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Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON*
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Atty+friendly RINO. Polls, politics, postpunk. Cohost of @Political_Beats at @NRO. Dedicated to you, but you weren't listening.

Chicago, IL/Washington, DC
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    1. Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON*‏Verified account @EsotericCD 15 Jul 2020

      Why is early Springsteen the best Springsteen? Because he was just tossing away little joys like this as outtakes. This is a stupid-simple song. But by the time it swings out of that middle eight you ARE cruising up & down the main drag in a seaside town.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1I0nfQqgtM …

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    2. Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON*‏Verified account @EsotericCD 15 Jul 2020

      We're taping the first half of our Springsteen episode tomorrow, and it's probably going to be a lot weirder than you might expect...I'm far more interested in what he DIDN'T release after 1973 or so than what he did.

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    3. Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON*‏Verified account @EsotericCD 15 Jul 2020

      Let's put it this way: I've been combing through at least three alternate unreleased versions of "Zero And Blind Terry" in the past few days. Yes, that's APART from the one released on TRACKS. I got a live version that will wreck your face.

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    4. Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON*‏Verified account @EsotericCD 15 Jul 2020

      A preview of my opinions (which anyone following me long enough already knows): THE WILD, THE INNOCENT & THE E STREET SHUFFLE is easily the best Springsteen album, better than BORN TO RUN or DARKNESS ON THE EDGE OF TOWN or THE RIVER or whatever. Van Morrison on the Jersey Shore.

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    5. Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON*‏Verified account @EsotericCD 15 Jul 2020

      The second half of WIESS is perfect, Springsteen's best-ever side of vinyl. The first side is great too, except for the fact that "Wild Billy's Circus Story" wandered in from a different album (namely, the early GREETINGS FROM ASBURY PARK sessions, which is where it hails from).

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    6. Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON*‏Verified account @EsotericCD 15 Jul 2020

      Springsteen was never as exciting live as he was in the pre-BORN TO RUN era. You'd go to see him in 1974 and he'd randomly just bust out old-school obscurities like this and turn them into comedy/musical classics:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M99gSHyVVCE …

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    7. Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON*‏Verified account @EsotericCD 15 Jul 2020

      It's downright sad how much better the early version of "She's The One" was than the neutered final version that made it onto BORN TO RUN. Spot the lyrics that ended up in a different song!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGaQTEBbLTo …

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      Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON*‏Verified account @EsotericCD 15 Jul 2020

      Meanwhile, I wouldn't say that "Wings For Wheels" is *better* than what became "Thunder Road" on BORN TO RUN, but man...it's close.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dRRQVfQZnZQ …

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        2. Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON*‏Verified account @EsotericCD 15 Jul 2020

          "Roll down the window and let the wind blow back your hair/It's like the rushing touch of dirty wings them highway angels wear/But tonight we're gonna find out how it feels/We're gonna trade in these wings for wheels" -- that's as good as any lyric that made it to the final song.

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        3. Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON*‏Verified account @EsotericCD 15 Jul 2020

          Fun fact: "Born To Run," pretty obviously the most iconic song Bruce Springsteen will ever write, didn't even make it into the Top 20 on the Billboard Singles chart. Now I have a lot of Bruce-skeptic hottakes to be fair, but c'mon: that's a load of bullshit right there.

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        4. Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON*‏Verified account @EsotericCD 15 Jul 2020

          I've grown tired of the self-consciously 'mythologizing' Springsteen, but you'd have to have a heart made out of polyurethane not to be stirred by "Born To Run." It's fun to hear all of the bootleg alternate mixes to realize just how much they worried over it to get it PERFECT.

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        5. Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON*‏Verified account @EsotericCD 15 Jul 2020

          I have very...nuanced...thoughts about BORN TO RUN, DARKNESS, and THE RIVER. THE RIVER is the one that bugs me the most of all, because the stuff Springsteen left off could have turned it into one of the few truly perfect double LPs. But instead...alas, THE RIVER.

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        6. Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON*‏Verified account @EsotericCD 16 Jul 2020

          BTW, I love how Springsteen, after decades of hullabaloo and pleas from fans, finally released the long-lost DARKNESS-era recording of his most famous lost song "The Promise"...and then released the wrong version. This is the one he should've released:https://www.dropbox.com/s/1rw07nnow2n7qbh/The%20Promise%20%28alternate%20version%29.mp3?dl=0 …

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        1. Collin Reid‏ @CREID2852 15 Jul 2020
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          Hard to beat Thunder Road which is song all 23 year olds need to blast while driving in their car

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        2. Jeff B. is *BOX OFFICE POISON*‏Verified account @EsotericCD 15 Jul 2020
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          ah, that's a myth. it was a fake siren on top of the piano bruce was playing, he triggers it with a push-button.

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        1. Trés‏ @tresf333 15 Jul 2020
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          I love this and thank you for bringing it to my attention. But the energy in this version is so different. The narrator in the studio version is much more weighed down and the stakes feel higher

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        1. Michael from Montana‏ @WellspringGP 16 Jul 2020
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          Those bloated lyrics need a lot of work... fortunately Bruce did it himself

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