Gremill wrote:

Xtal is great.

I think Windowlicker is the only Aphex track with two official votes, so we'll go with that.  Good week.

Springsteen time.

It's this for me, and it's almost a shame that nothing has the faintest hope of touching it as my first runner up would be a deserved winner too.  



Runners up:

Nebraska is easily my fave Bossman album and this is the best track on it:

 

It took years for this one to slow burn its way up the list.  It's another non-strut Bruce track but I reckon I could still knee slide to it if they weren't covered in goosebumps:



Favourite foot tappy track.  It pretty much double drops:



The rest of the top ten would be huge too.  Darkness on the Edge of Town gets the nod for 2nd fave album.

Also: When you buy a various artists charity album for one track and it pays off. 

Thunder Road is a song that gets better as Springsteen gets older. The original recording just doesn't have the same oomph in his voice. I think it's partly a production thing, but it's a rare case for me of preferring the live version.

I'm looking forward to checking out the suggestions here. I've wanted to properly explore Springsteen for a while now.

For now, my rather obvious choices would be Dancing in the Dark and I'm on Fire. Absolutely love the sound production of the later.

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Well hello there.

What I love about Springsteen is as he has got older, he's actually gone harder in his music, especially live. There's times he looks like a wee punk rocker up there in his all black get up.

Let's get started with the track from his most recent works that made it in to my top list, Wrecking Ball. Live it is something else, just an absolutely raucous wall of noise. The recorded version gets close. If you've ever been to a Catholic Church "race night" fundraiser, this is what they all descend to.



Then for a change of pace, one that sometimes gets overlooked, but it's a real beautiful song with... a mandolin solo?
Atlantic City it is. He did this at his home on a a 4 track. Mental.




My pal Ryan talks about how this next one basically summed up a very unhappy relationship he was in years back, and it's all disguised in the Born In The USA pop machine. Catchy as all feck. I'm Goin' Down



Magic is not one of Springsteen's best albums, but it sure opens with an absolute banger, and channels that punk sensibility I get from older Springsteen. Radio Nowhere is like a song Green Day wished they had on American Idiot.




Springsteen's response to 9/11, The Rising, was when I first really got into him, and started digging through my parents' vinyls. The title track is probably the best remembered, but man, Waiting On A Sunny Day is just an absolute blast of pop.




And I can keep going but I'll finish for there with one more as I have work to do! I think the one that will win for me is The River, specifically the one from the Live 1975-85 album with his introductory anecdote about going for the Vietnam War draft. When the harmonica kicks in, I get chills every time.

Thunder Road for me.


I liked that album he did called the Seeger sessions. Kind of a folksy Americana thing.

Wifey has the vinyl boxset of the E-Street Band Live 75-85.

Bruce Springsteen is a weird one. Everything says I should like him but I really struggle to connect with any of his songs.

That is with one exception, Dancing in the Dark. When I'd come home from the pub, I'd always put this on and fall asleep listening to it on repeat. It's pretty much one of my favourite songs.

Yeah it's obvious but I pretty much love everything about it and will even entertain dodgy covers of it because I think it's that good.

Looking forward to listening to some of the suggestions in here to see if he finally clicks.

davyK wrote:

I liked that album he did called the Seeger sessions. Kind of a folksy Americana thing.

One of his best.  He seemed to have plenty of fun on the road with it too. 

One more post...

Proof that bangers can be slowed down without it sounding like someone's trying to sell you a sofa in black & white:

He and the E Street are also a fantastic cover band live. Imagine them as your wedding band.

I've seen this one live 3 times and it just absolutely goes places.











This one technically isn't a cover but The Gaslight Anthem are basically a Springsteen tribute band so it's an ouroboros




There's two official Spotofy playlists, "Songs Under Cover" vol 1 and 2 with more.

Shit, seeing Morello on the Staying Alive cover reminded me of High Hopes the album and the absolute number he did on The Ghost of Tom Joad, completely transforming it. If you're a Rage fan, you'll dig where this goes.

Wrong Way (Down a One-Way Street).