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With so many huge Bruce fans, surprised nobody has posted a thread about this incredible interview, with numerous live performances by Bruce. Possibly the best interview Stern has ever conducted (not a huge fan of his, but used to occasionally listen to his radio show), as he actually gets Bruce to dig deep about his life and his songcraft. Haven't seen the whole thing available to view, but the full audio is on SiriusXM (listening now, lol) and numerous snippets are out on the web with a few being pretty amazing:

  • The conversation about Clarence dying in the hospital and Bruce's acoustinc rendition of Land of Hope and Dreams" which Bruce played for him while there.
  • Bruce doing a performance of Thunder Road on the piano after Howard noted how Bruce had Clarence do the sax part many times and how Bruce wrote most of Born To Run on his aunt's piano - Howard said it was the first time he ever cried on air.
  • Their conversation about Bruce's songwriting process, which led to Bruce performing a great rendition of Tougher Than the Rest and what that meant with regard to him being able to live up to being a good partner (with Patti). Cool stuff.

https://www.howardstern.com/show/20...ce-in-a-lifetime-bruce-springsteen-interview/





 
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RU848789 said:
With so many huge Bruce fans, surprised nobody has posted a thread about this incredible interview, with numerous live performances by Bruce. Possibly the best interview Stern has ever conducted (not a huge fan of his, but used to occasionally listen to his radio show), as he actually gets Bruce to dig deep about his life and his songcraft. Haven't seen the whole thing available to view, but the full audio is on SiriusXM (listening now, lol) and numerous snippets are out on the web with a few being pretty amazing:

  • The conversation about Clarence dying in the hospital and Bruce's acoustinc rendition of Land of Hope and Dreams" which Bruce played for him while there.
  • Bruce doing a performance of Thunder Road on the piano after Howard noted how Bruce had Clarence do the sax part many times and how Bruce wrote most of Born To Run on his aunt's piano - Howard said it was the first time he ever cried on air.
  • Their conversation about Bruce's songwriting process, which led to Bruce performing a great rendition of Tougher Than the Rest and what that meant with regard to him being able to live up to being a good partner (with Patti). Cool stuff.

https://www.howardstern.com/show/20...ce-in-a-lifetime-bruce-springsteen-interview/

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While I am not the biggest Bruce fan he is probably the most famous person from NJ other than Charles Lindbergh. I saw all three snippets of Bruce singing and they gave me chills. Bruce for all his fame is still the kid from Freehold and Asbury Park, and has a Jersey self deprecation that for all his net worth still makes him seem like a common man. Great interview from Howard stern.
 
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BROTHERSKINNY said:
While I am not the biggest Bruce fan he is probably the most famous person from NJ other than Charles Lindbergh. I saw all three snippets of Bruce singing and they gave me chills. Bruce for all his fame is still the kid from Freehold and Asbury Park, and has a Jersey self deprecation that for all his net worth still makes him seem like a common man. Great interview from Howard stern.
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Francis Albert Sinatra?
 
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With so many huge Bruce fans, surprised nobody has posted a thread about this incredible interview, with numerous live performances by Bruce. Possibly the best interview Stern has ever conducted (not a huge fan of his, but used to occasionally listen to his radio show), as he actually gets Bruce to dig deep about his life and his songcraft. Haven't seen the whole thing available to view, but the full audio is on SiriusXM (listening now, lol) and numerous snippets are out on the web with a few being pretty amazing:

  • The conversation about Clarence dying in the hospital and Bruce's acoustinc rendition of Land of Hope and Dreams" which Bruce played for him while there.
  • Bruce doing a performance of Thunder Road on the piano after Howard noted how Bruce had Clarence do the sax part many times and how Bruce wrote most of Born To Run on his aunt's piano - Howard said it was the first time he ever cried on air.
  • Their conversation about Bruce's songwriting process, which led to Bruce performing a great rendition of Tougher Than the Rest and what that meant with regard to him being able to live up to being a good partner (with Patti). Cool stuff.

https://www.howardstern.com/show/20...ce-in-a-lifetime-bruce-springsteen-interview/

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Thanks for posting.

Pretty cool that Bruce finally came on the Stern show. It seems like the 2019 Stern interview in Rolling Stone might have been a turning point. I think it’s safe to assume that Bruce had a firm position that he was not going on that show prior to that.
 
