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Bruce is looking mighty Keef-like there. 
And am I the only one not partying to the Brendan O'Brien relationship?
And am I the only one not partying to the Brendan O'Brien relationship?
Springsteen, Part II
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phanan
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Well, I thought The Rising was very good, so hopefully this will be on the same level, if not better.
martha
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I liked the Rising very very much. I want things to rock a little harder than that this time.
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Yes! 
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martha said:
Agreed.
Based on Landau's quotes, we just might get our wish.
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I like the picture
In honor of Elvis' 30th anniversary..
Last year, EPE published an all-new edition of Elvis Presley's Graceland - Official Guidebook. It's jam-packed with photographs and information, a major improvement over the very good previous guidebook.
Following is the section of the book that gives some of the history of the front gates of Graceland, including the story of the night Bruce Springsteen jumped the fence:
The Front Gate
Throughout the years that Elvis lived at Graceland the front gate area was a place fans enjoyed being. There was the chance that he might drive through in one of his cars or on a motorcycle, or ride down on a golf cart or on horseback and have an impromptu autograph session. They could also watch him and his friends ride their horses and golf carts around the grounds. Even when Elvis out of town, it was fun to be at the gates, getting to know the guards (some of whom were Elvis’ relatives) and meeting other fans from around the nation and the world. When Elvis was away, sometimes the guards would let fans onto the grounds for photos, sometimes even driving them up to the front of the house. There was a sense of warmth, welcome and camaraderie. Actually, some lifelong friendships between Elvis fans began at the Graceland gates.
While, in general, things tended to be calm enough around here, it wasn’t all that uncommon for fans and curiosity-seekers to climb over the stone wall or wood fence on a dare or, more often, with the heartfelt hope of seeing Elvis. The security staff had more than one occasion to politely escort uninvited guests off the grounds, sometimes having to summon them down from the trees. On one occasion Elvis happened upon a couple of mischievous young guys who had jumped the fence and were taking a swim. Elvis is said to have nonchalantly suggested that they be careful, then went on about his business. Once, an enterprising fellow actually made his way into the house and was found sitting in the den waiting for Elvis, hoping to interest him in some songs he had written, but he didn’t get to have that meeting.
The most famous incident of wall jumping occurred one night in 1976. Bruce Springsteen, who was enjoying the first rush of great fame and had just played Memphis on his Born to Run tour, decided to catch a cab to Graceland. Noticing a light on up at the house, he climbed the wall and ran to the front door. As he was about to knock, Security interceded. He recalls asking, "Is Elvis home?." Answer: "No, Elvis isn’t home, he’s in Lake Tahoe." (It was true.) Springsteen attempted to impress the guards by telling all about his being a recording star and his having recently made the covers of Time and Newsweek, as he was politely escorted to the street. (Perhaps they didn’t believe him or hadn’t heard of him yet.) Years later in a concert, he told the story and commented:
"Later on, I used to wonder what I would have said if I had knocked on the door and if Elvis had come to the door. Because it really wasn’t Elvis I was goin’ to see, but it was like he came along and whispered some dream in everybody’s ear and somehow we all dreamed it. And maybe that’s why we’re here tonight, I don’t know. I remember later when a friend of mine called to tell me that he’d died. It was so hard to understand how somebody whose music came in and took away so many people’s loneliness and gave so many people a reason and a sense of all the possibilities of living could have in the end died so tragically. And I guess when you’re alone, you ain’t nothin’ but alone. So anyway, I’d like to do this song for you tonight, wishing you all the longest life with best of absolutely everything."
In honor of Elvis' 30th anniversary..
Last year, EPE published an all-new edition of Elvis Presley's Graceland - Official Guidebook. It's jam-packed with photographs and information, a major improvement over the very good previous guidebook.
Following is the section of the book that gives some of the history of the front gates of Graceland, including the story of the night Bruce Springsteen jumped the fence:
The Front Gate
Throughout the years that Elvis lived at Graceland the front gate area was a place fans enjoyed being. There was the chance that he might drive through in one of his cars or on a motorcycle, or ride down on a golf cart or on horseback and have an impromptu autograph session. They could also watch him and his friends ride their horses and golf carts around the grounds. Even when Elvis out of town, it was fun to be at the gates, getting to know the guards (some of whom were Elvis’ relatives) and meeting other fans from around the nation and the world. When Elvis was away, sometimes the guards would let fans onto the grounds for photos, sometimes even driving them up to the front of the house. There was a sense of warmth, welcome and camaraderie. Actually, some lifelong friendships between Elvis fans began at the Graceland gates.
