29. april 2021. From My Home to Yours #21
Den 21. Utgaven av "From My Home To Yours", har fått navnet "Waiting on a Friend".
Sendingen, som var en av de lengste i denne serien, hadde fokus på vennskap, noe også låtvalgene bar preg av.
Bruce åpnet sendingen med disse velvalgte ordene: "There is no friendship in the world like a rock ‘n’ roll friendship. Music is the unspoken language of companionship. When you find that soulmate who understands every note, every syllable of every lyric of every song that ever ripped a hole in your heart, you know you’ve found a friend for life. You are bonded forever through the magic, the mystery and the miracle of rock and roll."
"Waiting on a Friend", var den 21. utgaven
Sendingen inneholdt så mange som fem av Springsteens egne låter. Disse var "Blood Brothers", "None But the Brave", "I'll See You in My Dreams", "Two Hearts" og "Backstreets". I tillegg til disse egne låtene, inneholdt spillelisten også en fremførelse av låten "Always A Friend" med Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band sammen med Alejandro Escovedo.
Sendingen varte i en time og 23 minutter og det ble spilt 20 låter i programmet.
Låtene som ble spilt under programmet:
Bruce Springsteen - "Blood Brothers" (Alternate Version)
The Rolling Stones - "Waiting on a Friend"
Clarence Clemons and Jackson Browne - "You're a Friend of Mine"
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band (med Alejandro Escovedo) - "Always a Friend" (live)
The Kinks - "See My Friends"
Janis Joplin - "Me and Bobby McGee"
Elmore James - "My Best Friend"
Steely Dan - "Through With Buzz"
The Rolling Stones - "Mixed Emotions"
Bob Dylan - "Positively 4th Street"
MGMT - "Me and Michael"
Bruce Springsteen - "None But the Brave"
Tom Paxton - "Ramblin' Boy"
The Byrds - "He Was a Friend of Mine"
Bruce Springsteen - "I'll See You in My Dreams"
Joan Baez - "Pal of Mine"
Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes (Springsteen og Steven Van Zandt) - "It's Been a Long Time"
Dave Alvin - "Two Lucky Bums"
Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band - "Two Hearts" (live)
Bruce Springsteen - "Backstreets"
Bruce Springsteens ord for ord:
"Greetings, creatures of Earth, fellow New Jerseyans, citizens of Mars, fans, friends and listeners from coast to coast and around the world. Welcome to Volume 21 of 'From My Home to Yours', titled 'Waiting on a Friend'. There is no friendship in the world like a rock 'n' roll friendship. Music is the unspoken language of companionship. When you find that soulmate who understands every note, every syllable of every lyric of every song that ever ripped a hole in your heart, you know you've found a friend for life. You are bonded forever through the magic, the mystery and the miracle of rock 'n' roll."
"That was Clarence. Clarence Clemons and Jackson Browne on their big hit, 'You're a Friend of Mine'. Before that, of course, the Glimmer Twins, Mick and Keith, and the Rolling Stones, with Sonny Rollins on sax, and Nicky Hopkins, one of the great rock 'n' roll piano accompanists, on keyboards. And I started us off with 'Blood Brothers', the alternate, alternate track. We had three or four different versions of 'Blood Brothers' and we spent several days in the studio, trying to sort out which was the correct version. And we ended up with the version that was on our Greatest Hits album. And we left this one off, and I'm not sure we made the right decision. I love the one that's on Greatest Hits, but this thing really has something to it, too. So that was 'Blood Brothers', alternate version. The E Street Band."
"Blood Brothers" (Alternate Version)
"And this Alejandro Escovedo with 'Always a Friend'.
"That was 'Always a Friend' of Mine, live. I think we were in Austin, I'm not sure about that. Alejandro Escovedo and yours truly, and the E Street Band. And that was followed by The Kinks, with Ray Davies' 1965 composition, 'See My Friends'. I used to love this song. It was one of the first records to incorporate the modal Indian raga sounds, produced by Shel Talmy, who was a hell of a producer in the early '60s, and produced many, many classic records by The Kinks, The Who, as well as producing 'Friday on My Mind' by the Australian Easybeats. He was amazing."
"Here is Janis Joplin, 'Me and Bobby McGee'."
"That was Janis, with Kris Kristofferson's 'Me and Bobby McGee'. That song was released posthumously, and was quite a hit. It was only the second record released posthumously to become a hit. The other one, obviously, the great Otis Redding song 'Dock of the Bay'."
"Now, friendships, even among the best of friends, get complicated. Just ask Elmore James."
"And that was Bob Dylan, with the fabulous all-time kiss-off, 'Positively 4th Street'. Before that, 'Mixed Emotions', by Mick and Keith, the Rolling Stones. Before that, Steely Dan, who are 'Through With Buzz', and I don't blame them! Terrible behavior! And I started us off, up top, with Elmore James, who was having the problem of his lover being attracted to his best friend. Ouch! That does hurt."
