Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band - Hammersmith Odeon, London '75 (2CD)
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Artist: Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band, Bruce SpringsteenEdition: Music CD
Format: Live, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2006-02-28
Music Label: Sony
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
- Thunder Road
- Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out
- Spirit In The Night
- Lost In The Flood
- She's The One
- Born To Run
- The E Street Shuffle
- It's Hard To Be A Saint In The City
- Backstreets
- Kitty's Back
- Jungleland
- Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)
- 4th Of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)
- Detroit Medley
- For You
- Quarter To Three
Free Music Notes for Hammersmith Odeon, London '75 (2CD)
Free Music Review: Rocks the house down
Hit: 5 Stars
Like everyone else, Bruce has the "best live show ever". And if this and Live 1975/1985 are any indication, he deserves that reputation. Think "sheer, combustible energy". So if the bombastic arrangements of Born to Run weren't to your tastes (though they certainly are to mine!), this album is for you. For instance, "Thunder Road" becomes a bare-bones piano/harmonica ballad, and it works very well. And how about that energy? Well, Clarence Clemons manages to take the place of the entire horn section on "Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out", which is also given a more prominent guitar part, and "Spirit in the Night" becomes a swinging, nervy dynamo. "She's the One" ends up so frenzied you can barely understand the vocals, but it's so good you won't care. I also think this version of "Born to Run" embodies rock `n' roll even more than the original does, because it takes away the Spectoresque production. Of course, the original's great, but this one might be even better. They also instill "It's Hard to be a Saint in the City", never one of my favorite Springsteen songs until now, with all kinds of life. And you thought that "Lost in the Flood" was intense originally? You haven't heard this version. Give a listen to Bruce's howls... it's creepy stuff. Ironically, Bruce takes one of his most energetic songs ("The E Street Shuffle") and slows it down to a moderate, bluesy pace. But it sounds just great! On the other hand, "Backstreets" doesn't sound much different than the original (though the piano fills are different from the original version - and yes, I have heard "Backstreets" enough to know the difference), but it still sounds good, even though I'm generally opposed to people playing live like that. Now, allow me to stop raving for just a second and concentrate on criticizing one song. "Kitty's Back", taken out to seventeen minutes and change, is just too long. I like parts of it, especially the sax soloing near the end, but it really throws off the momentum. So the train temporarily becomes derailed, but it's brought back on track by a powerful "Jungleland" and a rousing "Rosalita". Oh, and "4th of July, Asbury Park (Sandy)" is awesome, as always. Other than the accordion. The biggest surprise is "Detroit Medley", a fun medley of Mitch Ryder hits. Then it settles down with another excellent sparse piano ballad, a long but worthwhile rearrangement of "For You". The concluding doo-wop cover "Quarter to Three" revs things up once more, and is quite good, complete with a fake ending. This is pretty much an essential live album.
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