It's here. 7 am in Adelaide, South Australia and it's on Spotify and You Tube. My lunch break at work will involve a trip to JB Hi Fi to purchase the physical product. Then afterwork...a Wild Turkey Rare Breed with lyric book in hand and Letter To You blasting at window rattling volume.
Happy New Bruce Album Day all. Share your release day stories if you care to...
At church this morning we had a short memorial for the four members who have died this year, in my head throughout I could hear Bruce singing 'I'll see you in my dreams' , it was lovely.
In the netherland of coming up out of a deep sleep, I finally realized what "Burning Train" reminded me of: Living Proof. Does anyone else hear that?
Any interpretations about Burning Train? I am still puzzling about the lyrics.
Woot, woot! Look what arrived yesterday!
The vinyl is gorgeous. Beautiful package, and the discs are black streaked with white. I’m sure it’s his nicest presentation ever. (Certainly the best one I own.)
I'm going to say it.
I'm finding the album disappointing. 😕
The opening and closing songs are both heartbreakingly lovely, and I loved "Letter To You" straight away. I love "Burning Train" as well.
But then .... oh dear. I hate the Janey song and I've said enough about that elsewhere. "Last Man Standing" and "Power Of Prayer" sound almost exactly the same to me. Some nice lyrics but the songs don't stand out. Same goes for "House Of A Thousand Guitars" which could have been much better.
"Rainmaker" is a pretty good song that's growing on me.
"Ghosts" - the music is great but the lyrics don't seem to be very well thought out. Are the ghosts/spirits with Bruce, or is he on his own? Which is it? And what's all that about coming home? That seems to have strayed in from a different song.
I'm not a fan of early Bruce songs and find the wannabe Dylanesque word salad lyrics embarrassing - unless they have meaning. "Song For Orphans" is sailing close to the wind, it's so derivative. I like "If I Was The Priest" better, but I would like it more if Bruce could explain all the references, and what it means. It needs to mean something, otherwise it's just a load of pretentious nonsense.
There, I've said it. 😟
Watching the documentary made me realize that these days Garry might just be my favorite. I remember being surprised to realize his commentary over the years has often seemed