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September 23, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 48

Bruce Springsteen, Nebraska (1982) I’ve been about as uninterested in Bruce Springsteen as can be lately – not regretting the years I was a fan or anything like that but just so wound up about it. He’s really a gurning clown. This has been on my mind a bit over the last couple of years […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1982, Acoustic, Bruce Springsteen, Darkness On The Edge Of Town, LP, Nebraska, Record, Records, Solo, The Boss, The Vinyl Countdown, The Vinyl Countdown # 48, Used Car, Vinyl ·

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August 3, 2020 by Simon Sweetman

Poem: I Used To Like Bruce Springsteen Until I Listened Very Closely

Bruce Springsteen mincing hard, a grinning, gurning clown, sweating bullets to let you know he means it – that dull rasp of a voice, no actual bark, even less bite. He’s written some gems, a small handful, but I couldn’t ever let it be thought that I didn’t love some of what he’s done. Though […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Bruce Springsteen, I Used To Like Bruce Springsteen Until I Listened Very Closely, Paul Kelly, Poem, Poem: I Used To Like Bruce Springsteen Until I Listened Very Closely, The Boss ·

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December 29, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Springsteen On Broadway: Film

Springsteen on Broadway Director: Thom Zimny Netflix Bruce Springsteen has been playing the role of Bruce Springsteen for far longer than he was ever actually “Bruce Springsteen”. Now, the same is true of a lot of the famous rock’n’rollers that grew up out of that era and firmly in public. Sir Paul of Macca is […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Acoustic, Broadway, Bruce, Bruce Springsteen, Concert, Drama, Film, Film Review, Memoir, Monologue, Movie, Movie Review, Music, Netflix, On Broadway, Show, Springsteen, Springsteen On Broadway, Springsteen On Broadway: Film, The Boss, Thom Zimny, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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September 29, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Bruce Springsteen: Chapter & Verse

Bruce Springsteen Chapter & Verse Columbia Timed and themed as a companion volume/soundtrack to the brand new memoir this compilation isn’t quite a Greatest Hits but features quite a few hits, it reels in the Springsteen fans due to a handful of previously unreleased/hard-to-get pre E-Street baby-steps from The Boss. Most of it is one-listen […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Book, Born To Run, Bruce Springsteen, Chapter & Verse, Memoir, Soundtrack, Steel Mill, The Boss, The Bruce Springsteen Band, The Castilles, The E Street Band ·

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September 12, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band: Two NZ Shows (Feb, 2017)

Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band will play two shows in New Zealand in February, 2017. On tour in Australia for a month-long stay the two NZ shows will see Springsteen and band perform in Christchurch at the AMI Stadium on the eve of the sixth anniversary of the Christchurch earthquake, Feb 21 and […]
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August 26, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Radio Nowhere by Michael Ross: # 4 The Saddest Song Ever? – Bruce Springsteen’s The River

A song, not an album this week. Some time ago on Facebook, Simon asked, “What’s the saddest song ever?” or something to that effect. I had the same answer as ever – and this is a variation on something I’d previously written on it. It’s also the first time I’m going to talk about Springsteen […]
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January 24, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 1200

Bruce Springsteen, Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978) Man, I’m still trying to get past how truly awful that new Springsteen album is – and not only that, but how anyone who says it’s not is just a liar, a ghastly fuckin psycho-fan or psychophant or however it’s pronounced. Everything is bad about – […]
Posted in The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1978, Bruce Springsteen, Darkness On The Edge Of Town, E Street Band, LP, Racing In The Street, Springsteen, The Boss, Vinyl ·

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October 15, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Classic Albums I Can’t Ever Listen To Again: #11 Bruce Springsteen, Born In The USA

The biggest issue I have with this album is that the songs sound corny, horrible even. They’re not bad songs, obviously; in fact there were a half-dozen hit singles or whatever – but Born In The USA is a bit like Dire Straits’ Brothers in Arms in that it’s the artist’s biggest hit and pulled […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Born In The USA, Bruce Springsteen, Classic Albums I Can't Ever Listen To Again, Phantom Billstickers, The Boss ·

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May 16, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Peter Ames Carlin: Bruce

Bruce Peter Ames Carlin Touchstone Peter Ames Carlin is a decent biographer, particularly his effort chronicling Brian Wilson and The Beach Boys stands out and this book about Bruce Springsteen is more than decent – particularly (for) the early years. In fact Carlin picks over the early years, the making of the man, with a […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Biography, Book Review, Bruce, Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Hagiography, Peter Ames Carlin, The Boss, The E Street Band ·

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