Bruce Springsteen's Darkest Album

[@PadChennington]

What other artists or albums would you want me to cover for a future video? let me know with a comment below!

[@atlassolid5946]

kfc murder chicks, one of the weirdest events in internet music history

[@MandrakeFernflower]

Perfume Tree

[@raisinrobber9731]

Death in June- What Ends When the symbols Shatter? Is a dark and winding introduction to the neofolk genre.

[@rhubarbdude3347]

Velvet Underground, Xiu Xiu or Ichiko Aoba would be great choices

[@АртёмГолубев-ж3е]

@@timefragment5387 his experiments are amazing)

[@Ramonatho]

A Pad Chennington video about Nebraska is the last thing I would have expected. Hell yeah.

[@PadChennington]

Aiming to dive into all different kinds of music for these next couple of uploads!

[@Ramonatho]

@@PadChennington if you like this style of lyrical content and guitar work, you might like some folk punk! I would recommend Defiance, Ohio if you want a band that will help you feel these type of vibes.

[@jreqthek9]

Also, Bruce Springsteen stated that his song "State Trooper" from the album Nebraska was heavily influenced by "Frankie Teardrop" from the band Suicide.

[@KMakoENVtuber]

He was recording parallel to Suicide in the same studio, and I think he brought it up to Suicide as well, saying how much he loved their work.

[@silverfascia]

Absolutely one of the most underrated albums in american history

[@phonekrabi4551]

Nebraska was the great poem that comfort,supported and push me to keep fighting against a hard hard life as a servant working 7 days a week, 12 hours on monday till saturday and 6 hours on sunday. Thanking you so much Bruce Springsteen.

[@miguelalonzo3152]

One of the most overlooked records ever. Seriously, what a dark and depressing album. This is one of Bruce’s most consistent albums, and I really think every song has a very important message to give. I especially love Johnny 99, the lyrics and instrumentation just have you borderline empathizing with the character in the story. Also, I’m pretty sure this song went on to inspire Brandon Flowers to make the song Diggin’ Up The Heart, which I really recommend, though it’s a lot more upbeat, it still has amazing lyricism.

[@nicksheribop9485]

Springsteen became my favorite artist over the past two years for a lot of reasons, his lyrics and arrangements being two of the biggest. Really glad you’re shedding some light on one of his most underrated albums. I’d recommend checking out some of the live versions of the songs, especially the live version of My Fathers House from his Broadway special and the Christic shows. He adds in stories about him and his father which adds a lot of power and depth to the performances. Keep up the great content man!

[@user-if6pz1sj2n]

Bruce is the best

[@realgamerguyvlog32]

My top 3 Bruce albums, 1 Born to Run 2 Nebraska 3 Darkness on the Edge of Town

[@k13r34]

Same I think. Maybe Darkness 2nd, or 1st... Jeez, I love these albums.

[@dirtypatwalsh]

Long time since I’ve commented Pad, but I’m still vibin’. Nebraska is one of my top 5 albums. As an acoustic folk/blues musician this album is pure legend. Thank you for covering it! Probably the last artist I’d expect to see here!

[@PadChennington]

thanks for stopping by! Decided to take a detour for this video and explore something different this time. Always found this album to be so fascinating and loved making this video.

[@curium246]

Absolutely thrilled to see a new upload! I love seeing your stuff, I was dying to find something great to watch :-)

[@PadChennington]

thanks for stopping by! really aiming to get back to more regular uploads, already got another one scheduled for next Friday! cheers and have a great weekend!

[@drphiI]

Honestly, I refuse to listen to any other of The Boss' albums solely because of how much Nebraska hit me. I still remember the first time I heard Atlantic City, the sorrowful brotherhood of Highway Patrolman, and the echoing howls in State Trooper. In my opinion, it's his best - and most challenging - work.

[@Ramonatho]

No reason to ignore Greetings from Asbury Park. I love Nebraska but that album gets quite a lot right too.

[@Stretchwreckedem469]

I remember Henry Rollins would often criticize Springsteen for his radio singles, but I wonder if he was ever aware of the existence of this album at all.

[@ThePortjumper]

Great video, Pad. This channel is a really great resource.

