29. september 2021. "Wasted Days"
I dag var det premiere på "Wasted Days", en ny låt med Bruce Springsteen og John Mellencamp. Låten ble spilt inn i april i år, mens videoinnspillingen ble gjort tidligere denne måneden. Bruce og John bytter på å synge versene, mens de fremfører refrenget sammen.
"Wasted Days", med John Mellencamo og Bruce Springsteen
Dette er den første innspillingen de har gjort sammen. Låten er den første singlen fra John Mellencamps kommende album, som slippes neste år.
"Wasted Days"
23. september 2021. "No Nukes" slippes i november I juli kom nyheten om at Bruce Springsteens legendariske opptredener under "No Nukes" konsertene, som ble holdt den 21. og 22. september 1979, skulle utgis senere i år. I dag ble tidspunktene for lanseringsdatoene sluppet.
Datoene for de forskjellige utgivelsene:
16. november. Digitalt kjøp av filmen.
19. november. Fysisk utgave, enten som 2CD + DVD eller 2 CD + Blu-Ray.
Denne utgaven vil i tillegg inneholde en 24 siders bok med sjeldne bilder, nedskrevne minner, et essay, en reprodusert billett og klistremerke.
Det vil også bli mulig å kjøpe en vinyl boks, som inneholder 2 LP, en 24 siders bok med sjeldne bilder, nedskrevne minner, et essay og en plakat av frontcoveret i størrelse 33" X 19".
Spillelisten for alle utgivelser:
1. Prove It All Night
2. Badlands
3. The Promised Land
4. The River
5. Sherry Darling
6. Thunder Road
7. Jungleland
8. Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
9. Born to Run
10. Stay
11. Detroit Medley
12. Quarter to Three
13. Rave On
"No Nukes" slippes i november
Fra Springsteens hjemmeside: "The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts,” a Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band film featuring ten never-before released performances from the Madison Square Garden MUSE benefit concerts, and full footage of the band’s entire setlist, will be released worldwide for the first time. Edited by Bruce’s longtime collaborator Thom Zimny from the original 16mm film alongside remixed audio from Bob Clearmountain, “The Legendary 1979 No Nukes Concerts” represent the highest quality and best recorded Bruce performances from an explosive, ascendant and rarely-filmed era of the E Street Band. The film will be released in HD on physical formats November 19, including on two CD with DVD, two CD with Blu-Ray and two LP formats. It will be available globally in HD for digital download on November 16 and digital rental on November 23."
Tidligere har vi fått Springsteens konsertopptredener fra disse to konsertenes samlet på en utgivelse gjennom "Live Vault" serien. Denne ble utgitt den 24. desember 2018.
Utgave nr. 35 i "Live Vault" serien
Den 28, mars i 1979, oppstod en nestenulykke i atomreaktoren på Three Mile Island, hvor deler av reaktoren smeltet etter et eksperiment. Dette kunne ha fått fatale konsekvenser som det man fikk i Tsjernobyl i Ukraina i 1986. Hendelsen ved Three Mile Island ble regnet som verdens verste atomulykke inntil Tsjernobylulykken inntraff sju år senere. Rundt 50 000 bodde rundt øya da ulykken inntraff.
I kjølvannet av denne hendelsen oppstod det demonstrasjoner rundt om i USA og en rekke artister dannet M.U.S.E. (Musicians United For Safe Energy) og annonserte at det skulle holdes to konserter i Madison Square Garden i september samme år. Artistene bak M.U.S.E. var Jackson Browne, Bonnie Raitt, Graham Nash og. John Hall. Med seg på laget fikk de også Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band som var med på to av konsertene i MSG, på det som skulle vokse til fem forestillinger. Springsteen og bandet var med på de konsertene som ble holdt den 21. og 22. september.
Offisiell trailer fra konsertfilmen
Bruce Springsteens og The E Street Bands opptredener var konsertenes høydepunkt og man fikk oppleve en konsertopplevelse av det sjeldne. Bruce og bandet hadde hatt fri fra live opptredener siden januar, etter avslutningen av Darkness turneen, og var nå i studio og snekret sammen det nye albuet "The River".