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Here is full show. Interview starts around 90 minutes in. This was publicly linked on twitter by official accounts so I would imagine it must be ok here. https://pca.st/eofpxxob
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Thanks, although that's the audio, which I was listening to last night on Sirius and seems to be widely available. Haven't seen the full video interview up, though - looked for it and couldn't find it...
 
BROTHERSKINNY said:
While I am not the biggest Bruce fan he is probably the most famous person from NJ other than Charles Lindbergh. I saw all three snippets of Bruce singing and they gave me chills. Bruce for all his fame is still the kid from Freehold and Asbury Park, and has a Jersey self deprecation that for all his net worth still makes him seem like a common man. Great interview from Howard stern.
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Definitely chills for me, too. Many artists become very rich and change not for the better or have political views some won't agree with and quite a few are simply certifiably nuts or horrible people, but I've never really let that affect whether I like their art. Someone we all know wrote a very cool book about how famous artists (painter/sculptors and the like before electronic media) throughout history were often horrible people, yet very few think about that when they go to museums to look at art. More recently, Michael Jackson, for example, was a horrible person later in life, but I still love his music.

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Fukkin great.

I've turned away from Bruce's music in recent years, as I've become more guitar-oriented so as to support my playing. But I haven't for a moment forgotten how influential and important those early albums were. "Darkness on the Edge of Town" was released my junior year in h.s. and it resonated strongly enough to shatter crystal.
 
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BROTHERSKINNY said:
While I am not the biggest Bruce fan he is probably the most famous person from NJ other than Charles Lindbergh. I saw all three snippets of Bruce singing and they gave me chills. Bruce for all his fame is still the kid from Freehold and Asbury Park, and has a Jersey self deprecation that for all his net worth still makes him seem like a common man. Great interview from Howard stern.
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I love Bruce, but not for nothing but Frank Sinatra, Thomas Edison, Alexander Gram Bell, and Jon Bonjovi are as famous as the Boss
 
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Character should matter. Doesn’t matter that Paterno was a great coach, or that Ray Rice was a great football player. Same with Kyrie Irving.

No second chances from me. Insincere apologies….don’t bother.
 
Shelby65 said:
Character should matter. Doesn’t matter that Paterno was a great coach, or that Ray Rice was a great football player. Same with Kyrie Irving.

No second chances from me. Insincere apologies….don’t bother.
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The Kyrie Irving thing is a joke - absolutely should have been suspended. His "punishment" (making a donation relating to anti-bigotry in an amount that isn't even a rounding error to his net worth) reminds me of when the penance that Mel Gibson was asked to do after his multiple, blatant anti-semitic comments a number of years back was that he promised he would make a film on the Holocaust - which of course course he didn't. That approach would be like asking Kyrie to make a film supporting the Covid Vaccine.
 
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The Kyrie Irving thing is a joke - absolutely should have been suspended. His "punishment" (making a donation relating to anti-bigotry in an amount that isn't even a rounding error to his net worth) reminds me of when the penance that Mel Gibson was asked to do after his multiple, blatant anti-semitic comments a number of years back was that he promised he would make a film on the Holocaust - which of course course he didn't. That approach would be like asking Kyrie to make a film supporting the Covid Vaccine.
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But do you disagree with me about Ray Rice ? I assume you do. Irving didn’t punch anyone. Thats the problem with society today. Most people don’t care and root for their celebrities or politicians no matter what they do.

I remember people cheering for OJ’s acquittal. Black and white alike.
 
Shelby65 said:
But do you disagree with me about Ray Rice ? I assume you do. Irving didn’t punch anyone. Thats the problem with society today. Most people don’t care and root for their celebrities or politicians no matter what they do.

I remember people cheering for OJ’s acquittal. Black and white alike.
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I agree that celebs and the powerful (esp pro-athletes whose revenue production for the powerful often acts as body armor) often get a pass - how many second chances did Steve Howe get re his cocaine issues and only recently has pro sports even acknowledged that domestic abuse is an issue. I disagree with your suggestion that blatant bigotry by a public (ie, influential) figure is not as bad as a punch. in some ways it's worse since it can have broader consequences. The Ray Rice thing is a tough one. I am a big animal rights guy and I hated Michael Vick for what he did, but he paid the criminal price with 21 months in Fed prison. So I'm over it. Rice never paid the criminal price (though he paid the professional price of course) so that makes it hard to forgive. The fact that his wife is still with him and there is no evidence of other criminal behavior mucks it up a bit - in contrast, Vick was involved in a continuous cruel undertaking. Mucking it up the other way is the fact that what the Rice video shows is horrific. His conduct was beyond awful, but he has paid a huge price.
 
