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Bruce Springsteen's 'Darkness' Reissue to Include Unheard Tracks
- Posted on Jun 29th 2010 1:40PM by Steve Baltin
Holiday shopping just got a lot easier for the Bruce Springsteen devotees in your life. According to Rolling Stone, E Street Band guitarist Steve Van Zandt told a UK radio station that Christmas 2010 will see the long-awaited 'Darkness on the Edge of Town' reissue. "We're doing a little bit of fixes on some 'Darkness on the Edge of Town' outtakes, which is going to be a really fun reissue coming for Christmas," the guitarist said in the interview.The big news for fans though is that the reissue of the classic 1978 album, which features such classics as 'Badlands' and 'Prove It All Night,' will include unreleased material. "We put 10 or so outtakes on the [1998] 'Tracks' box set and we [have since] found 10 more," Van Zandt revealed. "I'm not sure how many we'll put on there. We'll go back and he might finish a lyric on one or two, or finish a harmony on one or two, but we'll keep them intact pretty much."
The follow-up to Springsteen's breakthrough 'Born to Run' album, 'Darkness' is considered equal or even superior by some Springsteen aficionados. During the recording period, Springsteen was involved in legal battles with former manager Mike Appel and the fury and pent-up frustration of that period of inactivity can be heard throughout the anthemic feel of many of the songs off 'Darkness.' Many of the tracks are also fan concert favorites, with 'Badlands' often taking the closing spot during recent tours.
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Jerome
You Guys crack me up,At 60 He is still within the top 5 earners behind Oprah!In cleveland He just perormed for 3 hrs plus without a break!If you were to watch lets say, Live In barcilona you would see he can carry a note!And about the guitar He can play anybodys riffs but very few can play his!!! He learned how to make that guitar talk!!!!
July 11 2010 at 1:12 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
jane
Been waiting over 2 years for the Darkness box set... in the mean time check out this comprehensive book on the making of the Darkness album and tour, superb photos and behind the scenes info .thelightinDarkness.com
July 05 2010 at 10:53 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
saul nowitz
I do feel sorry for meaness of these small minds. Briuce Springsteen is a good talent. He has recorded some interesting sides. But some folks behind there keyboards had the evil and being jealous. Like Elvis Bruse is Blue collar and worked had to the level that he is now. Music is music and to be enjoyed. Stop with the Politics already. Enjoyed this artist for what he is. Compared to other's he does a great job of it.
June 30 2010 at 4:14 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Saigon Todd
1 reply to Saigon Todd's comment
The thing about the music from the Boss is that he always and even today,it always about what he felt at the time. You have to remember that he,like most of us,was glued to the TV everyday watching all of our friends and family fighting for their lives during the Vietnam War. Everyone was from a small town and watched those empty taxis pulling into your driveway to hand you a telegram,thats what it was really about. So his music rang true with all of us.It wasn't about who was the best,it was alway about what we felt at the time and the delivery. How many of you gotten up on stage and sang to 70,000 fans and bared your souls?
June 30 2010 at 5:56 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Jay Adler
I really appreciate your remarks and please understand that I was 23 years old when I attended his concerts which filled the air with intensity and excitement. As far as your comment goes for today's world, Bruce and I are pushing 60. While I still listen to the same old stuff of his on Sirius and love it, in my view he has become a Fortune 100 corporation today, a straight to the max and his music has gone the other way as fans notice he is not as coordinated on stage anymore. I am not young any more either.
July 15 2010 at 12:43 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Jay Adler
As an Internet music critic since 2005 I remember being a massive fan of Bruce and the band starting in 1974. I carried his vinyls around with me to turn on my friends and co-workers to Sandy and Growin' up and Rosilita. I really think that he was package wise a truly great rock star, never a gonzo Ted Nugent on the guitar and I agree a shouter. The point is that many of the older rockers are here to be General Motors, you cannot be 23 forever thumbing through the Lincoln Tunnel for all nighters in Greenwich Village clubs.
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Wayne Ostrander
The "Boss" is Plastic Fantastic. He is a want-a-be Bob Dylan, but does not have the lyrical talent. What he does have is a fan base that is musically blinded by the Spin Doctors of Hollywood. If his fans would have lived in the 60's, they would have preferred the Monkeys over the Beatles.
June 30 2010 at 12:31 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Dori
A lot of posts are how he sucks, fake, worse than Frank Sinatra? But when it all comes down to it, he's sucking all the way to the bank! Must be doing something right.
June 30 2010 at 12:20 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
WHO ???
Might as well go back to the OLD STUFF. Springseen hasn't written anything good since way back.
June 30 2010 at 12:19 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
Dori
Hey Robert, Please re-read your post, what are you trying to say? You said "he wrote like someone who wanted to say something important, than someone who had something to say"? WTF does that mean? & if you've never seen Jimmy Buffet in concert, that's your big loss!
June 29 2010 at 11:38 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
S.B.1 Gone Plaid
Bruce has talent. Some people get in to it, and some don't. He has several songs which I enjoy. The singer I admire the most is Roland Orzibal from Tears for Fears. Maybe a bit "poppy" for some, but then you probably only know the hit 80's songs. Two totally different styles, both worth a listen. I rarely post anything on the net anymore. Mainly because they all seem to become huge fights between musical totalitarians.
June 29 2010 at 11:35 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply
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