U Talkin’ U2 To Me? - U Springin' Springsteen On My Bean? - Magic

Episode Date: December 19, 2023

Adam Scott Aukerman go track-by-track through Da Boss’s fifteenth studio album, Magic—a high energy rock album and Bruce’s return to writing great poppy melodies. They also listen to Springsteen’s two Christmas singles and Monkees frontman Mickey Dolenz’s 4-track EP “Dolenz Sings R.E.M.” Plus, the Scotts debut episode 2 of their other hit podcast, “Spell That For Me.”

🎵 From born in the USA to death to my hometown, this is you springin' spring scene on my bean. The comprehensive and encyclopedic compendium of all things Bruce. This is good rock and roll music. Hey, welcome. Welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome. You know my catchphrase, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome, welcome.

Oh, yeah, I love it. Welcome to the show. Very special pre-Christmas edition post-Hanukkah, maybe. Although, I don't know. When does Hanukkah actually end? Those eight crazy nights. I'm not exactly sure. You're not at liberty to say?

I'm not at liberty to say. Why don't we? Is that something that you're keeping secret? I know that it just started, and so I am doing. December 15th, Adam, is when it ends. It's already over. Okay, so it's already. Already over, my man.

God, that was fast. That was a fast. It went by too over, my man. God, that was fast. That was a fast... It went by too quick for my taste. Goodness gracious. But Hanukkah gets faster and faster every year. They take one minute out every year. Is that the way it works? Yeah, no, it used to be, back in biblical times,

it used to be all year long. Huh. And they just keep taking a minute out, and now we're down to eight crazy nights huh pretty soon it'll be seven well i hope we'll be long gone by the time it gets to seven to seven well i think there are eight terrific days and nights and uh wish it was uh let's say i wish it was 12 or 15 or 20 yeah it's like i feel like christmas they're like uh-oh hanukkah stealing our thunder uh the 12 days of christmas it's like come on christmas you're not 12 days we know you're not you're one day one day it's a total ripoff we

might include christmas eve make it two. That's right. I mean, what are the other 12 days, would you say? Well, I remember when I was a kid, we convinced my mom that there was a holiday called Stocking Day that was, I believe, the 28th of December. You convinced her? Where you get your stockings refilled. Refilled! I need to re-up on these stockings and my sister was like no it's a thing i swear stocking day everybody's doing it it would have been so great if i mean websites probably weren't around at this point if you if you had made a fake website and like a top google result so wait so she was convinced and yeah and we did stocking

day we woke up in the morning and we had stockings this is not a bad idea honestly and i mean now a mother or father could just google it and find out it's bullshit well now now we can make it a real thing let's celebrate stocking day as of right now stocking day is an official holiday the 28th right the 28th or maybe it was the 30th i don't remember it seems like you need a five-day period in order to because what do you get what do you what does one get in stockings these days i used to get socks socks um now it's not just exclusively socks but i feel like they looked at the stocking and were like, oh, socks go in there because it's a sock. Yeah. Well, that's logical thinking right there.

That is a sock in a sock. It's kind of like a hat on a hat. It's a screenwriting term. And it's also a hat term. Yeah. For when you're wearing a hat on top of one of your hats. I prefer two hats. See, here's the thing.

People say like, oh, that's a hat on a hat. It's a bad thing. Two hats is great. The more hats the merrier. Oh, please. Two hats is wonderful. Is this an episode, by the way, of Two Hats is Wonderful? Yes! Hey, everyone. Welcome to Two Hats is Wonderful. This is Scott. And this is Scott. And

we're here talking about hats, but not just one hat. And not three hats, that's too many. No, two hats. Two hats! You know, a hat on a hat equals happiness. Hat penis. Hat penis. Hat penis. And there's nothing better than a hat penis that's what of course we call it a condom you know i don't think everyone i i don't think by and large people don't understand that every hat has a penis yes exactly that's it's underneath

the brim that's right you know who the original two hat That's right. You know who the original two-hat master was? Well, I know who the ink master is. That's Dave Navarro. Oh, right. Of course. Abraham Lincoln. A lot of people don't know that was two hats. Yeah, he had another hat on.

You can't find a hat that big. No. That's a modern myth that he was wearing one hat. It's two glued together. That's right. And then he cut out the brim with his little construction paper scissors. Yeah.

And Viola. Yeah, and his speech writer, the guy that wrote all those incredible speeches for him. Mr. Forsker. He's in the hat on a typewriter. Yeah, it's like a Ratatouille situation. That's right. Uh-huh.

That's right. Anyway, Two Hats. Love it. Is wonderful. Oh my God, it's good. Bye.

Bye. Why do I have to wear so many things on my head? Cats, one day I'm a mother. Okay. A very festive podcast. Well, yeah.

And you can't doubt their enthusiasm for the whole two hats thing. You certainly can't. I don't know that I share it. No. I wouldn't ask them to curb it, of course. How could you? I wouldn't ask them to pull a Larry David in this situation. No, no, no, no.

No, but share it? Maybe not, but certainly can't doubt it. No. Can a share it? Maybe not, but certainly can't doubt it. No. Can't share it. Can't doubt. Can't curb it. Can't share it. Can't doubt.

Gotta be a hat on a hat, bro. So wait, we are sharing it. Okay. Well, I guess we did for the time being. Sure. As an example. So stocking day, I do think three days is a little too soon three days from christmas yeah yeah but you can't get too far away from it or all the spirit will be done

and all the decorations will be in the garage yeah and the and the garbage because part of the argument is like i mean all this shit is here we may as we may as well just like keep refilling it okay so maybe the 28th is good but see the 26 you're recovering maybe it was the 27 that feels more on target 27 so what were you what were you getting in the stock was it candy and stuff like that what like what do need re-upping on i mean i was little so we're talking yeah you still are little yeah i guess so but i mean it's like one of those things where it's not the clearest of memories but i do what's the okay so so what's the cutoff for how clear your memories are probably i start remembering things around 2021. So photographic memory from there on?

From there on, yeah. So 2021, you remember every single thing. Yeah. Like Mary Lou Hanner. On December 31st, as soon as midnight, January 1st, I forget 2021. You clear it. You clear the cache.

I wipe it, yeah. Oh, okay. So now you remember every single thing that's happened in 2023 from January 1st. Me? Yeah. me yeah oh for sure i didn't know if you're talking to me else would i be talking there might be some ghosts in here um so it's not that clear of a memory but but like i'm trying to think of what what we would have what would have been what are you giving in stockings this year? I hope your kids don't listen to this.

In the stockings this year, we went to- Wait, are your kids listening to this? Absolutely not. There's no way they even know this exists. They don't think it exists because they saw us perform in San Francisco in front of a very large crowd. Oh, you know what? 8,000 people. My daughter does know it exists.

She brought it up the other day. Can we talk about a story I heard about your daughter through your wife, through Cool Up? This is third hand or something like this. Oh, sure. That I found very amusing. Okay. Which is you have a very fun relationship with her and she likes to uh sort of uh do verbal repartee with you insult me yeah

and you were looking at her computer yeah yeah that's right and there was an open tab. And what was the tab? She had Googled sick burns for actors. Can I ask, can she send those to me so I can use them on this show? Sure. And it was completely innocuous. She was working on something. I don't know when this was from, but it was definitely an open tab on her computer. Can you remember anything she happened to float as a sick bird to you that you're like,

oh, I bet that came from that? I mean, so many. I don't remember. What are some sick birds for actors, I wonder? It's so easy. Yeah, that's true. I mean, just kind of saying, at someone saying you're an actor. So so what's going in the stocks this year?

The stocks. We went to Oz. A. A. A. H. S. Oh, wow.

Yeah. And burned a couple hours in there. All kinds of hours. You get sucked in. I mean, shit like I've never spent more than 10 minutes in any store any store any store what about grocery shopping get it done in 10 or else you don't eat that night is this an episode of what about grocery shopping i think so hey everyone welcome to what about Grocery Shopping. This is Scott.

And this is Scott. And, you know, we're asking the immortal question. Not to be or not to be, with pardons to the immortal bard. Holding the skull in my hand, asking the question. Wouldn't it have been a better show if he had said that before? Holding the skull in my hand asking the question wouldn't it have been a better show if he had said that before he holding the skull in my hand holding the skull in my hand asking the immortal question to be or not to be and then the play ends everyone's like he said it goodbye we don't need you it's kind of like going to see a band and hearing your favorite

song during the encore and knowing you want to be parking like once you hear to be or not to be it's like and you're watching that show here get the may as well be over yeah we all know how it ends how does it end everyone dies i assume no i don't know what is that hamlet hamlet the the immortal play that was the immortal question the melancholy date of course that's true one of the better lunch meat themed kings yes was he no he was a prince oh god remember strange brew as a child watching that 2 000 times i i i watched it once and then uh never watched it again until recently. You only saw Strange Brew once?