[@PadChennington]

Thanks for stopping by!

[@temesk7631]

amazing work! i have to check this album out , because i'm from finland where springsteen is literally only known from his major hits but this album really has my interest , i think i wont be disappointed by listening this

[@PadChennington]

Thank you! It’s definitely a unique listen, especially if you’re used to only the hits. It’s beautifully lofi in all the right ways

[@JoelHope-mv6bp]

Bruce is the reverse Robin Hood. He takes from fans out the wazoo cash wise and it's instantly into his bulging wallet/bank account. He's an excellent writer and singer and he's equally a bandit.

[@DaydreamDeluxe]

Been a hot minute since we've gotten a dark Pad video! Oh how I've missed these!

[@PadChennington]

Got some more coming up these next couple of weeks! Stay tuned my dude… also so excited for the festival this weekend, can’t wait!

[@korzowei]

what a wonderful surprise to se this from you. I love how you get into the feeling of the whole art concept, in this case, talking as well about that cover, how it sums up the mood of this album

[@TheeObscure]

This is the one Springsteen album I own on vinyl, it's so haunting. I'd read that he was inspired by the song Frankie Teardrop, which you can hear on the track State Trooper

[@HMz83]

I'd love to see a video on NYC Hell, 3:00 AM by James Ferraro. It's such an evocative album by sounding incredibly hollow, portraying New York night life in such a perfectly melancholy and lethargic manner.

[@bigbunn_]

I honestly never expected this from you Pad. I grew up on Bruce because my dad is a super fan of him so this is gonna be a good video

[@PadChennington]

Always been surrounded by so much Bruce my whole life but only discovered this album a couple years back.. I find it so fascinating and wanted to try something new for the channel, so gave it a shot!

[@morphchoir]

So good. Thank you for making this!

[@PadChennington]

You got it!!

[@steeps8711]

This is great Pad, thanks a lot. Would love a similar video on the Manic Street Preachers Holy Bible! Such a dark and challenging album.

[@lh757]

I love this album. Thanks for covering it Pad

[@fearfulstatic]

A new pad video is always a good day.

[@PadChennington]

🙏❤️

[@christtt]

pad chennington: certified jersey boy

[@doktormozg]

This was just as unexpected as the Noise phase of this channel, and I gotta say the fact that Nebraska was reviewed AFTER just makes me cry, love you pad

[@dylan.t180]

Fantastic video thanks

[@the.fresh.bananas]

I read somewhere that Springsteen was a fan of Jim Thompson, the pulp fiction crime noir writer. As a fan of both Thompson and Springsteen, it's easy to draw a parallel to both on Nebraska. Great record.

[@zachsummers2872]

Bruce is my favorite singer and as someone who has heard all of his songs countless times and consider all of them to be lyrical masterpieces, I was more people understood just how great a writer and musician he is.

[@retromacman620]

Not sure how I missed this earlier, but I love Springsteen and I love you, Pad.

[@PadChennington]

❤️ thanks for stopping by my dude! Much luv

[@retromacman620]

@@PadChennington anytime, you were one of the channels that inspired me to try a little KZbin channel of my own.

[@mtoscano343]

This album is Springsteen’s Symphony of Life. It is magnificently composed and performed.

[@Nico-vw5zc]

It’s incredible how he managed to create a huge, huge sound with couple guitars and harmonicas and some percussions. The dark tone crashes you to the ground. This album may be one of the most accomplished in terms of vision of the artist and final product. It takes courage to make an album straight out homemade demos on a cassette 4 track .

[@heartcatchprecure]

i was just watching an old vid while walking my dog lol

[@jasoncaldwell5627]

Los Lobos does a fantastic cover of Johnny 99. There's an entire album of Springsteen covers and they're all real gems- performed in unique versions. As to Nebraska, it's something to listen to with your headphones on, in the middle of the night with the lights off. Just...immerse yourself in the stories and feel of the album.

[@Hshennags]

Ay yo it’s my home state!

[@psychesoap]

"Warmth" would have probably been the word to use instead of "richness" but hey...I knew what you meant. I really, really dug your description of the album.

