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DID SOMEBODY CALL MY NAME?

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This is now a Bruce Johnston thread

>>71978171
I literally just made a thread:
>>71977773

>>71978171

anon, why are you listening to uninspired emotionless folk rock for upper middle class baby boomers? stop this

>>71978542

You sound really 14

>>71978227
so? fuck you

Nebraska is great but you faggots really tend to overrate it. It's really not that different from everything else he's done from a songwriting standpoint.

>>71978171
switch tunnel of love with born in the usa and the pic is spot on

>>71978769

That's really not true. He's never really captured hopelessness musically or lyrically the same way before or since.

>>71978171
absolute shit taste

The song For You from his first album has always and will always be one of my favorite songs of all time

>>71978171
Why the FUCK does everyone rate E Street Shuffle so low? It's objectively top 3 Bruce. Fuck you faggots.

>>71979327

If you can accept that it's just Astral Weeks + Blonde on Blonde, Greetings is actually a pretty solid album.

Pretty bizarre listening and realizing that Bruce barely plays guitar on it though.

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Thoughts on this?

>>71978171
Tunnel of Love is a masterpiece

>>71979385
his guitar playing has never really mattered that much except as a songwriting tool

>>71979686

That's complete nonsense

>>71979735
he plays very little that couldn't be convincingly substituted by another competent player, even if it is prominent or even the only instrument sometimes that's not the point, it's there and used to great effect but his playing is not anything special

>>71979327
I had a listen to it today. Truly great.

>>71979735
>>71979778
to put it another way, he's mostly a songwriter guitarist, not a guitarist guitarist who is just focused on their playing and sound and not being a singer songwriter, and his playing reflects that. he mostly just drives the chords, and he's solid as fuck just doing that, but it's just not the same as someone who is focused primarily on perfecting their style and having their playing be the lead and focus of the music.

>>71978171
>born to run god tier
>river not god tier
Pleb spotted

He can fire off some deliciously dirty solos when he's in the mood. Makes you wonder how many whammy bars he's been through in his lifetime.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x5va2f_kittys-back-merry-xmas-baby-bruce-s_music

>>71978769
>>71979015
It's because "muh Suicide" pretense.

>>71979327
for you

anybody got a link to tunnel of love 320

all the links in the archive are dead

>>71979468
Darkness on the edge of town - 9.5/10
The Promise - 8/10

>>71981076
It's on Deezloader

>>71979686
>>71979778
>>71980011

Maybe you should listen to his records again, particularly Badlands and Junglelands on Born to Run and all of Darkness, because you're really missing out if this is all you're getting out of his lead guitar playing,

>>71978171
I really don't get why /mu/ doesn't think Born in the U.S.A is god-tier but alright.

>>71978769
It *might* be his songwriting peak, but it is a bit one-note, imo. The reason I rate BitU so highly is because I think that was the album where he got his recurring themes to truly gel, as opposed to having an upper or downer album, or have it be The River which is pretty manic in tone (and quality)

tfw Backstreets when he starts belting it out

anybody seen him live?

>>71978171
>The Rest
Funny (and sad) how true that is

>>71981447
8 times since 2008.

>>71981772
noice. which venues and tours?

>>71981834
Magic - 1 night
Working on a dream - 1 night
The Promise - 1 night
Wrecking Ball - 2 nights
The River 2016 - 3 nights

>>71981772
>>71981983
Most of them are from Ullevi stadium. 1 time at Stockholm stadion and 1 time at Friends Arena. All are located in Sweden.

I was at the show where he reviewed Jungleland back in 2012. He also played Frankie that night.

Nebraska is his best

>>71982213
No it's not you tryhard faggot