Yeah, even though I was a big Bob and Doug McKenna. I saw it over at a friend's house on a little tiny TV on a VHS. V-A-H-S. V-A-H-S. V-A-H-S. That gum you like is coming back in style. And then didn't watch it again

until it came out on Blu-ray recently. And you saw it recently. Yeah. When I say recently, I mean in the last five years. How is it? Good. Yeah. Because I saw it as a child a thousand times and haven't seen it since.

But it has the structure and characters of Hamlet. That's right. With the two guys as Hamlet yeah yeah and who plays uh rosencrantz and guildenstern may i ask gosh i do not i mean wait a second this is i love. I think you're right. Hey, everyone. Welcome to I Love Films. This is Scott. And this is Scott.

And we're talking about great films like Strange Brew. You know, the funny thing about Strange Brew is it's obviously a film. Sure. But they're taking the themes and characters and, dare I say, story from a theater piece. That's right. And so much of film is based on the conventions of theater. And we owe theater such a debt when we watch films. If there was no theater, there would be no film. That's right.

Now, of course, we all know theater is boring and terrible. Yes. And we hate watching terrible. Yes. And we hate watching it. Yes. But we owe it such a debt because without it, films wouldn't exist. That's correct. And to be honest, most films, not my cup of tea either. No, I do not like films. No, no. I mean, maybe every once in a while something will come out and I'll be like, I mean, maybe every once in a while something will come out and I'll be like, should we get a babysitter for this? Come to think of it, I'm not a fan of narrative storytelling.

Yeah. I do not enjoy myself. I don't enjoy. Storytelling in general, it's like, save it for the fucking news week. Yeah, no thanks. You know, like I'm over here reading facts. I like the news, preferably NPR, of course. Of course, yes. I like the Associated Press.

Yeah, I actually don't like NPR or Associated Press. No, fake news. I only like fake news that I make up. Yes, you put out your own newspaper every single day. That's correct. And I subscribe. And only i read it and once in a while i like i'm a subscriber i love it i like it's so interesting the things

you come up with that's right in fact i would love to base my next project on your newspaper fine sort of a citizen cane about a lonely asshole who makes his own newspapers and dies. And he doesn't even get to say any last words because his mouth is just full of like vomit. Jesus. So no Rosebud or anything. And then he just dies. It's kind of a short film.

It's like two minutes. Sounds great. Okay, bye. Bye. Huh. Did they... I feel like that had to be the last episode of I Love Films. They just kind of swore off everything.

And I think this is the last episode of this show, whatever it was called. For sure. Bye. So you walk in the grocery One looks around I think, was that show called What About Grocery Shopping? I think it was. Did they ever get to it? I don't think so. Okay, so I like this. I like Stocking Day.

We really got to hammer out a date, though. So Stockings, are you prepared to re-up your children's stockings this year on Stocking Day? No, no. Stocking Day is an imaginary thing from my childhood. I know, but I'm saying let's make it a real thing. Yeah, but I will not observe it. You will not observe it. I think we should officially put it on the calendar. Okay, but you are protesting it, I suppose? I'm sitting it out. Okay.

Okay, all right, that's fine. Also, I'm not going to talk about it anymore. You're taking the proverbial knee during it. Yeah, I'm taking a breather. Do a little Colin Kaepernick action. I'm going to stay away from that and just say that I'm not celebrating Stocking Day. Because you don't agree with what he was doing. No, that's not what I'm going to stay away from that and just say that I'm not celebrating stocking day because you don't agree with what he was doing no that's not what I'm saying alright I will try to do it but I really got to figure out what day it is

is it the 27th or 28th the 28th feels like a nice bridge between Christmas and New Year's Eve you know what I mean it's like three days after three days before I think 27th okay sure you're the boss but i'm not observing it and don't talk about it anymore but it's 27 okay great um what are the other traditions that the scots have on every night we have dinner great tradition uh what about in the mornings do you have any traditions in the mornings we have dinner. Great tradition. What about in the mornings? Do you have any traditions in the mornings? We have a thing we gather around and we have breakfast.

You break your fast. Yeah. Well, first we wake up. Hopefully. Yeah. Yeah. That's one of those traditions that we all want to celebrate every day. Yeah.

Yeah. But what, I mean, do you have a tree in the house? We have a tree. Yeah? Yeah. How about you guys? You got some trees going on? Yeah, we're just lousy with trees up there.

I believe we have three trees. Meaning they're all over the place? All over the place. And they're not even Christmas. They're just lying there in the living room. Huh. That's nice. A fire hazard, but that's okay.

Yeah, I suppose so. Do you light lots of fires? Yeah, as many as we can. Okay. Every night. Huh. Yeah, still haven't burned the place down yet. In the fireplace or no?

No, no. Okay. We're what you would call arsonists. Yeah. Yeah, for the insurance money. Our house is made of metal. Yeah, I know, to protect ourselves. So what about New Year's Eve?

Are you staying up till midnight? What does Adam Scott do on New Year's Eve? You out there sort of like Gatsby with a big glass of champagne and fireworks behind you? I celebrate New Year's in the New Zealand time zone. It's at two in the afternoon.

That's the only way to do it. And then straight to bed. Go to bed. 2.15, you're out. Happy New Year's, everyone. And then straight to bed. That's what's so funny about, remember the year, the Y2K year, when everyone was like, what's gonna happen?

Yeah, man. And then 2 p.m. rolls around New Zealand time, nothing happens, and yet people are still like, but what if it still does? But the U.S. is all that counts, so let's wait for it to hit here. Well, it also was like, just set one computer ahead in time

to see what happens. And then they all did nothing happened they're like but what if it does i feel like that had been figured out a few years beforehand like yeah everyone was like nothing's gonna happen we should celebrate y2k every year though i thought it was a great holiday what what was it it was that the world's computers aren't going to be able to handle. They were all on a, what was it? They were all like only using two numbers for the year or something like that. So once it got to 99, it was going to flip over to 00 and everything was going to reset and start over. And all of the defense systems, all the nuclear missiles would fire everywhere, and every computer would shut down.

There'd be a blackout and all that kind of stuff. Yeah. It was fun to think maybe some shit would go down. Oh, man. Yeah. We should celebrate it every year. It was a good holiday, and we've let it lapse. I think we should reset the computers so something like that will happen.

Yes. But we save from happening at the last second. You and I. Yeah. We each have a key. Yep. And we have to turn it at the same time. The exact same time. And I blow your head off.

Okay. Remember in War Games when the guy had to, John Spencer had to point the gun at the other dude was john spencer in war games he was one of the two guys at the beginning huh who's the other guy i'm not sure i remember okay who else is in work is this an episode of who else is in war games yeah hey everyone welcome to who Else is in War Games? This is Scott.

And this is Scott. Alright, we know a couple people who... I mean, you got the broads. John Gerr. The broads Gerr. You got John Spencer. John Spencies. I'm gonna bring someone up that maybe...

I haven't even said this name. Okay. In years. Okay. Ali Sheedy. Ali Sheedy. So fantastic fantastic so great in war games the breakfast club everything else she's ever done yes war games is great the the golden retriever uh is also in that movie their golden retriever right goldie i think it was yes still alive no

retrievey it was retrieving yeah um still alive still kicking still that that's what's so great is they found an immortal dog yes because they were like we don't want people to get sad when the dog from war games dies so let's just find an immortal dog yeah and that dog is working we're having the dog on severance. Yeah. He's taking your place, I think. That's right. We're all for like an episode. Yeah. So he's going to fittings right now, wearing the jackets.

He's just using my clothes. They fit him perfectly. They fit him perfectly. Really? The dog from War Games is your size? Amazing. Also, who else is in that movie? Dabney Coleman.

The Dabster. The Dabman. That's right, from Boardwalk Empire, Dabney Coleman. Was he on Boardwalk Empire? Yeah. Oh, yeah. He's fantastic. Mr. Buffalo Bill himself.

From Tootsie? At that steakhouse in West Hollywood. West Hollywood. What are we talking? Ruth's Chris? No. Lowry's. The famous steakhouse, the Los Angeles steakhouse.

