Starbucks bans Springsteen's New Album

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― Rich Handel, Friday, 6 May 2005 19:43 (twenty-one years ago)

The coffee conglomerate has played an influential role in US music sales in recent times.

The chain was responsible for a quarter of all sales of the late Ray Charles final album, Genius Loves Company, which sold three million copies across the US.

Is this just good publicity for the boss or will it actually hurt sales?

― Rich Handel, Friday, 6 May 2005 20:01 (twenty-one years ago)

they coulda sold it with a lube latte

― j blount (papa la bas), Friday, 6 May 2005 20:02 (twenty-one years ago)

it will definitely hurt sales.

― j blount (papa la bas), Friday, 6 May 2005 20:02 (twenty-one years ago)

or a half and half special.

Maybe the Boss will write a song about this.

― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 6 May 2005 20:03 (twenty-one years ago)

His kids are going to go hungry this winter.

― Disco Nihilist (mjt), Friday, 6 May 2005 21:34 (twenty-one years ago)

maybe he'll write a song about it!

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Friday, 6 May 2005 21:53 (twenty-one years ago)

i'd never seen anyone buy a cd at starbucks until yesterday when I saw someone pick up the Beck album.

― kyle (akmonday), Friday, 6 May 2005 21:54 (twenty-one years ago)

When are they going to lift the Anal Cunt ban? That's what I want to know.

― TV's Mr Noodle Vague (noodle vague), Friday, 6 May 2005 21:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Last night, Conan said Starbucks, Inc. doesn't want people to listen to a song about getting screwed while paying $9 for a cup of coffee.

― Johnny Fever (johnny fever), Friday, 6 May 2005 21:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Ha!

maybe he'll write a song about it!
Um, Matos, I know people who don't read threads carefully before posting shouldn't split hairs, but...

(waits for n/a to show up to do his thing)

― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 6 May 2005 21:58 (twenty-one years ago)

oh, you're right, haha, sorry. I had originally intended to write out phony Bruce-style lyrics but couldn't think of any and hit submit.

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Friday, 6 May 2005 22:00 (twenty-one years ago)

Phony Anal Cunt titles are easy though.

"You Drink Latte, You're Gay."

― TV's Mr Noodle Vague (noodle vague), Friday, 6 May 2005 22:03 (twenty-one years ago)

"Starbucks Banned Bruce Springsteen but He's Still Gay"

― Simon H. (Simon H.), Friday, 6 May 2005 22:07 (twenty-one years ago)

Maybe he'll write a song about it.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Friday, 6 May 2005 22:08 (twenty-one years ago)

I say we now attempt to write the song for him, one line at a time. I'll go first:

Darkness fell on the Starbucks on my corner

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Friday, 6 May 2005 22:09 (twenty-one years ago)

Maryellen slips on her apron and starts her shift

― jonviachicago, Friday, 6 May 2005 22:15 (twenty-one years ago)

The bruises on her arms are fading slowly

― TV's Mr Noodle Vague (noodle vague), Friday, 6 May 2005 22:16 (twenty-one years ago)

I took a swig of my latte and said, "Hey, can I give you a lift?"

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Friday, 6 May 2005 22:17 (twenty-one years ago)

"The engine of my Dodge is rumbling lowly."

― nickn (nickn), Friday, 6 May 2005 22:19 (twenty-one years ago)

out of curiosity, how "explicit" is the encounter w/ the prostitute?

― philip sherburne (philip sherburne), Friday, 6 May 2005 22:22 (twenty-one years ago)

(that's not a lyric, is it, Philip?)

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Friday, 6 May 2005 22:22 (twenty-one years ago)

no, sorry - i wasn't being clever, just mildly curious after reading the BBC piece.

― philip sherburne (philip sherburne), Friday, 6 May 2005 22:27 (twenty-one years ago)

FREE VERSE, MAN!

― donut debonair (donut), Friday, 6 May 2005 22:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Is it time for the big chorus yet? There's got to be some mileage to be made out of Starbucks.

