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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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 – […]Archive
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 […]Archive
May 16, 2013 by Simon Sweetman