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Post by SeanBroseley on Jan 12, 2005 0:45:32 GMT 1
Young or old, whatever your taste, do yourself a favour and check out this radio programme at some time. www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/latejunction/Tonight's programme is typically excellent, particularly Chris Wood's Listening to the River.
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Post by harmerhillshrew on Jan 12, 2005 10:16:53 GMT 1
Without doubt one of Springsteens finest albums. Introduced on September 22, 1979, at the No Nukes concert at Madison Square Garden, “The River” was never a single. But, a year later, it became the title track of a double album, Springsteen's fifth. Set chronologically between the brooding, working-class vignettes of Darkness on the Edge of Town and the starkly hopeless Nebraska, The River contains such patented Springsteen party songs as “Hungry Heart” and “Sherry Darling.” But running through it is an underlying theme of disillusionment that's encapsulated perfectly in the song “The River.” A mid-tempo ballad, it tells the story of a pair of working-class teens forced by pregnancy into an early marriage and dead-end jobs. It also showcases the E Street Band at their best. Must start listening to Radio 3 more often
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Post by SeanBroseley on Jan 12, 2005 14:49:10 GMT 1
Just to encourage you Andrew, one of the first tracks on last night's programme was by a drum and bass artist.
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