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31.8.10

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS NOT GOD AND DOESN'T WANT TO BE



Articolo su Bruce Springsteen del 1976  di Robert Ducan pubblicato su Creem.


BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN IS NOT GOD AND
DOESN’T WANT TO BE
By Robert Duncan
Understand. New Jersey has no baseball or football teams and half of it stinks. It used
to be that if you were from Jersey and you came over to New York— by that I mean
Manhattan, naturally; Queens certainly doesn't count—you didn't admit you were
from Jersey. No, if there was one thing we New Yorkers could get together on it was
Jersey: not a one of us would've given a second thought to blowing the joint off the
face of the universe like the infected pimple that it was...Was, I say. My God, how
times change. I mean, I stopped going to the Academy of Music on 14th Street
because the average patron there was a Jerseyite—you know, loud or nodded out or
smelly or in any way obnoxious. But now, just like the guys down the hall from me
who pretend that they're black and jive and shuffle about the building all day, I—a
New York chauvinist if ever there was one—wonder why my mother wasn't
considerate enough to have gone to Jersey to borne me. And when folks ask, these
days, if I have any interest in impressing them, I say: "Me? Hey, I'm from Jersey,
man!" Because—may Fiorello LaGuardia rest in peace—it's finally and unmistakably
hip to be from the "armpit of the nation," that newly-venerable State of New Jersey...
But, of course, I don't try to fool these guys, these authentic specimens, and besides,
they probably have ways of checking . . .
"I was born in Sheboygan," I tell Bruce Springsteen, Miami Steve Van Zandt and
company, who unanimously fall over in their seats laughing, having just discussed the
drag scene that had gone down in Wisconsin—they think it was "some place like
Sheboygan probably." And they're still laughing while this chick journalist who is
accompanying the band and who lives in England "but originally came from Jersey"—I
bet, bitch!—asks me with a singular ridiculing distaste, "Exactly how do you spell
that...She-boy-gan?"

29.8.10

LA VARIANTE DI LUNEBURG

La variante di Luneburg di Paolo Maurensig.

Che occasione migliore per rileggere questo libro di quella data da una gita sul posto?

26.8.10

UFFICIALE!!! ESCE IL COFANETTO DI DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN




È ufficiale il 16 novembre uscirà il tanto atteso cofanetto di Darkness on the Edge of Town di Bruce Springsteen.

Il box set è composto da 3 cd e 3 dvd.


Columbia Records To Release Bruce Springsteen's 'The Promise: The Darkness On The Edge Of Town Story' Nov. 16




Box Set Includes 3CD/3DVD Package Of Remastered Album, Never-Before-Seen Studio & Live Footage, 80-Page Notebook, 21 Previously-Unreleased Songs, And An Extraordinary Documentary Film That Will Debut At The Toronto Film Festival Sept. 14 And On HBO Oct 7
Package Features Nearly Six Hours Of Footage, Including Classic 1978 Houston Performance, And More Than Two Hours Of Audio
Columbia To Simultaneously Release 'The Promise' Double CD Complete Songs From Darkness On The Edge Of Town's Lost Sessions

Columbia Records will release Bruce Springsteen's 'The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story' on Nov 16. The Deluxe Package comprises over six hours of film and more than two hours of audio across 3 CDs and 3 DVDs. The media contents are packaged within an 80-page notebook containing facsimiles from Springsteen's original notebooks from the recording sessions, which include alternate lyrics, song ideas, recording details, and personal notes in addition to a new essay by Springsteen and never-before-seen photographs. Containing a wealth of previously unreleased material, 'The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story' offers an unprecedented look into Springsteen's creative process during a defining moment in his career. 'The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story' will additionally be released as a 3CD/3 Blu Ray disc set.


The set will be available as 'The Promise,' an edition which consists of only the unheard complete songs on two CDs or four LPs, along with lyrics and the new essay by Springsteen.


The previously unheard song "Save My Love" and an excerpt from the documentary are now streaming at http://www.BruceSpringsteen.net.


The Deluxe Package includes 'Darkness on the Edge of Town,' digitally remastered for the first time.


CD 1: REMASTERED 'DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN'
1. Badlands 
2. Adam Raised A Cain
3. Something In The Night
4. Candy’s Room 
5. Racing In The Street
6. The Promised Land
7. Factory 
8. Streets Of Fire 
9. Prove It All Night
10. Darkness On The Edge Of Town


"'Darkness' was my 'samurai' record," Springsteen writes, "stripped to theframe and ready to rumble…But the music that got left behind was substantial." For the first time, fans will have access to two discs containing a total of 21 previously-unreleased songs from the 'Darkness' recording sessions, songs that, as Springsteen writes, "perhaps could have/should have been released after 'Born To Run' and before the collection of songs that 'Darkness on the Edge of Town' became."


