen_the_e_street_band_will_be_returning_to_the_uk/?mid=53445
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misiu_misiu I love 'Point Blank' ;) and I must agree concert from London is amazing
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Bose-Man Bruce's new dvd 'Live at Hyde Park' is an absolute must buy for any Springsteen fan,how he manages to put so much energy into a 3 hour show at nearly 60 I don't know.
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pricey123 outlaw pete rules. i watched his glastonbury performance on tv and that song was a beast
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BornToRun123 yes, my lucky day is great!!
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doncorleone1 anybody heard anything other than "Workin' On A Dream" from the new album?
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doncorleone1
After 35years of The Boss can't limit to one song . Shut out the light, Johnny bye bye , Stolen car,Independance day too many choices . BruceNY hasn't been to a UK gig!!
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HenkeStrummer Hmm. The best Springsteen song is a really tough question. I'm pretty obsessed with the early classics like Promised land, Born to Run, Jungeland, Lost in the flood and etc. Can't really choose a single song.
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HighwayCat Best song, anyone? Don't know myself but right now I'm really into "Sherry darling". Gotta love it.
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peplol Hola ,mañana iré al concierto del Boss en Madrid. Espero que sea una noche especial,saludos a todos los seguidores de Bruce...
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galko00 Hey! Arriba ese Bruce, jaja. Oye, si te apetece, pasa por este grupo http://www.lastfm.es/group/Mercadeo+Pop y te nos unes si te da el punto. Creo que te puede molar. Saludos y sigue escuchando tan buena música!
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BruceNY Biography Of A Cult Alex Verhoeff in Interviews, Reviews Dave Marsh, the biographer of the Boss, has dubbed Springsteen fans the cult. Springsteen fans habitually follow the guy around. Waiting in line at a show, waiting for the gates to open it is not uncommon to hear a cacophony of accents and languages. Some more than others. Natives from New Jersey and Italians tend to follow the Boss with just a tad more fervor than the average Springsteen fan, but it’s a trait that runs through all of us. There are many rewards of following the man around, of collecting every recording, legally or otherwise. Few artists allow you to actually grow old with them, few artists manage to maintain a certain level of integrity and artistic merit throughout their entire career. Springsteen does just that and gives a mean show to boot. For those in the know, following Springsteen around isn’t as odd as it may seem on the outside. Springsteen may also be one of the few artists that is defined as much by his audience as he is by his body of work. After all he is continuously looking for that connection with the fans that surround him. So as good as Dave Marsh’s biography may be, it only tells half the story. For the other half you need to turn to the fans themselves. “For You” does just that. The book is the labor of love of Lawrence Kirsch, part of the cult since ’75. Kirsch first had the pleasure to experience Springsteen on a freezing winter night in ’75, in Montreal. “Bruce acted out the songs with such conviction he seemed to be living them out on stage. The audience was spell bound as this small skinny whirlwind of a man commanded their attention, he remembers now. Realizing, after attending many shows that felt like a family reunion, that the cult has a “pent-up desire to share” he set out to collect those stories. He received over 1500 stories from all over the globe. Kirsch gave himself the task to edit through them and decide which to publish. “It was very difficult to pick the ones that appear in the book” Kirsch relates. “the ones that made it into the book are not necessarily the best” he confesses, “No these stories are representative of the ‘Springsteen experience’ from the poignant and heartfelt, to the passionate and the trivial.” Lawrence himself calls the book a testimonial, and a treasure trove of tales. I think “For You” became more than that. Taken as a collective these stories represent the missing half of Springsteen’s biography. Through the book we get a different perspective on Springsteen. We watch him grow up through the eyes of the cult and see the cult growing up with him. Kirsch allows us to unravel the secret of Springsteen’s magnetism like few other books can. There’s the complete awe of first concert experiences over the decades. There’s the fulfillment of that promise years burning down the road. There’s stories of fans coming to terms with strained family relations, Springsteen as the natural soundtrack in the back. We share in the battle against cancer, Springsteen offering that comforting shoulder. Flipping through its pages we meet Wendy from Born to Run, learn that the Big Man’s name is also Paul. Story after story the picture unfolds, after you’re done you feel like you’ve captured an essential element of Springsteen a classic biography could never capture. In a sense Kirsch is re-writing the book on how these things should be done or at least giving us the other side of the coin. The 400 something gorgeous pictures that were contributed to the book almost seem like a side note compared to that. “Bruce fans are a fraternity” Kirsch reflects on the book now, “we share something deep and special, a relationship with the artist and with each other. At every show you meet old and new fans and the “family” grows larger and larger”. That probably explains why Springsteen is the first artist to have an alternative biography like this. You could wonder if the same kind of biography could even work for other artists. I like to think Springsteen fans are pretty unique in our seemingly unhealthy devotion. Although Kirsch called the book “a very personal tribute to an inspired and inspiring human being”, I think the reverse is also true. “For You” is a tribute to the cult as well. “For You” was printed as a limited edition of 2000, available through the web only, get yours while they last.
