Cavalry o Calvary?: Gave It A Name

Curiós el que ha passat amb una frase de la nova cançó del Bruce, We Take Care Of Our Own. En una de les estrofes, en Bruce diu:

There ain't no help, the CAVALRY stayed home

En principi, semblava que no hi havia cap dubte sobre la paraula. Però, ai làs, resulta que surt el vídeo oficial (podeu veure'l en el meu anterior post) i surt la lletra de la cançó durant el vídeo. I què surt escrit per a aquesta frase?

There ain't no help, the CALVARY stayed home

I és aquí on comencen les discusions: en Bruce vol dir Cavalleria o vol dir Calvari? Com no podia ser d'una altra forma, ja surten tots els messiànics fent lectures bíbliques i dient que està parlant del Calvari, etc, etc.

Per sort, a darrera hora de la tarda, algú va decidir actualitzar el lloc web oficial del Bruce (www.brucespringsteen.net) i va publicar la lletra oficial. La resposta al dubte quedava resolt: en Bruce diu CAVALRY... i qui va preparar el vídeo és dislèxic!!!

We Take Care Of Our Own: el nou single!

I been knocking on the door that holds the throne
I been looking for the map that leads me home
I been stumbling on good hearts turned to stone
The road of good intentions has gone dry as a bone
We take care of our own
We take care of our own
Wherever this flag's flown
We take care of our own

From Chicago to New Orleans
From the muscle to the bone
From the shotgun shack to the Super Dome
There ain't no help, the cavalry stayed home
There ain't no one hearing the bugle blowin'
We take care of our own
We take care of our own
Wherever this flag's flown
We take care of our own

Where're the eyes, the eyes with the will to see
Where are the hearts that run over with mercy
Where's the love that has not forsaken me
Where's the work that'll set my hands, my soul free
Where's the spirit that'll reign rain over me
Where's the promise from sea to shining sea
Where's the promise from sea to shining sea
Wherever this flag's flown
Wherever this flag's flown
Wherever this flag's flown

We take care of our own
We take care of our own
Wherever this flag's flown
We take care of our own

We take care of our own
We take care of our own
Wherever this flag's flown
We take care of our ownBruce Springsteen

La nova gira del Bruce: Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out

Doncs apa, sembla que la maquinària s’ha tornat a posat en marxa. No fa ni quinze dies que en Bruce anunciava al seu lloc web el següent:

Well, things are starting to heat up down on E Street.

A lot of you have been hearing that Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band will be on tour in 2012. That is absolutely correct. Here's the European itinerary. Info on the US dates and the World tour dates will coming up shortly.

In addition, we want you to know that the music is almost done (but still untitled), we have almost settled on the release date (but not quite yet), and that we are all incredibly excited about everything that we're planning for 2012. That's all the info we have for right now, but we'll get back to you--real soon.

I a data d’avui, ja tenim anunciats, i la majoria venuts, els següents concerts:

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN'S 2012 TOUR DATES:

Date	City	Venue
13 May	Sevilla	Estadio Olimpico de La Cartuja
17 May	Barcelona	Estadi Olimpic Lluis Companys
25 May	Frankfurt	Commerzbank-Arena
27 May	Cologne	RheinEnergieStadion
28 May	Landgraf	Pinkpop Festival
30 May	Berlin	Olympiastadion
2 June	San Sebastian	Estadio Anoeta
3 June	Lisbon	Rock in Rio Lisboa
7 June	Milan	Stadio Guissepe Meazza
10 June	Florence	Stadio Artemio Franchi
11 June	Trieste	Stadio Nereo Rocco
17 June	Madrid	Estadio Santiago Bernabeu
19 June	Montpelier	Park & Suites Arena
21 June	Sunderland	Stadium of Light
22 June	Manchester	Etihad Stadium
24 June	Isle of Wight	Isle Of Wight Festival
4 July	Paris	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
5 July	Paris	Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy
7 July	Roskilde	Roskilde Festival
9 July	Zurich	Stadium Letzigrund
11 July	Prague	Synotip Arena
12 July	Vienna	Ernst Happel Stadium
14 July	London	Hard Rock Calling
17 July	Dublin	RDS
18 July	Dublin	RDS
21 July	Oslo	Valle Hoven
23 July	Bergen	Koegen
24 July	Bergen	Koegen
27 July	Gothenberg	Ullevi
28 July	Gothenberg	Ullevi

Un dels temes que manté a tots els seguidors expectants és qui substituirà al malaguanyat Clarence Clemons (que va morir el passat 18 de juny). Hi ha diverses opcions, però a hores d’ara el rumor que agafa força és que serà Alto Reed. L’Alto és el saxofonista de Bob Seeger & The Silver Bullet Band i ha actuat amb diversos músics i bandes al llarg de la seva dilatada carrera professional: Foghat, Grand Funk, Little Feat, Otis Rush, Enchantment, Jamie Oldaker, George Terry, Dave Mason, Spencer Davis, Tico Torres, Dan Aykroyd, James Belushi, The Blues Brothers, The Ventures, George Thorogood…

Esperem que en propers dies els rumors es vagin transformant en notícies i anem coneixent el format de la Gira. Segurament pocs artistes tenen el valor avui en dia d'anunciar una gira mundial sense ni tant sols haver tret un disc nou...

El per què del nom del Bloc: No Surrender

We busted out of class had to get away from those fools
We learned more from a three minute record than we ever learned in school
Tonight I hear the neighborhood drummer sound
I can feel my heart begin to pound
You say you're tired and you just want to close your eyes and follow your dreams down

We made a promise we swore we'd always remember
No retreat no surrender
Like soldiers in the winter's night with a vow to defend
No retreat no surrender

Now young faces grow sad and old and hearts of fire grow cold
We swore blood brothers against the wind
I'm ready to grow young again
And hear your sister's voice calling us home across the open yards
Well maybe we could cut someplace of our own
With these drums and these guitars

Blood brothers in the stormy night with a vow to defend
No retreat no surrender

Now on the street tonight the lights grow dim
The walls of my room are closing in
There's a war outside still raging
you say it ain't ours anymore to win
I want to sleep beneath peaceful skies in my lover's bed
with a wide open country in my eyes
and these romantic dreams in my head


by Bruce Springsteen