{"id":7886,"date":"2019-03-23T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=7886"},"modified":"2019-04-15T04:56:58","modified_gmt":"2019-04-15T11:56:58","slug":"roll-of-the-dice-the-war-is-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/2019\/03\/23\/roll-of-the-dice-the-war-is-over\/","title":{"rendered":"Roll of the Dice: The War is Over"},"content":{"rendered":"

The dice are mean today.<\/p>\n

Just a few days after assigning me “Souls of the Departed<\/a>,” they turn up the similarly themed Steel Mill number, “The War Is Over,” and the comparison is almost cruel.<\/p>\n

To be fair, though, Bruce wrote “The War Is Over” when he was still a teen, so we can forgive the stridency of the lyrics and the stretched-to-its-breaking-point metaphor; instead we can admire the songwriter’s earnestness and the arranger’s creativity.<\/p>\n

In the astonishingly pure recording below from the band’s January 1970 performance at The Matrix in San Francisco, we’re treated to a lovely extended guitar introduction. Even then, Bruce had a flair for the dramatic–the moment when the band enters is undeniably powerful. Take a listen:<\/p>\n