a “No Surrender” for the 90s?

onefinemess | May 27, 2009

We’re not done with the 00’s yet — so we’ll get to that later.
Here’s my question — does anyone know of a song
a) as good as No Surrender, sonically, lyrically and thematically (within the quality boundaries of the decade) with
b) a title direct, yet powerful enough that one wouldn’t necessarily be embarrassed to get a [...]

The 3 cds that have been in my car for the last 2 weeks

onefinemess | May 10, 2009

Just looping in this order, and I haven’t gotten bored yet.  But still, I think it’s time to swap them.

songs that “mean something” to me

onefinemess | May 5, 2009

I’m sure this is probably a meme…how can it not be right? But it came to me on my way to lunch today, so I’m going to roll with it and pretend I made it up.
So, the task:
Songs that trigger an emotional resonance, or strong memory,  when you hear them. THEY DO NOT HAVE [...]

Born in the USA turns 25

onefinemess | March 22, 2009

and some random foreigner writes about it.
It’s an interesting read although my (obviously American-influenced) mind thinks the writer is taking some things a little too seriously.  Springsteen performing at the Superbowl half time didn’t mean anything to me – it’s one of the pinnacles of financial success in musicianship in this country (sadly or not) [...]

you know your

onefinemess | January 27, 2009

local recordstore is getting snooty when they fail to list Bruce Springsteen’s new album on their new releases list.  Because, you know, he doesn’t have many fans left, probably won’t sell many records, or whatever.  They had Franz Ferdinand and some other random indie band on the list for today.
As of today (27th) the new [...]

95% albums: Bruce Springsteen – Born in the USA

onefinemess | May 15, 2008

“But wait,” you say “isn’t Andy a punker?” Well, not really, although you might think that by the other albums I’ve got in my 95% bracket. I love music, in all its glori–no wait, in about 70% of its glorious forms. And rock’n’roll happens to be a nice chunk of that. [...]