Comments on: No Retreat, No Surrender: The Ultimate Springsteen Countdown (Songs 180-176) http://magazine.jamsbio.com/2009/07/04/no-retreat-no-surrender-the-ultimate-springsteen-countdown-songs-180-176/ Your Life Through Music Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:12:44 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Slow Joe http://magazine.jamsbio.com/2009/07/04/no-retreat-no-surrender-the-ultimate-springsteen-countdown-songs-180-176/comment-page-1/#comment-48621 Slow Joe Wed, 12 Aug 2009 04:08:22 +0000 http://magazine.jamsbio.com/?p=33501#comment-48621 There were more than 57 channels available then, too ... Bruce chose that number because of its cultural significance -- 57 Chevy, 57 Magnum or whatever that was ... it was a conscious choice that you obviously missed ... sorry ... There were more than 57 channels available then, too … Bruce chose that number because of its cultural significance — 57 Chevy, 57 Magnum or whatever that was … it was a conscious choice that you obviously missed … sorry …

]]> By: Iain of Australia. http://magazine.jamsbio.com/2009/07/04/no-retreat-no-surrender-the-ultimate-springsteen-countdown-songs-180-176/comment-page-1/#comment-48191 Iain of Australia. Tue, 11 Aug 2009 09:19:38 +0000 http://magazine.jamsbio.com/?p=33501#comment-48191 I think The Fuse is a very underrated song. Great song. I think The Fuse is a very underrated song. Great song.

]]> By: Jbev http://magazine.jamsbio.com/2009/07/04/no-retreat-no-surrender-the-ultimate-springsteen-countdown-songs-180-176/comment-page-1/#comment-47501 Jbev Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:34:07 +0000 http://magazine.jamsbio.com/?p=33501#comment-47501 Paddy, the next time I do one of these, I'm hiring you as a ghostwriter. Hilarious. Jbev Paddy, the next time I do one of these, I’m hiring you as a ghostwriter. Hilarious.
Jbev

]]> By: Paddy http://magazine.jamsbio.com/2009/07/04/no-retreat-no-surrender-the-ultimate-springsteen-countdown-songs-180-176/comment-page-1/#comment-47381 Paddy Sat, 08 Aug 2009 08:18:57 +0000 http://magazine.jamsbio.com/?p=33501#comment-47381 Difficult to complain at this point because I think I've run out of my worst picks as well. Again, I must defend "Devils and Dust" by saying that "Maria's Bed" belongs a little higher, but since I'm actually going through this bad boy in chronological order I can't say for certain. I won't be too critical of you for it's placement, but feel Bruce's prospector voice works well for the song. "The Fuse" is a missed opportunity at greatness and only really comes alive in the "is the Edge playing on this track" ringing guitar bridge - "Tires on the highway hissin' somethin's coming." "All that Heaven Will Allow" is a damn fine song, but an early indicator of the adult contemporary sound that would plague "Human Touch". I have to admit, I love the lyrics more than the song itself. It is a requisite tonic for the emotional shitstorm that follows on the album, but as a stand alone track? Let's just say it's the Bruce song heard most frequently while I'm in the checkout line at Rite-Aid. Difficult to complain at this point because I think I’ve run out of my worst picks as well.

Again, I must defend “Devils and Dust” by saying that “Maria’s Bed” belongs a little higher, but since I’m actually going through this bad boy in chronological order I can’t say for certain. I won’t be too critical of you for it’s placement, but feel Bruce’s prospector voice works well for the song.

“The Fuse” is a missed opportunity at greatness and only really comes alive in the “is the Edge playing on this track” ringing guitar bridge – “Tires on the highway hissin’ somethin’s coming.”

“All that Heaven Will Allow” is a damn fine song, but an early indicator of the adult contemporary sound that would plague “Human Touch”. I have to admit, I love the lyrics more than the song itself. It is a requisite tonic for the emotional shitstorm that follows on the album, but as a stand alone track? Let’s just say it’s the Bruce song heard most frequently while I’m in the checkout line at Rite-Aid.

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