heh, the bit where steve and bruce are singing sherry darling is ace

I agree its great!! Can't wait for this box

It's 145 euro to buy it with the t-shirt and poster or 126 euro without them.
I just placed my order at play.com because I think 126 euro is enough as it is and I do not care about the tshirt or poster.

I salute you,
TS

Here in Germany the Box Set costs 70,99 €. But it is the version with the DVDs. You mean the version with the Blu-Rays, right?

I'm sure he does - I want the Blu-rays too - screw the t-shirts. I have enough Bruce t-shirts to last me a long time LOL.

I can't get my hands on this set soon enough damnit :)

Here in Sweden the blue-ray is approx. €10 more than the dvd. and the release date is set to Nov 12! :-)

I'm very excited about it, too. :)
Darkness is my favourite 70's record of Bruce. The title song itself belongs easily to my Top 5 Bruce songs.

Sensational. Probably my favourite Bruce record in more than all it's glory......Argh i'm not going to be able to wait for Christmas!

Wonder if we'll get any teasers after the viewing of the documentary tomorrow ad Toronto Film Festival?

No I meant the version with the DVD's. If I, living in Holland, would order the boxset of the Bruce website it costs me 92,60. BUT, if I continue to the checkout, 22 euro VAT is added as well as 25 euro shipping costs. Play.com asks 125 euro with free delivery so I think I will order it there and skip the poster and t-shirt you would get with ordering of the sony website.

I salute you,
TS

Holy crap - that's expensive for the DVD version. Do they ask you to bend over first before ordering? Not trying just to be crude but that is rape.

Man this e-mail response when a reply is added doesnt work at all.
Play.com asks 125 euro for the boxset. Think Ill just wait until its closer to release and more websites offer the boxset and see what that does to the price.

My discovery of today is 'Iceman' of tracks. Simple but very nice melody:
Once they tried to steal my heart, beat it right outta my head
But baby they didn't know that I was born dead
I am the Iceman, fightin' for the right to live
I say better than the glory roads of heaven, better off ridin'
Hellbound in the dirt, better than the bright lines of the freeway
Better than the shadows of your daddy's church
Better than the waiting, baby better off is the search


I salute you,
TS

Well that's my Christmas/birthday present sorted :) And as I am still waiting on that pony that I was meant to get when I was 5, I'm asking for the DVD version :)

At a film festival in Toronto the Darkness documentation was shown the first time and Bruce gave an interview about the record:

Here in Sweden the DVD version is approx €90 and HMV UK takes £79 which is approx €87

£69.95 from Zavvi.co.uk is the cheapest I can find.

Play.com is dropping prices each week. Its now on 112 euro shipping included.
I can wait some weeks with ordering.

I salute you,
TS

I love Bruce.

Me too - should we get in line? I think it's a long one LOL

Yeah, we should get in now because it's only going to get bigger :p

It hit me just how much I love him last night when I watched the Wrecking Ball video. He's done so much and with such style.

Never stop Bruce :-(

I was there the night he debuted that song and I thought - it's ok - nothing special. But I went to all 5 of those "close down Giants Stadium shows" and by the time I heard that song for the last time there I was already in love with it.

Now I hear it and feel nostalgic and it's only been a year. How does he DO that to us? Not to mention that he's been doing it to me for a long time LOL

I love Bruce too! He's not exactly my favourite artist (probably my 4th favourite solo artist or something :p) but he's still ****ing great. I mean, seriously, what's not to like about him?!

Still one of the balliest things I've ever seen an artist do live.

I agree.

I was just watching the new Hyde Park video. It´s amazing how he just collects the banners and then sings all the songs requested.

Oh believe me he picks those banners quite purposely but can still throw in a wild card if he feels like it, like in Stockholm he picked a banner for E Street Shuffle but unfortunately Jay didn't know that one so we never got it. :-(

I really felt for Jay during the sign segment of the show. At the show in Greenville, SC, Bruce showed a sign for This Hard Land to the crowd before checking to see if Jay knew it. He didn't . . . but Bruce wanted to do it anyway. He said something like "Eh kid, nothing to it." Jay looked less than convinced. Fortunately, that song starts off with just Bruce on a harmonica and an acoustic guitar, so there was a little time. Nils and Stevie went back to the kit and gave Jay a crash course on the song. He looked SO relieved when it was over! The next sign Bruce grabbed was for (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction, and again, he announced it before checking with Jay. When Bruce realized what he'd done and turned around to ask, Jay had a big grin on his face and was nodding yes. He must have breathed a big sigh of relief when that segment was over each night.

Thats a nice story and I looked up that performance of the song on youtube right away. Nice :)

I salute you,
TS

I'm so glad I got Max at my show.

Jay although competent, just didn't fit in. He pushed the timing too much.

He did actually - and sometimes it worked and sometimes it didn't. It was spectacularly successful during Radio Nowhere. I heard Max borrowing some of his kids riffs later on in the tour - AND speeding up the timing.

Like Kathleen, I saw some shows with Max, some with Jay and some with both. Of course, Max was going to be better overall. It was "his" material. How on earth could Jay match all those years of experience? I have an enormous amount of respect for what Jay was able to do, though. It was amazing to watch him do more and more with each show and then do whole shows. What really surprised me was how the crowds were so "with" him. From the first time I saw him play, the crowd responded to him. There had been so much bitching about it on the Bruce boards (I know - hard to imagine ;)), but the crowds were pulling for him. I think it was because they could tell how hard he was working and trying. The crowds could also see how much the rest of the E Street Band seemed to enjoy playing with him. Sure, he made mistakes, but most of the time he did a damn fine job. And as Kathleen said, when it comes to Radio Nowhere, he stole the show! That song is his now.

Another very nice "Bruce story":

http://blogs.wickedlocal.com/springs...rapher-speaks/

What a cool rockin' daddy... :D

My friend Greg (whom many of you on here have met) has a cousin whose played in numerous band's with Jay. Says he's a nice guy.

This is wonderful. I'd have been lying in the sand after having fainted! :D Thanks so much for the link.

This is cool

That's just awesome!

That drum dual was entertaining, Max wins. He has much better technique and he didn't rely on a double bass peddle to fill out his sound.

Heard the 'new single' on Radio 2 today.
Excited.

Me too. Didn't think much of it to be honest.

Isn't that an awesome clip? I saw that when it first hit youtube. And I agree with Max winning. He is the "cleanest" drummer that I know of right now - crisp and clear at all times.

I heard the difference very clearly this past summer when he joined Conan O'Brian's live show at Radio City Music Hall. There had been a different drummer all evening and then Max came out as a guest. I didn't think the previous drummer was bad. But then Max sat down at the same drum kit as the previous drummer and blew him away. The difference in sound was dramatic.