Posts Tagged ‘YouTube’

“Drive all night” or just text ‘em?

Monday, June 28th, 2010

I just found Bruce Springsteen’s 1980 song “Drive all night” on YouTube (from an ‘08 performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nI0fbp9uM6Q&feature=PlayList&p=6F507FE6577B7B94&playnext_from=PL&index=1&shuffle=110&playnext=2). I always loved this song and its sentiments. That’s why I found the comment from someone about the video so interesting. He (I’m guessing it’s a he) writes: “We used to love like this in 1980, for better or worse. Do people drive all night for anybody these days? Or just text em and go clubbing?”

I was just talking with my BFF about that — how “these kids today” have most of their relationships via text messages. What a shame. Not only does that not really give them an opportunity to have a deep discussion, but they’re also missing all that makes face-to-face communication so powerful — the inflections, the body language, the softness of someone’s voice. Now they call people their ”boyfriends” or “girlfriends” but they don’t know the simplest thing about them. “When we were young” (yes, I know I sound like an old-timer) we used to talk on the phone, or in our cars, or at restaurants, for 2, 3, 4, 5 hours at a time. That was usually the best part of a relationship, the “getting to know you” stage. And really, what a life lesson it was to learn how to break up with someone in person well. But hey, the divorce rate of our generation is what, 50%, so maybe our way wasn’t so good after all. But I still can’t help but think kids of today are really missing out on something special …

P.S. The Swell Season has an EXCELLENT cover of this song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MZMIYIVLtA

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It may be excessive …

Tuesday, April 20th, 2010

but I am NOT changing the station yet!!! Last night my husband came home from work a little(!) cranky. I asked if he were going to go work out. He said, “Yes, anything to get away from this Bruce Springsteen music!!!” He said it was a bit much that I keep his XM radio on “E Street Radio” when we drive in his car, I have my Bruce Springsteen YouTube playlist playing on the downstairs computer as background music and it’s usually on the CD player when YouTube starts doing its weird stop-and-start thing. “It’s everywhere!!” he exclaimed. I can see where he might think it’s a bit excessive, but it IS Bruce Springsteen we’re talking about here. Hello!! To me, his music is just like chocolate and Coca-Cola and sunshine — it just makes me feel better. So why would I turn it off??? (especially when “Do You Love Me?” is playing on my YouTube right now …)

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“The Last Carnival” – simply a beautiful tribute …

Friday, April 16th, 2010

to the late Danny Federici, longtime organ player for the E Street Band, who died in 2008 of melanoma. The song is considered a sequel to an early Springsteen song, “Wild Billy’s Circus”; the metaphors express the loss of Federici. Checking out Springsteen videos on YouTube a couple weeks ago, I came across one for this song, which simply features a trapeze artist swinging back and forth. Despite the fact that I’ve heard the song many times since the “Working on a Dream” CD came out last year, since watching that video, the heart-breaking lyrics and beautiful melody haunt me. Today I found the “official” video for the song, which cuts between imagery of a moving train, a circus, and closeups of the (aging) band members. As someone with several people in my life who I can’t imagine living without, it’s very hard to listen to the song without choking up.

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My own Bruce Springsteen YouTube concert

Sunday, March 7th, 2010

A few blogs ago I mentioned that I just discovered a ton of Bruce Springsteen videos on YouTube (yes, I do live in a cave). So today I signed up for YouTube using my Google account and did a quick search for some Bruce videos. I created a playlist which contains, right now, 15 videos, and as I write this, I am listening to “If I should fall behind.” So if I want, I can watch the video, or if not, I can just hear the songs playing in the background. (I hit “play all” so they just start one after another.) The challenge, of course, is deciding which ones to add from the tons available (some songs have 12 versions to pick from). I also like to read people’s comments, some as current as an hour before, some in a different language, a few with political overtones. But most express a very passionate devotion to their man. I understand!! (P.S. Just try to watch his version of “Twist & Shout” without tapping your toes, smiling and maybe even throwing your arms in the air.)

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Bruce Springsteen exhibit extended at Rock Hall

Friday, February 26th, 2010

If you haven’t seen the exhibit yet but want to, you should know it’s been extended until the end of 2010. As you know, I’m a big Springsteen fan. And although the Rock Hall of Fame is only about 45 minutes from me, I haven’t been there yet. Basically because I need a time to go by myself. I’ve only been to the museum twice, but I don’t feel it’s very kid-friendly. And if my husband comes with me, we’d need to get a sitter, which would make the already pricey admission ($22 for adults, or $18 if you’re a Northeast Ohio resident with ID) even more expensive. I’m curious what fans think of it …

Speaking of Springsteen, the other night I was in my husband’s car (with the XM radio which he did renew after the initial 90-day free period, which helps feed my Springsteen fix) with E Street Radio on of course and I heard the Bob Dylan song “I want you.” I actually sat in the car until the song finished. I swear I hadn’t heard that song in well over 20 years yet I still remembered half the words. I immediately came home to see if I could download it on iTunes, which I couldn’t, but I saw it was on YouTube. I rarely visit YouTube so I was surprised and delighted to see so many rare Springsteen songs there (I can’t actually call them “videos” because, for example, “I want you” shows only a picture of Springsteen from the ’70s while the song plays — but hey, that’s good enough for me!). I haven’t had time to watch/listen to the other ones, but I’m sure looking forward to doing that!!

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