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I agree that celebs and the powerful (esp pro-athletes whose revenue production for the powerful often acts as body armor) often get a pass - how many second chances did Steve Howe get re his cocaine issues and only recently has pro sports even acknowledged that domestic abuse is an issue. I disagree with your suggestion that blatant bigotry by a public (ie, influential) figure is not as bad as a punch. in some ways it's worse since it can have broader consequences. The Ray Rice thing is a tough one. I am a big animal rights guy and I hated Michael Vick for what he did, but he paid the criminal price with 21 months in Fed prison. So I'm over it. Rice never paid the criminal price (though he paid the professional price of course) so that makes it hard to forgive. The fact that his wife is still with him and there is no evidence of other criminal behavior mucks it up a bit - in contrast, Vick was involved in a continuous cruel undertaking. Mucking it up the other way is the fact that what the Rice video shows is horrific. His conduct was beyond awful, but he has paid a huge price.
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What happened to the Springsteen on Stern thread?
 
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Doctor Worm said:
According to this algorithmic listing, Bruce is way down at #8. Sinatra #2. The biggest (no pun intended) NJ celeb is Shaquille O'Neal.

www.thefamouspeople.com

Famous People From New Jersey & Celebs Born In New Jersey.

Fetty Wap, Frank Sinatra, Kirsten Dunst, Taissa Farmiga & Lauren Cohan are some of the celebrities who hail from New Jersey.
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I didn't look at the entire list. Mainly the top 10 but most of those don't even identify with Jersey. Springsteen does. Bon Jovi, Whitney sure did. Queen Latifah yes. Derek Jeter? LOL. Great move by Jersey Mike's having a Jersey guy in Devito as their new pitchman. Did Bill Bellamy make the list anywhere? I saw a standup performance by him last weekend and he was hysterical.
 
RU848789 said:
Definitely chills for me, too. Many artists become very rich and change not for the better or have political views some won't agree with and quite a few are simply certifiably nuts or horrible people, but I've never really let that affect whether I like their art. Someone we all know wrote a very cool book about how famous artists (painter/sculptors and the like before electronic media) throughout history were often horrible people, yet very few think about that when they go to museums to look at art. More recently, Michael Jackson, for example, was a horrible person later in life, but I still love his music.

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Allegedly re: Michael Jackson.
 
RUforJERSEY said:
Not sure why Kyrie Irving was bought up in this thread. Other than him being a Jersey guy. But I don't think that was the reason.
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I brought Irving, and JoePa and Rice up as a comparison to Michael Jackson point above, that it’s Ok to love the art and the artist while despising his character. To me, there’s no compartmentalizing. We don’t accept Penn State fan compartmentalizing. We shouldn’t compartmentalize Michael Jackson, Rice, Irving, Ray Lewis and so many others either.

Cured…. I mostly agree with you except I don’t think Rice’s transgression is any more excusable than others. It should not matter to Rutgers fans that he was a Rutgers star. We have other guys to highlight on the Jumbotron instead.
 
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Doctor Worm said:
According to this algorithmic listing, Bruce is way down at #8. Sinatra #2. The biggest (no pun intended) NJ celeb is Shaquille O'Neal.

www.thefamouspeople.com

Famous People From New Jersey & Celebs Born In New Jersey.

Fetty Wap, Frank Sinatra, Kirsten Dunst, Taissa Farmiga & Lauren Cohan are some of the celebrities who hail from New Jersey.
www.thefamouspeople.com www.thefamouspeople.com
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Fortunately, my intricate knowledge of computer algorithms allowed me to keep "The Source" off of the list.
 
Shelby65 said:
I brought Irving, and JoePa and Rice up as a comparison to Michael Jackson point above, that it’s Ok to love the art and the artist while despising his character. To me, there’s no compartmentalizing. We don’t accept Penn State fan compartmentalizing. We shouldn’t compartmentalize Michael Jackson, Rice, Irving, Ray Lewis and so many others either.

Cured…. I mostly agree with you except I don’t think Rice’s trangession is any more excusable than others. It should not matter to Rutgers fans that he was a Rutgers star. We have other guys to highlight instead on the Jumbotron instead.
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Never been a question of character with Kyrie. He just says controversial or outlandish things sometimes and maybe be bit too outspoken or wacky.
 
