Comments on: Two excellent jazz box sets http://prairieprogressive.com/2005/10/24/two-excellent-jazz-box-sets/ thoughts while vastly outnumbered on the northern great plains Thu, 08 Jan 2009 23:31:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: mhs http://prairieprogressive.com/2005/10/24/two-excellent-jazz-box-sets/comment-page-1/#comment-124 mhs Tue, 25 Oct 2005 14:14:00 +0000 http://prairieprogressive.com/?p=561#comment-124 The 30th is coming! from today's Argus Leader: Born to Run’ Video Provides a History Lesson Tuesday, October 25, 2005 By Glenn Gamboa Newsday To fully appreciate the newly released video of Bruce Springsteen singing “Born to Run” at London’s Hammersmith Odeon in 1975, you’re going to have to watch it a few times. (It takes a while just to get used to Rasta Springsteen in his Bob Marley knit cap, stubble and hoop earring.) The video, currently running exclusively on Amazon.com’s home page, drums up attention for the 30th anniversary of Springsteen’s landmark “Born to Run” (Columbia) album. The new box set release of the album, due on Nov. 15, features a remastered version of the album on CD, a DVD documentary of the making of the album and a DVD of the two-hour concert in London. What is most striking about the performance is that it comes at the point where Springsteen has learned that the song is powerful in concert, but hasn’t fully figured out how to maximize its potential. He doesn’t hold the dramatic pauses as long as he does soon after that tour. He hasn’t worked out the phrasing on “Will you walk with me out on the wire” just yet. He undersells the line, “I wanna die with you Wendy on the streets tonight in an everlasting kiss.” He oversells the end, understandably carried away by the emotional rollercoaster he has created. Because this video (as well as the rest of the concert) hasn’t been widely seen before, it’s an amazing chance to compare and contrast, an unusual way to watch the birth and growth of a rock classic. And, oh yeah, it’s stirring enough to rally an army of tramps-like-us all over again. The 30th is coming! from today’s Argus Leader:

Born to Run’ Video Provides a History Lesson
Tuesday, October 25, 2005 By Glenn Gamboa Newsday

To fully appreciate the newly released video of Bruce Springsteen singing “Born to Run” at London’s Hammersmith Odeon in 1975, you’re going to have to watch it a few times.

(It takes a while just to get used to Rasta Springsteen in his Bob Marley knit cap, stubble and hoop earring.)

The video, currently running exclusively on Amazon.com’s home page, drums up attention for the 30th anniversary of Springsteen’s landmark “Born to Run” (Columbia) album. The new box set release of the album, due on Nov. 15, features a remastered version of the album on CD, a DVD documentary of the making of the album and a DVD of the two-hour concert in London.

What is most striking about the performance is that it comes at the point where Springsteen has learned that the song is powerful in concert, but hasn’t fully figured out how to maximize its potential. He doesn’t hold the dramatic pauses as long as he does soon after that tour. He hasn’t worked out the phrasing on “Will you walk with me out on the wire” just yet. He undersells the line, “I wanna die with you Wendy on the streets tonight in an everlasting kiss.” He oversells the end, understandably carried away by the emotional rollercoaster he has created.

Because this video (as well as the rest of the concert) hasn’t been widely seen before, it’s an amazing chance to compare and contrast, an unusual way to watch the birth and growth of a rock classic. And, oh yeah, it’s stirring enough to rally an army of tramps-like-us all over again.

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