Det var under den første opptrenden den 21. september at Bruce Springsteen for aller første gang fremførte låten "The River", som er tilegnet søsteren Virginia, som også var i salen denne kvelden, og svogeren. De offisielle videoene til "The River" og Thunder Road er hentet fra "No Nukes" konsertene.
---------------------------------------------------------- Bruce Springsteen 72 år - and still going strong! Etter å ha sett Bruce Springsteen live, under Bruce's opptreden på Harvard Square Theater i Cambridge den 9. mai i 1974, skrev Jon Landau en artikkel som inneholdt de udødelige ordene: "I saw rock and roll future and its name is Bruce Springsteen". Artikkelen ble publisert i avisen "The Real Paper" som ble utgitt i Boston. Året var 1974 og det var året før Bruce Springsteen virkelig slo igjennom med albumet "Born To Run", som var et være eller ikke være for Bruce.
Bruce Springsteen, 72 år den 23. september 2021
I dag er det ikke vanskelig å se hvor rett Jon Landau hadde med sin artikkel. Gjennom fem tiår har Bruce Springsteen underholdt en hel verden med sin musikk og ikke minst legendariske konserter.
Alle som har opplevd sjefen live, enten sammen med The E Street Band, The Seeger Session Band, andre prosjekter som The Other Band eller solo, skjønner hvor enestående Bruce Springsteen er på scenen. Her snakker vi om en person som gir alt, kveld etter kveld etter kveld...
Bruce Springsteen i begynnelsen av karrieren
Bruce Springsteen har solgt mer enn 135 millioner album på verdensbasis, noe som rangerer han som en av tidenes mest selgende artister.
Bruce har vunnet flere priser og utnevnelser gjennom sin lange karriere. Han har blant annet vunnet Oscar statuetten, 20 Grammy’s, to Golden Globes og en Tony Award (for "Springsteen on Broadway").
Springsteen har også blitt innlemmet i både "Songwriters Hall of Fame" og "Rock And Roll Hall of Fame" i 1999, "Kennedy Center Honors" i 2009, "MusiCares person of the year" i 2013 og ikke minst "The Presidential Medal of Freedom" i 2016.
Det er liten tvil om at bautaen, som i dag fyller 72 år, har satt dype spor i musikkhistoriens lange tidsløp. Heldigvis er ikke sagaen om Bruce Springsteen over. I fjor fikk vi albumet "Letter To You", som er spilt inn live med "The E Street Band", og forhåpentligvis får vi oppleve Bruce og bandet live igjen i løpet av 2022.
Bruce Springsteen fyller 72 år i dag
Jeg har tidligere laget en hyllestvideo i forbindelse med Springsteens 70 års dag. Her har jeg samlet noen av de fineste sitatene av Bruce Springsteen selv og noen fra hans "venner", ispedd bilder og video fra hans lange karriere. Den er like aktuell i dag, selv to år etter 70 års dagen og tåler en visning til.
Videoen inneholder også et parti hvor man får et kronologisk innblikk i Springsteens lange karriere, fra fremførelsen av "Thundercrack" i 1973 og helt frem til "Tucson Train" i 2019.
Så, skru opp lyden og nyt Springsteen på sitt beste…
Happy 70th Birthday (video) 15. september 2021. From My Home to Yours #28 (15/9-21)
Bruce Springsteens 28. utgave av "From My Home To Yours", som sendes på SiriusXM satelitt radio, har fått tittelen "Money Honey".
"Money Honey" var den 28. utgaven.
Dagens tema omhandlet penger og sangene som var plukket ut forsterket temaets betydning.
Bruce benyttet også muligheten til å harselere med tidligere president Donald Trump. Før han spilte Fitz & the Tantrums «MoneyGrabber», fortalte Springsteen historien om hvordan Trump kjøpte pianoer fra Mike Diehl, som eide Freehold musikkskole der Springsteen tok leksjoner i ungdommen, og deretter nektet å betale for dem. Springsteen kalte Trump for «den jævelen som sitter i Mar-a-Lago, akkurat nå og suger i seg rekescampiene og lyver for resten av nasjonen».