They have a steak called the Dabney Coleman. Really? Yeah. What's it like? I think it's just a huge, it might be a porterhouse. I'm not sure. Wow. I got to go.

I ordered it once just because I wanted to order the Dabney Coleman. How was it? Great. It's, you know, they should invite us to go eat there. Well, why do you think I brought it up? It's because I want them to send us each a free Dabney Coleman. And we don't wanna go into your restaurant

and eat it in front of you. We can't remember the name of the restaurant. I think I've been there. I know what you're talking about.'s like the the most famous it's been there for don't tell me because i want to remember really you just want to remember yeah yeah you're of course talking about the saddle ranch chop house yeah exactly with the one up at universal studios did you ever go to that one we've tried i've been there for like a wrap party. Yeah, yeah. We tried to ride the bull on it.

Did you? Yeah, yeah. It was fun. I feel like I would somehow get a concussion. Yeah, I think you would. But I'm not a pussy, so I do shit like that all the time. Did you fall off? Hell yeah, but I was like, that felt good.

Oh, yeah. That feels great. Are you talking BOA? No. Are you talking? No, No. Are you talking... No, I'm trying to remember the name of it. I don't want you to spoil it for me. It's someone's name.

Someone's name? Whose? It's not Dabney Coleman's name. What if it was Dabney Coleman Steaks? Where is it? It's on Santa Monica Boulevard. Santa Monica Boulevard? Yeah, it's been there forever.

I'm assuming Dabney Coleman used to hang out there a lot, or still does, I'm not sure. I don't know how to help you with this. I saw Pete Sampras there once. Did you really? Sure did. Was he in the middle of a game? Yeah, he was-

He was just playing through- It was Wimbledon. Really? He was playing from the- So they hit it so hard- I almost just said it, and it escaped me. I'm sorry that I interrupted you. I've been there.

No, no. It was on the tip of my tongue and I just couldn't come up with it. Anyway. Is it Carlitos Gardel? It's Carlitos Way. Carlitos Way. Are we inside another?

Yes. Which podcast? I don't know. Goodbye. Goodbye. I don't know that I would listen to that show again. No. Guy trying to remember the name of a steakhouse.

Certainly not. Oh, was it a steakhouse-themed show? I don't think so. All right. Oh, my gosh. Well, how are you going to remember this and have it be satisfying for the listener? Because I need you to remember it before the show is over. I feel like I don't know.

I'm not going to be able to really think about anything else. I feel like I've eaten there and I know which one you're talking. Yeah. It's Dan. Dan Tannis. Dan Tannis. Yes. You just said it.

I was. But I almost said it. And then I was like, OK, I shouldn't say. So almost said it. And then I was like, okay, I shouldn't say so. So I went Dan. And then I, then I was like, Oh no,

Dan Tannis, Dan Tannis. Not an easy name to remember. I mean, let's be honest. The only reason I remember is because I think it was the lead character on the show. Vega money. What?

Vega money. Vega dollar. What's that? That show Vega dollar. Vega dollar. Yeah. It was set in Las Vegas. It was about Vega Dollars.

Las Vegas? The show Las Vegas? No, Vega Dollar. Is this a bit? Because I don't remember that show. It starred... What's his name? It starred Robert Ulrich. This one. uh uh what's his name it starred uh uh uh robert uh robert ulrich this one

vegas vega dollar no that's not it that's not an s that's a dollar sign oh that's a dollar sign vega dollar okay got it wow long walk for a fantastic joke he he played dan tana he he played dan tana he did not he did and that's that's why i have always can remember that so that dan tana's is named after robert this is the thing i don't i feel like it was i feel like dan tana's existed before and they named the character after that what was robert ulrich in for our childhoods like in the 80s because i know vegas was a little dollar before that was 70s i don't really remember it but he was around for the 80s as well wasn't spencer for hire it wasn't hardcastle and mccormick uric by the way not uric that yes um he was in swats what um but then vega dollar was his big thing where he was the lead but then in the 80s then in the 80s spencer for hire he was spencer for hire yeah spencer for hire that's what i'm thinking of Spencer for hire.

That's it. Dollar enter for hire. He should have kept the dollar sign going his entire career. Dollar. And that's what he was known for. Yeah. Um, he's, uh,

still working. No, no. Um, he, he unfortunately left this mortal coil, uh, a little over two decades ago.

He was relatively young, 55. Oh, that's too bad. He was a good actor. He was? I loved Spencer for Hire. What did you like about it? The fact that he was for Hire? Give me a break.

Just cut me some slack. Sorry. Will you? Please. Sorry. I apologize. Sorry, bro. Will you? Please.

Sorry. I apologize. So what, why were we talking about him? Oh, Dantanas. Yes. Anyway, send us steaks. I know they were talking about it in the other show. Yeah.

But send us Dabney Coleman steaks and we'll eat them at home. If I know anything about the management, ownership, staff, and clientele of Dantanas is that they're all listening. They all love this show. Oh, yeah. Well, they're big Bruce heads. This may as well just be a phone call to everyone that has anything to do with Dan Tannis. Yeah, we may as... In fact, this show might be better as a phone call. That's a really terrific idea.

Here's the thing. Let's explore it. Everyone's adapting podcasts into TV shows. Everybody. Into movies. Yeah. When are we going to start adapting them into phone calls? Exactly.

This is... for the picking. It's this kind of thinking. That's like a million dollar idea. Where I spend a million? Where you spend a million dollars turning a podcast into a phone call. Million bucks. A million dollars. I don't know why.

I don't know where that money is going. I'm writing the check, turn it into a phone call. Okay, look, we got to take a break. Yeah. This is, by the way, you spring and spring,

you know, my bean and we're, we're talking about, um, exclusively talking, exclusively talking about it. An album called magic. And that's an album by Bruce Springsteen.

And we're going to take a break. When we come back, we are going to be talking about the album Magic by Bruce Springsteen. We'll be right back with more You Spring and Springsteen on My Bean after this. hey there mister welcome back you spring and springsteen on my bean and uh i'm here with adam scott i never introduced you

but um now the strike's over you can talk about uh all of your work do you want to mention every project that you've done yeah should i just go down the list yeah just let's pull up your imdb and you just go down the list and talk about everything give like 10-15 minutes on each project thing just your memories um you nominated for any uh m's this year? Sure, sure aren't. Not as lead actor or supporting actor or anything like that? No. I was in,

well, actually, no, I was. I was in Party Down. Yeah, you were in Party, oh, and what's the show you do, Succession, what is it? Severance? Yeah. No, that was not.

It was not out this year. It was two years ago. So, yeah, but Party Down, you could have been nom'd, huh? not this year. It was not out this year. It was two years ago. So, yeah, but Party Down, you could have been nom'd, huh? Sure could have. You know, it happens. You know what? There's too many TV shows.

No. It used to be when the Emmys first came out, it was like there were 12 shows, and they were all fighting for like five spots. That's right. And now there's like 20 shows on the air at any given time. And it's like, come on. Yeah. It's crazy.

So many shows. So many shows. So little time, Scott. Yeah. What shows are you trying to get to before the end of the year? Like watch? Yeah. You know, because at the end of the year, you can't watch 2020.

Yeah, it all gets wiped clean. God, I would love that. Like my memory. I would love that. Like my memory. I would love that if every show just erased. Yeah. I didn't have to watch it anymore. Yeah. There's no societal pressure.

You don't have to talk about it at parties. No. Survivor, I'm enjoying Survivor right now. Still haven't watched this week. Don't spoil it. Great season. I have hated this season. You have. Well, here's this week don't spoil it season i have hated this season you have well they've they've here's what i don't like is this an episode of here's what i don't like

hi everyone this is scott this is scott oh, and welcome to Here's What I Don't Like, Survivor Edition. I think this season is so, like, the best in years. It's gotten a little better, but here's what I don't like. This show isn't Here's What Adam Does Like. Okay. I'm just teeing you up, bro. Okay. I don't want to hear your fucking shit about what you like.

