Daily Celebrations Newsletter ~ #39 ~ Springsteen ~ to motivate, educate, and inspire

Passionate Colors Newsletter ~ #39 ~ Springsteen

"Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons and you'll find that it is to the soul what the water-bath is to the body." ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

My soul is sparkling clean this week thanks to the preview of The Rising, a new song from Bruce Springsteen's upcoming album. Anyone who knows me knows about my DEEP passion for the singer-songwriter from Freehold, New Jersey.

In early July there will be 19 special listening parties for the album and three other new songs will premiere over AOL: "Lonesome Day" (online July 8), "Into the Fire" (July 15) and "Mary's Place" (July 22). After 48 hours at AOL, each will go to radio.

A DREAM OF LIFE...
"May I feel your arms around me
May I feel your blood mix with mine
A dream of life comes to me
Like a catfish dancin' on the end of my line."
~ Bruce Springsteen, The Rising

The Rising is pretty powerful, about a firefighter climbing one of the World Trade Center towers just before it collapsed. Springsteen has said most of the new songs were written after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and that he wanted to capture "an emotional feeling… in the air at that time."

SOMETHING TO FACE THE WORLD WITH..."People deserve better. They deserve truth. They deserve honesty. The best music... is essentially there to provide you something to face the world with." ~ Bruce Springsteen

Truth, honesty, and something to face the world with… Bruce has always celebrated the redemptive passion of music, shedding light in times of darkness, renewing spirits and saving souls with Rock and Roll.

A brilliant songwriter, in concert he has no equal. Bruce has never played Hawaii. My first chance to see a live performance of him was in Oakland, 1985 (Thank you Aunty Adeline!). Through the years, I've been lucky enough to make trips to see him live. Most memorable were the three shows I saw in L.A. in 1992 as a reward following my sixth round of chemotherapy. Most recent, in Charlotte, 2000.

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The Rising by Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band (Special Packaging) [LIMITED EDITION]:
Springsteen's new album "The Rising," due out July 30. This special limited edition deluxe package includes the CD in a hardcover book with a 40 page, full color booklet filled with extra photos, handwritten lyrics and more. A must for me.
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MUSIC… MAGICAL!
"Music is just a means of creating a magical state." ~ Robert Fripp

ALL GOOD MUSIC
"The end of all good music is to affect the soul." ~ Claudio Monteverdi

Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band are planning a North American and European tour in early August. My birthday is in August. Guess what I want.

Have a great weekend, and let music wash your soul!
leialoha@dailycelebrations.com