Les hele historien lenger nede i artikkelen.
Noen av artistene som ble spilt var Clarence Clemons & the Red Bank Rockers, The Killers, Vampire Weekend og James Brown. Bruce spilte "Easy Money" fra sin egen katalog, og det var hans låt «Savin’ up», som Clarence Clemons & the Red Bank Rockers fremførte.
"Easy Money"
Spillelisten:
Money Honey (Wanda Jackson)
Money On Straight (The Killers)
Mr. Dollar (Wynonie Harris)
Rich Man (Vampire Weekend)
Moneygrabber (Fitz And The Tantrums)
Money Won't Change You (James Brown & The Family)
Money (Barbara Lynn)
Money (Cardi B)
Easy Money (Bruce Springsteen)
I'm Your Bread Maker, Baby (Slim Harpo)
Dead Presidents (Little Walter)
Broke (Teddy Swims)
Money Back Guarantee (Max Falcon)
Brother Can You Spare A Dime (Bing Crosby)
Savin' Up (Clarence Clemons & The Red Rockers)
Springsteens ord under sendingen: Hello gamblers, ramblers, friends, family, hustlers and rustlers, welcome to Volume 28 of "From My Home to Yours", titled "Money Honey".
That was The Killers with "Money on Straight". And we opened with Wanda Jackson and "Money Honey". Wanda Jackson is, of course, the First Lady of Rockabilly, singing the song that was originally recorded and released in 1953, by Clyde McPhatter and the newly formed Drifters. She cut it on an EP called Let's Have a Party in 1958. Patti and I were lucky enough to see Wanda and meet Wanda at the Asbury Lanes, some years ago, and she had every bit of what she's always had, that premier female voice of rockabilly. She was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2009. She is a native Oklahoman. She retired from performance in 2019, and she will be missed. She was as wonderfully down home and sassy as that voice always made her sound. Wanda, wherever you are tonight, we love you. Wynonie Harris, sing us a little "Mr. Dollar"!
Wynonie Harris was known for his blues-shoutin' voice, ribald lyrics and his rhythm and blues songs with titles such as "Lolly Pop Mama", "I Like My Baby's Pudding", "Sittin' on It All the Time", "Keep on Churnin' (Till the Butter Comes)" and "Wasn't That Good". Yes it was, Wynonie, yes it was. Now here's Vampire Weekend with "Rich Man".
Short story in the beginning of this song: As a child, I took lessons at Mike Diehl's music school on South Street. Mr. Diehl had a lovely little school. Nothing too big. Came out of a small '50s-style ranch house, and made a nice living there. Some years later come, Donald Trump is building one of his damn casinos down Atlantic City. Orders a bunch of pianos from my friend Mr. Diehl. And of course, refuses to pay for them. Now, for Mr. Diehl, hundreds of thousands of dollars in pianos is a lot of fucking pianos, and a lot of fucking money. And that this bastard held out on this smalltown music school owner, and finally agreed to pay him something like six on the dollar, was disgusting. And it really hurt Mr. Diehl at the time, and that was basically his, that was the money that he made for the entire year. So I'm gonna dedicate this one to that fucker that's sitting down in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, right now, sucking on his shrimp scampi and lyin' to the rest of the nation. He's just a goddamn money grabber.
That was Barbara Lynn, with the classic song that says it all. "Money (That's What I Want)", written by Berry Gordy, Janie Bradford, it was Motown's first hit record, in June of 1960. It was performed by Barrett Strong. Now Barrett claims he wrote the song with Berry and Janie and his name was there, but it was removed from the copyright three years after it was written. Strange. And then it was restored in 1987, when the copyright was renewed. And then it was excised again, the following year, in a dispute. Classic music business, unfortunately, that I guarantee came down to nothing but money. Cardi B, explain this to us.
