Hungry Heart. Was this record sped up drastically?

[ElectroVibe]

I didn't notice back when it first came out, but after Bruce got popular I noticed how strange his voice sounded on this record.

I think the reason no one said anything back in the day is because it was his first big hit, and so they didn't really know what to expect.

Any more thoughts?

 

[bholder]

Hungry Heart his first big hit? Huh? Not in my book...

 

[ElectroVibe]

Hungry Heart his first big hit? Huh? Not in my book...

What's the name of your home planet? Jungleland, New Jersey?

 

[bholder]

Mid-Hudson Valley, NY, well within range of his first several albums. Always thought "Born To Run" was way bigger than "Hungry Heart", but maybe the rest of the country didn't know yet.

 

[bholder]

Anyway, I've got no clue if it was sped up. Does he do it in the same key and tempo live?

 

[ElectroVibe]

Mid-Hudson Valley, NY, well within range of his first several albums. Always thought "Born To Run" was way bigger than "Hungry Heart", but maybe the rest of the country didn't know yet.

HH was 1981. I had been listening to top 40 radio since 1976 and had never heard of him. But that was my only source of music when I was a kid.

 

[Zooberwerx]

No, not "Hungry Heart" but I caught your vibe when reviewing "Born in the USA":

 

[JRA]

Was this record sped up drastically?
the tune would have been incredibly slow, originally, to have been sped up to what it is in the recording. i think it's more likely that if you removed almost 50 years of use from his voice you'd get the "youth" you hear. e.g., my mid-20s voice was a lot different than my current 70 y.o. voice. also: the vocal is EQ'd without any 'low end' emphasis.....

i voted "doubt it, but i'm flexible."

 

[buldog5151bass]

He definitely was going for more of a pop sound. But it was the Born in the USA album that really put him on the national stage.

 

[bholder]

HH was 1981. I had been listening to top 40 radio since 1976 and had never heard of him. But that was my only source of music when I was a kid.

Yeah, I knew he started local, then regional, then the big time, but didn't realize my childhood home was close enough to the epicenter to catch the whole thing.

It's hard for me to imagine "Born To Run" and "Jungleland", even "Rosalita", not being big nationwide hits, given how much I heard them in my high school years. "The poets down here don't write nothin' at all, they just sit back and let it all be." hehe

 

[bholder]

Yeah, I knew he started local, then regional, then the big time, but didn't realize my childhood home was close enough to the epicenter to catch the whole thing.

It's hard for me to imagine "Born To Run" and "Jungleland", even "Rosalita", not being big nationwide hits, given how much I heard them in my high school years. "The poets down here don't write nothin' at all, they just sit back and let it all be." hehe

Also, he definitely hit the "Album Oriented Rock" stations long before the Top 40 Pop stations, that's true too.

 

[Gustopher]

He wrote it for the Ramones and they all decided it was a way better song for Bruce to do himself.

 

[ElectroVibe]

This has been discussed before. The first page here is interesting...
https://forums.stevehoffman.tv/threads/springsteen-hungry-heart-question.232977/

 

[MIMike]

Yes, Born To Run, 1975, huge album and several radio played songs (for over 45 years now).
Regarding speeding it up for hungry heart, I don’t know. Bruce was a real story teller early on, one could argue he continued to be throughout his career, but he did start writing more pop oriented songs around 1980 and beyond.

 

[bholder]

Yes, Born To Run, 1975, huge album and several radio played songs (for over 45 years now).
Regarding speeding it up for hungry heart, I don’t know. Bruce was a real story teller early on, one could argue he continued to be throughout his career, but he did start writing more pop oriented songs around 1980 and beyond.

I remember when he hit the cover of Time magazine, reading the article, and thinking "yeah, right". Their predictions took a few years to start coming true, before he really exploded onto the national scene. That was 1975, just before "Born To Run" hit the shelves.

 

[themickster]

It doesn't have the sound of one sped up by much, if at all

 

[JRA]

It doesn't have the sound of one sped up by much, if at all

you're right, it doesn't. but @ElectroVibe might still be onto something. you can raise the pitch a semitone with a ~6% increase in speed....

i've never heard another, slower version. who knows?

 

[themickster]

you're right, it doesn't. but @ElectroVibe might still be onto something. you can raise the pitch a semitone with a ~6% increase in speed....

i've never heard another, slower version. who knows?

Yes, you can raise the pitch a little by speeding up a little, but OP did say 'drastically'.

 

[Vinny Vincenzo]

I remember when he hit the cover of Time magazine, reading the article, and thinking "yeah, right". Their predictions took a few years to start coming true, before he really exploded onto the national scene. That was 1975, just before "Born To Run" hit the shelves.

Time and Newsweek at the same time!

 

[buldog5151bass]

Born to Run - regional God, national curiosity
The River - national interest
Born in the USA - national phenomenon, regional sellout