Here’s another way we know Bruce Springsteen is one of us: the new single from his forthcoming album with the E Street Band is about radio. “Radio Nowhere” leaked on the Internet earlier this week; Pete at Ickmusic notes that you can get it for free on iTunes and at Guardian Unlimited. And you should, for it is ass-kickingly good. Over at Holler If Ya Hear Me, Stewart Francke digs it, and provides plenty of evidence for just how much of a cross-generational work it is.
(I wish Holler If Ya Hear Me was updated on something approaching a regular basis—its stable of writers is flat awesome, but Francke’s post is only the second one on the site since May. At that rate, they’re shouting into the void even more than I am over here.)
Springsteen’s album, Magic, will be released on vinyl (!) in late September in time to qualify for the Grammy awards; the CD release is set for a week later, just as a tour begins.
Also on the new-music-from-people-we-like front, the official release date for The Long Road Out of Eden by the Eagles will be October 30. I speculated a while back that it might collect some of the odd tracks they’ve released in the last few years, but apparently not. Live Daily has the track list, and it’s all new stuff. Two discs’ worth. It would be great if all 20 songs turned out to be glorious and esssential additions to the library of a great American band, but that doesn’t usually happen to anybody on two-disc releases of new material.
The good news is that they’ll be selling it for $11.88, which is cheap for two discs, and you can save a buck if you download it. At that price, I’m almost certain to pop for it—although the only places we can get it will be at Walmart, Sam’s Club, the retailers’ web sites, and Eaglesband.com.
To which I say: Thank goodness for Eaglesband.com.
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the song doesn’t sound an awful lot like Tommy Tutone’s 8675309 to you?
It does, but see Stewart Francke’s comment on that. There’s a whole lot more to the song than that resemblance.
I don’t know why people keep saying this song is about radio. I think radio is a metaphor for the political disconnect. There’s no outrage. Just stuff bouncing off into nothing.
The new Eagles song is good — a lot like their “Take It Easy”-era stuff. I was pleasantly surprised.
I agree with you about Holler If You Hear Me. I check in everyday, just hoping, hoping…