That was yours truly, on "Easy Money", the first song I wrote for Wrecking Ball. Drivin' home from a bar in Red Bank, I started singin' the chorus. "Take out the dog, I'll take out the cat", you know? Behind the wheel, just started hummin' that along. Suddenly I said, "I got it!" I dashed in my wheels to my studio, called my crew and threw down a rough version of that tune. And I wrote the rest of it that night on the edge of my bed, and I recorded it the next day. I like it when they happen like that. It was my diatribe against all them Wall Street suckers, grabbin' all that easy money after that 2008 crash, without giving a fuck about what happened to everybody else.
And before that, the one and only Cardi B. Now here's Slim Harpo with "I'm Your Bread Maker, Baby".
That's one of my favorite bluesmen, Slim Harpo. "I'm Talkin'", "I'm a king bee, buzzin' around your hive". I'm talkin', "Rainin' in my heart". I'm talkin', "Got love if you want it"", got love if you want it". I'm talkin', (sings), "Come here baby, scratch my back". All Slim Harpo. Bad ass. Great, great groove. Born in Lobdell, Louisiana, influenced by Jimmy Reed, my other favorite bluesman. Slim had a swamp groove, made him a favorite of all the '60s blues-rock British combos such as The Rolling Stones, who did a nice cover of "King Bee". As did The Castiles, back in 1966. Now "Baby Scratch My Back", of course, that was a huge hit, reaching Number. 1 in the R&B charts and making all the way to No. 16 in the pop charts. "Oh yeah, baby, scratch my back".
And following Slim was Little Walter, the blues harp genius, with "Dead Presidents".
Broke? Hell, everybody remembers being broke. I once drove to New York City in the early '70s in hopes of getting $30 to keep me from getting thrown out of my apartment in Asbury Park. It was too late, but I was going to get this $30 from Mike Appel, my then-manager. When I got to the Lincoln Tunnel, the kind lady wouldn't let me through, because after she busted open my last roll of 100 pennies, the last money I had on the planet, she found one Canadian penny! And 99 cents, my friend, will not get you into New York City! In the day, you needed a full dollar or you're turnin' around! And that's exactly what she told me to do! "Turn this car around, sir, you don't have a dollar". So I got out of that car with a cacophony of horns blarin' behind me, for the bullshit that was going on where I was, and I searched that car inside and out, I took my time till I found, somewhere ‘neath the back seat, one American cent. And I took it between my thumb and my finger, and I dropped it into her hand, and she slapped it down on that metal desk. New York was mine! I had the dollar. But damn, that was broke.
That was Max Falcon, who needs that money back guarantee to feel secure. And this is, this is a gorgeous recording of "Buddy, Can You Spare a Dime?" by one of the great, great American voices, Bing Crosby. Please Enjoy.
That's our show for today, folks. Till we meet again, I wish you health, wealth, good fortune and good times. Go in peace.
11. september 2021. Terrorangrepet i USA - 20 år siden i dag
Bruce Springsteen fremførte i dag låten "I'll See You In My Dreams", under 20 års-minnemarkeringen av terrorangrepet på USA den 11. september 2001. Markeringen fant sted på World Trade Center Memorial Plaza i New York.
Bruce Springsteen, NY 11/9-21
Terrorangrepet den 11. september i 2001 er det mest omfattende terroranslag i USAs historie, både når det gjelder materielle skader og antall drepte. Fire sivile fly ble kapret av aktivister fra Al-Qaida på selvmordsoppdrag. To av dem ble med få minutters mellomrom styrtet inn i Verdens handelssenter (World Trade Center) i New York. Et tredje fly ble styrtet inn i forsvarsdepartementets hovedkvarter The Pentagon i Washington, D.C. Det fjerde og siste flyet gikk i bakken i Pennsylvania.
I tillegg til 19 kaprere, døde 2973 personer i terrorangrepet, derav alle 246 ombord på flyene, 2602 i tårnene og på bakken i Verdens Handelssenter og 125 i Pentagon. I tillegg er 24 personer fortsatt meldt savnet. Blant de døde er 343 brannkonstabler, 23 politimenn og 37 ansatt ved New Yorks havnevesen.