While, in general, things tended to be calm enough around here, it wasn’t all that uncommon for fans and curiosity-seekers to climb over the stone wall or wood fence on a dare or, more often, with the heartfelt hope of seeing Elvis. The security staff had more than one occasion to politely escort uninvited guests off the grounds, sometimes having to summon them down from the trees. On one occasion Elvis happened upon a couple of mischievous young guys who had jumped the fence and were taking a swim. Elvis is said to have nonchalantly suggested that they be careful, then went on about his business. Once, an enterprising fellow actually made his way into the house and was found sitting in the den waiting for Elvis, hoping to interest him in some songs he had written, but he didn’t get to have that meeting.
The most famous incident of wall jumping occurred one night in 1976. Bruce Springsteen, who was enjoying the first rush of great fame and had just played Memphis on his Born to Run tour, decided to catch a cab to Graceland. Noticing a light on up at the house, he climbed the wall and ran to the front door. As he was about to knock, Security interceded. He recalls asking, "Is Elvis home?." Answer: "No, Elvis isn’t home, he’s in Lake Tahoe." (It was true.) Springsteen attempted to impress the guards by telling all about his being a recording star and his having recently made the covers of Time and Newsweek, as he was politely escorted to the street. (Perhaps they didn’t believe him or hadn’t heard of him yet.) Years later in a concert, he told the story and commented:
"Later on, I used to wonder what I would have said if I had knocked on the door and if Elvis had come to the door. Because it really wasn’t Elvis I was goin’ to see, but it was like he came along and whispered some dream in everybody’s ear and somehow we all dreamed it. And maybe that’s why we’re here tonight, I don’t know. I remember later when a friend of mine called to tell me that he’d died. It was so hard to understand how somebody whose music came in and took away so many people’s loneliness and gave so many people a reason and a sense of all the possibilities of living could have in the end died so tragically. And I guess when you’re alone, you ain’t nothin’ but alone. So anyway, I’d like to do this song for you tonight, wishing you all the longest life with best of absolutely everything."
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I love that story.
And I think this album will rock pretty hard. Can't wait to see Bruce and Stevie at the mic this fall!
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LarryMullen's_POPAngel said:Can't wait to see Bruce and Stevie at the mic this fall!
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I wonder how long it will be until we hear the first single, "Radio Nowhere".
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At this rate we'll be on "Springsteen Pt 3" by next month.
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..very exciting news! I almost squeeled when I read it on a bruce board, great fucking thursday news. the photo is pretty solid, i likey.
my only semi-complaint..is the album title... Magic?
It sounds so Madonna/ Mariah Carey generic album kind of title. But I'm assuming and very much hoping that once I hear the album it might be fitting.
I'm curious to see what the album cover will be, if this is the last E street album...will Bruce still plaster his and only his photo on it or will the band finally get to grace the cover..for all I know the whole entire time the band might not have wanted to be on the covers. I'm starting to ramble, sorry,
I'm just anxious for October already
my only semi-complaint..is the album title... Magic?
It sounds so Madonna/ Mariah Carey generic album kind of title. But I'm assuming and very much hoping that once I hear the album it might be fitting.I'm curious to see what the album cover will be, if this is the last E street album...will Bruce still plaster his and only his photo on it or will the band finally get to grace the cover..for all I know the whole entire time the band might not have wanted to be on the covers. I'm starting to ramble, sorry,
I'm just anxious for October already
dazzledbylight
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phanan said:Here we go!
So, Magic.Not exactly the kind of album title I would associate with Bruce. It makes me think of that old Olivia Newton-John song, or that corny song from the 70's by some one hit wonder that escapes me at the moment.
I thot of magic as in the "magic of R&R" ESP LIVE! R&R which we KNOW Bruce & E ST EXCEL
at!and another certain band................
I just heard the news this aftgernon on CBS-AM radio {NYC area}
I figure something else to get REALLY EXCITED ABOUT R&R/FUn-wise, while we wait for U-NO-WHO(S) to get their album up & running!
phanan
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"Show a little faith, there's magic in the night..."