"This MGMT with 'Me and Michael'."
"None But The Brave"
"That was the beautiful 'Ramblin' Boy', by Tom Paxton. I have had a recent re-infatuation with folk music, and Tom Paxton is just, just great. Love that song. 'Ramblin' Boy'. Before that was the E Street Band with 'None but the Brave'. 'None but the Brave', I believe, was recorded for Born in the U.S.A., for which many, many, many, many other songs were recorded… for Born In The U.S.A., many of which could have come out, but did not, due to… insanity at the time, I suppose. Before that, MGMT with 'Me and Michael'.
"I played this next cut over and over, in my bedroom on South Street, as a teenager. The first rock song, I think, to try and contextualize the Kennedy assassination, which was a sacred subject in the early '60s. And it was on The Byrds' 1965 album, Turn! Turn Turn! Roger McGuinn has said he wrote this version of what was a traditional folk song in 1963, the night Kennedy died. I was 13 when Kennedy was assassinated. I always remember I was in gym class, playing soccer in the field. Someone came running out of the high school, slammed themselves up against the chain link fence and said, 'The President's been shot'. We all rushed inside, and the rest was history. Now this is just a lovely version of 'He Was a Friend of Mine'. The Byrds."
"That was 'Pal of Mine', by Joan Baez. Previous to that yours truly, with 'I'll See You in My Dreams', and of course The Byrds' 'He Was a Friend of Mine'."
"It's Been a Long Time," Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, with Bruce Springsteen and Steven Van Zandt
"And that was 'Two Lucky Bums', by Dave and Phil Alvin. Before that, the great Southside Johnny, with 'It's Been a Long Time', accompanied by Steve and myself. And… all right, let's go!"
"That's our show. May ye be wealthy with friends in this world. Hold them close to your heart. Give them a home in your soul. And don't sweat the small stuff. Until we meet again, go in peace."
5. april 2021. Renegades: Born In The USA (siste episode)
Den 8. og siste episoden av podcasten "Renegades: Born In The USA" har fått tittelen "The Rising: Looking Towards American Renewal". Denne episoden diskuterer de hvilke håp de har for en amerikansk forening. Bruce forteller også om sine minner fra da han skrev "Born In The USA".
"This is a song about the pain, glory, shame of identity and of place. So it's a complex picture of the country. Our protagonist is someone who has been betrayed by his nation and yet still feels deeply connected to the country that he grew up in.… I think why the song is being appropriated… one, is because it was so powerful; two, is because its imagery was so fundamentally American, but it did demand of you to hold two contradictory ideas in your mind at one time: that you can both be very critical of your nation and very prideful of your nation simultaneously. And that is something that you see argued about to this very day."
Man kan høre hele episoden i mediespilleren under.
Samtlige episoder kan høres her.
The Rising: Looking Towards American Renewal
2. april 2021. Live Vaults, The Live Archives (nr. 66)
Dagens utgivelse er den 5. fra "Tunnel Of Love Express Tour" og er hentet fra LA Sports Arena i Los Angeles, California den 28. april 1988.
Dette er den andre utgivelsen fra denne konsertarenaen, hvor det ble spilt fem konserter på rad i april dette året. Den forrige utgivelsen fra "LA Sports Arena" er fra den 23. april. De tre andre utgivelsene er hentet fra Joe Louis i Detroit (28/3), Madison Square Garden i New York (23/5) og Stockholm stadion i Sverige (3/7).
Den 66. utgivelsen er hentet fra Los Angeles 1988
Etter en liten pause, etter avslutningskonserten i MSG den 23. mai, fortsatte turneen i Europa. Det var under denne turneen Bruce Springsteen holdt sin aller første utendørskonsert i Norge, på Valle Hovin den 27. juli.
"Have Love, Will Travel" (LA, 28/4-88)
Turneen var relativ kort og varte fra 25. februar til 3. august, hvor avslutningskonserten ble holdt i Barcelona.
I tillegg til The E Street Band, hadde Bruce Springsteen også med blåserrekken "The Horns Of Love", som bestod av Mario Cruz på saksofon, Eddie Manion på saksofon, Mark Pender på trompet, Richie "La Bamba" Rosenberg på trombone og Mike Spengler på trompet.
Bruce og Clarence under konserten i LA
Låtene på månedens utgivelse:
Tunnel Of Love / Be True / Adam Raised A Cain / Two Faces / All That Heaven Will Allow / Seeds / Roulette / Cover Me / Brilliant Disguise / Spare Parts / War / Born In The U.S.A. / Tougher Than The Rest / Ain't Got You - She's The One / You Can Look (But You Better Not Touch) / I'm A Coward / I'm On Fire / One Step Up / Part Man, Part Monkey / Across The Borderline / Dancing In The Dark / Light Of Day / Born To Run / Hungry Heart / Glory Days / Rosalita (Come Out Tonight) / Have Love Will Travel / Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out / Sweet Soul Music / Raise Your Hand