11. september 2001 - et av tidenes største terrorangrep
I etterkant av terroraksjonene i USA den 11. september 2001, skrev Bruce Springsteen låtene som skulle bli til albumet "The Rising" - som ble utgitt i 2002.
Temaet på dette albumet er terror i alle mulige innfallsvinkler. Vi følger personer som ofrer seg selv for å hjelpe andre og som lider store kvaler på grunn av tapet av sine nærmeste. Vi får også oppleve at de igjen begynner å se håpet etter tragedien som har truffet dem.
Alt i alt er "The Rising" en plate som forteller oss at det finnes håp og glede etter slike forferdelige hendelser og at man kan komme styrket ut etter bunnløs fortvilelse.
The Rising (9/11 remix)
I et spesialredigert radioprogram med Mike Sharp, fra "The LA Radio Studio", og Dave Marsh får vi høre Dave's analyse av hver enkelt låt på albumet "The Rising". Dette programmet ble først sendt i sin helhet rett etter albumet ble sluppet på markedet i 2002.
Nå kan man høre dette spesialredigerte programmet i sin helhet og man kan også laste ned programmet i tre deler ved å gå inn på LA Radio Studio
5. september 2021. Siste kveld på Broadway
I går kveld avsluttet Bruce Springsteen årets runde av "Springsteen On Broadway".
Hele 30 forestillinger har blitt spilt på St. James Theatre siden åpnings-showet den 26. juni.
Fra gårsdagens avslutningsshow på Broadway
Sangene har stort sett vært de samme under de 30 forestillingene.
Låtene under årets utgave av SoB: Growin' Up / My Hometown / My Father's House / The Wish / Thunder Road / The Promised Land / Born In The U.S.A. / Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out / Tougher Than The Rest (med Patti Scialfa) / Fire (med Patti Scialfa) / American Skin (41 Shots) / The Rising / Dancing In The Dark / Land Of Hope And Dreams / iI'll see you in my dreams
På grunn av Korona innreise-restriksjoner til USA, har det vært vanskelig, om ikke umulig, for Europeere å oppleve disse forestillingene på Broadway. Forhåpentligvis får man etter hvert kontroll over Korona situasjonen og man vil atter kunne oppleve Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band på en omfattende verdensturne. Kanskje allerede neste år?
Kanskje ser vi Bruce & co på en scene neste år...
4. september 2021 Live Vaults, The Live Archives" (nr. 71)
Den 71. utgivelsen fra serien "Live Vaults, The Live Archives", er hentet fra Tower Theater i Philadelphia den 17. Mai i 2005.
Utgivelse er den femte fra "Devils And Dust" turneen i "Live Vaults" serien. Tidligere har vi fått konsertopptak fra Stockholm (25/6-05), Ohio (31/7-05), Michigan (3/8-05) og New Jersey (22/11-05).
Den 71. utgivelsen er fra "Devils And Dust" turneen
"Devils And Dust" turneen var den andre store soloturneen til Bruce Springsteen. Den første var "Solo Acoustic Tour", som kom i kjølvannet av albumet "The Ghost Of Tom Joad", ti år tidligere.
Denne turneen skilte seg veldig ut, fra den forrige solo turneen, ved at denne var mer lystigere og at flere kjente låter ble fremført av Springsteen arkivet. Konsertene var magiske og stemningen blant publikum var ekstatisk.
Konsertene ble spilt på mindre arenaer for å skape en mest mulig intim stemning. i et fullsatt Tower Theater, i Philadelphia, var det omtrent 3000 personer. Ved at arenaene var så små, var det utrolig vanskelig å få tak i billetter.
"Devils And Dust" ble sluppet 26/4-05
Noe av det mest imponerende var alle instrumentene Bruce trakterte gjennom konsertene og hvordan kjente låter fikk en helt ny musikalsk drakt.
Ved siden av akustisk gitar ble det benyttet blant annet piano, elektrisk piano, pumpeorgel, "bullet mikrofon, ukulele, elektrisk gitar og banjo.
