Born To Run turns 40

Born To Run turns 40

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epom

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11,398 posts

160 months

Tuesday 25th August 2015
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Hard to believe it turns 40 today. The title track gets most of the kudos and not sure this can ever be beaten. Find somewhere quiet, sit back, close your eyes and drink this in.... Aaahhhhh....
http://youtu.be/ypL7b6B0ZTE

anonymous-user

53 months

Tuesday 25th August 2015
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Yeah them 75/78/80 shows were the ones to see,the skinny years, unfortunately the first time I saw him was on the Born In The USA tour by which time imho things had started to go downhill for BS.

Rh14n

940 posts

107 months

Tuesday 25th August 2015
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Born to Run -- the greatest Driving song of all time! Even if driving a bright yellow Ford Ka as I once did driving

davidd

6,443 posts

283 months

Wednesday 26th August 2015
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This might be slightly controversial but I think it is a dreadful song.

Rh14n

940 posts

107 months

Wednesday 26th August 2015
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Nooooooo! Begone you heathen! yikes

Edited by Rh14n on Wednesday 26th August 11:54

Asterix

24,438 posts

227 months

Wednesday 26th August 2015
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davidd said:
This might be slightly controversial but I think it is a dreadful song.
I hate to say that as a massive music fan, I've never really liked Bruce Springsteen.

Then again I've never really liked Elvis or Bob Dylan either.

davidd

6,443 posts

283 months

Wednesday 26th August 2015
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Asterix said:
I hate to say that as a massive music fan, I've never really liked Bruce Springsteen.

Then again I've never really liked Elvis or Bob Dylan either.
I have a lot of time for some early Elvis, most leaves me pretty cold, as for Dylan.... Massively overrated... Clearly in my opinion..

RegMolehusband

3,959 posts

256 months

Wednesday 26th August 2015
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Another here who dislikes Born To Run. Heard it on the radio this morning and had to turn it down.

Tom_C76

1,923 posts

187 months

Wednesday 26th August 2015
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Born to Run is a brilliant epic. I can take or leave Elvis, mostly leave TBH, and Dylan is a great songwriter and lousy performer. Springsteen is great though.

davidd

6,443 posts

283 months

Wednesday 26th August 2015
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Blimey people disagreeing on an Internet forum and no one is getting abusive.. wink

Disastrous

10,072 posts

216 months

Wednesday 26th August 2015
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I'm surprised to hear a musician not liking Born to Run. I know it's not to everyone's taste but I think it's pretty undeniably a fantastically well written and well arranged piece of music. The lyrical scope and the drama of the text is first class and the musicianship is superb. And I'm going to stop now as I've turned into Patrick Bateman.

What I mean is, I think you can not like it, but I think you still need to respect it.

Zod

35,295 posts

257 months

Wednesday 26th August 2015
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I'm not much of a Springsteen fan, but I love the track and the album.

Tom_C76

1,923 posts

187 months

Wednesday 26th August 2015
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Disastrous said:
I'm surprised to hear a musician not liking Born to Run. I know it's not to everyone's taste but I think it's pretty undeniably a fantastically well written and well arranged piece of music. The lyrical scope and the drama of the text is first class and the musicianship is superb. And I'm going to stop now as I've turned into Patrick Bateman.

What I mean is, I think you can not like it, but I think you still need to respect it.
Indeed. In the same vein I can admit to appreciating the songwriting and arrangement in many of ABBA's works. I still hate them though...

davidd

6,443 posts

283 months

Wednesday 26th August 2015
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Disastrous said:
I'm surprised to hear a musician not liking Born to Run. I know it's not to everyone's taste but I think it's pretty undeniably a fantastically well written and well arranged piece of music. The lyrical scope and the drama of the text is first class and the musicianship is superb. And I'm going to stop now as I've turned into Patrick Bateman.

What I mean is, I think you can not like it, but I think you still need to respect it.
So I get interested, go back for another listen, read the backstory...

It took him 6 months to write just that song.....(well according to Wikipedia). Blimey that is commitment, I still don't like it though.

Disastrous

10,072 posts

216 months

Wednesday 26th August 2015
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davidd said:
Disastrous said:
I'm surprised to hear a musician not liking Born to Run. I know it's not to everyone's taste but I think it's pretty undeniably a fantastically well written and well arranged piece of music. The lyrical scope and the drama of the text is first class and the musicianship is superb. And I'm going to stop now as I've turned into Patrick Bateman.

What I mean is, I think you can not like it, but I think you still need to respect it.
So I get interested, go back for another listen, read the backstory...

It took him 6 months to write just that song.....(well according to Wikipedia). Blimey that is commitment, I still don't like it though.
The story behind Nebraska is even worse.

Demo recorded on 4-track in his house, just him, an acoustic and a harmonica. Months of recording follows, with the band, without the band, in this studio, in that studio, with this producer, with that producer and after all of that, he pulls the original demo out of his jeans pocket and says "Nah, this is the one. Get this mastered. That's my record."


davidd

6,443 posts

283 months

Wednesday 26th August 2015
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Disastrous said:
The story behind Nebraska is even worse.

Demo recorded on 4-track in his house, just him, an acoustic and a harmonica. Months of recording follows, with the band, without the band, in this studio, in that studio, with this producer, with that producer and after all of that, he pulls the original demo out of his jeans pocket and says "Nah, this is the one. Get this mastered. That's my record."
How very annoying (I think he's an even bigger bellend now).

Disastrous

10,072 posts

216 months

Wednesday 26th August 2015
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davidd said:
Disastrous said:
The story behind Nebraska is even worse.

Demo recorded on 4-track in his house, just him, an acoustic and a harmonica. Months of recording follows, with the band, without the band, in this studio, in that studio, with this producer, with that producer and after all of that, he pulls the original demo out of his jeans pocket and says "Nah, this is the one. Get this mastered. That's my record."
How very annoying (I think he's an even bigger bellend now).
Laugh. Fair one. To me that's artistic integrity and creative control but I can see how one might disagree!


twizellb

2,774 posts

211 months

Thursday 27th August 2015
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Disastrous said:
davidd said:
Disastrous said:
The story behind Nebraska is even worse.

Demo recorded on 4-track in his house, just him, an acoustic and a harmonica. Months of recording follows, with the band, without the band, in this studio, in that studio, with this producer, with that producer and after all of that, he pulls the original demo out of his jeans pocket and says "Nah, this is the one. Get this mastered. That's my record."
How very annoying (I think he's an even bigger bellend now).
Laugh. Fair one. To me that's artistic integrity and creative control but I can see how one might disagree!
Getting it off his 4-track tape to disc was quite a ballache as well apperently.
Hence to poor sound quality of "Nebraska".

Google [bot]

6,682 posts

180 months

Thursday 27th August 2015
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Congrats Holly Johnson.

onyx39

11,109 posts

149 months

Thursday 27th August 2015
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davidd said:
Blimey people disagreeing on an Internet forum and no one is getting abusive.. wink
P1ss off!

smile