Peter

No big loss.

I couldn't agree more, Paul. When I heard the drum intro I thought I'd accidentally clicked on the video for "We Take Care Of Our Own". A fairly generic and overall very bland rock tune, and those super-clichéd lyrics to me are his worst since "Queen Of The Supermarket". Loved the 1970s footage though.

I have a Facebook friend whose cousin works at Spar in Middlesex. Apparently, he'll have some official info on the new release by September 9 at the latest. Watch this space.

It did??

This one's hard to beat in my book. Ulla Meinecke did an admirable job with the German lyrics, which fully capture the meaning and spirit of Bruce's original.

My mom obviously wasn't the biggest Springsteen fan, although she did like his version of "Jersey Girl". BTW, I don't think that "Loose Change" would really work in a live setting, whether it's solo acoustic or with a/"the" band. The overall mood and haunting atmosphere of the song's original studio recording couldn't ever be re-created.

Not just my favorite song off "Tracks" Disc 4 (which IMO is criminally underrated in its entirety), but also one of my all-time favorite Springsteen songs in general. "Loose Change" also keeps reminding me of my late mother who, upon hearing it for the first time, dryly noted that "this guy sounds like his belly's aching".

Looks like Dave Marsh now has an official successor when it comes to Springsteen-related music journalism. Good show though.

1) "Thunder Road" (it was this particular version/recording that turned me into a passionate fan within less than six minutes when I first dropped the needle on Disc One of "Live/1975-85", which I had borrowed from my sister-in-law back in January 1987) 2) "Backstreets" (my all-time favorite performance of that song, despite the missing "Sad Eyes" interlude) 3) "Independence Day" / "Racing In The Street" (tie)

"You treated me hard and made my heart ache I know you're only human, and men, they make me steaks..."

"For the ones who had an ocean, an ocean deep inside..."

"She remembers how the world was the day he left And now how that world is dead Benny Goodman is so hard to find..."

"Oh, someday girl, I don't know when We're gonna get to that place where we really wanna go: Milwaukee, in the sun..."

Don't waste your time in here, friend. This place is dead, I'm sorry to say.