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That's reaching just a teensy bit.
phanan
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I'm trying to convince myself that the new album title is ok.
Dorian Gray
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here's some more on it, from Brendan O'Brien via Rolling Stone
Late last year Bruce Springsteen invited producer Brendan O’Brien up to his New Jersey house to play him a batch of new songs he had been working on. “It was kind of surreal,” says O’Brien, who previously worked with Springsteen on 2002’s The Rising and 2005’s Devils and Dust. “We literally sat in his living room, he hands me a book of lyrics and he played me the songs on the guitar.” O’Brien then had the unenviable task of telling Bruce which songs worked, and which ones didn’t. “He gauges peoples reactions and I have to be as honest with him as I can,” O’Brien says. “Some of them had a certain voice that seemed to fit all together – and some didn’t have that same voice – so we decided which ones to pursue.” The songs that survived were taken down to Atlanta’s Southern Tracks Studios this March by O’Brien, Springsteen and the E Street Band. The resulting album, Magic, was recorded in eight weeks, and will be released on October 2nd.
The lead single will be “Radio Nowhere,” which O’Brien says changed very little from the version Springsteen played him at his house last year. “It’s a pretty straight-ahead rocker,” O’Brien says. “The most straightforward song I’ve heard him do in years.” “Long Walk Home,” which Springsteen debuted on tour last year with the Seeger Sessions Band, is an emotionally uplifting ballad that invokes 2002’s “My City In Ruins.” “That’s one of my favorite songs that he’s done in a long time,” says O’Brien. “It’s mournful, but also hopeful. It has very introspective verses and then he opens up lyrically as the song progresses. It hits me in a real great spot.” O’Brien describes the song “Living In The Future” as a “throwback to ‘Hungry Heart,’ an R&B thing.”
Recording with the E Street Band proved to be a logistical challenge, largely due to the fact that drummer Max Weinberg had to tape “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” during the week. Springsteen devoted weekdays to overdubbing and cutting vocal tracks, but each weekend a core group of E Streeters – Springsteen, Weinberg, bassist Gary Tallent and pianist Roy Bittan – would record the instrumental tracks. The other members of the E Street Band, including keyboard player Danny Federici and guitarists Steven Van Zandt and Nils Lofgren, were called in as needed to cut their parts. “It’s easier to manage the songs with less people,” O’Brien says. “Once we know what we’re doing, we brought the others in to do overdubs.”
But Springsteen insisted on being in the studio when Clarence Clemons cut his saxophone parts. “I appointed Bruce ‘senior vice president in charge of Clarence’s saxophone,’ ” O’Brien says. “There’s a whole dynamic there that spans decades. I don’t even get in the middle of it. I’m just a cheerleader.”
A world tour with the E Street Band will kick off right around the time Magic comes out, but no details have been released. “There’s songs that when we were recording them he would go, ‘I just know this song’s going to work great live,’ ” says O’Brien. “When it comes to being a bandleader and knowing what his audience wants, I think he’s one of the best ever.”
Late last year Bruce Springsteen invited producer Brendan O’Brien up to his New Jersey house to play him a batch of new songs he had been working on. “It was kind of surreal,” says O’Brien, who previously worked with Springsteen on 2002’s The Rising and 2005’s Devils and Dust. “We literally sat in his living room, he hands me a book of lyrics and he played me the songs on the guitar.” O’Brien then had the unenviable task of telling Bruce which songs worked, and which ones didn’t. “He gauges peoples reactions and I have to be as honest with him as I can,” O’Brien says. “Some of them had a certain voice that seemed to fit all together – and some didn’t have that same voice – so we decided which ones to pursue.” The songs that survived were taken down to Atlanta’s Southern Tracks Studios this March by O’Brien, Springsteen and the E Street Band. The resulting album, Magic, was recorded in eight weeks, and will be released on October 2nd.
The lead single will be “Radio Nowhere,” which O’Brien says changed very little from the version Springsteen played him at his house last year. “It’s a pretty straight-ahead rocker,” O’Brien says. “The most straightforward song I’ve heard him do in years.” “Long Walk Home,” which Springsteen debuted on tour last year with the Seeger Sessions Band, is an emotionally uplifting ballad that invokes 2002’s “My City In Ruins.” “That’s one of my favorite songs that he’s done in a long time,” says O’Brien. “It’s mournful, but also hopeful. It has very introspective verses and then he opens up lyrically as the song progresses. It hits me in a real great spot.” O’Brien describes the song “Living In The Future” as a “throwback to ‘Hungry Heart,’ an R&B thing.”
