Friday, August 22, 2008
Thursday, August 21, 2008
Bruce Springsteen - Hershey, PA - Aug. 19, 2008
Great show. Beautiful summer evening. Bad seats. Expensive beer. Cool t-shirt. Setlist:
- Summertime Blues
- Radio Nowhere
- Out in the Street
- Spirit in the Night
- Promised Land
- (sign collection):
- Boom Boom (John Lee Hooker cover)
- Darlington County
- Waitin on a Sunny Day
- Reason To Believe
- Prove It All Night
- No Surrender
- Because the Night
- She's The One
- Living In The Future
- Mary's Place
- Workin On The Highway
- Part Man Part Monkey
- The Rising
- Last To Die
- Long Walk Home
- Badlands
Encore:
- Thunder Road
- Jungleland
- Seven Nights to Rock
- Born To Run
- Rosalita
- Tenth Avenue Freeze Out
- American Land
- Gloria
Sunday, August 03, 2008
The last great rock-n-roll album
There has not been a great rock and roll album since 1987's The Joshua Tree.
There, I said it.
Sure, there have been notable albums - Elephant by The White Stripes, or Robert Plant's Mighty Rearranger, maybe. But has there been anything truly memorable - an entire album where you just went "wow"? And no, I don't count Nirvana - quick, name me five great Nirvana songs. How about three? I'm not trolling here, but I'd really like to know if anyone can recommend a great rock and roll album in the last 20 years. Even U2's later efforts prompt a "meh" reaction, and I'm a huge U2 fan.
So, prove me wrong.
There, I said it.
Sure, there have been notable albums - Elephant by The White Stripes, or Robert Plant's Mighty Rearranger, maybe. But has there been anything truly memorable - an entire album where you just went "wow"? And no, I don't count Nirvana - quick, name me five great Nirvana songs. How about three? I'm not trolling here, but I'd really like to know if anyone can recommend a great rock and roll album in the last 20 years. Even U2's later efforts prompt a "meh" reaction, and I'm a huge U2 fan.
So, prove me wrong.
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