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Glory Days

Posted: July 31, 2008 12:04 pm
by labatt1876
As much as I hate to admit it, Glory Days is actually starting to grow on me.

Anyone else having have this same feeling? or am I will in the very small minority?

Posted: July 31, 2008 12:10 pm
by ph4ever
Jimmy should not sing Dave Matthews or The Boss - PERIOD

Posted: July 31, 2008 12:13 pm
by SharkOnLand
Ooh... this it probably gonna get interesting.

Has Jimmy ever actually sung Glory Days and remembered all the words? Every time I've heard him sing it he messes up the first or second verse.

But no, it's not growing on me. Although I do like some of the covers he does, I'm not a fan of the Dylan, Springsteen, DMB ones.

Posted: July 31, 2008 12:16 pm
by Dezdmona
JMO, but I personally can't stand the song.
I guess it's an acquired taste. :P

Posted: July 31, 2008 12:18 pm
by A1A-BJB
Personally, I prefer the original version, by "The Boss" himself.

Posted: July 31, 2008 12:20 pm
by LIPH
Glory Days, Rainy Day Women (although I expect to hear it at Newport), Trippin' Billies, Scarlet Begonias, The Horizon Has Been Defeated - never again. Really, never again. Please

Posted: July 31, 2008 12:20 pm
by Skibo
Page 1!

No. Is it growing on you because you like the song or is it growing on you like a hostage forms a bond with their captor?

Posted: July 31, 2008 12:22 pm
by popcornjack
LIPH wrote:Glory Days, Rainy Day Women (although I expect to hear it at Newport), Trippin' Billies, Scarlet Begonias, The Horizon Has Been Defeated - never again. Really, never again. Please
If he plays a Dylan song in Newport, and if that is it, I might just have to cry. And not tears of joy.

Posted: July 31, 2008 12:24 pm
by LIPH
I agree, that isn't even a good Dylan song. There are so many better ones to play.

Posted: July 31, 2008 12:30 pm
by Flip & Flop
I love Jimmy so I hate to admit it but, Glory Days is not growing on me. When listening to the Hoot sound track I need to skip the cover song he does (Werewolf of London?). Almost cheesy?

Posted: July 31, 2008 12:32 pm
by flipflopgirl
:roll: :roll: oh yeah another thread about Glory Days! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Posted: July 31, 2008 12:35 pm
by shawnmov
Don't really like the covers in General, for the most part. Glory Days is one of the absolute worst. Less covers... more Jimmy... isn't that what going to a concert is all about? Hearing the music of the musician you are seeing?

I don't mind 2 or 3 covers, but last year at Gillette, there was about 7 or 8. It's just not necessary.

Call me crazy.

Posted: July 31, 2008 12:44 pm
by Dezdmona
There are some covers that he can never 'make his own', because they are so identified with the original artist.

He may think he's doing it as a tribute, but if so, it should be done only for special occasions, and not on a routine basis.

Posted: July 31, 2008 12:46 pm
by labatt1876
Skibo wrote:Page 1!

No. Is it growing on you because you like the song or is it growing on you like a hostage forms a bond with their captor?
hahaha, I guess I am in the minority, meaning I am alone in my thoughts :cry:

I think it is that I am bonding with my captor, I have heard it so many times now, that it just kinda grew on me. Or I am just comparing it to Rainy Day Woman.......

The Dylan song is horrendous. I am heading to Paris in Sept for the shows, if he sings Rainy Day Woman, and you hear someone booing, that will be me.

Posted: July 31, 2008 12:57 pm
by labatt1876
LIPH wrote:I agree, that isn't even a good Dylan song. There are so many better ones to play.
Totally agree, if he really feels the need to play a Dylan cover, at least choose something better. Desolation Row would be interesting

Posted: July 31, 2008 1:09 pm
by popcornjack
shawnmov wrote:Don't really like the covers in General, for the most part. Glory Days is one of the absolute worst. Less covers... more Jimmy... isn't that what going to a concert is all about? Hearing the music of the musician you are seeing?

I don't mind 2 or 3 covers, but last year at Gillette, there was about 7 or 8. It's just not necessary.

Call me crazy.
You're crazy.

Posted: July 31, 2008 1:10 pm
by popcornjack
labatt1876 wrote:
LIPH wrote:I agree, that isn't even a good Dylan song. There are so many better ones to play.
Totally agree, if he really feels the need to play a Dylan cover, at least choose something better. Desolation Row would be interesting
((((Shudder)))) As much as I love Desolation Row, I don't know if i could picture him doing it.

Posted: July 31, 2008 1:17 pm
by parrothead_nj
Labatt, I am with you. I enjoy hearing Glory Days in the setlist. Although I enjoyed it the first time I heard it in Philly in 2005. Maybe its a NJ thing. I think it is neat when he does songs that are tied to the area he is playing. (Fenway- Sweet Caroline, New Orleans- City of NO, etc). Not a fan of Rainy Day Women though by JB or Dylan for that matter.

I did like hearing The Horizon Has Been Defeated, because it introduced me to Jack Johnson's music.

Covers I'd like to see dropped: Brown Eyed Girl, & Another Saturday Night If he were playing those songs in my backyard, I'd close the blinds.

Kevin

Posted: July 31, 2008 1:18 pm
by aeroparrot
flipflopgirl wrote::roll: :roll: oh yeah another thread about Glory Days! :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
In my best Bruce Dikenson voice: "THIS PLACE NEEDS MORE POSTS ABOUT GLORY DAYS!!!! Oh and more cowbell too."

Posted: July 31, 2008 1:25 pm
by popcornjack
I keep getting confused. Whenever anyone says Bruce Dickinson, I now know you mean

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But to me, when I hear Bruce Dickinson, I think of

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Bruce Dickinson, the human air raid signal. You know, from this band?

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Jimmy Buffett doing "Run to the Hills"? Now THAT would be an interesting cover. :lol: :lol: :lol: