So it’s been a slow week this week compared with the last two although we have had a ‘new’ release.
I am still playing The Promise to death both at home and on the trusty iPod. Still love it. Can’t pick an absolute favourite but Mike’s top tune at the moment is ‘The Brokenhearted’
I popped in to HMV on Monday and had a look at the new box. They had two on display.
A sweet little thing - I picked it up, put it down, picked it up again and put it down again telling myself it was silly. I didn’t need these albums again. We already have BTR and Darkness twice… So Tuesday and Wednesday went by but by Thursday I couldn‘t help myself. Instead of walking past HMV I had to go and look to see if they were still there. They were and … yes you guessed it - there is now only one! We’ve taken off the cellophane, looked at the album sleeves and found a place for it on the shelf with the rest of our Bruce CDs. There I expect it to stay as I doubt if we will ever play it.
Now I’m wondering if I should buy the two CD set of The Promise. I thought it looked a different size to the one in the box. I’m not sure where this compulsion has come from. We don’t have everything that has ever been issued. I thought about the Japanese thingies but only for a moment so, as our library isn’t complete, there is no point starting now - there I’ve convinced myself - for the time being.
So apart from listening to The Promise, now December has arrived, Mike and I have started watching all the awful Christmas films on the TV. You know the ones I mean. At the start there is always a scrooge like bod, a lonely person or someone who has fallen on hard times. By the end scrooge has turned into generosity personified, lonely person has found love and hard up person has found out that money isn’t everything. It’s the spirit of Christmas that counts and … of course it’s snowing on Christmas Day! Although they are so naff I can’t help but be uplifted by the Christmas message.
Some films I love. ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ is a favourite. The way George Bailey wants so desperately to escape from his home town, reminds me of many a Bruce song. I always blub at the end. ‘White Christmas’ is a favourite too - guaranteed to make me cry and ‘Miracle on 34th Street’ always convinces me there is a Santa Claus.
Anyway I mention this so I can tell you we watched ‘Home Alone 2’ last night. Mike likes the Home Alone films and to be fair they aren’t bad. I find Macaulay Culkin difficult to warm to. Anyway an excuse to include here a song from the soundtrack…
Following on from that I got the Christmas CDs out. Much as I love ‘Santa Claus is coming to town‘ I think this must be my favourite Bruce Christmas song.
I played my Holiday Show boot yesterday - really like it but today I’m back to The Promise - just can’t get enough of it at the moment.
And finally ... I got this email from Backstreets today - don't you just wish you lived near Asbury Park?
It's all cold down along the beach...
The wind's whippin' down the boardwalk...
And if you don't mind braving that kind of weather, we want to give you a chance to be there when Bruce Springsteen does a video shoot on the Jersey Shore next week!
Extra! Extra!
On Tuesday, December 7, Bruce will be convening the E Street Band on the Jersey Shore to play tracks from The Promise for a special future webcast. And unlike the Darkness '09 film, they don't want to play to nobody... so we've got the chance to send a small number of fans to be extras for the filming.
Bear in mind, this won't be a concert, exactly -- it's a shoot, with all the stops and starts that usually entails. And it's likely gonna be a cold, windy December afternoon, not in the cozy confines of previous Shore venues like the Paramount Theatre or Convention Hall. But it'll also be a unique opportunity to see Bruce and the Band in action and up close, working up performance debuts of songs from The Promise, and to be part of the small crowd in an intimate space when they capture it on film.
We'll be selecting a handful of fans by random drawing to be part of the audience, each able to bring one guest. To enter the drawing, all you need to do is send us an email (see details below). Please only enter IF:
· You're able to get yourself and your guest to the Jersey Shore on Tuesday, December 7, in the mid-afternoon.
· You're sure you can be there -- we want to get as many fans in as possible and may not be able to adjust for no-shows.
· You can make it on short notice -- all winners may not be notified until late Monday evening.
· You can stand the weather!
If that's you and you'd like to enter for a chance to be there, please send an email to thepromise@backstreets.com with the following information.
For the subject line, type the name of the musician (a longtime Jackson Browne associate) who played violin on The Promise's version of "Racing in the Street."
In the body of the email, include your name and address (as it appears on your picture ID), as well as your cell phone (or other contact number) and preferred email address, for any and all notifications about Tuesday.
Entries must be received by Sunday, December 5, at 2 p.m. ET to be eligible for the drawing. One entry per email address, please. Those selected to attend (plus one guest) will be contacted by email as soon as possible (but again, it could be up to Monday night) with full details. We'll post a notice on the News page to let you know when all notifications have gone out.
Good luck, we'll hope to see you there!
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