Doctor Worm said:
According to this algorithmic listing, Bruce is way down at #8. Sinatra #2. The biggest (no pun intended) NJ celeb is Shaquille O'Neal.

www.thefamouspeople.com

Famous People From New Jersey & Celebs Born In New Jersey.

Fetty Wap, Frank Sinatra, Kirsten Dunst, Taissa Farmiga & Lauren Cohan are some of the celebrities who hail from New Jersey.
www.thefamouspeople.com www.thefamouspeople.com
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Danny DeVito over Springsteen, Jeter and Bon Jovi? Edison doesn't even make the list? I have quibbles about some others but these stand out.

That's one screwed up algorithm
 
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Definitely chills for me, too. Many artists become very rich and change not for the better or have political views some won't agree with and quite a few are simply certifiably nuts or horrible people, but I've never really let that affect whether I like their art. Someone we all know wrote a very cool book about how famous artists (painter/sculptors and the like before electronic media) throughout history were often horrible people, yet very few think about that when they go to museums to look at art. More recently, Michael Jackson, for example, was a horrible person later in life, but I still love his music.

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I think you hijacked your own thread lol
 
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What happened to the Springsteen on Stern thread?
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Holy thread hijack batman!
Does Shelby think Springsteen and Schiano are the same person because both names begin with an S and have an i in them?

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Danny DeVito over Springsteen, Jeter and Bon Jovi? Edison doesn't even make the list? I have quibbles about some others but these stand out.

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Obviously, the “algorithm” is five guys in Belarus banging out clickbait.

And if Thomas Edison is from New Jersey then I guess Jack Nicholson is from Los Angeles.

I would think “from” essentially means “grew up there”.
 
RU848789 said:
With so many huge Bruce fans, surprised nobody has posted a thread about this incredible interview, with numerous live performances by Bruce. Possibly the best interview Stern has ever conducted (not a huge fan of his, but used to occasionally listen to his radio show), as he actually gets Bruce to dig deep about his life and his songcraft. Haven't seen the whole thing available to view, but the full audio is on SiriusXM (listening now, lol) and numerous snippets are out on the web with a few being pretty amazing:

  • The conversation about Clarence dying in the hospital and Bruce's acoustinc rendition of Land of Hope and Dreams" which Bruce played for him while there.
  • Bruce doing a performance of Thunder Road on the piano after Howard noted how Bruce had Clarence do the sax part many times and how Bruce wrote most of Born To Run on his aunt's piano - Howard said it was the first time he ever cried on air.
  • Their conversation about Bruce's songwriting process, which led to Bruce performing a great rendition of Tougher Than the Rest and what that meant with regard to him being able to live up to being a good partner (with Patti). Cool stuff.

https://www.howardstern.com/show/20...ce-in-a-lifetime-bruce-springsteen-interview/

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I listened, and I was pleasantly surprised by the interview. I expected the worst out of Howard and got the best. Howard has turned into a parody of the people he used to mock and berate. I get that people evolve and change, but his show is a radio version of The View now. Bruce had to convince him to come into the studio for the interview because Howard is still hiding in his Long Island home from the dreaded C monster.

Most surprising aspects of the interview:
-No edgy or snarky questions.
-No interruptions by him or Robin. They let him answer questions. Refreshing.
-Robin barely said anything. She was remote and not in the studio.
-Not a single ball-busting moment. On one hand, this was nice, but on the other hand, everyone deserves to get their balls busted just a little. This shows what a shell of himself Howard has become.
-He profusely apologized to Bruce and his wife for being a dick over the years.
-Not surprising, Bruce was a pure gentleman and referenced how he realized that Howard evolved and changed as shown in the 2019 Rolling Stone interview of Howard. My brother and mother have run into Bruce a couple of times this past summer, and Bruce was extraordinarily kind and nice to my 94 year old mother. He took a picture and called her "darling."

-Disappointing aspects:
---Some Baba Booey worship of Bruce and ballbusting would have been really fun. Nope.
---Bruce did not ride the Sybian
 
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Holy thread hijack batman!
Does Shelby think Springsteen and Schiano are the same person because both names begin with an S and have an i in them?

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Not my favorite music but I’ve got nothing against The Boss. Also prefer scrapple to pork roll. I do often go against the grain.
 
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