"Wreck On The Highway"
Konsertopptaket fra Philadelphia inneholder 24 låter.
"Darkness On The Edge Of Town” outtake låten “Iceman” hadde sin premiere under konserten og ble kun spilt denne ene gangen under turneen. Tex-Mex versjonen av "Ramrod" fikk også sin premiere denne kvelden i Philadelphia. Konserten inneholdt forøvrig ni låter fra D&D albumet.
"Iceman" fra Tower Theater (17/5-05)
Fra brucespringsteen.net: In the opening weeks of his Devils & Dust solo tour, Springsteen returns to the Tower Theater outside Philadelphia, site of legendary E Street Band shows in the 1970s. Accompanying himself on pump organ, traditional and electric piano, as well as acoustic guitar, Springsteen performs a virtuosic set featuring nine tracks from D&D, complemented by "My Beautiful Reward," "Empty Sky," "Incident On 57th Street," "Part Man, Part Monkey," "Wreck On The Highway," "Real World," "Further On (Up The Road)," the first tour appearance of "Ramrod" and the world premiere of the haunting Darkness outtake, "The Iceman."
Låtene som er på utgivelsen:
My Beautiful Reward / Reason To Believe / Devils & Dust / Youngstown / Empty Sky / Black Cowboys / Iceman / Incident On 57th Street / Part Man, Part Monkey / Maria's Bed / Silver Palomino / Reno / Wreck On The Highway / Real World / The Rising / Further On (Up The Road) / Jesus Was An Only Son / Leah / The Hitter / Matamoros Banks / Ramrod / Land Of Hope And Dreams / The Promised Land / Dream Baby Dream
Oversikt over offisielle live utgivelser fra arkivet (3/9-2021)
1. september 2021.
From My Home to Yours #27 (1/9-21)
Bruce Springsteens 27. utgave av "From My Home To Yours", som sendes på SiriusXM satelitt radio, har fått tittelen "Going to the Chapel".
"Going to the Chapel" var den 27. rekken.
Denne sendingen var viet Springsteens favoritt kjærlighetslåter og inneholdt for det meste R&B og country låter. Temaene var ikke kun forbeholdt "sweet love"-sanger, men også låter om kjærlighet som ikke gikk så bra.
Sendingen varte i litt over en time.
"I Wanna Marry You"
Artister som ble fremført under sendingen, var blant annet Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley, The Dixie Cups, Sam & Dave, The Roches og Springsteen selv med live versjonen av "I Wanna Marry You".
Spillelisten:
01. You Never Can Tell (Chuck Berry)
02. Gonna Get Married (Major Lance)
03. I'm Gonna Get Married (Lloyd Price)
04. Chapel Of Love (The Dixie Cups)
05. I Wanna Marry You (Live, 27/1-16 New York)
06. Mexican Divorce (The Drifters)
07. I Threw It All Away (Bob Dylan)
08. The Married Men (The Roches)
09. D-I-V-O-R-C-E (Tammy Wynette)
10. On The Other Hand (Randy Travis)
11. Customary Thing (John Cafferty & The Beaver Brown Band)
12. I Knew The Bride (When She Used To Rock 'N' Roll) (Dave Edmunds)
13. Stand By Your Man (Tammy Wynette)
14. When Something Is Wrong With My Baby (Sam & Dave)
15. Life's Little Ups And Downs (Charlie Rich)
16. Can't Help Falling In Love (Elvis Presley)
Springsteens ord under sendingen: Hello, lovers, brothers, sisters, newlyweds, divorcees from sea to shining sea. Welcome to Vol. 27 of "From My Home to Yours", titled "Going to the Chapel".
They had a HiFi phono. Boy, did they let it blast. Seven hundred little records. All rock, rhythm and jazz/But when the sun went down. The rapid tempo of the music fell, "C'est la vie", "Such is life", "Say the old folks. It goes to show you never can tell". Our master American storyteller, our Mark Twain of rock 'n' roll, the genius of Chuck Berry with "You Never Can Tell". And this is Major Lance.