Highlights include the extraordinary rock version of "Racing in the Street," the never-before-released original recordings of "Because the Night," "Fire," and "Rendezvous," the supreme pop opus "Someday (We'll Be Together)," the hilarious "Ain't Good Enough for You," the superb soul-based vocal performance on "The Brokenhearted," the utterly haunting "Breakaway," and the fully orchestrated masterpiece and title song "The Promise." All 21 songs have been mixed by Springsteen's long-time collaborator Bob Clearmountain. According to long-time manager/producer Jon Landau, "There isn't a weak card in this deck. 'The Promise' is simply a great listening experience."


CD 2: THE PROMISE (DISC 1)
1. Racing In The Street ('78)
2. Gotta Get That Feeling
3. Outside Looking In
4. Someday (We'll Be Together)
5. One Way Street
6. Because The Night
7. Wrong Side Of The Street
8. The Brokenhearted
9. Rendezvous
10. Candy's Boy


CD 3: THE PROMISE (DISC 2)
1. Save My Love
2. Ain't Good Enough For You
3. Fire
4. Spanish Eyes
5. It's A Shame
6. Come On (Let's Go Tonight)
7. Talk To Me
8. The Little Things (My Baby Does)
9. Breakaway
10. The Promise
11. City Of Night


The Deluxe Package also features "The Promise: The Making of 'Darkness on the Edge of Town,'" a documentary directed by Grammy- and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Thom Zimny. The ninety-minute film combines never-before-seen footage of Springsteen and the E Street Band shot between 1976 and 1978—including home rehearsals and studio sessions—with new interviews with Springsteen, E Street Band members, manager Jon Landau, former-manager Mike Appel, and others closely involved in the making of the record. Advanced word on the documentary is so strong that it was invited to debut at the prestigious Toronto Film Festival on September 14 and will make its television debut on HBO on October 7.


DVD 1: "THE PROMISE: THE MAKING OF 'DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN'"


In addition, the set features more than four hours of live concert film from the Thrill Hill Vault, including the bootleg house cut (the footage that appeared on-screen at the concert) from a 1978 Houston show, and a 2009 performance of 'Darkness on the Edge of Town' in its entirety from Asbury Park. The special performance in Asbury Park was shot in HD without an audience and successfully recreates the stark atmosphere of the original album.


DVD 2: DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN (PARAMOUNT THEATER, ASBURY PARK, NJ,
2009)
1. Badlands
2. Adam Raised A Cain
3. Something In The Night
4. Candy's Room
5. Racing In The Street
6. The Promised Land
7. Factory
8. Streets Of Fire
9. Prove It All Night
10. Darkness On The Edge Of Town


THRILL HILL VAULT (1976-1978)
1. Save My Love (Holmdel, NJ 76)
2. Candy's Boy (Holmdel, NJ 76)
3. Something In The Night (Red Bank, NJ 76)
4. Don’t Look Back (NYC 78)
5. Ain't Good Enough For You (NYC 78)
6. The Promise (NYC 78)
7. Candy's Room Demo (NYC 78)
8. Badlands (Phoenix 78)
9. The Promised Land (Phoenix 78)
10. Prove It All Night (Phoenix 78)
11. Born To Run (Phoenix 78)
12. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) (Phoenix 78)


DVD 3: HOUSTON '78 BOOTLEG: HOUSE CUT
1. Badlands
2. Streets Of Fire
3. It’s Hard To Be A Saint In The City
4. Darkness On The Edge Of Town
5. Spirit In The Night
6. Independence Day
7. The Promised Land
8. Prove It All Night
9. Racing In The Street
10. Thunder Road
11. Jungleland
12. The Ties That Bind
13. Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
14. The Fever
15. Fire
16. Candy's Room
17. Because The Night
18. Point Blank
19. She's The One
20. Backstreets
21. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
22. Born To Run
23. Detroit Medley
24. Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
25. You Can't Sit Down
26. Quarter To Three

23.8.10

WALKING TALL VOL 2 EV2 29.10.1974



Bootleg che testimonia il concerto di Springsteen e la E-street band a Boston il 29 ottobre 1974.

01 Incident on 57th street
02 Spirit in the night
03 Does this bus stop at 82nd street?
04 The 'E' street shuffle
05 Cupid
06 It's hard to be a saint in the city
07 Jungleland
08 She's the one
09 Kitty's back
10 New York City serenade
11 Rosalita (Come out tonight)
12 4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
13 A love so fine

Rimasterizzato ad opera di EV2.

15.8.10

BLINDED BY THE LIGHT - 2^ PARTE




Seconda ed ultima parte di quest' articolo del 1985.