― TV's Mr Noodle Vague (noodle vague), Friday, 6 May 2005 22:29 (twenty-one years ago)

I've got the old girl sitting to my right, made a pitstop for a grande latte...and baby we can last all night...driving in that beat-up packard, nothing to eat 'cept milk-chocolate coated graham cracker, etc

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 6 May 2005 22:37 (twenty-one years ago)

[sobs] ONE LINE AT A TIME, PEOPLE! [continues sobbing]

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Friday, 6 May 2005 22:47 (twenty-one years ago)

You Drink Decaf, You're Gay.

― TV's Mr Noodle Vague (noodle vague), Friday, 6 May 2005 22:51 (twenty-one years ago)

(not a lyric) Serious question: is there a parental advisory logo on Devils & Dust? I feel like there isn't & I don't have the booklet in front of me. Ridiculous if there isn't one.

― southern lights, Friday, 6 May 2005 22:52 (twenty-one years ago)

"The engine of my Dodge is rumbling lowly."
How about
This caffeine is affecting me slowly
?

― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 6 May 2005 22:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Shite, there is already a slowly. I knew if I called you for thread-non-reading then I was gonna do it too.

― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 6 May 2005 22:54 (twenty-one years ago)

"The back seat is stained with Guacamole"

― TV's Mr Noodle Vague (noodle vague), Friday, 6 May 2005 22:57 (twenty-one years ago)

"Which I had mixed up in a burrito with some mole"

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Friday, 6 May 2005 22:59 (twenty-one years ago)

So this is publicity for Antigone Rising? Is that a new drink? There's a Starbucks logo on their new CD.

― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Friday, 6 May 2005 23:09 (twenty-one years ago)

We ain't near Mexico, but there's a border we can cross

― Ken L (Ken L), Friday, 6 May 2005 23:10 (twenty-one years ago)

Just you, me, and my latte riding on this hoss

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Friday, 6 May 2005 23:11 (twenty-one years ago)

when we cross that line, all dressed chips will taste fine

and the poutine of the land that we embrace that'll be filled with pine.

― donut debonair (donut), Friday, 6 May 2005 23:14 (twenty-one years ago)

And for 9 bucks, we can see the stars tonight

yesssss, told you I'd get it in

― TV's Mr Noodle Vague (noodle vague), Friday, 6 May 2005 23:14 (twenty-one years ago)

deeeeeeeeper so satisfyyyyyyyin'
i can almost hear you cryyyyyyyyyyyyin' (backup choir: for more)

― donut debonair (donut), Friday, 6 May 2005 23:21 (twenty-one years ago)

[haha, this is reminding me of Christgau quoting Greil Marcus's wife: "He sounds like Howard Keel"]

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Friday, 6 May 2005 23:23 (twenty-one years ago)

> Serious question: is there a parental advisory logo on Devils & Dust?

The copies I saw at Virgin the other day didn't have parental advisory stickers but there was a disclaimer printed on the back (ahem) stating "track 3 contains some adult situations," or words to that effect.

The lyrics -- which are printed at Broooce's official site -- are as follows:

She took off her stockings, I held them to my face.
She had your ankles, I felt filled with grace.
"Two hundred dollars straight in,
Two-fifty up the ass," she smiled and said.
She unbuckled my belt, pulled back her hair,
And sat in front of me on the bed.
She said, "Honey how's that feel, do you want me to go slow?"
My eyes drifted out the window, down to the road below.

I felt my stomach tighten. The sun bloodied the sky
And sliced through the hotel blinds. I closed my eyes.
Sunlight on the Amatitlan, sunlight streaming thru your hair.
In the Valle de dos Rios, smell of mock orange filled the air.
We rode with the vaqueros, down into cool rivers of green.
I was sure the work and that smile coming out 'neath your hat
Was all I'd ever need.
Somehow all you ever need's, never really quite enough you know.
You and I, Maria, we learned it's so.

