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DTITLE=Bruce Springsteen / We Shall Overcome - The Seeger Sessions (American Land Edition)
DYEAR=2006
DGENRE=Rock
TTITLE0=Old Dan Tucker
TTITLE1=Jesse James
TTITLE2=Mrs. McGrath
TTITLE3=O Mary Don't You Weep
TTITLE4=John Henry
TTITLE5=Erie Canal
TTITLE6=Jacob's Ladder
TTITLE7=My Oklahoma Home
TTITLE8=Eyes On The Prize
TTITLE9=Shenandoah
TTITLE10=Pay Me My Money Down
TTITLE11=We Shall Overcome
TTITLE12=Froggie Went A Courtin'
TTITLE13=Buffalo Gals
TTITLE14=How Can I Keep From Singing
TTITLE15=How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live
TTITLE16=Bring 'Em Home
TTITLE17=American Land
EXTD=We Shall Overcome - The Seeger Sessions (American Land Edition)\n\nOriginally Released April 25, 2006\nAmerican Land Edition Released October 3, 2006\n\nAmazon.com Product Description (American Land Edition)\nA 40-minute film about the recording of 
EXTD=the album with artist commentary. Includes filmed performances of:  1) John Henry 2) Pay Me My Money Down 3) Buffalo Gals 4) Erie Canal 5) O Mary Don't You Weep 6) Jacob's Ladder 7) Froggie Went A Courtin' 8) Shenandoah \n\nPlus four bonus live tour
EXTD= videos: 1) How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live (Bruce Springsteen Version) 2) Bring 'Em Home 3) American Land 4) Pay Me My Money Down \n\nAmazon.com Product Description (DualDisc Edition)\nVIDEO: A 40-minute film about the recording of the
EXTD= album with artist commentary. Includes filmed performances of: 1) John Henry 2) Pay Me My Money Down 3) Buffalo Gals 4) Erie Canal 5) O Mary Don't You Weep 6) Jacob's Ladder 7) Froggie Went A Courtin' 8) Shenandoah \n\nPlus four bonus live tour vid
EXTD=eos: 1) How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live (Bruce Springsteen Version) 2) Bring 'Em Home 3) American Land 4) Pay Me My Money Down \n\nAMG EXPERT REVIEW: We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions is an unusual Bruce Springsteen album in a num
EXTD=ber of ways. First, it's the first covers album Springsteen has recorded in his three-decade career, which is a noteworthy event in itself, but that's not the only thing different about We Shall Overcome. Springsteen, a notorious perfectionist who h
EXTD=as been known to tweak and rework albums numerous times before releasing them (or scrapping them, as the case may be), pulled together the album quickly, putting aside a planned second volume of the rarities collection Tracks after discovering a set
EXTD= of recordings he made in 1997 for a Pete Seeger tribute album called Where Have All the Flowers Gone: The Songs of Pete Seeger. Enthralled by this handful of tracks -- one of which, "We Shall Overcome," appeared on the tribute -- Springsteen decide
EXTD=d to cut a whole album of folk tunes popularized by Pete Seeger. He rounded up 13 musicians, including some who played on those 1997 sessions, and did two one-day sessions in late 2005 and early 2006, swiftly releasing the resulting album that April
EXTD=. As Bruce stresses in his introductory liner notes, these were live recordings, done with no rehearsals, and We Shall Overcome does indeed have an unmistakably loose feel, and not just because you can hear the Boss call out chord changes in a handf
EXTD=ul of songs. This music is rowdy and rambling, as the group barrels head-first into songs that they're playing together as a band for the first time, and it's hard not to get swept up along in their excitement. Springsteen has made plenty of great r
EXTD=ecords, but We Shall Overcome is unique in its sheer kinetic energy; he has never made a record that feels as alive as this. \n\nNot only does We Shall Overcome feel different than Bruce's work; it also feels different than Seeger's music. Most of S
EXTD=eeger's recordings were spare and simple, featuring just him and his banjo; his most elaborately produced records were with the Weavers, whose recordings of the '50s did feature orchestration, yet that's a far cry from the big folk band that Springs
EXTD=teen uses here. Bruce's combo for the Seeger sessions has a careening, ramshackle feel that's equal parts early-'60s hootenanny and Bob Dylan and the Band's Americana; at times, its ragged human qualities also recall latter-day Tom Waits, although t
EXTD=he music here is nowhere near as self-consciously arty as that. Springsteen has truly used Seeger's music as inspiration, using it as the starting point to take him someplace that is uniquely his own in sheer musical terms. Given that, it should be 
EXTD=no great surprise that Bruce also picks through Seeger's songbook in a similar fashion, leaving many (if not most) of Pete's well-known songs behind in favor of a selection of folk standards Springsteen learned through Seeger's recordings. (Author/c
EXTD=ritic Dave Marsh researched the origins of each song here; there are brief introductions within the album's liner notes and thorough histories presented on the official Springsteen site.) While the songs featured here adhere to no one specific theme
