Happy Halloween! It's one of my favorite times of year, when ghouls and goblins go door to door begging for candy. I'll bet the dentists love it, too. Really, though, what a great way to build community. It's such an important thing.
I'm playing tomorrow night at the Southside Tavern in Skowhegan, Maine. This will be a special, note-worthy performance because I'll be playing my first ever Springsteen cover. It'll go down in history, I'm sure. It's going to be "Atlantic City". Quite relative to the current events, eh? There was going to be a rumble on the boardwalk but they're going to have to postpone or find somewhere else to fight. I know I've altered the lyrics a bit for that joke but I still think it's funny.
I finally figured out why I'm not a Springsteen fan. Other than my thought that he puts way to much physical effort into every note, I don't think his songs have the same structure that I enjoy. Tom Petty builds a very good song, as do many of the other artists I respect. The different sections are very neat and distinct. Springsteen doesn't seem to do that. As an example, there's a mini-bridge in the middle of "Atlantic City". His phrasing doesn't follow a set course either. I'm thinking of Thunder Road as well. He has something to say and he says it and it doesn't seem to matter to him whether the chord progression fits. It's interesting and I can appreciate it, I'm just not sure yet whether the epiphany I've had about it will bring me around to doing anything more than appreciating it. Maybe that's all anyone needs to do. What do you think? And I'm originally from the Philly area so I know that no absolutely love Bruce is akin to blasphemy.
Have a good Halloween and enjoy either getting or handing out the candy. Please don't be one of those losers who just puts out a bowl of candy and a sign saying something or other about the honor system. Meet your neighbors, and their kids. Have a laugh!
I'm playing tomorrow night at the Southside Tavern in Skowhegan, Maine. This will be a special, note-worthy performance because I'll be playing my first ever Springsteen cover. It'll go down in history, I'm sure. It's going to be "Atlantic City". Quite relative to the current events, eh? There was going to be a rumble on the boardwalk but they're going to have to postpone or find somewhere else to fight. I know I've altered the lyrics a bit for that joke but I still think it's funny.
I finally figured out why I'm not a Springsteen fan. Other than my thought that he puts way to much physical effort into every note, I don't think his songs have the same structure that I enjoy. Tom Petty builds a very good song, as do many of the other artists I respect. The different sections are very neat and distinct. Springsteen doesn't seem to do that. As an example, there's a mini-bridge in the middle of "Atlantic City". His phrasing doesn't follow a set course either. I'm thinking of Thunder Road as well. He has something to say and he says it and it doesn't seem to matter to him whether the chord progression fits. It's interesting and I can appreciate it, I'm just not sure yet whether the epiphany I've had about it will bring me around to doing anything more than appreciating it. Maybe that's all anyone needs to do. What do you think? And I'm originally from the Philly area so I know that no absolutely love Bruce is akin to blasphemy.
Have a good Halloween and enjoy either getting or handing out the candy. Please don't be one of those losers who just puts out a bowl of candy and a sign saying something or other about the honor system. Meet your neighbors, and their kids. Have a laugh!