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..anche per WOAD non poteva mancare la saga del "Dietro le quinte" che Rich Kortz porta avanti da anni (vedi anche in "Bruce News")
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BEHIND THE SCENES: PRE-RELEASE JITTERS
By Rich Kortz
Mid-January, 2009. Rumson, NJ, 3 AM. Bruce sits up in the darkness... accidentally waking Patti.
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Patti (sighing): Now what's going on, baby?
Bruce: Same ol' same old... can't sleep.
Patti: I told you not to read that stuff, didn't I?
Bruce (sighing): Yeah... yeah.
Patti: And now my sheets are soaking wet. You know, I have to sleep in this bed, too, mister.
Bruce: Yeah... yeah...
Patti: Don't you see the pattern here? Every time your new CD leaks... right away you start reading that stupid BTX thing... you start panicking.... and I wake up in a puddle of your cold sweat.
Bruce: Naw... naw... spilled some Raisin Bran watchin' Seinfeld. I think maybe some milk mighta trickled your way durin' the night.
Patti (rolling over): That's disgusting.
Bruce (sighing) Sorry.
Patti (rolling back): Look... people like to complain. It's human nature, baby.
Bruce: Yeah?
Patti: Trust me. It makes them feel like they actually have a voice.
Bruce: Yeah?
Patti: Yes, baby.
Bruce: But, uhhh... like, they really don't, right?
Patti: Right. Goodnight, baby.
Bruce: 'Nite, Reds.
*Bruce and Patti are silent for a few minutes*
Bruce: Just don't understand it, Pats... why do they turn on me like a buncha rabid-ass dogs? Hell, last year I was right up there again... right up there on top'a the damn charts.
Patti: Baby... the Gitmo Torture Top 10 doesn't count, c'mon.
Bruce: It don't?
Patti: That's not a valid industry marker, baby.
Bruce: Damn. That ain't right. A chart's a chart, ya know?
Patti: I know... I know.
*Bruce and Patti are silent for a few minutes*
Bruce: Still can't believe it... using the band's music ta torture all them people. It's.. it's inhumane... that's what it is.
Patti (sighing): The Guantanamo Bay thing again?
Bruce: Naw... naw... bustin' out 'Town Called Heartbreak' in the first set on the last tour. What was I thinkin?
Patti (rolling away): Ass.
Bruce: Ya believe they're sayin' it's my worst record yet? What kinda crap is that?
It's Boss music, ya know?
Patti: I know... I know...
Bruce. Ya don't "critique" it like some pinhead. Ya stand back n' let it all be, right? Ya let it simmer... ya let it age like a fine wine, and then ya let history rank it as the masterpiece it for sure as shit is, right?
Patti: Right.
Bruce: Damn right.
Patti: It'll all settle down once the CD hits the stores. You'll see... then everyone will like it. People Magazine will say it's on par with The River, and you'll be good to go.
Bruce: Like George W. says... ain't no such thing as short-term history.
Patti: (rolling back): Excuse me? You're quoting Bush now?
Bruce: Well... the man makes a good point, Pats.
Patti (sighing and rolling away) Oh my god.
Bruce: I know exactly what he means. HE gets bashed... I get bashed... but the fact is... we're just ahead'a the curve is all. We do what we gotta do... n' then we take the heat, ya know? We're two of a kind, babe. Me n' George W. Bush. Hell... maybe I'll even write 'im a song.
Patti: Don't let Jon here you say that.
Bruce: Jonny? why?
Patti: That poor man has spent YEARS crafting this political stance of yours. You don't want that to crumble like a house of cards, do you, baby?
Bruce: Yeah... yeah... I mean, naw... naw...
Patti: Good night, baby
Bruce: Night, Reds.
*Bruce and Patti are silent for a few minutes*
Bruce: Callin' it a buncha outtakes. There just ain't no call for that.
* Patti ignores Bruce *
Bruce: I can't win. They bitch about gettin' more outtakes. So then they get some, right?... then they bitch about that. Bitch bitch bitch bitch bitch. Buncha bitchin' little bitch babies.
Patti: Well, they ARE outtakes, baby. Not that there's anything wrong with that.
Bruce: Naw... naw... I know... I know. But at least I made the effort ta lay down some new vocals on 'em.
Patti: Maybe they were hoping for Magic outtakes at least. Not Play It As It Lays outtakes.
Bruce: Hey... an outtake's an outtake. If it comes outta tthe Springsteen household I stand by it.
Patti: That's so sweet, baby.
*Bruce and Patti are silent for a few minutes*
Bruce: They'll see... they'll see... it'll all come inta focus after a while... then they'll see...
Patti: Baby...
Bruce: They'll see I ain't still wrapped up in the past... they'll see I'm movin' on ahead.
Patti: Exactly.
Bruce: And Outlaw Pete ... that ain't no outtake. That's a brand damn new tune. That tune speaks'a where The Boss is now... today... in 2009.
Patti: Why are you so obsessed with that poor old man? It's getting a little embarrassing, baby.
Bruce: Hey... that poor ol' man aint nuthin' but a damn thief. He stole all my thunder away on that folk record. My fans didn't even know it was me, so they, like... didn't even buy the sucker. That just ain't right. That was MY folk record... not his... so I'm callin' him on it. Think they'll get the metaphor?
Patti: Baby, you're the one who NAMED that album after him.
Bruce: Uhhh...
Patti: And so... to get back at him.... now you go and name your one new song after him, too?
Bruce: Yeah... yeah... that ol' coot can run... but he can't hide.
Patti (rolling away and sighing): Good night, baby.
Bruce: Night, Reds.
*Bruce and Patti are silent for a few minutes*
Bruce: Them songs... they'll all come together on the tour. They always do. The boys'll shine 'em up nice. Then they'll see. Wait'll they see what Stevie n' I do with Kingdom'a Days.
Patti: So you really are serious about touring this record with the band, huh?
Bruce: Serious as life itself, baby.
Patti: Now that's a song I like... that's a great one, even if it is an outtake.
Bruce: Hey... you aughta know... you wrote it, sugar.
Patti: What are we calling this tour anyway? The Dream Tour?
Bruce: Naw... naw..... Outtakes 2009 Tour. That'll kill on a tee-shirt.
Patti: So, basically you're touring outtakes. That's not exactly progressive, baby.
Bruce: Hey... worked for me before. 'Member a little thing called the USA tour? Wasn't nuthin' but a buncha damn Nebraska outtakes, all spit-shined up with a beat. Don't sweat it, Reds. It'll fly. You'll see.
Patti: I'm not the one who's sweating here.
Bruce: I told ya... that ain't sweat... that's, uhhh... that's milk.
The End
Edited by LittleStevenMilano - 16/1/2009, 20:21. -
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