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BruceNY
For You' Book The Bruce Springsteen Book (Edited by Lawrence Kirsch) I’ve always been devotional and obsessive fan when it comes to music. Merely having the released albums has never been enough for me for certain artists. For the chosen few, I go over the deep end and need to have everything. One of the artists I follow religiously is Bruce Springsteen. While he was amongst the first artists whose albums I bought, my addiction to his music didn’t get the best of me until college. By this point, Springsteen had dismissed the E Street Band, had won an Oscar for “Streets of Philadelphia” and was largely hibernating while still being among the world’s most respected artists. I can’t even pinpoint my exact watershed moment, but if I remember correctly, I felt an enormous void in my life and was continually looking for answers in films, books and music. One day, while perusing a used CD store, I magically found all of Springsteen’s albums that I had not yet bought on CD. I snapped them all up and later that day while listening to the dark, desolate and hopelessness of the characters on Nebraska, something snapped. I can’t even properly express what happened, but I felt as if there was someone out there who understood me, my feeling, my emotions and my struggles. As the disc spun its way towards a conclusion, it reinvigorated me and provided me with a “reason to believe”. From there I went on to collect every B-side and bootleg I could get my hands on. Listening to the album cuts wasn’t enough. I needed to hear the alternate and live versions that would one day validate my traveling hundreds and sometimes thousands of miles to be touched and inspired by this music. When you really love a certain artist, you find live versions of songs that have that extra bite that will leave a small scar on your heart. When you go back and eventually listen to the studio cut, in your head you can hear exactly where the crowds roars and voices congeal in a perfect concert moment. Ever since then, I’ve been compulsive when it comes to Bruce Springsteen and even though my devotion has waned in recent years, I still consider him an integral part of my musical experience. Through the years, I’ve read almost every book written about Springsteen. Some are great and many are not. Over time, I’ve even become cynical when I hear about new books. In the last few years, there have been a plethora of coffee table book releases in the Springsteen world including Greetings From E Street, the Born To Run: The Unseen Photos and Dave Marsh’s Bruce Springsteen On Tour: 1968-2005. Each one in itself is a gorgeous work of art that will glisten on your polished coffee table. However, if you only have those three, then you still are missing the ultimate Bruce Springsteen keepsake ; For You. When I heard about this book a year ago, I dismissed it thinking I didn’t really need yet another glorified coffee table book. I was wrong….dead wrong. For You takes the reader on a magical, mystical and poignant journey through forty-years of Bruce Springsteen’s life. It’s a time machine to the past where tickets were once $7, the E Street Band was a boy’s only club, Steve Van Zandt looked like a member of Jimmy Buffet’s band and most of the members of the E Street Band could have begun their own television show-“Stashin’”. I wasn’t impressed with the book, I was bowled over. Something no press agent, record company or management firm will ever wrap their heads around is the concept of fanaticism. They may think they get it, but in reality, they don’t. To truly understand a full blown junkie music fan, you have to be one. Die-hard fans are always vocally ardent about their devotion, but Springsteen fans are in another realm all unto themselves. So why was I deeply cautious about reviewing For You? All I could think about was “does the world really need a new Bruce Springsteen book”? Don’t get me wrong, I love the man as much as anyone, but as I grow older I often question these types of projects. In recent years some of these books have been nothing more than exercises in pretention. I often find myself wondering if they are birthed out of greed, capitalism, ego or pure passion? Now that I hold For You in my hands, I can confirm there’s nothing but unbridled passion in all of its 205-pages. For You (available exclusively at: www.foryoubruce.com) was worked on meticulously for a two-year period and is a self-published book limited to 2,000 copies. No, that is not a typo, two-thousand copies. Editor Lawrence Kirsch had a monumental undertaking choosing from 1500-stories which were submitted and tracking down and obtaining the 400 photos eventually used for this project. If this wasn’t enough, he had very ardent and strict rules; only scans from original negatives and slides were considered. I don’t know anyone who would hold a book to standards this high today in the age of internet scans and cell phone photos. I’m glad he did, as For You is staggering in its detail, vastness and variety of concert shots. Kirsch dug his heels in, shot for the moon and the stars while putting this book together and succeeded wildly. It’s an awe-inspiring book that should be on your book shelf even if you aren’t a Springsteen fan because it would convert you without hearing a note of his music; it’s that impressive. It encompasses every Springsteen tour in detail (organized by decades) and has over 400-pictures. The book contains 200 stories from fans explaining why this music and this band mean so much to them. The good news for fans is that the largest section (close to 70-pages) is the 1970’s and many of these photos I didn’t even knew existed and let me tell you, they are a sight to behold. They range from epic concert poses to random softball games where someone was fortunate to have a camera on hand. The 1980’s is a close second in coverage with 53-pages dedicated