The Official Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band Thread.

Harmonica is one of the few instruments I have even the slightest handle on playing.

Okay you got me, you got me. Your wisdom out wises my wisdom

And I'm going to go into a Amy Macdonald daydream *sighs dreamily* We're getting married

Funny that you mention that Kathleen.....



OK so its not a full beard but there we have it: Proof that facial hair does impact one's musical output (given that this photos from when her first album came out, and her second is weaker in comparison...). It doesn't even have to be real

That's just.........wrong LOL

So now the Darkness box is closing in!!! This is from the Backstreets site:

DARKNESS BOX WATCH
Package nearing completion, its documentary to premiere next month
Just announced this morning, the documentary that Thom Zimny has been working on for the impending Darkness box will premiere at the 35th Toronto International Film Festival as a Gala screening in September. Zimny created the Wings For Wheels doc for the Born to Run 30th Anniversary box; his new film is titled The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town.

Speaking to IndieWIRE, festival documentary programmer Thom Powers says that The Promise draws on "a treasure trove of footage from the 1970s. You see all the twists and turns of the making of this album. And we're the first people to announce that this film even existed... It's been in the works for a couple years now in total secrecy. And we’re very proud to be presenting it."

The description of the film from TIFF.net: "The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town takes us into the studio with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band for the recording of their fourth album. Grammy and Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Thom Zimny has collaborated with Springsteen on this documentary, gaining access to never before seen footage shot between 1976-1978, capturing home rehearsals and recording sessions that allow us to see Springsteen's creative process at work."

TIFF runs from September 9 - 19. According to the festival website, a confirmed schedule will be posted August 24. Tickets are available now.

Update: A Shore Fire press release confirms that "Bruce Springsteen, Jon Landau Management, and Columbia Records are working on completing a new package related to Darkness on the Edge of Town, which will include the new Thom Zimny film The Promise: The Making of Darkness on the Edge of Town. Further details will be announced when they are finalized." The statement also gives the date for the TIFF premiere as September 14.

Toronto Star movie critic Peter Howell writes that "The pick of the The Promise as a Gala selection almost guarantees that Springsteen will come to Toronto to introduce it to the TIFF audience."

AWESOME news.

Fantastic news about the Darkness boxset . Also have to post about my new favorite thing that bruce has done, namely the solo piano version of thundercrack...just wow

Speaking of Amy Mcdonald (or at least, we were), an EP I ordered with hers came through the post last week and contains a nice live acoustic Born To Run

I wish more people would send EP's with a Bruce cover whenever you order their gig tickets. Even Bruce!

Softy.
You are easily satisfied.
Only one artist is allowed to perform Born To Run and it aint Amy.

I salute you,
TS

OH YEAH.

I'm going to an 80s fancy dress party tommorow dressed as BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN. It was either him, Coleen Nolan or Elvis, but then I remembered that Elvis never made it to the 80s RIP brother.

I'm so stoked (is that the right word?)! Walking through the town, hopping onto a bus dressed as Bruce. This really is a dream come true *sniff sniff* (that's my tears, not me sniffing cocaine).

And perhaps even better, a very good friend of mine, Emily, has asked me to bring my guitar so that after the party/the next morning I can play her a Gwen Stefani song (and sadly, I already knew a Gwen Stefani song).

So inbetween playing Gwen Stefani and some other songs that everybody loves (Ring Of Fire, some Elvis, that stupid ****ing Lady Gaga) I plan on playing some damn Springsteen. I would have anyway but, being dressed as Bruce just makes me more determined to do so.

And because I like making lists, I'm going to show you a list of the Springsteen songs I plan on playing with my acoustic guitar! And also a list of songs I might play if nobody's fallen asleep.

BRUCE SONGS TO PLAY
Red Headed Woman
Waitin' On A Sunny Day
Worlds Apart
Dancing In The Dark
Glory Days
The Ghost Of Tom Joad
The River
Fire
Gypsy Biker
Two Faces
Pink Cadillac/Pink (this is a sort of medley I've been working on. I love the song Pink Cadillac, my friend Emily loves the Aerosmith song Pink so I figured after Cadillac I'll do a verse and chorus of Pink. I'm thoughtful like that. Hire me!)

SONGS I MAY PLAY (MIGHT HAVE TO TIE PEOPLE DOWN AND FORCE THEM TO LISTEN)
State Trooper
Johnny 99
Long Walk Home
Darkness On The Edge Of Town
One Step Up
Lucky Town
Ain't Got You (might make this an intro to another love, not sure which one yet. Probably an Elvis one)

As you can see, I plan on making this a Bruce tribute show. A long one at that...