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Bruce, The Bandleader
I've been a longtime fan of Mr. Springsteen's music - I first saw him at a college gym in South Philly in Feb of 74. I had just gotten my driver's license and loved his first two albums, so me and my friends went to the show. I came away a lifelong convert. Little did I know I'd still be touting my devotion and exuberance to his music 33 years later... unimaginable. <
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>I bought the studio version, The Seeger Sessions, so I felt this would be redundant, but it's anything but. This concert and collection epitomizes an incredibly talented committed artist, who's unafraid to take chances. It's the culmination of a year of touring and evolving with this smokin' band and this sizzling big sound. Some might say what's risky about singing old folk tunes, but just think about what a flop it could have been! Instead, we have an eyewitness view of an artist who can reinvent and passionately perform songs that have long been forgotten, in an incredibly exciting way. Watching Bruce lead this collection of musicians with arrangements from the heart is truly a joy to behold. It's obvious he's having a helluva lot of fun, and we get to go along for the ride! He mixes a number of his own songs in, also rewritten and presented in a new way, only reinforcing that Bruce is of the same cloth as Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and other legends of American music. He continues to outdo himself with each album and this is no exception. I'm so glad I got my copy. <
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>Thanks Bruce! You're the best!

Springsteen just keeps getting better
Springsteen has gathered together a combo that churns out pure heaven in Dublin. My only comment beyond the praise I have read here is that he seems to have positioned the three songs that implicitly slam the Bush administration smack in the middle of the production, as if he were saying "okay folks, the message is here." One wonders why the Boss would resurect Highway Patrolman and put it at center stage. The answer lies in the reason "Frankie ain't no good." Frankie has PTSD from Vietnam. This new rendition of the classic is perfectly timely. With soldiers now pouring out of the Army, it's all too painfully obvious what has been happening, what will be happening across America, and for no good reason. We have sown the seeds of a whole new generation who has to learn this lesson, and this stunning ballad is a reminder we've been down this road before. Conspicuously, immediately after Highway Patrolman, comes Mrs. McGrath, an English song from two hundred years ago. Mrs. McGrath is painful. The opening lines are telling testament to the foolishness of elective "foreign wars," and also a reminder we've become what the British Empire once was. At the end of the song there is a very clear barb directed straight at the authors of the current military fiasco in Iraq. The fact that the song is so old, and so universal, just makes it all the more moving. Following Mrs. McGrath is How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live. Springsteen's version of this old folk song is trenchant. Again, without making an overt political statement, he is clearly making a strong implicit criticism of the current war on the middle class going on in America. Beyond the implied political agendas in his lyrics, the music is just plain great. There is also a familiar nod to Gospel music and its heritage, which can be nothing but ironic when Springsteen does it. He is no friend of the absurdities foisted upon mankind by reason-numbing religion. He knows all too well that the misery he writes about in his own songs grows primarily from the relgions that in 2007 continue to absorb the passions of the poorly educated people of the world, causing them to kill each other with holy zeal, to justify their cupidity and avarice, and to make justification for attacking those their ideology regards as evil. The underlying tone and texture of this collection is a celebration and a pean to peace and to secular reason and humanity. If I could have only one specimen of music from this man, this is the one I'd want.