What song are you currently listening to now?

[Kulerage]

Came across this band recently. I kind of dug what I heard and gave the album a spin about an hour ago. Now on the final track as I type this

[Rothman]

Last song I listened to was "Photograph" by Ed Sheeran, since my wife was the DJ in the car...

[bugo]

Came across this band recently. I kind of dug what I heard and gave the album a spin about an hour ago. Now on the final track as I type this
(Catherine Wheel - Balloon)

I've been listening to Catherine Wheel for more than 30 years. I got into them when I saw the video to "Waydown" and I was blown away. Be sure to listen to the rest of their stuff. I think Ferment is actually one of their weaker albums along with Wishville, even though they both have some great songs on them. Chrome, Happy Days and Adam and Eve are top notch. Be sure to check out the B-side compilation Like Cats and Dogs. It flows better than most albums do. Also, check out Rob Dickinson's solo album Fresh Wine for the Horses. And a live version of "Black Metallic" with the long jam at the end. One of the greatest bands of all time and one of the most underrated and underappreciated bands ever. Congratulations on discovering a band that is little known by the mainstream but highly influential among musicians.

[Kulerage]

Came across this band recently. I kind of dug what I heard and gave the album a spin about an hour ago. Now on the final track as I type this
(Catherine Wheel - Balloon)

I've been listening to Catherine Wheel for more than 30 years. I got into them when I saw the video to "Waydown" and I was blown away. Be sure to listen to the rest of their stuff. I think Ferment is actually one of their weaker albums along with Wishville, even though they both have some great songs on them. Chrome, Happy Days and Adam and Eve are top notch. Be sure to check out the B-side compilation Like Cats and Dogs. It flows better than most albums do. Also, check out Rob Dickinson's solo album Fresh Wine for the Horses. And a live version of "Black Metallic" with the long jam at the end. One of the greatest bands of all time and one of the most underrated and underappreciated bands ever. Congratulations on discovering a band that is little known by the mainstream but highly influential among musicians.

Neat story, and thanks for the tips! I'll be sure to keep this in mind

[1995hoo]

I picked up Springsteen's Nebraska expanded edition reissue that came out this past weekend and I have the 2025 remaster of the original album playing now. The sound is fantastic in terms of making you realize what he was doing with that recording when he performed everything at home. The sound is rougher than you'd get on something recorded in a regular studio, and I think the remaster brings out the rough aspects far more than I ever noticed on the original version.

Next up is Electric Nebraska, the long-rumored but never heard E Street Band attempt at recording most of the material (though not the same track list as the album that was ultimately released).

Edited to add: Electric Nebraska was interesting. I think the acoustic album was the right one to have released, but the electric version certainly lets you hear the genesis of later live performances of some of the songs. It also contains early versions of two songs from Born in the USA—the title track and "Downbound Train." Both of them have more of a "snarling" tone, for lack of a better word, than the familiar versions we've heard for 41 years. The way "Born in the USA" was performed on Electric Nebraska is probably closer to the song's meaning than the version that was eventually released and that has been widely misunderstood as some sort of anthem.

[elsmere241]

I wonder if it's the same earlier version of "Born in the USA" on both Electric Nebraska and 18 Tracks.

Anyway, the song that's been going through my head for a little while now is "A Little Good News", as sung by Anne Murray (in 1983 or so).

[1995hoo]

I wonder if it's the same earlier version of "Born in the USA" on both Electric Nebraska and 18 Tracks.

Anyway, the song that's been going through my head for a little while now is "A Little Good News", as sung by Anne Murray (in 1983 or so).

If the one on 18 Tracks is the same acoustic version as the one on the full four-disc Tracks set, it's not the same version. I had not heard this version before. The arrangement is closer to the acoustic one than to the original full-band version, but the sound has more "sting" to it, for lack of a better word.

[kphoger]

has more "sting" to it

[1995hoo]

Well, in that vein, may as well post a video of Springsteen and Sting playing together in New York (along with several others):

[freebrickproductions]

TIL that Fountains of Wayne did a song about the Amtrak Acela.