14-10-2012, 00:35
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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN "nebraska" cd,1982.
the songs on here are as dark as the Nebraskan skies pending a tornado,and the music is as sparse as the countryside on the cover...this could easily have been a Nick Cave album IMO, its all about loneliness,dispair,worthlessness,redemption and murder, yes The Boss does sing about murder...a murder ballads album maybe?
the title track is based on the events of 17 year old Nebraskan serial killer Charles Starkweather from around 1958ish who,with his girlfriend(14yrs), shot to death around ten innocent people who were in the wrong place at the wrong time...he was executed in 1959,his girlfriend,frommemory, was paroled in the 1990s.
elsewhere, if the track 'reason to believe' doesnt evoke 'faith' in your psychy,then you are soulless IMO...
great album, even the ones i give "**" to, come close to love tracks....
up there with his best albums for sure!
I LOVE THIS ALBUM
worst track: state trooper
best track: atlantic city
tracks:
1. nebraska ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwcOhOv4fho live
2. atlantic city ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gODj-B074tM live
3. mansion on the hill **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHpcfoVQ4eA live
4. johnny 99 ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD-0xE7JjN8 live
5. highway patrolman ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-wPDmQEy2Y audio
6. state trooper **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lmT-jlL8ZiY audio
7. used cars **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_zYf9Uw-6Ak audio
8. open all night **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZcBv5dSfmJg audio
9. my fathers house **
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KYDW1bIwIV4 audio
10.reason to believe ***
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qc4UopypcT8 audio
3s=5
2s=5
1s=0
rating: 2.5
"BTO....Bachman,Turner,Overweight
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.
They were big in the 70s....for five minutes,on a Saturday,after lunch..." - Me 2014.