RedGuitar
(Iowa, USA) | | Posted: May 07, 2013 - 13:49 | |
jberko wrote:I don't get it. This guy just sucks so bad.
Apparently John Hammond at Columbia Records didn't think so... |
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lemmoth
(NYC) | | Posted: May 07, 2013 - 13:48 | |
I actually came to this cool song through Bowie's cover, which along with It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City he was going to include on his Young Americans Album.
Until John Lennon showed up in the studio, the two plus Carlos Alomar worked up a little ditty they called Fame, and then David decided to cover Across the Universe and shelved the Bruce sides.
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Chi_Guy
(Chicago) | | Posted: May 07, 2013 - 13:47 | |
Ditto, this is an anthem, not a little coffee house ditty,  , if it's for mom&dad, do it the parlor at home, not to us!Love the song, but not this version.... |
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xkolibuul
(Chuckanut sandstone) | | Posted: Mar 05, 2013 - 22:13 | |
jberko wrote:I don't get it. This guy just sucks so bad. Yup, you sure don't get it.
Never too late for you to see the light, though... |
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msymmes
(Toronto, CA) | | Posted: Feb 02, 2013 - 14:19 | |
There is a live version of this from a small venue where his Mom and/or Dad are int the room. It's awesome !!!!!
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Bargamon
(North Carolina) | | Posted: Aug 29, 2012 - 13:33 | |
Not everything BrUUUUUUUUUUUce does is OMG amazing!!!!!
Nice treatment for he enthusiast to own as part of one of those nice special CD packs for uber fan.
Good song in original form.
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leafmold
| | Posted: Aug 29, 2012 - 13:32 | |
Love the song, but not this version....
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jberko
(Franklin, TN) | | Posted: Jun 27, 2012 - 17:09 | |
I don't get it. This guy just sucks so bad.
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michaelc
(Walnut Creek, CA) | | Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 12:35 | |
I miss this guy, I miss being this guy
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rharvey658
| | Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 11:49 | |
Mar-tay wrote:
This is not the original album version.
Correct, this is from the Tracks album, a compilation of previously unreleased material. This version is like a demo, only Bruce and his guitar. The original release (probably recorded after this one) was on Greetings. |
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randyblew
(Raleigh, NC) | | Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 11:46 | |
Awesome - better on Greetings from Asbury Park - amazing outstanding wonderful on Live 75/85.
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michaelc
(Walnut Creek, CA) | | Posted: Nov 18, 2011 - 11:46 | |
I miss this guy, I miss being this guy
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denbear
(Denver, Colorado) | | Posted: Oct 17, 2011 - 21:57 | |
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iTuner
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Ag3nt0rang3
(Canada) | | Posted: Sep 16, 2011 - 07:27 | |
apd wrote:
What an articulate response - I wish I could be that measured but I know I'd just foam at the mouth at any attempt to link Johnny Cougar and Bruce. I don't think they're in the same class. Actually I don't think Mellencamp is in the same class as Bryan Adams! Mellencamp's lazy sentimentality and faux naturalism is too obvious to me - and I don't think either Bruce or Bryan would have the nerve to rip-off "I fought the law" as brazenly as Mellencamp did, for one.
Bryan Adams? Musically that man's a no-talent hack. Quite a skilled photographer, though. |
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kurtster
(where the sun sets on the ocean) | | Posted: Aug 15, 2011 - 23:03 | |
apd wrote:
What an articulate response - I wish I could be that measured but I know I'd just foam at the mouth at any attempt to link Johnny Cougar and Bruce. I don't think they're in the same class. Actually I don't think Mellencamp is in the same class as Bryan Adams! Mellencamp's lazy sentimentality and faux naturalism is too obvious to me - and I don't think either Bruce or Bryan would have the nerve to rip-off "I fought the law" as brazenly as Mellencamp did, for one.
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Mar-tay
(Tucson, AZ) | | Posted: Aug 15, 2011 - 22:52 | |
michaelc wrote:Friday afternoon special update your db this was on Greetings from Asbury park 1973 I so loved this  This is not the original album version. |
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Cynaera
(South of Neanderthal) | | Posted: Jul 15, 2011 - 14:06 | |
treatment_bound wrote:
No, there was a version of Springsteen's "Growin' Up" on Bowie's Pin Ups, but it was a bonus track on the 1990 Rykodisc reissue and not on the original LP.
Wiki listing of tracks |
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michaelc
(Walnut Creek, CA) | | Posted: Jul 15, 2011 - 13:58 | |
Friday afternoon special update your db this was on Greetings from Asbury park 1973 I so loved this |
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schayler
(Denver) | | Posted: May 13, 2011 - 07:09 | |
Such a great song. And such a great song for a Friday morning. Thanks, Bill, for digging deeper into old Bruce.
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apd
(Toronto, On) | | Posted: Apr 11, 2011 - 16:55 | |
WonderLizard wrote: linden wrote:Ya know, John Mellencamp could have written and performed this song, and you wouldn't be able to tell the difference. That's not a slam on either Mellencamp or Springsteen. I just wonder why Springsteen gets the respect and Mellencamp doesn't. Hmm. I think Mellencamp gets a lot of respect—especially from other musicians. Both are indelibly authentic, both are terrific performers who put together great bands. If Springsteen gets any critical edge IMHO it's because his lyrics are more poetic than Mellencamp's, which tend toward the ham-fisted. Then again, a lot of folks like Mellencamp for just that: he's a plain speaker. On another level, Springsteen has the "discovered by John Hammond" legacy in his corner while Mellencamp has the Johnny Cougar legacy to live down. What an articulate response - I wish I could be that measured but I know I'd just foam at the mouth at any attempt to link Johnny Cougar and Bruce. I don't think they're in the same class. Actually I don't think Mellencamp is in the same class as Bryan Adams! Mellencamp's lazy sentimentality and faux naturalism is too obvious to me - and I don't think either Bruce or Bryan would have the nerve to rip-off "I fought the law" as brazenly as Mellencamp did, for one. |
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listen_n_sf
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treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison) | | Posted: Jan 07, 2011 - 13:31 | |
orpheus wrote:that's "Growin' Up and I'm Fine" actually from Mick Ronson's album "Slaughter on 10th Ave."  No, there was a version of Springsteen's "Growin' Up" on Bowie's Pin Ups, but it was a bonus track on the 1990 Rykodisc reissue and not on the original LP. |
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zengentleman
(West Los Angeles, CA) | | Posted: Jan 07, 2011 - 13:27 | |
This track is very unfortunate. Please delete from music library.
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boober
(KC,Mo) | | Posted: Jan 07, 2011 - 13:27 | |
MaryM wrote:I'm a sucker for Springsteen - Grew up in central New Jersey in the 70's - he wrote my theme songs - particularly this one
When they said calm down I threw up!!
What exit? |
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Baby_M
(a 100+-year old building in downtown Akron, Ohio) | | Posted: Jan 07, 2011 - 13:27 | |
The first draft of "Saint in the City."
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(former member)
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michaelc
(Walnut Creek, CA) | | Posted: Sep 02, 2010 - 16:01 | |
Stefen wrote:
It would probably be $400,000 now.
Higher - Much higher. |
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Stefen
(West Hollywood, CA) | | Posted: Sep 02, 2010 - 15:44 | |
PFM wrote:Still can't believe we had to pay him $4,000 to come play at our high school. (seemed like a lot at the time).
It would probably be $400,000 now. |
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michaelc
(Walnut Creek, CA) | | Posted: Sep 02, 2010 - 15:38 | |
Must not sing at work . . .
Must not sing at work . . .
Must not sing at work
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