Maybe the third from the new album:
The voice that keeps me up at night Tuscon Train
Maybe the third from the new album:
The voice that keeps me up at night Tuscon Train
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No nothing but expecting something any minute!
It's all instrumental, expected some lyrics. I like it better than Western Stars, there are some nice chord changes in there. I think it would be good live if he did it during a show.
So where'd you listen to it, Mr. Mysterious? Link, please?
km posted:
Pretty tricky but not as tricky as this:
Still nothing???? 😒
3. Tucson Train
Both the intro and outro feature a restless tapping sound – like either a train rhythm, or impatiently tapping fingers, perhaps. A rich melodic hook, again making me think of the ‘Tunnel’ album. The drums start on the second verse. It’s a mostly positive tale of a guy looking forward to meeting his girl off the said train, but hinting at the darkness he’s trying to escape by doing so – there’s a ‘voice that keeps me awake at night’, and he wishes ‘If I could just turn off my brain’. It could be a counterpoint to ‘There Goes My Miracle’: here, she’s arriving; there, she’s leaving.
"So where'd you listen to it, Mr. Mysterious? Link, please?" I should have been more clear that was parody, as though I believed the train video was the real song, ha, I am such a comedian. That review by the guy in the Independent-"could well be one of his greatest albums yet"-wow, is he a Kool-aide drinker. I was driving and heard Hello Sunshine again, have a slightly more positive opinion of it, but Western Stars still sucks. I think there will be some good cuts off the rest of the album.
Hope it’s worth the wait!
Only minutes to go!!!
Here we gooooooooo
After first listen, I like it a lot 👍
That's the best of the 3 so far, by a large margin, lyrically more dense, not just repeating the same lyrics over and over like the last two. Pretty strong lyrics. Sung in more of a Bruce voice. Very heavy on the strings, so heavy they drown out the horns, but sounds nice, the string chorus riff is catchy. Struck me as very funny some fans said about the 1st release that they didn't like country but liked that, Sunshine had nothing to do with country. You take away the strings and this is a modern country song, with the Bruce-drawl he sings it with and the lyrical content.
Best song of the 3 in my opinion.
benny posted:Best song of the 3 in my opinion.
Agreed
Far and away the best of the lot so far. This is the Boss we know! If there are other songs this good or even better on Western Stars then we are in for quite a treat.
Agree....best of the 3!
keep going.....
As good as it is just wonder how would’ve been better with E Street especially Roy, Garry and Max
FrankM posted:That's the best of the 3 so far, by a large margin, lyrically more dense, not just repeating the same lyrics over and over like the last two. Pretty strong lyrics. Sung in more of a Bruce voice. Very heavy on the strings, so heavy they drown out the horns, but sounds nice, the string chorus riff is catchy. Struck me as very funny some fans said about the 1st release that they didn't like country but liked that, Sunshine had nothing to do with country. You take away the strings and this is a modern country song, with the Bruce-drawl he sings it with and the lyrical content.
Nice concise analysis Frank 👍
And yes...strings riff is catchy alright!!!!
Also really like the Springsteen (Dwayne Eddie) guitar doubling the riff 👍
So he uses Patti, Suzie and Charlie. Who is the bass player, drummer, definitely not the Miami Horns.
Of the 3 releases so far I like TT the best with the other two tied.
So far I like how all three evoke past era influences.
Hazydavo (dmnsg) posted:Also really like the Springsteen (Dwayne Eddie) guitar doubling the riff 👍
My friend (same one who hates the riff but likes the song) picked up on the guitar, said that Gretsch, is that his, I said remember from one of the documentaries showed a big collection of guitars in his studio that he never plays live, a lot of Gibsons & I think some of these. I can see the Chet Atkins signature so pretty sure that is a Gretsch Chet Atkins 1959 Model replica (new), list price $4149 https://www.gretschguitars.com...th-bigsby/2401353822
Its the best of the three so far, but the bar has been set pretty low
I just watched and listened -- and I like it a lot. I can see this being GREAT if/when played on the 2020 tour. The other two songs released so far for me are just okay. Like Oats says -- he frequently doesn't know which are his best songs -- so perhaps the remaining ones are even better.
Agreed. Fav of the three so far.
Hello sunshine has grown on me. Second one, not so much.
There is nothing I can relate to in the three new songs. I'd rather listen to a Glen Campbell or Burt Bacharach Greatest Hits collection, than to these new "one idea per song" tunes. Nice melodies and all... but I am afraid the new record won't run on heavy rotation either in our house or in the car.
I love Hello Sunshine and Tucson Train. Springsteen is getting old keeping that class he always had . I didn t like There goes my miracle too much but when i listened my 6 years old son singing it… I guess Springsteen does it for all of us, not only for the 40 years old like me but to all ages… For the same reason, for ages i have only listened lets be friends and surprise surprise one time...
I am waiting anxiously for the 14th of June hoping , like in the past, to hear more before
ralfsturm posted:but I am afraid the new record won't run on heavy rotation either in our house or in the car.
I haven't listened to these much other than the perfunctory original listen. That alone says a lot to me about these songs. Normally I'd be dissecting them and listening to them over and over. But they just didn't grab me like every other albums initial listen. I agree and will take it one step further. I don't think these will be on any heavy rotation on any radio station after the first week other than E Street Radio.
All that being said, I also agree with NUNOPORTO and I'll take it one step further. He does write and play just for all of us but more importantly he writes for himself.
Even at age 69, Springsteen is constantly evolving and experimenting, testing himself and us. I hope I'm pleasantly surprised by the rest of the album and even if I'm not, I'll buy it. lol
One thing for sure, I'm looking forward to and I'll be more than ready for the 2020 tour.
I like this a good amount. If the whole album averages as good as these three, this is gonna be quite good. I keep thinking how well the ESB would play these with a mid-temp sound a la Price You Pay. These would all be good ESB songs if done in a lush style.
Favorite vocalization... "We fought hard over nothing!"
PS- worst overdub of vocals for a Bruce video since BUSA. Maybe worse, LOL.
KingOfMilwaukee posted:PS- worst overdub of vocals for a Bruce video since BUSA. Maybe worse, LOL.
😁 Yeah it’s not great
This one is awesome. Makes the other two sound better when played together. Can definitely feel the characters mood evolving from despair to hope. Cant wait for the full album. Hope Preorders ship early.
Oats posted:One thing for sure, I'm looking forward to and I'll be more than ready for the 2020 tour.
Same here, same here!!
CodeofSilence posted:This one is awesome. Makes the other two sound better when played together. Can definitely feel the characters mood evolving from despair to hope. Cant wait for the full album. Hope Preorders ship early.
I agree. I get the sense that a story is being told, to do with depression and the idea that a man CAN change. I've also played the songs continuously together. The sum is greater than its parts. Bruce is telling us his story, to some extent. How many artists bare their soul in this way? Maybe this will be an album, that when taken on its own merits, will be a great one.
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