6 November 2007--it's 1984

[urth]

Good start to a potentially not-so-good year. Oblivious, Aztec Camera. Saw them open for Elvis Costello in '83, and was completely knocked out.

Wow, speak of the devil...

[RGMike]

Good start to a potentially not-so-good year. Oblivious, Aztec Camera.

and we're vinyl-spotting.  "like a funny film that's kinda cute"

and we're 'trina-spotting too: Elvis with (all together now) "daryl hall on backing vox".

[RGMike]

"even the longest night won't last forever..." Dave feeling politically hopeful?  APP in mid-'80s radio-friendly mode.

[urth]

"even the longest night won't last forever..." Dave feeling politically hopeful?  APP in mid-'80s radio-friendly mode.

A good thought for election day perhaps? With any luck we'll be voting the GOP out of the White House a year from today.

[RGMike]

BOS "2 Tribes", goin' to war.  Point is all that Dave can score.

[RGMike]

"even the longest night won't last forever..." Dave feeling politically hopeful?  APP in mid-'80s radio-friendly mode.

A good thought for election day perhaps? With any luck we'll be voting the GOP out of the White House a year from today.

"Cowboy #1 -- a born-again poor man's son"

"Cowboy #2 -- son of the man who said 'deep doo-doo'"

wow -- the looooooooooooooooooooooong version!

[urth]

BOS "2 Tribes", goin' to war.  Point is all that Dave can score.

And an extended mix at that. Vinyl, ya think?

[RGMike]

BOS "2 Tribes", goin' to war.  Point is all that Dave can score.

And an extended mix at that. Vinyl, ya think?

Could well be.  I still have a vinyl 12-inch of this that I got in London that year.

[RGMike]

BOS2 Larry Flynt!  "I am running as a Republican because I'm White, Rich, and Pornographic..."

[RGMike]

Dig if you will this 'Trina...

I coulda done w/out "WDC" today. Wish dave'd play "Darling Nikki" or "Baby I'm a Star" some morning.

[RGMike]

BOS3 the news clip about Brooooce.  But I also didn't need "DITD"

[urth]

The Springsteen phenomenon. He was freakin' huge that year. I sure went "wtf" when I first heard Dancin' in the Dark though.

[Davefish]

The Springsteen phenomenon. He was freakin' huge that year. I sure went "wtf" when I first heard Dancin' in the Dark though.

Born in the USA is when I lost interest in Bruce.  It all sounds really repetitive.  There certainly was good stuff in there, but nearly as interesting as earlier work.

[urth]

The Springsteen phenomenon. He was freakin' huge that year. I sure went "wtf" when I first heard Dancin' in the Dark though.

Born in the USA is when I lost interest in Bruce.  It all sounds really repetitive.  There certainly was good stuff in there, but nearly as interesting as earlier work.

Yep, I think a lot of folks who had been onboard with him from Born To Run or before had that reaction. Yes, there are good songs on BITUSA (Bobby Jean, anyone?) but they weren't the singles.

[RGMike]

The Springsteen phenomenon. He was freakin' huge that year. I sure went "wtf" when I first heard Dancin' in the Dark though.

Born in the USA is when I lost interest in Bruce.  It all sounds really repetitive.  There certainly was good stuff in there, but nearly as interesting as earlier work.

Seriously? Wow, I think it's one of those Important-with-a-capital-"I" albums that comes along only rarely. It's certainly more overtly political than anything he'd done up to then. And the fact that middle america bought it in the millions because (most of 'em) misinterpreted the message (thinking it jingoistic and patriotic when in fact it's the opposite) is both funny and quite satisfying.  Tho' IMHO JCM's "Scarecrow" topped it the following year.