EXTD= -- there are work songs, spirituals, narratives, and protest songs -- it is possible to see this collection of tunes as Springsteen's subtle commentary on the political state of America, especially given Seeger's reputation as an outspoken politica
EXTD=l activist, but this record should hardly be judged as merely an old-fashioned folk record. We Shall Overcome is many things, but a creaky relic is not one of them. Springsteen has drawn from Seeger's songbook -- which he assembled in the '40s, '50s
EXTD=, and '60s from traditional folk songs -- and turned it into something fresh and contemporary. And even if you have no patience for (or interest in) the history of the songs, or their possible meanings, it's easy to enjoy We Shall Overcome on pure m
EXTD=usical terms: it's a rambunctious, freewheeling, positively joyous record unlike any other in Springsteen's admittedly rich catalog.\n\n[We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions was released in the U.S. as a DualDisc, containing a CD on one side and a
EXTD= DVD on the other. The CD side merely contains the album. The DVD contains the album in PCM stereo (there's no 5.1 mix, although given the big-band nature of this session, this album would have sounded great in Surround Sound), along with two bonus 
EXTD=tracks, the rollicking "Buffalo Gals" and the moody, soulful "How Can I Keep from Singing." Both bonus cuts are excellent and should have been on the album proper. There is also a 30-minute video program that chronicles some of the recording of the 
EXTD=album, but it's not a documentary: it's more of a performance film with commentary, and while it could have been longer or had more commentary, it's still quite enjoyable. Finally, We Shall Overcome also was released separately as a vinyl LP.]  -- S
EXTD=tephen Thomas Erlewine\n\nAmazon.com Editorial Review\nThe premise was simple. Bruce Springsteen invites a dozen or so New York City musicians--packing banjos, fiddles, accordions and the like--to his New Jersey farmhouse for a three-day hootenanny,
EXTD= and tape is rolling. The results are sublime, his 21st album featuring their versions of songs harvested from Springsteen's dog-eared LPs by Pete Seeger. Not all written by Seeger, the songs are how the American folk icon interpreted them, and thes
EXTD=e organic recordings, with no rehearsals or overdubs, pay tribute with the simplicity and spontaneity he intended. It's not hard to link Springsteen's dissatisfaction with American politics to the protest song "We Shall Overcome" or even the Irish b
EXTD=allad "Mrs. McGrath," where he alters the lyrics to read, "I'd rather have my son as he used to be/Than the King of America and his whole navy." But the beauty of these Seeger Sessions are pieces that underscore the mood of the bandleader, which bor
EXTD=ders on down-home amusement: the bluegrass outlaw ballad "Jesse James," the Dylanesque "Pay Me My Money Down" and the euphoric "Jacob's Ladder," a gumbo-and-whiskey-fueled romp that could pass for the closing hymn at the Church of Asbury Park. --Sco
EXTD=tt Holter\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nSeeger? Not Really........, October 16, 2006\nReviewer: MAC (NY United States)\nI'm a bit at odds with this work because these are not songs written by Pete Seeger. Does it not seem just a tad suspicious that
EXTD= Springsteen deliberately did not use a single song that was actually written by Seeger? Instead using songs "made popular by" Seeger to avoid paying royalty fees while freely using songs in the public domain waste bin of lapsed copyrighted material
EXTD=. Then, after using these lapsed songs, he went out and ascertained his own copyright for the arrangements. Therefore, if other artists would like to do these songs, they now have to pay Bruce a royalty fee! You know, for a socialist he's one heck o
EXTD=f a capitalist by commandeering these songs for free to maximize his profits. Isn't this at odds with his own well crafted champion of the underdog image? This American Land edition is aptly titled because even though Bruce despises the American cap
EXTD=italist economic system of free markets, he plays it like a fiddle for his own accumulation of wealth.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nIf you are a fan you need this., October 3, 2006\nReviewer: Kevin Barnett\n"The American Land" version of the Seege
EXTD=r Sessions album adds several "new" songs to the original release. OK, so most of the songs are not new, since the whole point of the whole album is that these are old songs. The only real new song is "American Land" and it's one that Springsteen sh
EXTD=ould be proud of. It perfectly fits in with the tone and style of the other songs on the album that, when taken as a whole, create the tapestry that Bruce describes in "American Land". \n\nIf you are reading this thinking that "American Land" will b
EXTD=e a retread of the fervent patriotism of "Born in the USA" then you clearly have not heard either one of those songs. It's a song about what immigrants thought about America before they got here and how our country did not live up to their expectati