The only exception to the small venues was three nights in August at New York's Madison Square
Garden, the scene of the disastrous set five years previously when he had opened for Chicago.
History did not repeat itself. The three nights were a triumph, culminating on the last night in Bruce's
mother herself appearing on stage to drag him back in mock reluctance for an encore.
Springsteen was taking his music to the people it was meant for, the people who were the characters
in his songs. He was singled out at this time as the prime exponent of a new musical development,
'Blue Collar rock'. Cynthia Rose wrote a telling essay on the phenomenon for the History Of Rock
magazine: '[It] is a critical term, disseminated by various rock critics who possess "white collar"
credentials. It was coined to deal with a number of American artists who were selling solidly (in the
case of Bruce Springsteen, spectacularly) and had achieved somewhat heroic stature; all with
"traditional" rock songs, whose lyrics featured girls, cars, rebellion and the radio.... Several supposed
similarities linked those artists (Springsteen, Tom Petty and Bob Seger). The great unspoken,
unwritten one was that they lacked "proper" (i.e. white collar) educations: that their smarts were
street smarts, their language limited to that of the truck stop, shopping mall or suburban housing
tract. That they were tough and randy rockers in the guise of people's heroes - spokesmen and role
models for the little guy and his girl.'

11.8.10

SPRINGSTEEN IL MEGLIO DEL 2008



Dato che questa e la prossima settimana immagino sarete tutti in ferie ecco una selezione dei  post del 2008 per chi resta.

Che piuù esattamente si potrebbe definire una selezione di bootleg di Springsteen.

8.8.10

BLINDED BY THE LIGHT - 1^ PARTE




Articolo lunghissimo su Bruce Springsteen datato 1985. È talmente lungo che lo ho diviso in due post.
Buona lettura.




Introduction
'We're gonna take a short break, then come back and do another whole set for you' must be the
most encouraging words you can ever hear from a rock stage. But only one man can say it, mean it
and really do it. His name is Bruce Springsteen. He is 36 years old, and the only ceiling to his
ambitions is his own exacting standards. For those who believe that rock'n'roll can be a route to
salvation, Bruce Springsteen has become its prime exponent. To the fans, he has come to be the music
of the present, the inheritor of the past, and the symbol of hope for the future. But to understand
that, to understand him, you really ought to have been there . . .
In my case 'there' was Madison Square Garden, New York City, Thanksgiving Night 1980.
November 27, Gate 3, Section J, Row 21, Seat 3. It's a long walk from the entrance, but after coming
3,000 miles and waiting five years, it doesn't seem that far. Thanksgiving is a time to be spent with
the family, not to be alone, particularly in New York. The wind whips offthe East River, and
everyone I know in this strange town is gathered around the ceremonial turkey. Home is five hours
and an ocean away. All I am is a figure filling a seat 360,000 others wanted. But it's okay. I may be a
stranger in a strange land, away from the things and people I know and love, but tonight this is
definitely the Promised Land!

3.8.10

CELLULARE IN REGALO - VINCITORE



Dopo il rinvio di un mese eccovi finalmente il nome del vincitore /vincitrice del celluare: terry.o....@

Ho giò mandato una mail ala persona interessata, nel caso non rispondesse in 3-4 giorni farò una seconda estrazione.

2.8.10

IL BOSS E L' ITALIANA - FINALE N. 1



Dopo tanto parlare ecco il primo finale del racconto il Boss e l'Italiania; questo lo ha  firmato  Sandy.  Altri?

Domani pubblicherò il nome del vincitore del cellulare.

Buona lettura.

Improvvisamente si svegliò, si girò e vide accanto a sé un corpo che non riconobbe subito.
Nora Nora Patti dalla testa rossa. Perché sono partito di colpo che ore sono mezzanotte a new york le sei Patti sta aspettando il suo nuo vo produttore Cristo uno stramaledetto Jeff Bridges più magro il fascino lo stesso e più giovane. Molto carino dice lei premuroso. Poi cominceranno le registrazioni ma perché si ostina a cantare e poi in mezzo a tutto quel fumo e a quei bicchieri vuotati per dare realismo dice lei e il nostro caro ”Jeff” che fa intanto?

E io che non riesco a scrivere niente esibizioni cretine le stesse gag sul palco e ora tutto questo su e giù. Figli miei e non miei e abbracci e pugni Patti dalla testa rossa quando l’ho incontrata li aveva ricci una grossa testa di rossi ricci mi amava mentre io facevo la rockstar e facevo lo scemo con quella chitarrista nel “tunnel of love” come si chiamava cazzo neanche me lo ricordo più che sguardo triste!