[@planesrkool2727]

Open all night makes me go faster on the highway than kickstart my heart

[@grantwallace1882]

I also like The Ghost Of Tom Joad album. Great video.

[@魔法の水]

One of my favorite albums

[@og.foodboy]

Holy shit I live there 🌽🌽🏈GBR🔥🔥

[@growskull]

pad chenington i dont know if you care about this type of music anymore but id love it if youd make more videos about japanoise bands like the ones youve already made about the gerogeri, hanatarash etc even as a massive fan of these bands its great seeing someones take on them and i even learned some things i didnt already know so id love if you could make more vids about that scene, thanks

[@DerekPower]

My mother likes Bruce Springsteen (though that's probably changed for numerous reasons). My initial education came from whatever records my parents have and this definitely included him. I say this because I think there may still be some residual influence on what I do. For instance, at the start of this year, I put out an EP called Psychogeography. I knew what the artwork needed to be, which was a high-contrast rendering of Brutalist-style buildings. If there were any typefaces on any sleeves and what-not, it would be white on black but with occasional splashes of red. Revisiting your take on Nebraska, I wonder sometimes ... =]

[@UncannyValleyMall]

Outstanding. Please more reviews like this. I recommend Earth’s first 2 Sub Pop releases, Earth: Extra-Capsular Extraction and Earth 2: Ultra Low Frequency Version. Or just Dylan Carlson himself has a wild story. Just a thought. Love the chann!

[@alex_dot_org5512]

Yesssssss this album is fucking incredible. My dad got me into this when I was like 12. Found it on cd in goodwill a little bit ago and I’ve been revisiting a lot lately. Masterpiece in songwriting

[@efrazable]

worth mentioning Atlantic City is a cover of The Band! edit: also I think the album takes inspiration from the darker songs from folk legends before him, like Bob Dylan's "Ballad of Hollis Brown"

[@willmobley5787]

The band covered Bruce

[@Frdnnd]

Bro tried to sneak in Nebraska in the vid- *Gunshot Btw thanks for introducing me to DDS, now ITLLT is my fav album of all time, above Discovery and Madvillainy

[@Kennyjackson47]

best youtuber

[@PadChennington]

🥲

[@benifitofadoubt]

Genuinely (okay just a little bit ironically) my favorite Bruce album.

[@Rob-eo5ql]

Flannery O’Connor changed the way Bruce wrote his lyrics . After reading Flannery O’Connor, nearly all his songs were about the central theme of “original sin”.

[@George-Jonestown]

bruce ❤

[@HoboVibingToMusic]

Howdy, Pad, idk if you've done a video on the genre that the album "Losing grip of reality" by Fiebertraum did, but would be curious to see what you, and the viewers would think of that... Weird, intoxigating feeling genre. >_>

[@ChrisW777]

How you feel about black metal music Pad? Or Lou Reed?

[@volodymyrbilyk555]

Great job! Do some Leonard Cohen record reviews!

[@jonathanschmidt5841]

Getting lost in bandcamp pt 3 pls

[@PadChennington]

Coming soon :) love working on that series! If you got any albums I should check out definitely let me know!

[@jonathanschmidt5841]

@@PadChennington Some are on spotify maybe u can find them on bandcamp as well: Atlantis 2 - no love in the house of gold Impossible star - meat beat manifesto Scatterheart - peter james The price of silence - glittergore Unwarn - empty,hopless Ze e Parana - azymuth Arcive - MRR-ADM

[@Kobayashi704]

State Trooper fucking slaps

[@ikejennings1154]

I.luv tbe nebraska alblum.. told a friend of mine , back then ,ya gotta hear this...he told me afterwards..dull, all the songs sound the same..lol..not imo I wore the Nebraska cassette out..nice video..know its a year young..Thank you...Atlantic city, reason to believe, etc...

[@hardcyd3r]

Did you purposely upload this on the 40th anniversary of the album? 😳

[@PadChennington]

I actually didn’t even realize that! Good call

[@pretty_in_casts]

Your clock is ticking, *review Darklife by death's dynamic shroud.*

[@valerianodurante]

❤️

[@1234-z8x]

This reminds me how donald trump used "fortunate son" during his campaign despite it being an anti-patriotic song

[@TripleBeppo]

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