EXTD=ons. Great, vivid lyrics like "Diamonds on the sidewalks, the gutters lined with song..." prove that an abum of century-old covers has not dulled Springsteen's writing prowess one bit. \nThe other new additions to the record are great, but a couple 
EXTD=of down points keep this being a five-star release. \n\nFirst of all, the booklet gets the lyrics to "American Land" wrong. This is such a gross oversight, that hopefully Sony will fix it in upcoming pressings. \n\nSecond, why put in a music video f
EXTD=or "Pay Me My Money Down" which was one of the (many) amazing highlights of the recent tour instead of a live performance? \n\nI sincerely hope that a full-length video from this tour will be forthcoming because I know that a lot of people did not s
EXTD=ee it, expecting it to be some kind of moonshine-jug hootenanny, but these shows were incredible. I'm jealous of the European audiences who are now getting a second leg of the tour. This show deserves to be seen by more people, and this record deser
EXTD=ves to be heard. \n\nBy the way, I never had any issues with the Dual Disc in any of my cd players, so I could care less that this version comes with a separate DVD, but the DVD is nice to have anyway.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nMaking a good th
EXTD=ing even better., October 3, 2006\nReviewer: Boss Fan (Milwaukee)\nWhy pony-up for a second edition of an album released a mere six months ago? Well, for one thing it includes a slew of bonus tracks, all worth shelling out another ten bucks for. But
EXTD= the stand out is "How Can a Poor Man Stand Such times and Live?," a 1920s blues song about the depression by "Blind" Alfred Reid that Bruce remolded the last few verses to fit the plight of New Orleans. He posted this song on his website shortly af
EXTD=ter the original release of this album and it became a big request for fans to get their hands on as well as the centerpiece of his live shows on this tour. And for good reason. The song is absolutely brilliant - in sound and lyrics. It fits perfect
EXTD=ly amongst the folk standards on this disc but could also stand alone as a classic rock/blues single on a "normal" Springsteen disc. You can almost hear the E Street Band pumping this one out live. Ditto the still fresh and invigorating tracks like 
EXTD="O Mary Don't You Weep" that were on the original release. \n\nThere is also a DVD that includes the bonus content that was on the flip side of the original album's "DuelDisc," plus bonus live performances from the tour this summer. This is merely a
EXTD= sampling of the whale of a show that these concerts were, but as such they do a terrific job of capturing some of the energy. Truth be told though, there were so many other great versions of Springsteen classics and other blues covers (like a pheno
EXTD=menal "Rag Mama Rag") performed throughout the tour that these bonus performances really make the viewer wish Columbia would have just forgone the re-release of this album and just done a live disc and/or DVD. Any of you who were skeptical that this
EXTD= would be a downer of a show or some corny hoedown sorely missed out. The show I was lucky enough to attend was a huge party and rocked as much as the average E Street show. Springsteen put more energy into this performance than anyone could have ex
EXTD=pected, even by his high performance standards. He knew what his fans would want and he did not use this different type of music as an excuse to slouch. Hopefully Columbia will release something indicative of those shows down the line. Although, I t
EXTD=hought his intimate shows for "Devils and Dust" were brilliant in showcasing the Boss' playing chops and strong vocals, but there has yet to be any sort of Springsteen acoustic collection ("D&D" was actually his second acoustic tour following a simi
EXTD=lar stint in the mid-90s) collection so I won't hold my breath for Columbia to release any of his more experimental music endeavors. \n\nAnd finally, as many have begged for, this version does away with the "DuelDisc" format. Many of has had no bad 
EXTD=luck with them, but look at the reviews for the first release and you'll see that a ton of people did. So here you get the music plus bonus tracks on a normal CD and all the DVD content of the DuelDisc plus the new live performances. So whether you 
EXTD=hated the DuelDisc or just want the new content or both you simply can't go wrong here. \n\nThere will be some of you who will write posts here saying things like "oh, they are just gouging us for money," or "why release this again," etc. Remember, 
EXTD=just because it's on store shelves and is out there for those so inclined to double up or feel the performances and new tracks are worth the money, does not mean you have to purchase it. It's only a rip off to you if you buy it, otherwise its just t
EXTD=here. And those that choose to pick it up won't be disappointed. \n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nA Treasure, August 19, 2006\nReviewer: Steven A. Peterson\nIf a singer took these songs and treated them in a patronizing way, this would be a disaster.
