Springsteen (or other) album advice for road trip

mjc

Aug 1, 2019 at 8:13pm

Hi all - I am a relatively new, but enthralled, fan of Bruce S. I am about to leave on a trip and would like to bring along a few new (to me) CDs. I have listened and listened to Tunnel of Love and Greatest Hits and love them both, and was wondering what you all would recommend next? Old or new. Anybody have an opinion of Western Stars yet?

Thanks for you thoughts -

(yes, CDs, I am media-ancient)

librarylady

Aug 1, 2019 at 9:31pm

@mayhewdrive. Any suggestions?

apple44

Aug 1, 2019 at 9:47pm

The early ones: Greetings from Asbury Park; The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle; Born to Run; Darkness on the Edge of Town

dave

Aug 1, 2019 at 11:24pm

I like Western Stars and would probably bring it along, as it has a road trip vibe to it.

nohero

Aug 2, 2019 at 7:01am

apple44 said:
The early ones: Greetings from Asbury Park; The Wild, the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle; Born to Run; Darkness on the Edge of Town

Always good to recommend the early ones. For a later album, "Magic" is one that I'd recommend (if I didn't just say, "Get them all").

chalmers

Aug 2, 2019 at 9:29am

The songs aren't written by Bruce, but The Seeger Sessions album, with a horde of musicians playing vintage instruments has a lot of great car singalong type songs if that's what you're after.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICqY2t7OGEI

boomie

Aug 2, 2019 at 9:41am

I'd suggest the audible read by Springsteen of his Born to Run book.

mcgregorj

Aug 2, 2019 at 9:55am

I recommend starting at Greetings from Asbury Park, NJ and working your way forward chronologically - a great introduction, lots of road trip time, and super fun!

DaveSchmidt

Aug 2, 2019 at 9:58am Edited

(or other)

Son Volt: Okemah and the Melody of Riot (nothing like reverb on the open road)

The Silos: Cuba (there’s even a song about a Mary)

DaveSchmidt

Aug 2, 2019 at 9:59am

boomie said:
I'd suggest the audible read by Springsteen of his Born to Run book.

Yup! I was thinking that, too.

tomcarlson

Aug 2, 2019 at 11:08am

chalmers said:
The songs aren't written by Bruce, but The Seeger Sessions album, with a horde of musicians playing vintage instruments has a lot of great car singalong type songs if that's what you're after.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ICqY2t7OGEI

A second for the Seeger sessions -- great road music.

ml1

Aug 2, 2019 at 11:17am

Darkness On The Edge Of Town has a few songs that explicitly about driving, so to me an obvious road trip album. Also The River would be a great choice for me. It's a double album, and the car is a great place to have the time to listen to it all the way from start to finish. And it also has quite a few songs about driving -- Sherry Darling, Hungry Heart, Cadillac Ranch, Ramrod, Stolen Car, Wreck On The Highway.

Then follow that with Nebraska, especially if your trip is taking you through the wide open spaces of the country.

mjc

Aug 2, 2019 at 11:37am

Ooh, thanks ALL!!

This all started by reading the book (very highly recommended, even for non-fans like I was). I will send for several of the albums and (to quote a different group) have fun fun fun!

(Not going through any really wide open spaces, but 5 days or so on my own out of a 10 or 12 day trip: Wisconsin - south around the lake - through Michigan - Ontario (Niagara) - Philadelphia (Bruce song i simply can't listen to) - back maybe via Indianapolis) : ) : )

steel

Aug 2, 2019 at 1:31pm Edited

When you get tired of the Boss (if that's possible). -I never get tired of Roxy Music Avalon album, -straight through. -Especially good for night time driving.

DanDietrich

Aug 2, 2019 at 2:32pm

The River, to me, was his best overall work, with Nebraska right behind it. My credentials are that I'm 52, my brothers are older than me, and I grew up in Trenton and on Long Beach island. I listened to this on an 8 track in my brothers 77 t bird driving through the pine barrens.