A Happy Belated Easter to all you Easter people from your Listening Room panel. We don't have any “Easter” themed entries in this week's installment. That's kind of a drag, actually. I like when themes emerge. Oh, well, there are plenty more holidays in 2007. Maybe we'll put something together for one of them.
I don't know if anyone else had trouble choosing this week, but I did. There were several songs that emerged as possibilities for me, but I eventually narrowed it down to one. You'll find out what that was soon enough. Once again, Bruce Springsteen makes an appearance in The Listening Room, which means the baffling contingent of anti-Springsteen people who have coalesced here at Blogcritics should have a field day.
You know, I understand we all have our individual likes and dislikes. I actually had some idiot come over to Fanboy and insult Guster. Why didn't he go ahead and insult TheWifeToWhomI'mMarried and my mom while he was at it? We all have our likes and dislikes and that's fine and good, but I don't understand the Springsteen vitriol. Of course, a great many libraries could be filled with the things I don't understand. This is not exactly exclusive terrain.
These may not be the best songs ever, they may not even be our favorites, but they kept us entertained last week. You could do worse than to try a few of them out and see what they do for you.
Josh Hathaway “My Favorite Mistake” from The Globe Sessions by Sheryl Crow
Few things in this world will put TheWifeToWhomI'mMarried in a cross mood faster than to catch me listening to Sheryl Crow- it's a long story, it was a long time ago, it makes me look bad, and I'm not going to tell it. Anyway, I used to really like her music but decided it was a waste of precious capital to listen to it. By the time I got an iPod and could listen in privacy I had somewhat lost interest. That, and C'mon C'mon didn't do much for me and I moved on. This is precisely why I stopped trading CDs in at used places. Last night, while trying to make some changes in iTunes I stumbled across her discography and this song. I decided to listen to it again and it clicked inside my head.
Article comments
1 - Mat Brewster
Springsteen sucks! You're mama sucks! And your wife, well actually the wife to whom you are married edits a lot of my stuff, so god bless her.
Sheryl Crowe has never really done much to me in terms of music, but I'd let her do anything she wants in terms of body. Meow!
2 - Tom Johnson
Is THIS that "Cop Killer" song of Springsteen's?
I must be the only guy in the world that find Sheryl Crowe to be a complete turn off. She looks like a skeleton covered in wet leather. Nasty.
3 - Mat Brewster
What you don't like the skeleton covered in wet leather look? Weird.
4 - Peter
I have seen several posts on the current video remastering of a 1970s Springsteen show, anybody have more info?
5 - Glen Boyd
Peter,
Re: Comment #4:
The only thing that is out now officially is the "Hammersmith Odeon" show from 1975, which is available on DVD as part of the 30th anniversary edition of "Born To Run".
There are very strong rumors that a similiar DVD from a show in Phoenix from 1978 will be part of a 30th anniversary "Darkness On The Edge Of Town" set next year. The video certainly does exist and has been seen in snippets over the years, most notably a performance of "Prove It All Night" (with the legendary long guitar intro), and a performance of "Rosalita" that was part of the original TV broadcast of "The History Of Rock And Roll" back in the '80's.
Hope that helps.
-Glen
6 - Connie Phillips
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7 - Johnny
Springsteen sucks. He crossed our IBEW picket line to perform at the Tacoma Dome in 1992. So much for the blue collar man.