EXTD= If a singer treated these songs as trite oldies, the exercise would be a disaster. Think about it: "Old Dan Tucker," "Froggie Went a Courtin'," "Erie Canal," "Buffalo Gals," and so on. These are some of the songs I used to sing in music class in el
EXTD=ementary school. How easily could singing these turn into a distasteful exercise. \n\nBut Pete Seeger took such folk tunes seriously and worked to make them available to the larger public, including singing with the various groups that he was a majo
EXTD=r part of. And Bruce Springsteen takes these songs seriously. He does not parrot Seeger; rather, he sings the songs in his own way and treats them as songs that are worthy. \n\nThis is an enchanting CD, one that could easily have been embarrassing a
EXTD=nd precious--but which is, in its own way, engaging and warm.\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nA Rare Treat, August 9, 2006\nReviewer: Paul W. Dennis (Winter Springs, FL USA)\nThis CD is a rarity - an recording that will appeal to folk enthusiasts suc
EXTD=h as myself, who have no particular interest in Bruce Springsteen, and long-time Springsteen fans who will find a new dimension to their hero's music. \n\nFirst a little about Pete Seeger. Born in 1919, Seeger was part of the most famous (and commer
EXTD=cially successful) folk group ever, the Weavers. Splitting off on his own, Seeger remained an engaging singer and storyteller throughout the years that he was being blacklisted for his one-time Communist Party membership (he left the CPUSA in 1950).
EXTD= His half-siblings Mike Seeger and Peggy Seeger have been among the leading folk performers and musicologists of the 20th century. \n\nThis album consists of songs closely associated with Pete Seeger, some written by him and others arranged/collecte
EXTD=d/ compiled by Seeger from the folk tradition. Songs such as "Old Dan Tucker", "Jesse James", "John Henry" and "Shenandoah" should be familiar to all. "We Shall Overcome" was the anthem of the civil rights struggles of the 1960s. Interestingly enoug
EXTD=h, Bruce does NOT cover any of Seeger's three most famous compositions ("Where Have All the Flowers Gone", "If I Had a Hammer", and "Turn, Turn, Turn"). \n\nThis music has a very organic feel to it. Recorded over a period of years, it sounds spontan
EXTD=eous and unrehearsed, although the material was obviously familiar to all of the musicians. The Boss sings with great enthusiasm, and spirit of the fun felt by the musicians is infectious. You will find yourself singing along with these songs, and t
EXTD=he funny thing is, you'll fit right in. \n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nRip roaring.....!!!!!, July 22, 2006\nReviewer: collegemoney\nOk, I admit, I more than flinched when I thought about the concept of an album of "Bruce Springsteen Does Pete Seeg
EXTD=er." An image of "The Boss" seated in a rocking chair, plucking on a banjo, talking more than singing, scared me considerably. So...when I sat down to listen to this CD, I was overjoyed to hear the triumphant strains and robust accompaniment of the 
EXTD=seldom recorded "Old Dan Tucker" (my dad's favorite song) and then things just got better from there. Fat "wall-of-sound" horns, banjos, fiddles, accordians, drums, guitars and background vocals throughout!! The music slows down only for the occasio
EXTD=nal taking of a breath, and even then it manages to cause the toes to tap. In all honesty, this album owes more to works like "Folkways: A Vision Shared" a tribute to Woody Guthrie, than it owes to Seeger. The accordians and fiddles remind me more o
EXTD=f John Mellencamp's "folkier" line ups than they do Seeger's sparsely accompanied works. \n\nWhen he arrived on the scene with his E-Street Band decades ago, Bruce was hailed as "The Next Bob Dylan." It was hard to quite see the stylistic parallel t
EXTD=hen. It is not hard now. Vocal lines "spat out" with great emotion. Way to go, Bruce. Let's see who you honor next time!! Suggestion: The underappreciated New Orleans R&B legend Ernie K-Doe.\n\nHalf.com Details \nProducer: Bruce Springsteen \n\nAlbu
EXTD=m Notes\nBruce Springsteen is certainly no stranger to acoustic-based, folk-inspired music. He began his career as a post-Dylan troubadour, and he's been making "unplugged" albums as far back as 1982's NEBRASKA. He's already recorded Woody Guthrie m
EXTD=aterial, so it's not a shock that he would release a tribute album to folk icon Pete Seeger. WE SHALL OVERCOME: THE SEEGER SESSIONS celebrates not just Seeger's musical influence, of course, but also the political stands the singer took, which obvio
EXTD=usly resonate with the famously progressive Springsteen.\nUnlike NEBRASKA, though, this is no bare-bones affair. The E Street Band may be absent, but Bruce tackles Seeger's tunes in classic larger-than-life Boss style, with a huge band that includes
EXTD= several string players, a horn section, accordion, and more. Incorporating everything from Dixieland to zydeco into the folk/blues template, Bruce stirs up a rowdy cauldron of Americana teeming with as much pure human passion as social import. WE S
EXTD=HALL OVERCOME is likely to be one of the biggest albums ever made under the "traditional folk" banner, but it's full of small surprises as Springsteen gets to the spiritual and musical heart of the matter.
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