Well, okay. Then we'll have to follow this up with an episode of Here's What I Like. Deal. Okay. I don't like their casting process now, where they're casting the world's biggest Survivor fans, who all are nerds who walk off the game night one or can't participate in any challenge. Oh, you mean the two people that quit this season

yeah yeah that's ridiculous i don't know how remember remember when folks used to make fun of them and used to be like you're a quitter get out of here yeah i mean now he's molly coddling them well because they're catering to like these people who've grown up with survivor their entire lives well here's the thing is the people that have grown up with Survivor their entire lives. Well, here's the thing. The people that have grown up with Survivor and love the game and are there to play, I like because the game is getting more and more sophisticated because they're walking in with this kind of advanced strategy already in place. But the people, I do not understand. This is for your other show here's what i like oh yeah you're right so shut up for a while okay well i'll tell you what i don't like what

else don't you like so so they've just cast all these nerds essentially now well who the game used to be a weird combo of like these alpha male types who would grade on everyone's nerves yeah but they would be great at challenges yeah and uh and and and nerds who were like oh i gotta figure out a way to win this game and it was thrilling of like how it would mesh with society now every single person feels like they were just plucked straight from like a freshman dorm or something and they're all just nerds who love this game. And they all like, just, just kind of relate to each other on a nerdy level.

And so there's no friction there other than they now cast the most annoying people in the world, uh, who are just like huge characters, but just great on my nerves. Interesting. That's interesting. And I do feel there are too many twists.

Like too many things just thrown. Too many things just thrown at you where no one can plan any strategy anymore. And I understand that's because the game's getting boring and stale on an episode-by-episode basis. It's like, we gotta throw a twist in here otherwise it's just gonna be the same stuff. Remember

the first season when people didn't know that even alliances were something they should do? Yeah, but try watching one of those episodes now. It's so boring. I'll make you a deal. Let's watch one of those episodes right now. Right now. Okay.

Bye. Bye. Shut up. shut up. We have an episode that we have to do. Okay. This is an episode of Here's What I Like. Okay. I know what boys like.

I know what guys want. Hey, everyone. Welcome to Here's What I Like. This is Scott. And this is Scott. Okay, so here's what I like. I like that people cast, by and large now, know Survivor really, really well

and understand how to play. And if you don't walk in with a strategy in mind and an idea of where you're going to go and how you're going to do it, you stick out like a sore thumb and you'll most likely get voted out. Or people will keep you alongside them because you would never

win at the end this can i say something yeah i know this is verging on here's what i don't like yeah territory sounds like that's where it's going i think this show is boring i i agree with you this show the show we can go back to your show here's what i don't like after I finish talking. And you can list this show. Okay, I will. Go ahead. But I agree. I was mystified by those two people that quit this season. Or maybe it was three.

It was one guy didn't quit. He just couldn't participate in anything because he kept crying. Well, he kept passing out and kept crying. Yeah. And they wouldn't vote him out. And so every challenge he just would like pass out and go, oh, heavens and faint. And then there was another guy who was like, he wanted to get back to his husband

and was just like, please vote me out. And then the woman at the beginning who was like, I've been here two days and this sucks, goodbye. And she was not undergoing any kind of physical hardship or anything, just was like- Didn't like it anymore. Didn't like it, yeah. I don't like that.

Yeah, this is, by the way, this is an episode of here's what i don't like yeah i i feel like they need to watch out and not cast people like that it's a real drag yeah it's a drag when like you and i would kill to be out there yeah there's nothing i want to do more than sit around in my underwear, unwashed and starving and cold. That sounds great. I won't even do Big Brother, which is like they have it so much easier. I don't even, I've never seen that. Oh, that's, no, that's a show. It is.

Here's what I like. Big Brother. What about Amazing Race? Do you watch that? I haven't in a long while. Yeah, I've never gotten into it I did watch a Big Brother season but just to see one of my fave couples from Big Brother

compete I believe they won goodbye alright well we know what they like we know what they don't like and the audience they can make the call. Yeah. Hey, speaking of things I like. Yeah.

Bruce Springsteen. No. We have to do an episode of a different show. You ready? Yeah. Here we go. Thank you. from chronic to collapse town and into now that is this is are you talking rem me the comprehensive and encyclopedic compendium of all things rem this is good rock and roll uh music and um i want to uh do an episode adam because, because the Mickey Dolenz EP dropped. Oh, yeah.

And I know we heard a little bit of Shiny Happy People, but I got it and haven't listened to the other three songs. And I wanted to wait for you. I listened to it. You listened to it already? Yeah. Oh, okay. Well, that makes this. You didn't listen to it?

No, I wanted to wait and experience it with you. Oh, well, you should have told me that. I didn't want to tell you that because I wanted it to be a big, fun surprise. Oh, okay. This is fun. Surprise. Fun.

All right. Mickey Dolan's EP. Did you... Okay, yeah. I mean I get this play it fucking play it alright

here we go let's have fun it's man on the moon Thank you. Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match. Monopoly 21, checkers and chess. Mr. Fred Blassie in a breakfast mess. Let's play Twister, let's play twister let's play risk

I'll see you in heaven if you make the list now Andy did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the bunch?

Andy, are you goofing on Elvis? Are we losing touch? If you believe they put a man on the moon Man on the moon. Man on the moon. If you believe, there's nothing up his sleeve. And nothing is cool. Interesting. See, the construction of this song is, it's got a monkeys-like chorus.

But then everything else is in a minor key so it doesn't really sound monkeys-ish to me until like the chorus kicks in but it's interesting it's like dramatic yeah it's less of a pop song than the rem version i would say yeah yeah which is interesting because i think then the shiny happy people version is like more of a monkeys yes that definitely sounds yeah let's hear a little bit of radio free europe and just see what the what the vibe of that is ah interesting fade up what was the one they released first that was it was shiny happy oh that was Decide yourself if radio's gonna stay Reason it could polish up the gray

Put that, put that, put that up your wall That this isn't country at all Radio station Keep me out of country We don't have time to hear the chorus Neither of those seem Monkeys-ish to me Like the shiny happy people But very interesting

And then Leaving New York is the last one. Yeah, yeah. So everyone, that's the Dolan Sings REM EP. And Adam, also that big,

was it the New York Times? Yeah, that was cool. Really cool. The New York Times profile. The reviews are in. That was cool. What did you think of it? that was cool. Really cool. The New York Times profile. The reviews are in. That was cool. What did you think of it? It was cool. Did you read it?

Yeah, of course. What did I read? Well, I don't know. I know how to read if that's what you're asking. That is what I'm asking. Like, give me any word. Let's see. I'll spell it out.

Okay. See if you can read it in your mind. Okay. Hmm. Okay. Um, hmm. Uh, okay. Um, okay.

Is this an episode of Spell That For Me, by the way? Yeah. Is this an episode of Spell That For Me, by the way? Hey, everyone. Welcome to Spell That For Me, episode two. This is Scott.

Yeah, this is Scott. And yeah, we're back. And Adam's trying to spell stuff. Okay, let's give it a shot. I have a word. Okay, all right. Q. Q-W. Q-W.

E-R-T-Y. Q-W. Q-W. Q-W. Q-W. Yeah. Q-W. Q-Y. Quert. Quert. Quert. Quert. Yeah. Quert. Quert.

Yeah. Quert. Quert. Quert. Quert. Quert. Quert. Why?

There's a why on there. Quert. Quert. Quert. Quert. Yeah yeah that's it quirt yeah bye

bye hmm hmm hmm um yeah it was good though yeah uh good to hear that he's

he's got a solo record coming out yeah Mike Miller Mike Myers yeah where's your solo record you promised that he's he's got a solo record coming out yeah mike miller mike myers yeah where's your solo record you promised us he did he promised end of like 2019 yeah end of 2019 or something like that that it would come out end of 2023 right now guess what bro i ain't seeing shit did he bet us a particular item or no he He should have. Yeah. We should have taken a bet of something. We should have said, okay, if you don't put it out, we get your stake in the REM business. Yeah.

We totally should have done that. Honestly, if anything would motivate him to finish it, it would probably be that. We want it, though. We want it. Come. We want it. Come on. All right. Anyway, that wraps up our REM business, right? Yeah.

I think so. All right. Bye. Bye. Bye. Good shit. Yeah. Good to hear from them.

Yeah. Hey, Adam, this is you springing Springsteen on my bean. Yeah. Andmas is right around the corner and it's coming up uh in just a few days and i thought that we would maybe as a lark cover the two songs that bruce springsteen for Christmas. Oh, sure. What do you think? Yeah, let's do it. Let's do it. Here's one.

This is a song that Bruce Springsteen recorded about a very jolly man. Uh-huh. He's a saint. Uh-huh. Saint Christopher? Not Saint Christopher. He lives... Santa Claus.

That's right. All right. And he undergoes many activities in his day-to-day life, but this particular song is regarding a trip he's taking to a little place where we live and where everyone lives. That's right, a town. This is a very famous rendition. I believe so.

