ALBUM OF THE WEEK # 426 BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN - THE RIVER (1980) - Classic Rock Bottom2024-03-28T19:18:59Zhttps://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/forum/topics/album-of-the-week-426-bruce-springsteen-the-river-1980?commentId=6060463%3AComment%3A159214&x=1&feed=yes&xn_auth=noWell Merry Christmas Scrooge!tag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2018-12-24:6060463:Comment:1592142018-12-24T03:09:24.125ZRJhog (Admin)https://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/JeffHogland
<p>Well Merry Christmas Scrooge!</p>
<p>Well Merry Christmas Scrooge!</p> Wow. This was just bad.
There…tag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2018-12-23:6060463:Comment:1590062018-12-23T23:05:50.547ZJonhttps://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/JonCStephenson
<p>Wow. This was just bad.</p>
<p>There is absolutely nothing compelling or catchy about any of these songs. The vocals are horrible, still say someone kicks him awake and makes him immediately start to sing. Well, except for Cadillac Ranch. That one sounds like he had been up for a couple hours at least. </p>
<p>This just turned into one long mushed up song. The solos were boring and just went on, maybe it was just that sax solo, but that went on way too long. I'm sure there were other solos,…</p>
<p>Wow. This was just bad.</p>
<p>There is absolutely nothing compelling or catchy about any of these songs. The vocals are horrible, still say someone kicks him awake and makes him immediately start to sing. Well, except for Cadillac Ranch. That one sounds like he had been up for a couple hours at least. </p>
<p>This just turned into one long mushed up song. The solos were boring and just went on, maybe it was just that sax solo, but that went on way too long. I'm sure there were other solos, but I obviously did not and do not care.</p>
<p>Wait....look at the album cover. HE JUST WOKE UP!!!!!!</p>
<p>I have absolutely nothing to do with this album. Just need to make that abundantly clear.</p>
<p>Jeez, I have to figure out something so this is not the last album I listen to in 2018. Just.....horrible. </p> Ya, not a fan of this guy at…tag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2018-12-15:6060463:Comment:1587652018-12-15T17:38:10.783ZScotthttps://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/Scott
<p>Ya, not a fan of this guy at all. Thought Born To Run was OK and thought Dancing In The Dark maybe had a little sumthin' sumthin' - turns out that sumthin was Courtney Cox and the song faded into history and thinking about that more now so has Courtney Cox. How do you go from this<a href="https://bestofcomicbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/44-Hot-Pictures-Of-Courteney-Cox-Will-Make-You-Crave-For-Her-Curvy-Body.jpg" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><img class="align-left" src="https://bestofcomicbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/44-Hot-Pictures-Of-Courteney-Cox-Will-Make-You-Crave-For-Her-Curvy-Body.jpg?width=200" width="200"></img></a> <<< ...…</p>
<p>Ya, not a fan of this guy at all. Thought Born To Run was OK and thought Dancing In The Dark maybe had a little sumthin' sumthin' - turns out that sumthin was Courtney Cox and the song faded into history and thinking about that more now so has Courtney Cox. How do you go from this<a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://bestofcomicbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/44-Hot-Pictures-Of-Courteney-Cox-Will-Make-You-Crave-For-Her-Curvy-Body.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://bestofcomicbooks.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/44-Hot-Pictures-Of-Courteney-Cox-Will-Make-You-Crave-For-Her-Curvy-Body.jpg?width=200" width="200" class="align-left"/></a> <<< ... >>> to this? <a rel="nofollow noopener" href="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/Rh_lbrfoZGfxc3HWXKEmyM9qjds=/http%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2F_%2Fmedia%2FNetwork%2FImages%2F2017%2F06%2F22%2F13%2F30%2Fstyle-crop.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="https://imageresizer.static9.net.au/Rh_lbrfoZGfxc3HWXKEmyM9qjds=/http%3A%2F%2Fprod.static9.net.au%2F_%2Fmedia%2FNetwork%2FImages%2F2017%2F06%2F22%2F13%2F30%2Fstyle-crop.jpg?width=200" width="200" class="align-right"/></a></p>
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<p>Sheesh!</p>
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<p>Oh well, back to Bruce... I think Eddie Trunk got it right when he relayed the story of how Stevie Van Zandt invited him to a BS concert and he didn't want to go because it wasn't really a rock concert. Long story short, Trunks position is that the guitar work is not rock guitar, its mostly rhythm and there's no real riffing and the keyboards and sax take a second fiddle to the long long story telling that goes on. Songs run into each other and on and on.... So he goes to the concert and was bored stiff! So my mind set is similar going into this, and I tried to hear some of this and yup! Trunk nailed it. No real substance here.</p>
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<p>Still I will find one nice thing to say. Cadillac Ranch as interpreted by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is quite good! </p> Just for you. After all, you…tag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2018-12-15:6060463:Comment:1586742018-12-15T14:02:31.169ZRJhog (Admin)https://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/JeffHogland
<p>Just for you. After all, you share a name with one of the producers.</p>
<p>Just for you. After all, you share a name with one of the producers.</p> Seriously? Not only BS, but a…tag:classic-rock-bottom.ning.com,2018-12-15:6060463:Comment:1587622018-12-15T10:42:44.462ZJonhttps://classic-rock-bottom.ning.com/profile/JonCStephenson
<p>Seriously? Not only BS, but a DOUBLE ALBUM OF BS???????????</p>
<p>Seriously? Not only BS, but a DOUBLE ALBUM OF BS???????????</p>