Loose Windscreen and Alan Brightmore

[zelilgirlI1cenu]

Alan

At long last I have seen both DVD's. Oh boy! What a treat.

I never realised that Born to Run bore so many similarities with Pet Sounds. Not in sounds but in meaning for an artist. What to say when you see a man working on a song for 6 months (Born to Run/ Good Vibrations) .

The footage of the gig is amazing. Bruce's voice on Jungle Land, listen to the oooooo's at the end. Chilling, sublime, I dunno, music is really the true essence of mankind, a place where we can only be good, godly I would say, were I religious.

Whats funny too about it is that Bruce says in the liner notes he had forgotten that the gig had been filmed and was only looking for snippets, and WOW what does he find, the whole thing. I cant imagine how incredible this can be at the personal level.

[al]

So glad you got it at last! One of the few occasions where a DVD can actually make your soul soar!

Now if only they could find every other gig he's ever done and release those too....

And that was supposed to be a bad night! The other Hammersmith gig was supposed to be better!

Have you heard a live version of New York City Serenade from 1975? If not let me know...

If only the world would worship Bruce instead of all these false gods it would be a much better place (though even harder to get tickets than it already is so maybe not....) 

[zelilgirlI1cenu]

Have you heard a live version of New York City Serenade from 1975? If not let me know...

........worship ..............these false gods ....) 

No I haven't hear it  and all these religious qualifiers to add to mine, hmmmm, makes ya wonder.

[I. Spaceman]

That Hammersmith show was indeed weak compared to the second, if audio evidence serves.
Bruce seems inward, with a chip on his shoulder at that show. Struggling too hard to be taken seriously after encountering record company hype earlier that night.
He only really starts to have fun at the Detroit Medley, and there's a somewhat dissastisfied feeling at the close, that they're stopping just as they're getting going.
Compare that to the Passaic show in 9/78, where the show is completely emotional, intense and scorching, and FUN, from beginning to 3 hours later finale.
Of course, Hammersmith is still great, but I can see why it was a bad memory for Bruce. It's still better than anyone else, but it's far from Bruce at his finest.

[al]

Check your pm's. Hopefully it worked this time!

[zelilgirlI1cenu]

Of course, Hammersmith is still great, but I can see why it was a bad memory for Bruce. It's still better than anyone else, but it's far from Bruce at his finest.

I agree there is something very serious about Bruce in this film, but I see this as rather spiritual. And since I have never seen him live, well, I can only wait with bated breath.

[I. Spaceman]

I agree there is something very serious about Bruce in this film,

The guy was in a bad mood!

[zelilgirlI1cenu]

OMG, Alan, "maybe we can steal away". Thanks. Great great song.

[I. Spaceman]

Was that the Main Point version?

[zelilgirlI1cenu]

I agree there is something very serious about Bruce in this film,

The guy was in a bad mood!

Really? I'ma glad I wasn't around then :-)

[I. Spaceman]

Did you watch the documentary, Wings For Wheels? That show was where he ripped all the posters off the walls and took flyers off the seats because he was so pissed off about the hype surrounding him.

[zelilgirlI1cenu]

LOL, not I didnt see that but now I will no doubt. On the topic of live performances, does anyone know where I could get the "You're missing" on the piano from Saturday Night Live ?

[I. Spaceman]

youtube!
I'll try to find the link!

[I. Spaceman]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbEB5oaoOps

 

[zelilgirlI1cenu]

Classic. Many thanks Ian. Pirouettes galore. What can I say?

Merci du fond du coeur

[I. Spaceman]

Check out some of the other Springsteen videos there too. Especially the 1978 Prove It All Night and 1979 Quarter To Three. You'll see what I was talking about earlier, comparison-wise.
In fact,
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xH04FHTgq2E&search=bruce%20springsteen

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZZKf5tMXzM&search=bruce%20springsteen

[I. Spaceman]

CLASSIC Backstreets:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=I2ZIuH1i40o&search=bruce%20springsteen

[I. Spaceman]

One of the classic Bruce moments, Quarter To Three from No Nukes:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=c6HeX059HXY&search=bruce%20springsteen

And a great NYC Serenade from 99:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=LnSnPlY48Zc&search=bruce%20springsteen

[al]

w. o. w.

 

Big thanks once more!

[zelilgirlI1cenu]

w. o. w.

 

Big thanks once more!

Isnt it incredible? I spent so much time trying to find this goddamm You're missing to no avail, when all I had to do was ask..... again mwuhs to you both :-)

[al]

I think that version of NYCS from the Main Point 1975 is my very favourite Bruce track. I used to listen to a crackly old vinyl (in fact, clear vinyl) version in the late 70's on headphones before I went to bed most nights. Still sends shivers up my spine. Never knew till fairly recently it was even from that show, which I had on vinyl but it cut off before it got to that song. He also does a version of Dylan's I Want You on that which is weird and wonderful.

Glad you like it!

Love the recent version as well - he should do it more often!

[zelilgirlI1cenu]

Seeing him playing You'reMissing on the piano and that encor on the DVD, makes me really feel like hearing a Bruce version of L & M.

[zelilgirlI1cenu]

So does one know when Bruce is touring next? I'll travel for this.

[zelilgirlI1cenu]

The last 2 days I have been plagued by the idea of this post. I have been listening intensely to the song "Born to Run" and have made up a story in my head that it is musically inspired by the uptempo songs of Pet Sounds amongst otehr influences.

By this I mean that usually, people refer to Brian's influence in the harmony structures. Obviouslynot so in the case of Born to Run. But compositionally, it is, and maybe it is a well know fact. I havent got the foggiest, but. Take Wouldn't it be Nice, That's not me, I'm Waiting for the Day, Sloop John B, I know there's an answer. Pet Sounds, its all in the use of the drums and horns. Clarence's sax is very like the bass harmonica use throughout Pet Sounds, the bells, even the use of the bass at times. Uncanny, but there you go. of course what got me thinking was the fact that after all Bruce tokk 6 months to wrtie this song, the time it took Brian to do GV.

Watching this DVD is so revealing about the idiosyncratic interpretation Bruce gives to rock & roll. I even hear so much influence of Irish music in this album. Listen to "She's the One", can you not see the Irish dancing that can be done on that, all dictated by the piano rythm, supported by the drums later on in the song? No to mention the huge Van Morrisson feel.

Flame away!

[Evenreven]

No flaming here! Great post!
I sense some Pet Sounds in Born To Run too. That may just be that both Brian and Bruce were - obviously - heavily into Spector, and they interpreted the wall of sound in their own unique ways. One more thing that they have in common, is the project feel, so to speak. Brian wanted to make a record of "all good stuff" that made a cohesive whole, and that was certainly also Bruce's intention. "Born To Run" the song is the Good Vibrations of the Born To Run album, but whereas Brian found out that GV didn't fit, Bruce found that BTR would work in an album- and single context. And it did.
Sorry for the unstructured response. I'm thinking aloud here.