Recording with the E Street Band proved to be a logistical challenge, largely due to the fact that drummer Max Weinberg had to tape “Late Night With Conan O’Brien” during the week. Springsteen devoted weekdays to overdubbing and cutting vocal tracks, but each weekend a core group of E Streeters – Springsteen, Weinberg, bassist Gary Tallent and pianist Roy Bittan – would record the instrumental tracks. The other members of the E Street Band, including keyboard player Danny Federici and guitarists Steven Van Zandt and Nils Lofgren, were called in as needed to cut their parts. “It’s easier to manage the songs with less people,” O’Brien says. “Once we know what we’re doing, we brought the others in to do overdubs.”
But Springsteen insisted on being in the studio when Clarence Clemons cut his saxophone parts. “I appointed Bruce ‘senior vice president in charge of Clarence’s saxophone,’ ” O’Brien says. “There’s a whole dynamic there that spans decades. I don’t even get in the middle of it. I’m just a cheerleader.”
A world tour with the E Street Band will kick off right around the time Magic comes out, but no details have been released. “There’s songs that when we were recording them he would go, ‘I just know this song’s going to work great live,’ ” says O’Brien. “When it comes to being a bandleader and knowing what his audience wants, I think he’s one of the best ever.”
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Dorian Gray said:
Do we know any other bands who could take a hint?
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martha said:
Do we know any other bands who could take a hint?
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B-I-G HINT!!!
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One date has shown up on Ticketmaster. St. Paul, MN for 11/2. On sale next Saturday, 8/25. If that's the case, you just know the rest of the first leg of the tour will have to show up sometime this week.
And Bruce continues to rock with ticket prices - $85 and $55 levels it looks like.
And Bruce continues to rock with ticket prices - $85 and $55 levels it looks like.
jobob
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New Bruce album ... and and
That about sums it up for me.
It could be called "The Very Last Bruce and the E Street Band Album" for all I care. It's a new Springsteen album! With the E Street Band! Who cares what its title is?
That listing is no longer on Ticketmaster. and 
Although $85 and $55 levels are, as we all know, less than or the same as the last two Bruce tours.
and and That about sums it up for me.
phanan said:
It could be called "The Very Last Bruce and the E Street Band Album" for all I care. It's a new Springsteen album! With the E Street Band! Who cares what its title is?
phanan said:One date has shown up on Ticketmaster. St. Paul, MN for 11/2. On sale next Saturday, 8/25. If that's the case, you just know the rest of the first leg of the tour will have to show up sometime this week.
And Bruce continues to rock with ticket prices - $85 and $55 levels it looks like.
That listing is no longer on Ticketmaster.
and Although $85 and $55 levels are, as we all know, less than or the same as the last two Bruce tours.
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phanan
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Yeah, I figured they'd take it back down, as the official release hasn't happened yet, but it did provide a bit of insight, like the prices, so that was good...
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I figured he'd keep the prices the same.
I hope he does GA. But no lottery. I can take time off work if it means I can possible end up in the front row (again ).
I hope he does GA. But no lottery. I can take time off work if it means I can possible end up in the front row (again
).
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Supposedly Steve Van Zandt will be debuting "Radio Nowhere" on Q104.3 in NY this afternoon.
Hopefully a recording will surface...
Hopefully a recording will surface...
Nightsong
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Hopefully we'll get the official tour dates today
And I wasn't going to post any more rumors but Little Steven is supposed to be on The Q today and is rumored to be playing Radio Nowhere http://www.q1043.com/main.html
And I wasn't going to post any more rumors but Little Steven is supposed to be on The Q today and is rumored to be playing Radio Nowhere
http://www.q1043.com/main.html
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Beat ya.
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Is this a contest?
Anyway, hope if the rumor is true, it shows up online soon. (Along with tour dates!)
Anyway, hope if the rumor is true, it shows up online soon. (Along with tour dates!)
phanan
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Radio Nowhere would have been a good title for the album, now that I think of it.
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Maybe he was listening to Olivia Newton John that day.
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