"Gonna Get Married". That was Major Lance, out of Winterville, Mississippi. A Northern Soul pioneer, father of Atlanta mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms. He was one of 12 children, he attended Wells High School along with Curtis Mayfield and Jerry Butler, what a class!, in Chicago. "Monkey Time". "Hey Little Girl". "Um, Um, Um, Um, Um, Um". All written by Curtis Mayfield and bearing a singular sound and rhythm that was a signature of Mayfield's music. What a great groove on those records. This is Lloyd Price, with "I'm Gonna Get Married".
The Dixie Cups, with one of the most classic wedding songs of all time, "Chapel of Love". Written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector. Originally recorded by Darlene Love but turned into a hit that spent three weeks at No. 1 by The Dixie Cups in 1964, knocking The Beatles out of the top chart spot. And that wasn't easy to do. Coming Up, "I Wanna Marry You", live from The River Tour.
That was "I Wanna Marry You", written for The River in a Ben E. King via Manfred Mann's Paul Jones vocal style, borrowing a little soul, mixing it with a little doo wop, and sequenced on the album just before "The River". It was meant to rub against "The River" and highlight the contradictions of the two songs, and of marriage itself. One, a utopian dream. And one, social realism. They created a tension and a conflict that was at the center of The River album, really the first album where I wrote about relationships between men and women. This is The Drifters, with "Mexican Divorce".
That was Bob Dylan, with "I Threw It All Away". And oh yes, we have, a few times. From the lovely album, Nashville Skyline. One of the most playable albums in Bob's stable of incredible records. Here come The Roches, with a great, great song, one of my favorites, "The Married Men".
And that, "The Married Men", is one of a kind. There is no other song dealing with the ins and outs, complications of marriage, anything like that one. Great song, I believe written by Maggie Roche, if I am correct. I'm not sure about that. But they were incredible songwriters and an amazing vocal group. Really the kind of vocals that can only come from blood. The Beach Boys have it also, of course. The Everly Brothers had it also, of course. It's just a unique feature of genetics, the way those voices blend. And now, Tammy Wynette singing about something she knows a little something about. "D-I-V-O-R-C-E".
And that was the fabulous "On the Other Hand", by Randy Travis. Singer of 16 No. 1 singles on the Billboard country charts. He was born in Marshville, North Carolina, had a bit of a troubled youth, bad adulthood, but generally mended his ways and dedicated himself to his music and is just one of the loveliest voices of a certain part of country that was sort of… somewhat post-traditional and yet certain pre- the modern country that we hear today. And "On the Other Hand", what a great song. What a great, great song. Here's my friends John Cafferty & the Beaver Brown Band, with a Buddy Holly-ish cut called "The Customary Thing".
That was John Cafferty. Now here comes "I Knew The Bride". C'mon, Dave!
That was Dave Edmunds, of course, with "I Knew The Bride (When She Used To Rock 'n' Roll)".
That is classic Tammy Wynette. Women, "Stand By Your Man", and men, stand by your woman.
Yes, that was Sam & Dave, back in the days when they were speaking to one another, with "When Something Is Wrong With My Baby (Something Is Wrong With Me)". I've seen them perform that, live in Philadelphia. Also at the Satellite Lounge in Fort Dix, New Jersey. And at The Fastlane, that's right, The Fastlane in Asbury Park. I saw Sam & Dave three times while they were still playing together. And, literally, every time, they brought me to tears. And certainly with this song. They were just one of the most powerful, incredible duos of all time. And when I saw them at The Fastlane, it was heartbreaking, because it was a relatively small crowd there, and they simply sang their hearts out. And I can tell you, I stood in the back of the room and wept at seeing this great, great, great talent, later in the day of their performing together, bringing in, really, quite a small audience, and it was just so undeserved, and they were so epic and so profound that it touched me incredibly deeply. And that about says it all. Almost. Here's Charlie Rich, with "Life's Little Ups and Downs".
And that's about our show for today. I want you to stay hard, stay hungry, stay alive, and stay in love. Go in peace.
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Sjekk arkivet for tidligere Springsteen saker.
