The Dizzle and Jimmy Jizzle's Thread o'Bruce

[Olaf]

That pen looks pretty cheap too.

[Marky Dread]

New album special edition comes with a sharpie. His fans are old.

That is … that is really lame. Especially given that his fans are, ironically, in a fairly well off income bracket.

I guess they've included the pen so people don't feel so bad when they write in to complain.

[Heston]

His new song is on the radio right now. More inconsequential bumble.

[Olaf]

His new song is on the radio right now. More inconsequential bumble.

Yeah, those lyrics about buying a guitar in a shop are obviously not aimed at you.

[Heston]

His new song is on the radio right now. More inconsequential bumble.

Yeah, those lyrics about buying a guitar in a shop are obviously not aimed at you.

[Marky Dread]

His new song is on the radio right now. More inconsequential bumble.

Yeah, those lyrics about buying a guitar in a shop are obviously not aimed at you.

Red Roses for Heston.

[matedog]

His new song is on the radio right now. More inconsequential bumble.

There are two "singles" from the new album - "Letter to You" and "Ghosts." "Ghosts" is marginally better, but they both can be described as "inconsequential bumble."

The last Springsteen single that got me somewhat excited was "Radio Nowhere" in 2007 (excluding the boxed set singles like "Save My Love"). And they are postponing another surely awesome outtakes boxed set for this new album.

[Heston]

His new song is on the radio right now. More inconsequential bumble.

There are two "singles" from the new album - "Letter to You" and "Ghosts." "Ghosts" is marginally better, but they both can be described as "inconsequential bumble."

The last Springsteen single that got me somewhat excited was "Radio Nowhere" in 2007 (excluding the boxed set singles like "Save My Love"). And they are postponing another surely awesome outtakes boxed set for this new album.

The one I heard was Ghosts.

[Jimmy Jazz]

His new song is on the radio right now. More inconsequential bumble.

There are two "singles" from the new album - "Letter to You" and "Ghosts." "Ghosts" is marginally better, but they both can be described as "inconsequential bumble."

The last Springsteen single that got me somewhat excited was "Radio Nowhere" in 2007 (excluding the boxed set singles like "Save My Love"). And they are postponing another surely awesome outtakes boxed set for this new album.

The new singles give off the vibe of catering to the out of touch fans who want that classic E Street sound and nothing else. I guess we should just be thankful he didn't let Steve Van Zandt produce like they always beg for.

[Olaf]

His new song is on the radio right now. More inconsequential bumble.

Yeah, those lyrics about buying a guitar in a shop are obviously not aimed at you.

Red Roses for Heston.

I've heard he prefers rum, sodomy and the lash.

[matedog]

His new song is on the radio right now. More inconsequential bumble.

There are two "singles" from the new album - "Letter to You" and "Ghosts." "Ghosts" is marginally better, but they both can be described as "inconsequential bumble."

The last Springsteen single that got me somewhat excited was "Radio Nowhere" in 2007 (excluding the boxed set singles like "Save My Love"). And they are postponing another surely awesome outtakes boxed set for this new album.

The new singles give off the vibe of catering to the out of touch fans who want that classic E Street sound and nothing else. I guess we should just be thankful he didn't let Steve Van Zandt produce like they always beg for.

Good to see you back in our thread!

I mean, stylistically, I prefer it to those awfully dated drum machines and barely perceptible but omnipresent string arrangements of the Brendan O'Brien days. I just don't have much interest in what is essentially a nostalgia record. In the last 20 years, his best music has been his most ballsy (relatively speaking), political, and angry stuff - 41 Shots, the Magic album, Death to My Hometown, etc. He has certainly earned the right to do an album about mortality and his life as a musician, I just don't expect it to move me much.

Also, the redux of the 72 songs is baffling. That January 31, 1973 performance of Orphans is one of my all time favorite lost Springsteen songs and I know the new version is going to have maybe 1% of that passion akin to the time he dusted it off in 05 as a bit of a novelty. Same goes for that 79 rehearsal of Janey Needs a Shooter. That amount of vigor and angst is just not something he's going to muster as a septuagenarian. Priest is one of my favorite of the good, not great 72 demos. Again, why not just release those?

[Dr. Medulla]

His new song is on the radio right now. More inconsequential bumble.