She slipped me out of her mouth, "You're ready," she said.
She took off her bra and panties, wet her finger, slipped it inside her,
And crawled over me on the bed.
She poured me another whisky,
Said, "Here's to the best you ever had."
We laughed and made a toast.
It wasn't the best I ever had,
Not even close.

― Joseph McCombs (Joseph McCombs), Friday, 6 May 2005 23:26 (twenty-one years ago)

sorry, missed the "one line at a time" part

― Dan Selzer (Dan Selzer), Friday, 6 May 2005 23:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Dear fucking lord, those could almost be Craig Finn lyrics! - xpost

― donut debonair (donut), Friday, 6 May 2005 23:30 (twenty-one years ago)

just not enough degenerates in the lyrics, that's all. Add some degenerates with colorful names, and bang!

― donut debonair (donut), Friday, 6 May 2005 23:31 (twenty-one years ago)

When a man is tired of paying for sex with anonymous strangers, he is tired of life.

― TV's Mr Noodle Vague (noodle vague), Friday, 6 May 2005 23:31 (twenty-one years ago)

*shoots Noodle Vague*

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Saturday, 7 May 2005 00:15 (twenty-one years ago)

i don't like how brooce drops those Very Specific Place Names into his latterday songs, like that will somehow automatically ground the more gaseous passages. that said, this song is pretty un-gaseous.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Saturday, 7 May 2005 00:52 (twenty-one years ago)

actually here's a good example of what i mean: "She had your ankles, I felt filled with grace."

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Saturday, 7 May 2005 00:53 (twenty-one years ago)

he's always had this problem--a certain bombastic vagueness at the center of some of his songs. maybe it's magnified in recent years because his tunes aren't as distractingly gripping.

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Saturday, 7 May 2005 01:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Are Starbucks eating into Walmart territory as regards cd sales then?

― Rich Handel, Saturday, 7 May 2005 02:47 (twenty-one years ago)

I can't wait for Borders to stop selling a certain brand of coffee because there's a naked woman on the package or something.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Saturday, 7 May 2005 03:19 (twenty-one years ago)

Did anyone see that "VH1 Storytellers"? Der Bruce goes into great detail on several songs - like "The Rising" - that I never thought deserved line by line close readings. He even did it on the la-la chorus. I'm a fan, but it made me respect the amount of work the guy puts into his songs, even if it doesn't always show.

― Josh in Chicago (Josh in Chicago), Saturday, 7 May 2005 03:43 (twenty-one years ago)

Are Starbucks eating into Walmart territory as regards cd sales then?

as per # of CDs banned?

― Ian Christe (Ian Christe), Saturday, 7 May 2005 17:25 (twenty-one years ago)

haha donut

Rich Handel: I wouldn't be too surprised, actually. maybe not substantially, and definitely to more of a niche audience, but Bucks are doing very good business on CDs right now and they're only gearing up to do better.

― Matos-Webster Dictionary (M Matos), Saturday, 7 May 2005 20:58 (twenty-one years ago)

thank ankles line is so absurd

― miccio (miccio), Saturday, 7 May 2005 21:18 (twenty-one years ago)

THAT ankles line

― miccio (miccio), Saturday, 7 May 2005 21:20 (twenty-one years ago)

$10 if you can explain what "filled with grace" means!

― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Saturday, 7 May 2005 21:26 (twenty-one years ago)

google "creampie" amateurist

― j blount (papa la bas), Saturday, 7 May 2005 21:43 (twenty-one years ago)

"Two hundred dollars straight in,
Two-fifty if you can explain the ankles line," she smiled and said.

― Al (sitcom), Saturday, 7 May 2005 21:51 (twenty-one years ago)

That warning isn't on the Canadian version. And its not a dual disc either. It's just a CD/DVD combo package.

― Aaron St. John (StJohn), Saturday, 7 May 2005 23:56 (twenty-one years ago)

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