Yes. This song about a man going to a town. In the rich traditions and the rich tradition of songs about men going to towns yes there's what uh the boys are back in boys are back in town don't bring your guns to town uh what other songs about going to towns here comes the sun sun's coming up in town. Right, yeah. There's, hey, look at this guy coming into town. Yeah, that town is really cool

because there are people running towards it. Running towards it. Anyway, this is one of the most famous songs about us, particular person going to a particular town. This was a single. This is Santa Claus is Coming to Town and it's by Bruce Springsteen beach?

I think he's talking about New Jersey You guys know what time of year it is? What time? What? What? Oh, Christmas time. You guys all been good and practicing real hard? Yeah. Clients, you've been rehearsing real hard now. So Santa, bring your new saxophone.

I don't think if he rehearses or doesn't rehearse, that has any effect on Santa. No. It's normally like, has he sinned? Has he committed the sin of pride or lust? Is that what children need to avoid in order to get gifts? Santa Claus is coming to town Santa Claus is coming to town Santa Claus is coming to town He's making a list, he's checking in twice God, what a Grinch you are.

What the fuck? What's going on, Adam? It's great. It's a great rend you are What the fuck? What's going on, Adam? It's great It's a great rendition What's going on? Well, I feel like It being mid-December Mid-December?

This Christmas is right around the corner I feel like We're gonna hear that song so much In the next week You're just a regular old Ebenezer Scrooge. Yeah, you're right. You need to be visited by three Bruce Springsteens tonight. Three of them.

Jesus Christ. Hey, I'm Bruce of Bruce Past from the 1970s. I'm the Bruce of Christmas Present from 2023. We get 70s, 80s, and then just like a general 90s through 2023, Bruce. Do you not like Christmas music, my good fellow? No, I love it. I love it. Love all of it.

Can't get enough. Every year, I'm like, oh, yay. Let's listen to those songs again. I never knew that you were- I'm being serious. I love it. I never knew that you were. I'm being serious.

I love it. I guess I never took you for a real Mr. Potter from It's a Wonderful Life. Yes, the building and loan. Well, hello, George. Yes, I'll be taking the note from your savings and loan, the building and loan. Yes. Oh, someday I'll have a granddaughter, Drew Barrymore. Oh, yes.

Mr. Potter. What's the other Christmas? I can't think of what other Christmas song he's recorded. Well, I'll tell you something. What? It's a song about the holiday christmas does that yeah let's slow it down what you are out of patience what is going on nothing are you are you do you want to stop doing this show no but let's let's let's hear what the song you have you have like a thing this is fascinating to me.

You are, your nerves are- With Christmas? With Christmas, yeah. What is it? Just Christmas music, you know, it's fine, but I feel like I've already heard enough for a year. We're being jolly right now. Yeah, no, you're right. And I love it.

Again, I love it. Do you want to cover his Christmas songs in the middle of fucking July? No, this is the week we have to do it. Listen, this is the time for it, and that's why I'm enjoying it. We did a whole episode about R.E.M. Christmas songs. No, we didn't. I think we did. I think you're right.

And you had no problems then. Okay. Wow. Well, this is for the fans, if not for Adam, because the fans like Christmas, and they like hearing these songs. I love Christmas. You love Christmas itself, you just don't like the-

I love Christmas music. Love it. So let's hear it. Wow. What is it? Well, this is going to make you feel terrible. Okay. This song was recorded for charity.

Oh, see. That's right. All right. This is from the very special Christmas album, the very first one. Oh, yeah. I thought that's what that Santa Claus is Coming to Town was from. No, Adam, that's the wisdom of a fool. Oh.

That Santa Claus is Coming to Town was a single that he put out recorded live in the early 80s this was also recorded live but this was put out officially on the 1987 A Very Special Christmas charity record for the Special Olympics Adam and here you are shitting on it

I love it I can't remember what song it is, though. It's called Merry Christmas Baby, and here it is by Bruce Springsteen. Bring it on, man! I don't remember this at all. Well, you cleared your memory at the end of the year. I just want to say. Merry Christmas, baby. All right.

Jesus. Let the fans listen to Christmas music and feel good. Merry Christmas, baby. Yeah, I don't remember this. In the great tradition of the Grinch, Mr. Potter, Ebenezer Scrooge, Adam Scott deserves to be put on this list. Of people who shit on Christmas. Wow. Are you making your assistant work on Christmas Eve this year?

Listen, listen. That's great. Those are both great songs. I love them. That's great. You should do it every year. Do what every year? He should put out music every Christmas.

More Christmas carols in rock and roll fashion. Love it. More, more, more. Huh. Well, I do believe I know what the new theme song to this show is. Cadillac Ranch, you served us well. But Santa Claus is going to be coming to town for the remainder of our episodes. All right.

We need to take a break. When we come back, we'll be talking about the album Magic by Bruce Springsteen. We'll be right back. welcome back you spring and spring scene on my bean got an email from listener jordan white uh while we were while we've been recording here, saying that he has been listening. This has caused him to now listen to Springsteen nonstop. And his wife is very upset about this. Nonstop. That's a lot.

He's gone and been listening to the entire catalog about the five LP live 1975 to 85 record set has bored 50 people telling them how his mind was blown to realize dancing in the dark is a hit song about being told to write a hit song and not having any ideas but always nice

to hear from fans thank you Jordan White out there and special shout out to you, one of our big super fans. And Adam, it's time to talk about an album

that Bruce Springsteen put out. And that album is called Magic. Are you ready to do this? Is it true that when it was time for him to have a new album, he said, hey, everyone, look. And he pulled this album out of a hat out of his butt. Well, interestingly enough, the producer did not want it to be called Magic because he was like, all I think about is like capes and rabbits and hats and stuff like that. And so he was really pushing for it to be called Long Walk Home. And Springsteen went back and forth and back and forth and then finally just was like, it's called Magic.

I don't want to hear about it anymore. forth and back and forth and then finally just was like it's called magic i don't want to hear about it anymore huh um but uh let's talk about some stats adam what do you think yes all right the last record we didn't really cover it because we don't have time because you apparently you have to go back to new York City to do your little TV show and vie for those noms for next year. But the last album was The Seeger Sessions that came out in 2006, April 25 of 2006. Right. All right. Magic comes out a mere year later.

September 25, 2007 is the LP. and October 2, 2007 is the CD. Do you remember buying this record, Adam? Yeah, I remember this being a big deal because it had been five years since The Rising. And it was finally a full rock album with the E Street Band. This, Adam, we've come to an incredible milestone here. This, Adam, is the first Bruce Springsteen album that I bought on the day it was released. Whoa. Can you imagine?

Yours was The Rising? Or Tom Jones? Yeah, probably The Rising. Why were you particularly excited for this so in the the the devils in dust no it's brendan o'brien again yeah during the devils in dust you know grammy performance uh that kulop really likes she started getting into bruce springsteen i went back and got the catalog and made mixed CDs of his best songs for her. And she would drive around listening to them because she was really getting interested in his work.

And so when this was announced as his first rock album with the E Street Band, I was primed and pumped and ready to get it. So I remember very vividly downloading it when it came out and listening to it. All right, let's go through some other stats. Length, 47 minutes, 47 seconds. Much, much shorter. Here we go. Yeah. see, this is what I'm saying. This is what we're saying. With today's busy world, the hustle, not to mention the bustle.

Yeah, you gotta have both of those things. Who has 70 minutes to sit down and listen? No one. No one. No one. Who has 48? No. I don't have 48 minutes to listen to a record.

That's just a little too long. 47 minutes, 47 seconds? Yeah. Just right. I could carve that out. Yeah. Oh, I think I can ignore my family for that long. Yeah.

No problemo. No problemo. So this record, you mentioned it, produced byan o'brien we talked about him for the rising he the pearl jam rage against the machine producer rock producer that updated the edible street band uh sound and this is the second album well he did devils in dust but that was really more of taking the songs that spring scene had already recorded and just adding stuff to it. Um,

this is his true, like second record that he truly produced from the ground up. Um, the background on this one. So springy, he, after the rising, he wanted to follow up the Rising with another record talking about the effects of 9-11 on the country.

And he wrote a couple of these songs and then got into the Seeger sessions and then finally came back to this and kind of fleshed out the record from the few songs that he had written earlier in the decade. He called up Brendan O'Brien, played the songs for him, gave him the lyrics, and they say that, Springsteen says that this is it's not

really it is a political album but it is sort of vague enough that it sounds personal like it could just be taking you could just enjoy this on a level of like oh he's talking about like just feelings or person person you know other people or whatever yeah but once you really delve into it he's actually kind of railing about the uh george w bush administration that was uh happening right there in the war and all that kind of stuff and so it it's an album that sort of sounds personal at the start and then the more you listen to it the more it reveals itself to be political. Yeah. Yeah, this is right at the tail end of...

