Searching for the true springsteen « The Quintessential Q

Saturday, May 06, 2006

Searching for the true springsteen

The Boss, is in my mind, the best godamn thing that has happened to rock ever. And he does the most godamndest of all things. Long-time springsteen fans will agree that of every two albums that he cuts, exactly one is worth dying for & the other merely has value because its springsteen.

Take his latest album - We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions. True, he is prone to bouts of melancholy throughout his career, but rehashing Pete Seeger's singles is not what we want him to do. NOT me atleast. For me, Sprinsgteen represents the energy of Born in USA or the irony of Glory Days. We need stories, not dirges. He comes up with stuff like Born To Run & follows it up with a tepid Nebraska. Then again a real live one with The River & follows it with Darkness On The Edge OF Town. i mean wtf. you are wasting talent, thats what. he could have been the greatest ever, and all he does is campaign against Bush.

Th genius of springsteen lies in two bits - the story & the music. the recipe for building up a classic boss song is

1. get one nice story
2. get the boss mix.
3. Let the mixture stand alone for thirty seconds
4. serve it all gun blazing with a wall of sound finish

~classic springsteen hit. not hard on the cerebrum & sweet music to the ears. ok i admit, i am no great afficinado of guitaring. Hendrix could as well be playing a fidle for all i care. the package would be complete with great story, great sound and great music. I like all three bits served together. thank you very much~
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And thats why Seeger Sessions is so disappointing. We Shall overcome is a song that every kid in India knows how to hum, thanks to the translated hum hongey kamyaab bit. And apart from a semi-boss hit like Pay Me My Money Down, this one album isnt the boss at all. Which is really inexcusable.

Posted at 06:34 pm by Lord Q


	Raghav May 19, 2006 03:22 PM PDT did u know that "born to be wild" was supposed to be Kerrty's Theme ..he offered the boss over a million $ i think for that song but he did not get it :P

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