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Rick Derris
 Post subject: Springsteen's new single - "We Take Care of Our Own"
PostPosted: Thu Jan 19, 2012 12:30 pm 
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Album's out March 6th. Only European tour dates have been announced so far, through July.


First impression- Only listened to it once at low volume through my computer speakers but it does not instill much confidence for the album. Lyrics seem ham fisted even for Bruce. We'll see. I sort of came around on "Working on a Dream".
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Lyrics (especially "message" lyrics like these) shouldn't be read on a screen on first hearing. But yeah... I'll reserve judgment.

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Rick Derris Wrote:
Only European tour dates have been announced so far, through July.

wrigley field on september 8.
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i hear there will be north american dates in march, probably later in the month. arena first go-round, then stadiums in late summer.

the song's fine. no better or worse than anything off the last two records, namely the first singles off each. it's encouraging that he's working with a new producer, and incorporating different musicians. the tracklisting is promising with "land of hopes and dreams" and "american land".
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I thought this was supposed to be "angry".

Yr right, jsh--no better or worse. Looking forward to hearing the full album.

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I was looking forward to this one:

http://www.theonion.com/articles/bruce- ... bum,21358/

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Did not dig it. Fingers crossed.

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Not bad, it kind of reminded me of the 80s Tunnel of Love period.

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First tour dates announced. Opening the tour in Atlanta! Also, he's playing Jazzfest again this year.


Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 2012 Tour Dates:

US Tour Dates
March 18 - Atlanta, GA - Philips Arena (on sale Feb 4)
March 19 - Greensboro, NC - Greensboro Coliseum (on sale Feb 3)
March 23 - Tampa, FL - Tampa Bay Times Forum (on sale Jan 28)
March 26 - Boston, MA - TD Garden (on sale Jan 28)
March 28 - Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center (on sale Jan 28)
March 29 - Philadelphia, PA - Wells Fargo Center (on sale Jan 28)
April 1 - Washington, DC - Verizon Center (on sale Jan 28)
April 3 - East Rutherford, NJ - Izod Center (on sale Jan 27)
April 4 - East Rutherford, NJ - Izod Center (on sale Jan 27)
April 6 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden (on sale Jan 27)
April 9 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden (on sale Jan 27)
April 12 - Detroit, MI - The Palace of Auburn Hills (on sale Jan 28)
April 13 - Buffalo, NY - First Niagara Center (on sale Jan 28)
April 16 - Albany, NY - Times Union Center (on sale Jan 28)
April 17 - Cleveland, OH - Quicken Loans Arena (on sale Jan 28)
April 24 - San Jose, CA - HP Pavilion (on sale Feb 3)
April 26 - Los Angeles, CA - Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena (on sale Feb 3)
April 29 - New Orleans, LA - New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival (on sale now)
May 2 - Newark, NJ - Prudential Center (on sale Jan 27)

European Tour Dates
May 13 - Seville, Spain - Estadio Olimpico (on sale now)
May 17 - Barcelona, Spain - Estadio Olimpico Lluis (on sale now)
May 18 - Barcelona, Spain - Estadio Olimpico Lluis (on sale now)
May 25 - Frankfurt, Germany - Commerzbank Arena (on sale now)
May 27 - Cologne, Germany - RheinEnergieStadion (on sale now)
May 28 - Landgraaf, Netherlands - Pinkpop (on sale 3 March)
May 30 - Berlin, Germany - Olympia Stadion (on sale now)
June 2 - San Sebastian, Spain - Estadio Anoeta (on sale now)
June 3 - Lisbon, Portugal - Rock in Lisbon (on sale now)
June 7 - Milan, Italy - Stadio Meaza (on sale now)
June 10 - Florence, Italy - Stadio Francesco (on sale now)
June 11 - Trieste, Italy - Stadio Trieste (on sale now)
June 17 - Madrid, Spain - Estadio Santago Bernabu (on sale now)
June 19 - Montpellier, France - Park & Suites Arena (on sale now)
June 21 - Sunderland, UK - Stadium of Light (on sale now)
June 22 - Manchester, UK - Etihad Stadium (on sale now)
June 24 - Isle of Wight, UK - Isle of Wight Festival (on sale now)
July 4 - Paris, France - Bercy (on sale now)
July 5 - Paris, France - Bercy (on sale now)
July 7 - Roskilde, Denmark - Roskilde Festival (on sale now)
July 9 - Zurich, Switzerland - Stadium Letzigrund (on sale now)
July 11 - Prague, Czech Republic - Synot Tip Arena (on sale now)
July 12 - Vienna, Austria - Ernst Happel Stadium (on sale now)
July 14 - London, UK - Hard Rock Calling (on sale now)
July 17 - Dublin, Ireland - RDS (on sale now)
July 18 - Dublin, Ireland - RDS (on sale now)
July 21 - Oslo, Norway - Valle Hoven (on sale now)
July 23 - Bergen, Norway - Koengen (on sale now)
July 24 - Bergen, Norway - Koengen (on sale now)
July 27 - Gothenberg, Sweden - Ullevi (on sale now)
July 28 - Gothenberg, Sweden - Ullevi (on sale now)
July 31 - Helsinki, Finland - Olympic Stadium (on sale Jan 25)
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Yeah I was shocked you didn't know the ATL Tour opener Derris - I guess that's what no social networking does for you?

Someone needs to grab him by the lapels and tell him this sound ain't where it's at man. You think the 80s sounds weird and dated?

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Rick Derris Wrote:
First tour dates announced. Opening the tour in Atlanta! Also, he's playing Jazzfest again this year.


Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 2012 Tour Dates:

June 11 - Trieste, Italy - Stadio Trieste (on sale now)



My Mom's hometown. I've never seen a concert go there before.

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agreed. how anyone finds this even remotely interesting is pretty surprising.
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Bruce has been listening to Coldplay.
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I am no Springsteen completist fan, but has he ever left his sweet spots production of folk, ballads, and arenas?
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I am no Springsteen completist fan, but has he ever left his sweet spots production of folk, ballads, and arenas?




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the lyrical phrasing/cadence seems totally out of alignment with the tune. pretty crappy, really.

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I sent a fellow Springsteen fan from way back the link to the new video. His reply:

There's so much wrong with this song, it's almost too painful to go into. Here's my top three:

1. He has fallen into the "calling out cities in your lyrics" trap. Somewhere, Huey Lewis is smiling. And that ain't good.
2. The word "Calvary" is misused for "cavalry." Jesus.
3. All this jingoistic flag-waving from sea to shining sea shit.

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That... just flat out sucks!
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So, David Fricke gave this a 5 star review in this week's Rolling Stone. Somehow I think this is more Goddess in the Doorway than something that's actually good.

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I watched that fat old fuck begrudgingly drawl out a half hour worth of cringeworthy songs on Jimmy Fallon/paid TV time.

Ten years too late, Tom Morello forced into place on stage, Max Weinberg looking like somebody's holding his family hostage and awkward old white guys full of makeup and prosthetic hips attempting to move around the stage made it look like the comedic entertainment at an AARP convention.

He looks old and tired. He isn't even approaching believable with his pissed off blue collar shit anymore. Just pandering forced gusto in an attempt to sell horseshit anthems. Give your promoter a month off and write a few dead-dad pop songs.

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looks like the photoshoped robert plants dong on there too.

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jewels santana Wrote:
looks like the photoshoped robert plants dong on there too.


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that guy is bad at ranking bruce springsteen albums.

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