And at this point, everyone was cluing into the fact that the Bush administration was not great. And all of the sort of jingoism and the passion for, yeah, let's go invade Iraq and everything had sort of faded at this point. And people were like, what the fuck is going on? Rumsfeld was fired. Like, it was all... Rumsy. Rummy. What are they called?

Rummy. Rummy. Yeah. So, this is a full rock album. Yeah. And kind of even has a different sound than The album. Yeah. And kind of even has a different sound than The Rising. Yeah.

And what do you say? You want to hear these songs? Let's do it. Or are you still my new character for the show? It's pretty good. Thank you.

I can't even keep it up. No. It's causing you to cough. Maybe I'll retire that character. So you're ready to go. You're not still stewing about the whole Christmas song. No, I love the Christmas songs. All right, let's do it. This is track one.

This is the first single as well. Yeah. Let's take it, let's slow it down here. You seem to be, do you have an issue?

No. We saw last week how the show goes when you're in charge. What, how is that? Because I let you kind of steer the ship

for a second and you bailed within like 20 seconds. You were like, no. Listen, I think that you being the quote unquote motor of the show and the quote unquote host of the show. Who the fuck are you quoting right now? Because I've never said that. I'm quoting myself.

Just say it then. You're quoting what you just said. That is by far the best way to go. The best iteration of the show is with you driving the boat on a sea of choppy waters out there right now. Podcasting in general, choppy waters. I am not arguing with that fact. I think I know what's going on with you. What?

You are worried that you're not getting any Christmas presents this year. Listen, I didn't want to say it, but I've been a really bad boy. Really? You've been Hollywood's bad boy, Adam Scott? Hollywood's bad boy. What have you done this year? Oh, man. Me and my band, we have been just ripping it up.

No, rock and roll? Santa hates rock and roll. Playing the Viper Room. No. Till all hours. No. Santa hates that. And just kicking ass.

No. By the way, Santa hates rock and roll so much. When Bruce Springsteen does a song about him, he's like, ho, ho, ho, sounds great. But then he hears it's rock and roll. He's like, fuck, no, ho, ho. It's not ho, ho, ho. It's ho, ho, no. Exactly.

Which if you were to just hear the ho, ho part of it and walk out of the room you'd be like oh santa's pleased sounds good yeah santa loves this that's why then he changed it to no no no and then he was like too harsh ho ho no or ho no no no no ho no ho no gotta get a ho in there gotta get look you're santa that it's just good branding. Or, no, no, no, kidding, ho, ho, ho. So get them both. Well, look, I didn't want to, I wasn't going to bring

this up until the end of the show, but it is Christmas. Yeah. And I got you something. Oh, thanks. What'd you get me? Here you go. Just open it up. Let's see here. This is really nice wrapping paper. It's loud.

Yeah. I asked him, do you have any wrapping paper that's super loud? And they didn't have any that talked, but they got crinkled. Yeah, wrapping paper that crinkles really loud. Oh. Yeah. Whoa. Yeah, it's big, isn't it?

What am I supposed to do with this? I mean, there's so many things you could do with it. You can eat it. You can display it. You can eat this? Yeah, well, you can eat this yeah you can you well you can eat anything you you shouldn't eat anything there are a lot of things you shouldn't eat but you can't technically you can eat it yeah so it's it looks like some sort of acetate with something kind of floating in the middle of it that you had yeah what i can't even let me hold it up this way yeah hold it up to the

light so you can really tell yeah no that's alive yeah what is that it's uh it's an acetate like you mentioned yeah something floating in the middle and it's uh it's a it's an electric eel in the uh in water and but how is it gonna survive like eat and get oxygen not my problem okay so i have to break this thing out of here you depending on what you want do you want it to be alive well then it'll die in here and decompose and i'll have that on display in my house sure let's okay uh Sure. Let's. Okay. You know what? I'm just going to place this here. And don't forget it. I won't. When we finish the show.

I'm going to try and. Don't leave it behind because I don't want it in my house. It's squirming around in there like it is pissed. Yeah. And the thing is you shouldn't. I know it's metal. So you shouldn't really pick it up too often because it's an electric eel and it'll shock you

make sure you don't forget it though thank you anyway so you got something for Christmas alright well then great then take your time getting to the first song is what I'm saying man you know I know you have an appointment

after this but you really gotta clear your schedule when we do this show, because you, because you, I, I, I cannot take the passive aggressiveness. Passive.

All right. Incredibly aggressiveness of your bullshit here. Any longer. Let's get to the first song. Uh, this is a song called radio nowhere. This is by Bruce Springsteen But all I heard was a drone Bouncing off a satellite Crushing the last lone American ice

This is radio nowhere Is there anybody alive out there? This is radio nowhere Is there anybody alive out there? I was sitting around a dirt dive Is there anybody that'll love out there Have a sitter and a dirt dial Just another lost number in a file

Dancing down a dark hole Just searching for a world with some soul This is Radio Nowhere Is there anybody that'll love out there This is Radio Nowhere I just want to hear some rhythm. I just want to hear some rhythm. I just want to hear some rhythm. Radio Nowhere, Adam.

It sounds so good. Like, I love this production. There's never been a Springsteen song like it up to now, where it's just like a three-guitar attack. Yeah. up to now where it's just like a three guitar yeah uh attack yeah um there's no piano sound or anything like that it's just purely a like kind of almost pearl jammy three yeah i like the kind of just straight ahead pop rock singleness by the way this is clarence but they're but they're doubling it with the guitar so it doesn't really sound like a the the normal clarence sound yeah i love this breakdown

so i guess that it's a it was always a point of contention between Little Steven and Dub Boss regarding how low the guitars were in the mix all the time. Oh, really? Yeah, he's like, you know, we're a guitar band. Why aren't the guitars loud? And finally, this is like, okay, let's turn them all up for this record. Does he still play this? Around the house? Yeah. does he hum it to himself i hope so i hope he has fun doing that um great song yeah i really like it it was kind of a little hit right or was it a big hit i don't i mean i don't i don't think he's had a hit, like a legitimate hit,

but let's, let's check it out. It was in the bubbling under hot 100 singles. Ooh. So just bubbling under, it was, it went to number two on the triple A charts, the adult alternative airplay charts.

But yeah, Tommy two tone, lead singer, but yeah, uh, Tommy two-tone, uh, lead singer, Tommy Heath, uh, thought that, uh, maybe do we sue because it sounds like eight, seven, eight, six, seven, five, three Oh nine. Oh, interesting. And, but he was like, nah, I don't want to take legal action. I'm really honored if it's similar at all. And, but everyone was kind of calling him going like, oh man, maybe soon. I guess it does kind of have similarities. Yeah, let's hear it.

The opening riff. 309, 8, 6, 7, 5, 309. Let's hear the 8, 6, 7, 5, 309. Okay7-5309. Let's hear the 8-6-7-5-309. Okay. Jenny's song. I thought that's what you were playing. I was like, whoa, it sounds exactly like it. By the way, 8-6-7-5-309 is not Jenny's song.

It is just subtitled Jenny. It's not even a parenthetical, the way it's slash jenny oh um but i wouldn't call it her song like i don't think she takes ownership over it but this is 8 6 7 5 3 0 9 yeesh radio nowhere this is a really good song. Look, there's only so many chords. It's less the vocal melody than it is the guitar. Yeah, it's just the riff.

It's the riff, yeah. I mean, look, I'm not a huge fan of lawsuits. The whole Blurred Lines lawsuit is, I think, bad for music necessarily, is not great for music. I think, you know, if you're ripping off a melody to, you know, like how the Strokes, you know, kind of rip off Psyched Oak Furs and all sorts of stuff recently, It's like, eh, maybe go back and rewrite that, but as far as Radio Nowhere goes, I think it's cool. Yeah. Yeah. Alright. Good song. Alright, let's go to track two. This is You'll Be

Coming Down. It's okay if Bruce Springsteen does it, but not this joke. Sorry. Bye, Bruce Springsteen. eyes nothing but gray skies a cup of coffee a hard shot of clean food check it you're both making days a great blue you're smiling now

but you'll find out they'll use you up in the speed that you have now your head's spinning in diamonds and clouds But pretty soon it turns out You'll be coming down now, baby You'll be coming down

What goes around it comes around And you'll be coming down, Adam. I think this is a SCC. Stone Cold Classic, I agree. It's great. Sort of directed at the Bush administration, if you really... Oh, is it? Yeah, if you really look at it.

