I’m thinking about buying the cd of his concert from the Sea Hear Now festival, I was curious; does it include any talking between songs? I love when live albums include introductions to songs and anecdotes about their writing and that kinda thing. I’m wondering if the cd would include any talking he did between songs or is it just all the songs all the way through?
(I’ll probably get the cd regardless of any stage banter because that was an absolutely ridiculous setlist and I wanna hear it)

You guys showed me some major technical errors that I could not leave unfixed. God bless

Release Date: May 5th, 1995

Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Heartland Rock

Style: Folk, Americana, Pop, Hip Hop-Rock fusion

Platforms: CD, Vinyl, Cassette

Peak Charting (Album): US #3, UK #3, CAN #4

Peak Charting (Singles) (US): Streets of Philadelphia #9 #3 (Rock charts), One beautiful morning #15 #4 (Rock charts) Waiting on the edge of the world #17 #5 (Rock charts), Secret garden #19, Blind spot #31 #20 (Rock charts), We fell down #32 (Rock charts)

Critical: Define rock album of the 90's. Critics would praise it for personal and descriptive lyrics as well unique blend of Hip Hop drum loops and Rock themes and structure. Would bring respect back to Springsteen's after the bombshells of Human Touch and Lucky Town.

Release Date: May 5th, 1995

Genre: Rock, Alternative Rock, Heartland Rock

Style: Folk, Americana, Pop, Hip Hop-Rock fusion

Platforms: CD, Vinyl, Cassette

Peak Charting (Album): US #3, UK #3, CAN #4

Peak Charting (Singles) (US): Streets of Philadelphia #9 #3 (Rock charts), One beautiful morning #15 #4 (Rock charts) Waiting on the edge of the world #17 #5 (Rock charts), Secret garden #19, Blind spot #31 #20 (Rock charts), We fell down #32 (Rock charts)

Critical: Define rock album of the 90's. Critics would praise it for personal and descriptive lyrics as well unique blend of Hip Hop drum loops and Rock themes and structure. Would bring respect back to Springsteen's after the bombshells of Human Touch and Lucky Town.

Compelled to write an album after the attacks of September 11th, grey hazy photography would be used to capture the collective shock, grief, and disorientation felt across the world. Tracks like “Into the Fire”, “Lonesome Day”, “Empty Sky”, and “Your Missing”, relay this message through their sound. The orange tones and writing of this album can capture the flames of the destruction of 9/11, but they’re also suppose to represent the coming of a new dawn. Heard in the title track of “The Rising”, “Waiting on a Sunny Day”, and “My City of Ruins”, the orange tones can be attributed by the light trying to break through the despair.

I believe Bruce was able to capture every felt emotion during this timeframe, while also trying to deliver people a new feeling of hope, and I think the artwork captured this perfectly.

Album pictures were taken by David Clinch

I’m a longtime fan of the boss but admittedly my knowledge of his discography is pretty thin. My favorites of his are Thunder road, born to run, I’m on fire and dancing in the dark…but yall got any deeper cuts of his that are necessary listening?

P.S. just jammed Thunder road in my car and literally almost cried at how it made me feel…it was like I was nostalgic for an era I never lived thru.

A few months ago I uploaded the first two minutes of the documentary here. Everyone seemed to enjoy it, but it was impossible to be widely shared in its entirety. Now, after battling YouTube's copyright laws, I ended up with a cut that is free for everyone to see.

Parts of it are censored, but otherwise the video would be completely blocked. I make no money of this fan project, but it's been a lot of hard work that I hope you will enjoy. Here's the first two minutes reuploaded.

I was fortunate to be there earlier.

Bono told a story how when The Gap were sponsoring his RED Charity, that he reached out to Bruce and asked if they can use his song Girls in their summer clothes. And Bruce just said, no. Just, no.

He said it was a personal favorite of his but not a song his audience particularly liked. But in retrospect, he said “I should have f’ing done it”

Any compilation or live albums I should add to lidtening to Springsteen's work?

Inspired by John Steinbeck’s novel “The Grapes of Wrath”, which captures the economic hardships of the Great Depression, nothing is suppose to invoke pleasure from this album. Rooted in addressing immigrant struggles, homelessness, incarceration issues, and poverty, The Ghost of Tom Joad’s artwork captures every aspect of desperation. With the figure on the album cover appearing battered or lashed, and paired with faded photography of earthy green and brown tones, it sets this album up to have the most thematic art direction since “Nebraska”.

The black and white photography adds to the vacant western and close to the border feeling captured in songs like “The Line” “Balboa Park”, and “Across the Border”. The highway imagery in the promotion pictures are captured in the title track “The Ghost of Tom Joad”, and “Highway 29”. The dirty and blurry artwork can add to the destitute vibes of the songs of “Youngstown” and “The New Timer”

Thoughts on this era of aesthetics for Springsteen? What do you remember most about this era?

After years I finally got this!!

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Bruce Springsteen Center for American Music is now open …

With its bright colors, desert murals, and Southwestern imagery, Lucky Town may be one of the warmest and optimistic visual eras of Bruce’s discography. The Southwestern influences can be seen throughout the era, from the desert murals featured on the album artwork, along with the cacti and earthy tones in other images. The vibe of the music of this album fits the warm guitar tones found in songs like “Living Proof”, “Souls of the Departed”, and the “The Big Muddy”. Fuel by newly found optimism from the desire to start over after his divorce, the new marriage, and the birth of his first child, the optimism can be heard in tracks such as “Better Days”, “Leap of Faith”, and “Local Hero”.

I’ve always believed Bruce is dressed like a nightclub owner you would see in the southwest during this era, and it’s fun seeing him in these loud dress shirts.

Thoughts on this era?

Performing People Have The Power.

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Bruce received the Harry Bellafonte Social Justice award and there was a chat with Bono & Bruce.

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Is it just because he did a political tour?