Re: Magic Is Bruce's Best Since What Album?

On Sep 9, 7:57 pm, Kevin McClave <kmcclaveS...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


Isn't it more than a bit odd that Landau was quoted the day of the press
release (I think it was Landau, but maybe I'm mixing up my quotes) as
saying only one of the songs on the disk was political in nature?

I don't want to play the role of Landau apologist, but -- to be fair
-- that's not what he said (at least in any quote I saw). I did cut
and copy the following from the Rolling Stone article:

"It's sort of the summational song of the album," Landau says. "I
think it's one of Bruce's great masterpieces." Another track, "Girls
in Their Summer Clothes," Landau says has a "little bit of a Pet
Sounds-type feeling mixed in with the sound of the E Street Band." The
final track, "Devil's Arcade," is described as one of the only songs
on the album that delves into politics."

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2007/08/16/bruce-springsteens-magic-exclusive-details-on-the-boss-new-e-street-band-lp/

There may well be somewhere else where Landau (or someone else) flatly
said that "only one of the songs on the disc was political in nature",
but I'd like to see such a quote before saying so. Otherwise "one of
the only songs that delves into politics" is a far cry from "only one
of the songs was political."

SGH

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