But it also just kind of sounds like a song about, you know, anyone, really. Supposedly One Direction ripped this one off Oh, really? For their song Night Changes. Do you want to hear a little bit of Night Changes and see if we can find any similarities?

Oh, yeah. Exactly the same. No, apparently the melody is this part is not obviously it's probably the chorus chorus driving too fast moon is breaking through i love it so far this is a good song do you not like one direction i do i especially love that huge first song or that big single right coming down now baby baby. Oh, yeah. There it is. I've been thinking about you lately. Look, it's too hard to write. He didn't, like, sue them, did he?

No. No, what? Bruce isn't going to sue people. Can you imagine him in court? Like, do you solemnly swear to tell the truth? Nothing but the truth. I do your honor. solemnly swear to tell the truth that nothing but the truth?

I do, your honor. Any jury would just automatically side with him, too. They would just love him. All right, Stone Cold Classic. All right, let's hear, this is track three, Living in the Future.

This is by Bruce Springsteen. I'll never come blowing in On an ill wind Something about me and you Must be one of the gift Yeah, well, I knew it'd come Sly, struck, deaf, and dumb Like when we kissed That taste of blood on your tongue

Don't worry, darling, baby, don't you fret We're living in the future and none of this has happened yet Don't worry, darling, baby, don't you fret We're living in the future and none of this has happened yet Living in the future kind of a throwback to 10th avenue freeze out yeah kind of stuff i i love it i love that the first three songs are like just perfect you're you're gonna love that like we're back he's back doing poppy melodies he he did say he wanted to return to writing really great melodies. You know, especially after Devils in Dust and Tom showed kind of where they're almost like very basic songs.

Yeah. Where the melody isn't the important thing. Yeah. He's writing real pop songs again. Yeah. Really good. Great shit. Okay, let's hear track four.

And this is a song, it's by Bruce Springsteen, and it's called Your Own Worst Enemy, actually. Wait, hold on a second. Who is it by? This is by Bruce Springsteen. Okay. Okay. You can't sleep at night.

You can't dream your dream Your fingerprints on file Left clumsily at the seam Your own worst enemy has come to town Your own worst enemy has come to town Yesterday the people were at ease Baby slipped in peace You closed your eyes and saw her

You knew who you were Now your own worst enemy has come to town Your own worst enemy has come Your world keeps turning round and round But everything is upside down Your own worst enemy, Adam. I like it a lot. Great.

Kind of Beach Boys-y. In this book, the stories behind the songs, they sort of liken it to R.E.M.'s At My Most Beautiful. Oh, yeah. But again, just another slice of pure pop perfection. Confection. Yeah, it's great.

So far, he hasn't missed. He and Brendan O'Brien are a good team. Yeah. And you know, when you come at the King, you best not miss. So, and he, I guess he took that to heart. All right. This is track five. This is a song called Gypsy Biker by Bruce Springsteen. Thank you. Everybody knows We pulled your sack

Love at garage And polished up With chrome I just said bye Good Come home Sister Mary sits With your colors

The john is drunk and gone This whole town's been rusted It's all you want They would march up over the hill And some fools would read Shedding victory for the righteous Three of the children of Greece Jipsy Biker, Adam. Yeah, I like it. This is one that I like.

It's not a Stone Cold classic to me. It's about a motorcycle riding veteran who dies in the war and comes back and his friends light his bike on fire as a tribute to him listen to this i mean it is rocking i like it sounds like him playing lead too yeah i like the melody uh it's just not a stone cold classic i think but it's but it's great i wouldn't kick it off the album or anything. I wouldn't kick it out of bed for eating crackers necessarily. And by the way, if you want to go to bed with me, bring all the crackers you want. Let's do it.

Let's lay in a bed of crackers. Okay, this is track five. This is Girls in Their Summer Clothes. Oh, is it six? Sorry. Number six. This is by Bruce Springsteen. Will the streetlights shine

down on Blessing Avenue? Lovers they walk by Holding hands two by two The breeze crosses the porch Bicycles folks spin round Jackets so on at the door And tonight I'm gonna burn this town down And the girls in their summer clothes In the cool of the evening light

The girls in their summer clothes, Adam. SCC, for me. For me, too. I feel like they knew that and they plopped it right in the center. Like the centerpiece of the album or something. Like it's really good. This is a little man named Bonobos. His favorite track on the album.

Oh yeah. His take on it is it's about getting older. Watching girls pass by and not noticing you. Which hasn't happened to me yet. They still give me quite a look-see especially in the summer they still look me up and down i get out trying to gauge whether i'm a threat to them or not this is such a good this by the way they recorded the whole thing and then springy decided he started singing it was like this is not the right key and so and so they could use the keyboards because i guess they were probably digital keyboards and so they transposed it down with the keyboards

but then they had to record everything else from scratch again. But Brendan O'Brien says he was right that this is the key it should be in. I remember first hearing the album and being like, whoa, why isn't this the single? And then it was. Right. This is great.

Love it. Yeah. Fantastic. So far we have five SCCs, as far as I'm concerned, and one pretty good song. Really good album so far. Yeah. All right. Let's go to track seven. This is I'll Work For Your Love by Bruce Springsteen. This is what you text me almost every day. Please, Adam. Please, Adam. And I'll watch the bones in your back like the stations of the cross. Round your hair the sun lifts a halo, at your lips a crown of thorns.

Whatever other deal's gone down to this one I'm sworn. I'll work for your love, dear. I'll work for your love, dear I'll work for your love What others may want for free I'll work for your love Man, it's great. I mean, I hate to have not anything negative to say but um what is going on with this record it's incredible so far truly um this guy knows how to write a song and perform it using instruments and microphones yeah and even when he doesn't use microphones the people in the room

with him yeah they can hear it yeah they like it but if you're going to record something or perform it live in a venue bigger than said room yeah microphones yeah microphones are probably a good idea although depending on the acoustics of the room that's true you could be heard in some of these old opera houses where they really knew about acoustics you can you can be heard acoustic i'm not going to argue with that yeah um but also you need some cables and uh amplifiers electrical outlets electrical outlets you gotta have electricity and ohms you have to have ohms ohms it's a crossword word no you also have to have homes to bring your sure well to go to go home uh at the end of the long night you know after after look after watching bruce springsteen for three hours who doesn't have to take a shit

or even springsteen himself after playing guitars and stuff has he ever ended a show by going, thanks everyone, I'm gonna take a shit. And just walked off stage? He's done so many concerts. So many. Odds are. Odds are he's done it once. There has to be. Send us the recording of him saying that.

If anyone has that recording. Okay, this is... At Budokan once. All right, what is this, track eight? One, two, three, four, five, six. Learn to count, dick. You're looking at it... Okay, what is it?

Oh, that was seven. That was seven. This is track eight. This is Magic by Bruce Brees. I got a rabbit in my hand If you wanna come and see This is what we'll be This is what we'll be I got shackles on my wrist

This is a pretty short song, so I'm gonna fade it out a little early but um this is a song about uh which is a i think especially pertinent even after he wrote it but this was about the bush administration's attempts to redefine truth uh he was uh talking about a an anonymous official everyone believes is carl rove mocking the quote reality-based community um which of course alternative facts and everything afterwards uh came to light but uh this is just about how people are trying to read just uh say whatever they're saying is the truth and and uh that facts don't matter yeah uh what do we think of magic I like it as like a little palette cleanser.

Yeah, it's like a two-and-a-half-minute slow song in the middle of a banger album. It sounds cool, too. It's like a nice song. The mandolin. Yeah. Listen to the mandolin rain. Okay.

We're getting up to track nine. That where we are are you excited yeah last sorry that's okay you can say it do you want to say it here is my christmas this is my christmas gift to you other than the eel and acetate i love saying um the name of this song it's called last to d or no no there's a couple letters after it. Last to... Oh, sorry. I didn't realize what that word was. Last to die? Is that what it says? Yes. Last to die.

Who's it by? You get to say it. One sec. Bruce Springsteen. Bruce Springsteen, Last to Die We took the highway till the road went black We marked the truth of consequences on our map A voice drifted up from the radio Yeah, it was one of her voice from long ago

We'll be the last to die for a mistake The last to die for a mistake His blood will spill, his heart will break We'll be the last to die for a mistake Last to Die, this is a song about the quote that John Kerry said in 1971 during testimony in front of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations about Vietnam. How do you ask a man to be the last to die for a mistake? And this is about the war going on.

