worldwideboss Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 The whole album is awesome, but especially the title track. Great imagery and with his explanation of the meaning in the Storytellers show, it's really easy to see this is one of his best songs.Anyone else likes it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnr=axl Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 (edited) Love that album and as i have said many times Bruce is one of my idols Edited March 19, 2007 by gnr=axl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeppelin Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 I'm not a huge Springsteen fan, but 'The Rising' is an awesome album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlslash Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 I saw Bruce with the ESB on the Rising tour. The main set was half and half: half classics, half Rising. To be honest, the Rising material was the best of the night. Mary's Place replaced 10th Avenue Freezeout as the extended jam and band intro, and it did its predecessors justice. Clearly the classics that night (and there were plenty: Out In The Streets, Badlands, Backstreets, a blistering Adam Raised a Cain, BTR, Rosalita, Dancing in the Dark, etc) were the bulk of what people wanted to hear, but songs like The Rising, Lonesome Day, Waitin' On a Sunny Day (which they did for 10 minutes while the lights got fixed), Into The Fire, Worlds Apart.......that band is better now than ever before. The imagery on that whole album is sick to the max. Great, great album. I rank it up there with BTR as a prime example of Bruce's near-perfect songwriting (I'm not sure why The Fuse had to be on that record, without it The Rising is perfect). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Morten.. Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 I love the Rising, one of my fav Bruce albums.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Streetchild Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 Great album, but those songs are even better live. Especially Mary's Place and Waiting on a sunny day rocked when I saw them live. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCGNR Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 This really is an incredible albumAnd for many reasons for me -First off - I never liked Springsteen. I was ok with some of his more popular songs, but overall, I just did'nt get what so many people did.I got into this album after 9/11 - and to this day, I cannot put that album on without being brought back to those days - and it is very emotional for me. Since then, I've gotten a little more into the Boss and appreciate him a lot more.Empty Sky and Paradise are two of my favorites from here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raw Power Posted March 19, 2007 Share Posted March 19, 2007 An amazing album by an amazing artist.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldwideboss Posted March 21, 2007 Author Share Posted March 21, 2007 I'm hooked on My City Of Ruins. What a fuckin' great song. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnr=axl Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 I'm hooked on My City Of Ruins. What a fuckin' great song.In total agreement Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
axlslash Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 As am I. It is a masterpiece and then some. I've seen him do it with the E Street Band, and again with the Seeger Sessions Band, and both times it was tear-jerkingly emotional and powerful. The lyrics are perfect, the music pristine, and the passion genuine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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