to the decade and even the most current decade has a whopping 50-pages dedicated to it. You see pictures of Bruce with assorted musicians through the years including John Eddie, Southside Johnny, Jon Bon Jovi and Neil Young. The difference between For You and most other books commissioned by the artists themselves is that there wasn’t a 4th quarter release or special anniversary being exploited dictating the contents or the constraints of it. The book is held together by passionate and resourceful fans whose main objective was to provide fans with the best damn book possible. Saying that Kirsch succeeded would be saying that Born in the USA was a semi-successful. For You is a photographic passage through forty years of Bruce Springsteen’s career. The photographs are not just revealing and are more than mere images, but part of a larger story of just not Springsteen’s life, but many fans as well. The detailed anecdotes make the pictures jump off the page and come to life. For You provides a better history lesson of who Bruce Springsteen is better than any album, DVD or book has done to date. Most self-published fan driven books can be cringe inducing and just flat out embarrassing in their devotion for the artist or sloppily executed which is not the case here. While there is zealous admiration for Springsteen and his music, the book is an epic visual storytelling time machine that encourages you to hop on for a ride down thunderous roads to simpler times for a journey through the heart of darkness where the fans feel so close and intimately personal with Springsteen like he’s an old college buddy. As I paged through For You I thought of how far I’ve come in my own life journey since that desolate day where I listened to Nebraska repeatedly. This book took me back to a time where a new world was opened to me. This book is not just a fine addition to your collection, but is essential for any Springsteen fan. It is a treasure trove of pictures and stories that will not just take you for a ride down memory lane, but will leave you with an impenetrable sense of hope much the same way you feel cruising down the highway and having “Thunder Road” blast from your speakers with the wind in your hair. When was the last time the written word did that? www.Foryoubruce.com
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BruceNY
For You, titre d'une chanson du premier disque du E Street Band, est également le titre du livre-témoignage du montréalais Lawrence Kirsch. En 200 pages grand format bien tassées, For You fait revivre en photos ly moving and provides a beacon of hope from which we can all draw strength in these hard times. Not a book to be read at one sitting but rather to revisit and enjoy over time. www.foryoubruce.com For You merece conocerse. Su autor, Lawrence Kirsch, uno de los fotógrafos más importantes del rock ´n´ roll, ha realizado un trabajo asombroso, un acto de amor hacia la música. Compuesto por testimonios de cientos de fans, así como por imágenes del propio Kirsch, responde afirmativamente al grito de Neil Young: el rock no puede morir; no, al menos, con objetos tan preñados de recuerdos, adrenalina, fervor, pasión y elegancia como For You. Obligatorio, cataclismático y bellísimo.www.Foryoubruce.com Un libro da non perdere: con oltre 400 foto e più di 200 racconti inediti narrati da alcuni dei più devoti fan di Bruce Springsteen Il nuovo ed attesissimo libro su Bruce Springsteen – “For You” – una collezione di storie, racconti ed esperienze narrate dai fans di tutto il mondo, è attualmente in stampa. Oltre due anni di preparazione, contiene centinaia di storie ed aneddoti scritti dai suoi leggendari fan così come più di 400 fotografie, la maggior parte delle quali mai pubblicate prima d’ora. Questo è un libro da non perdere per i fan più affezionati al Boss. L’editore Lawrence Kirsch dice: “Essendo io stesso da sempre un seguace di Springsteen ho sentito che c’era un crescente desiderio da parte di tutti i fan come me di mettere insieme e condividere. Ai concerti di Bruce succede sempre qualcosa di magico. Ogni serata è come una grande riunione di famiglia, anche se in realtà si conoscono solo poche persone. Dei perfetti sconosciuti si incontrano e si collegano con un’immediatezza tangibile.” “I Fan saranno in grado di identificarsi e relazionarsi l’un l’altro attraverso i ricordi di altre persone. Vi prometto che ci sarà qualcosa per ciascuno in questo libro.” Nonostante Kirsch abbia richiesto di inviare le storie in Inglese ha ricevuto contributi in tutte le lingue del mondo. Così, a sottolineare che la musica suonata da Bruce Springsteen, dalla leggendaria E-Street Band, dalle Sessions Band così come da ogni altro musicista con cui Bruce abbia suonato di fatto attraversi le barriere linguistiche toccando i fan di tutto il mondo Kirsch ha disseminato nel libro alcuni racconti scritti nelle loro lingue originali. “Volevo che ognuno si sentisse coinvolto”, ha detto Kirsch, “così questi racconti servono a ricordare che il Boss ha fan in ogni parte del mondo e che l’esperienza di un concerto di Bruce Springsteen travalica i confini di una specifica lingua. www.Foryoubruce.com
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HenkeStrummer
Hi everyone! I thought this group was pretty dead but for the moment we're actually 14 (!) members (and I haven't promoted this group in any possible way). Keep on rockin' everybody! This video (and the whole concert) is just great: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u_h4jxXPENU Lost in the flood, live at Hammersmith Odeon, 1975. I would give anything to go back in time to see that show.
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arvid1987 Outside the street's on fire in a real death waltz Between what's flesh and what's fantasy Man, the poets down here don't write nothing at all, They just stand back and let it all be.
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