![]() ![]() “Under A Streetlight” cheerily makes good on the Against Me! Comparisons that come their way, while “Gasoline Heart” begins with a sax bit, and the big man is doubtless looking on with pride, somewhere. An anthem with a universal quality, for those who are “spinning like a 45,” but “louder than bombs” and “winning the war”. The slower building “Tiger Champagne” is an anthem. “Crash Into The Sun” is for all those who don’t want to go to bed in case something fun happens while they are asleep. It is impossible, actually to not think of “59 Sound” when listening to Aree And The Pure Heart, it has the same wide-eyed wonder. And right there, he not only represents all the dreamers – and probably his own too – he finds a direct lineage between the Springsteen’s of this world – Ryan Adams’ “Gold” too, if we can still mention him? – and the punk spirit of Gaslight Anthem. There’s a moment on “Fifty Dollar Bottle Of Wine” the opening track on “…Die” when he sings “and I’ll do it again, do it again, until I find what I am looking for” and the saxophone solo kicks in. I resolved never to miss out on anything again. Late last year I was sat watching “Live On Broadway” thinking to myself, “how did you not go to this?” Long story short, I had the chance of a ticket and turned it down. Occasionally, I need something to remind me how much. I watched the video on Top Of The Pops and even if I never understood the significance, or the feeling of “I wanna change my clothes, my hair, my face” (I do now….) I knew I loved Bruce Springsteen. ![]() J Giels Band “Centerfold” – the first single I can remember properly buying – “Livin’ On A Prayer” as a nine year old, the second music became mine, “Appetite For Destruction” when it seemed exciting, dangerous even, and others since.īut right in between Jovi and GnR came the time when I heard “Dancing In The Dark”. First, the football match that I saw that day, but also, the records I listened to at the time, or the gigs I went to. I’ve never kept a diary, I’ve never really needed to, I remember all the key events in my life in two ways. ![]() I don’t know Aree Ogir’s journey to make the “Never Gonna Die” album, but I am willing to bet that he was sat in Atlanta, Georgia with his own rock n roll dreams that were not too dissimilar to these, thousands of miles away and decades before. ![]()
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