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The Rising (2002). Bruce Springsteen /subida, levantamiento, resurreccion/

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The New Republic:

To many ears, "The Rising" now seems to have an angrier edge to it than it did when he originally performed it. Its placement in setlists for Springsteen's recent concerts--invariably played just before "Last to Die", an unambiguously angry song in which Springsteen (echoing John Kerry's testimony before Congress in 1971) asks, "Who'll be the last to die for a mistake?"--would seem to underscore a steady movement from resurrection to insurrection.

Song text:

Cant see nothin in front of me
Cant see nothin coming up behind
I make my way through this darkness
I cant feel nothing but this chain that binds me

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Come on up for the rising
Come on up, lay your hands in mine
Come on up for the rising
Come on up for the rising tonight 

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the rising: youtube with recent springsteen intro. lala.

Less Famous than You (2006). Corey Dargel

Home today with lots to do so instead I'm blogging...

Night After Night hints of next year:

Corey Dargel - Less Famous Than You (as yet unreleased, but surely the contemporary-classical-smart-pop breakthrough hit of 2006, mark my words...)

In my household anyway, Dargel's Accutane was the summer hit of 2004. MP3 here. Mark Geelhoed on same.