Una ragazzina attempata mi sono innamorato della sua giovinezza passata una belle figurina sì bisogna dirlo adesso un po’ ingrassata anch’io del resto invecchiati insieme avuto coraggio ad innamorarsi di me il mediterraneo che estate!L’ho amata come se fosse stata la prima volta fatto di me un uomo i capelli sulla sabbia fredda come due adolescenti qualunque se fosse arrivato qualcuno?

Torno a casa domani si torno doman si domani si si sisi


“Ehi Brucie, dormito bene?”

“Non tanto, jet lag”

“Jet-lag”!? Vuoi frittelle e miele’”

“No, per favore , niente dolci”

“Rognoni al burro?”

“Oh Patti, ma ti pare?Non esagerare con il “tuo” Ulisse. A proposito e il disco?”

“Registriamo qui;”Jeff” lo trova molto carino questo posto”

“Jeff! Ma io non ci sarò quando arriverà con le scarpe gialle e un cesto di frutta”

“Ah, leggi di nascosto i miei libri”

Bruce divorò le uova e bevve il solito caffè lungo

“Cavallo?”

“No vai tu. Sono davvero stanco”

Rimase solo, si stese sul divano con “Umiliazione” di Philip Roth. Chiuse gli occhi.

Nora, gli occhi ancora chiusi ,allungò la mano. Accanto a lei il letto era vuoto e freddo. “Se ne è andato e adesso che faccio?”

L’acciottolio dei piatti giù in cucina la rincuorò, scese di corsa. Bruce stava preparando la colazione.

“Ciao, zucchero, dormito bene?”

“Mmm”

“mal di testa? Questo te lo farà passare” e le allungò una tazzona di caffè

“Acqua Bruce, pura acqua”

“Sai come siamo noi Americani” Poi si alzò, le andò vicino e le sfiorò il collo con le labbra. “Andiamo di sopra” le sussurrò.

“…..e i bambini”

“Fuori con Giulia , per un bel po’”

Passò il mal di testa, passò la paura, Bruce era sempre lì.

“….e oggi pomeriggio che si fa? Bruce disse infilandosi una Tshirt stinta. “Dentista e spesa.

“ Wow”

“Vuoi canederli o frico?”

“canederli….in brodo” rispose con un sorriso tirato

“Bravo Bruce” fecero i bambini

Non entrò dal dentista, rimase sulla piazza. Sulla panchina di fronte a lui due ragazze cominciarono a fissarlo sorridenti. Accavallarono le gambe; qualcosa gli si rimescolò nello stomaco”Speriamo sia lo stomaco” Vecchio satiro eccitato da due ragazze su una panchina, ti guardano e certo continua a leggere quel maniaco di Roth per essere un intellettuale di New York! Basta io sono un americano semplice la frontiera la terra promessa al massimo Walt Whitman.

Luci e rumori in cucina, buio fuori, Giulia partita, i bambini a giocare.

“Senti, vengo a vivere qui con voi”

Nora sorrise”Sicuro?”

“Si, devo ricominciare, gli eroi ricominciano sempre. Devo scrivere e sento che qui posso farlo. Ho già un mucchio di idee, sarà l’album delle rinascita”

Salì in camera, prese la chitarra. Si sedette di fronte a Nora che impastava pane, latte, uova e speck. Un po’ di nausea. Passata

“Senti questa per cominciare e annunciare il cambiamento” strimpellò un paio di note accompagnandole con dei “la la la” fino al verso fondamentale The times they are a changing…

Nora continuò a impastare “…e questa per te ,la intitolerò “The girl of the north country” “la la la In the north country fair where the summer ends and the river…..”

“Sei sicuro Bruce?”

”Non ti piacciono?”

“Oh si molto!”

“E poi senti questa”

“Brucie che c’è?”

“Sei tornata’ Stavo leggendo”

“ Sei pallido”

“Stavo pensando a un nuovo album, ho in mente una canzone per te “Jersey girl”

“Jersey girl?” disse Nora

“Si Patti, non ti sembra bella?”

“Brucie vieni a stenderti

“Bruce vieni a stenderti”

“Mi sento strano”

“Si un po’ lo sei, non ti vedo tanto bene.”

“Cosa vuoi dire”bruce chiese spaventato.

“E’…..come se il tuo viso si stesse scomponendo in tanti piccoli pezzi tipo… caleidoscopio”

“Brucie prendi un’aspirina. Senti tesoro Jersey girl è di Tom, Tom Waits. Il tuo si chiama incubo”

“Come è la mia faccia?”

“Pallida”

“….ma intera?”

“Si certo”

“…..non un caleidoscopio?”

“Un caleidoscopio si,Bruce, hai anche dei sottili baffi..

“Ciao Baby, ho buttato la mia valigia , stasera resto con te”

“Ciao Bobby” fece Nora abbracciandolo

LA SCOMPARSA DEI FATTI

di Marco Travaglio.

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