Yeah, those lyrics about buying a guitar in a shop are obviously not aimed at you.

Red Roses for Heston.

I've heard he prefers rum, sodomy and the lash.

'tis the Geordie way, aye.

[Jimmy Jazz]

His new song is on the radio right now. More inconsequential bumble.

There are two "singles" from the new album - "Letter to You" and "Ghosts." "Ghosts" is marginally better, but they both can be described as "inconsequential bumble."

The last Springsteen single that got me somewhat excited was "Radio Nowhere" in 2007 (excluding the boxed set singles like "Save My Love"). And they are postponing another surely awesome outtakes boxed set for this new album.

The new singles give off the vibe of catering to the out of touch fans who want that classic E Street sound and nothing else. I guess we should just be thankful he didn't let Steve Van Zandt produce like they always beg for.

Good to see you back in our thread!

I mean, stylistically, I prefer it to those awfully dated drum machines and barely perceptible but omnipresent string arrangements of the Brendan O'Brien days. I just don't have much interest in what is essentially a nostalgia record. In the last 20 years, his best music has been his most ballsy (relatively speaking), political, and angry stuff - 41 Shots, the Magic album, Death to My Hometown, etc. He has certainly earned the right to do an album about mortality and his life as a musician, I just don't expect it to move me much.

Also, the redux of the 72 songs is baffling. That January 31, 1973 performance of Orphans is one of my all time favorite lost Springsteen songs and I know the new version is going to have maybe 1% of that passion akin to the time he dusted it off in 05 as a bit of a novelty. Same goes for that 79 rehearsal of Janey Needs a Shooter. That amount of vigor and angst is just not something he's going to muster as a septuagenarian. Priest is one of my favorite of the good, not great 72 demos. Again, why not just release those?

Good to be back!

The whole album is out there. After a few listens I find it pretty boring. You're right, production wise it does sound good. Clean and un-muddled. But these songs do nothing for me. Might be my least favorite album of his. Even Working on a Dream or Human Touch each have at least a couple of songs I like a lot despite their flaws.

I probably enjoy the 72 songs the most and would have preferred he just redo more of them as a whole album instead of shoehorning them into this project. Never was too crazy about the 72 demos anyway. I do like that 73 performance of Orphans as well as the 2005 one. Janey I assume they don't have a better quality version of that rehearsal?

[Jimmy Jazz]

double post

[matedog]

Good to see you back in our thread!

I mean, stylistically, I prefer it to those awfully dated drum machines and barely perceptible but omnipresent string arrangements of the Brendan O'Brien days. I just don't have much interest in what is essentially a nostalgia record. In the last 20 years, his best music has been his most ballsy (relatively speaking), political, and angry stuff - 41 Shots, the Magic album, Death to My Hometown, etc. He has certainly earned the right to do an album about mortality and his life as a musician, I just don't expect it to move me much.

Also, the redux of the 72 songs is baffling. That January 31, 1973 performance of Orphans is one of my all time favorite lost Springsteen songs and I know the new version is going to have maybe 1% of that passion akin to the time he dusted it off in 05 as a bit of a novelty. Same goes for that 79 rehearsal of Janey Needs a Shooter. That amount of vigor and angst is just not something he's going to muster as a septuagenarian. Priest is one of my favorite of the good, not great 72 demos. Again, why not just release those?

Good to be back!

The whole album is out there. After a few listens I find it pretty boring. You're right, production wise it does sound good. Clean and un-muddled. But these songs do nothing for me. Might be my least favorite album of his. Even Working on a Dream or Human Touch each have at least a couple of songs I like a lot despite their flaws.

I probably enjoy the 72 songs the most and would have preferred he just redo more of them as a whole album instead of shoehorning them into this project. Never was too crazy about the 72 demos anyway. I do like that 73 performance of Orphans as well as the 2005 one. Janey I assume they don't have a better quality version of that rehearsal?

Yeah, I've held off on listening to the leak, but when I finally do hear the album, i'll probably listen to the 1972 songs first and then make my way to the others.

Janey has the 72 demo and the 79 rehearsal. I don't think there are any studio logs showing Janey with the full band, so I don't think we'll get a better recording than what we have already, so it kinda makes sense to record it now. At least he's not passing it off as a 1979 recording like he has done with the Darkness and River box vocals.