Yep. At the time, what do we think, Adam? I think it's fine. I'm not, you know, it's no SEC for me. It's not in the pop stuff that's been happening earlier on, but it's like a good rock song about a good subject. Yeah. And I do like melody.

It's just not one that I go like, I gotta hear Last to Die right now. No, but it's some good shit. It makes you think. Okay, this is track 10. And this is Long Walk Home by Bruce Springsteen. I stood at your doorstep Trying to figure out what went wrong You just slipped something into my palm And then you were gone

I could smell the same deep green of summer Above me the same night the sky was glowing In the distance I could see the time where I was gone in the distance. I could see the time where I was born. It's gonna be a long walk on. Yeah, pretty island. Don't wait up for me. Gonna be a long walk on. A long walk on.

In town I passed Sal's Grocery A barbershop on South Street I looked in their faces They're all right strangers to me The veterans all high up on the hill Stood silent and alone The diner was shuttered and boarded With a sign that just said go It's gonna be a long walk home

Head pretty down and don't wait for me Gonna be a long walk home, Adam. Yeah, I like a lot. I feel like they still play it for it. Yeah, I think this is one of their SECs from this record. Yeah. I mean, it's a little, it starts out a little like The Rising. Yeah.

In terms of the production, and then just, like, kicks into a rock gear that they didn't really have on The Rising. And Clarence is jumping in here. And this is what Brendan O'Brien wanted to name the album? Yeah, and it originally was the first track on the album. clarence is jumping in here yeah and this is what brendan o'brien wanted to name the album yeah and it originally was the first track on the album oh interesting which i think would have made it feel a little more like an older bruce springsteen record because it is hearkening back a little bit to rising kind of stuff yeah um springy quoted this uh when he was campaigning for barack obama uh-huh. And it's about coming back to your town and not recognizing it.

It's his commentary on the George W. Bush era. It was a promotional single and also they made a video. I see that. I see the video here. Why don't you watch it in your spare time? Not on my time

fine this is my time okay we're on your time you watch that on i'm on your time i'm on your clock yeah great song but do they play it all i don't know i i think and this this one actually he debuted it during the Seeger Sessions tour, the Sessions band. Oh, did he? Yeah. Adam, he did. Well, well, Bruce. Looks like someone has a new song. Yeah.

Why don't you put it on an album and shut up? I imagine that's what Patty says to him every day. Okay, this is technically the last song on the record. Oh, is Terry's song just a bonus track? It's a bonus track, yeah. So this is the real last song on the album proper. This is Devil's Arcade by Bruce Springsteen. And it starts slow, so we'll talk a little bit to ease you into it so you don't get scared.

Sounds like it might be starting with some really frightening keyboards. Yeah, these are terrifying. And I'm about ready to run out of the room right now. But I wish that window was open. I could jump out of it. Yeah. We're on the 85th floor right now, by way yeah so i'm glad the window's not open Remember a morning We dug up your gun

The worms in the barrel The hanging sun Those first nervous evenings The perfume and gin The lost smell on your breath As I helped you get in The rush of your lips The lost smell on your breath as I helped you get in. The rush of your lips, the feel of your name. The beat of your heart, the devil's arcade.

You said heroes are needed, so heroes get named. He said, here's what we need. So here's what you need. Somebody need a bed. Somebody pee. A cool desert morning. Ain't nothing to see. Just metal and plastic. Where your body key.

A slow game of poker. With a lieutenant ring. In the poker with Lieutenant Ray. In the ward with blue walls, a sea with no name. Where you lie adrift with the heroes of the Devil's Arcade. Devil's Arcade, Adam. This is a song about a uh wounded soldier in a hospital uh springsteen's quoted as uh saying uh well he sings it he says somebody paid the cost yeah for what what do we think i love the sentiment behind it and what it's about. I think it's valuable.

Um, as a song, it's not my favorite. I think it's a good, like closing. It's like majestic. It's like big, it's like a big closing thing.

Like if you were going to see a Broadway show, it would be very stirring. Yeah. Yeah. So I don't mind it on the album. I think, um, yeah,

I wouldn't, I think, I think it also ends really cool. Like, well, maybe let's maybe skip ahead to the end. It's like a cool ending for the record. Yeah, I think it also ends really cool. Let's maybe skip ahead to the end. It's like a cool ending for the record.

How long is it? I've been trying to find out. It is 5 minutes and 20 seconds. So I've skipped ahead a little bit. It kind of goes off on this instrumental, guitars. But yeah, I think this is a cool oh that's that's a cool ending to yeah an album i mean yeah just to end like a big rock album with just the drum. Yeah. I think it's cool. It's a good subject matter. It's really him bringing the threads together of what he's trying to say with this record and a stirring song. It's not a pop song, obviously.

It's just more of. So then after the record was done, that was it. Bruce's longtime assistant and friend,ry mcgovern died um he talks about him in the book he already mentions him in the book a lot he just says terry did this terry did that um so he wrote this song for terry's funeral and then said you know what i want to put it on the record so he came in and just did a couple of takes, I think, just him and the piano. So this is a bonus track, technically, but let's play it. This is Terry's song by Bruce Springsteen.

Well, they built the Titanic to be one of a kind But many ships have ruled the seas They built the Eiffel Tower to stand alone But they could build another if they please Taj Mahal and pyramids of Egypt are unique I suppose When they built you brother They broke the mold Now the world is filled with many wonders under the passing sun Sometimes something comes along, you know it's for sure the only one The Mona Lisa, the David, the Sistine Chapel

Jesus, Mary, and Job And when they built you, brother They broke them all When they built you, brother They turned us into gold They built you a bridge They broke the wall Terry's song.

Very nice. It's very sweet. I hope you'll write a song about me when I'm gone. I will. I'm making that promise right now. And I'll perform it. It can be a parody of this song. Or just this rip-off of this song.

Yeah. Slightly different lyrics. A few lyrics changed about how specifically cool I am. When they built you, brother, they never thought you'd get so old. Yeah, yeah. Something like that. Yeah, yeah. Something like that. Yeah, that sounds good. So, Magic.

Good album. Really, really good album. Adam, I'm going to say, I'm not going to say where this is on my ranking. We'll find that out at the end of the season. It's definitely on there. Yeah. The ranking of all his albums, it's on there? Yeah.

This is one of my faves. Yeah, it's great. So after this, they went on a tour, the Magic Tour, for about a year from October of 2007 to August of 2008. I may have seen this tour. I don't think I saw this tour, which is strange considering that I was into him, but I'm pretty sure I did not see this tour. But the one thing that did happen during this tour that we need to mention is at the conclusion of the first leg at the end of November in 2007,

Danny Federici, Edible Street Band member, took a leave of absence to pursue treatment. He had been misdiagnosed, and it turned out he had melanoma and had spread because of the misdiagnosis and so he took a leave of absence and then uh came back and was able to do a few shows and uh did one last show um did a portion of a show, um, in 2008. Um, they released the last song that he played. I, I guess he,

Bruce asked him, he said, what song do you want to play? And he said, I really want to play fourth of July, uh, Sandy, um, because he gets to play the accordion and everything.

So they played that, um, and that was the last song that he played with them he passed away uh in april of 2008 and uh so uh that's a loss to the edibles yeah it's a big loss but they put out that uh song on the ep called magic tour highlights where they i think it's a four song ep that um and that version of fourth of july is on there yeah oh that's cool with with him on it that's the last track on it what are the other songs on that you have the ghost of tom jode with tom morello from rage against the machine

um you have always a friend with alejandro escovedo and you have turn turn turn the bird song with roger mc McGuinn those are the tracks on the Magic Tour highlights Adam that's gonna be it for Magic that's Magic what's next on the docket working on a dream working on a dream

two years later that's pretty fast man two years I know for the likes of Springy pretty good PDQ as we say we're gonna go out on years. I know, for the likes of Springy? Pretty good. PDQ, as we say. We're going to go out on, I'm going to play a little bit of that the 4th of July

with Danny Federici, his last performance. Adam, it's a pleasure being here with you. I want to wish you a happy holiday. Merry Christmas. You too, man. Merry Christmas. And we're going to play this song. But we'll see you next week for Working on a Dream.

Happy holidays, everybody. Sorry that Adam shit all over it. Such a mean little miser. But we'll see you next time, and until then, we hope that you found what you're looking for. Bye.

Sandy Fireworks are hailing Over Little Eden tonight Forests and light And all those Stoned out faces Left stranded on this Forest Heroes