inspiration/contest

[dari]

just thought i'd share this with you as you start your day and hope that it inspires you.in fact i hope that it inspires you enough to give me a caption for it so that i can put it on a tee. the person who suggests the best caption for it gets a free tee.

http://albums.photopoint.com/j/View?u=1423977&a=10660278&p=54328774&Sequence=0&res=high


dari

[billy in LI]

Dari;

here are some.

1. Blood Brother
2. We Shall Overcome
3. Scooter & Old Glory
4. God Bless America
5. From This Hard Land, there is NO Surrender!!!!!!!!


Aloha

billy

[NCBruce Fan]

I like, I mean REALLY like Billy's #5!

[billy in LI]

hey........

"Faith dont mean thing unless you put it into action"

[AliDoes]

Love you Dari! Cool picture. There's just too many captions to choose from. Here's a few I like:

"No retreat, Baby, no surrender".
"You can get killed just for living in your American skin".
"I'm caught in a crossfire that I don't understand".
"Faith will be rewarded".
"This is your hometown".
"You'll need a good companion for this part of the ride".
"It takes a leap of faith to get things going".

Kiss Kiss Hug Hug
Ali

[Paulie]

New Guitar: $1000
Leather Vest: $150
Blue Jeans: $75

Freedom: priceless

Paulie

[robinia]

USA.... Still the Land of Hope and Dreams

Great idea dari! I want a shirt regardless of the caption! Thanks for brightening my day.

[Bill,RI]

You need a good companion for this part of the ride...

[Phillyfan1]

Gotta say I like Paulie's "Freedom ,Priceless"

and here are 2 suggestions.

"C'mon rise up ! "

"I believe in the Promised Land"

btw...great picture for a tee !

[cobalt]

I gotta go along with Ali..

"No retreat, baby, NO SURRENDER!"


What a great shot, though...wow!

[JanieGirl]

"Well, if you can make it stay hard, stay hungry, stay
alive ... If you can meet me in a dream of this hard land"

[dhenise]

You got to walk it, talk it, in your heart.

[BruceNut]

I love Paulies for the back of the teeshirt Dari



Mick

[robinia]

Since dari didn't limit our number of suggestions I found another one:

At the end of every hard earned day
You can find some reason to believe.

[BruceNut]

heres a few:

U.S.A.
Tougher Than The Rest



God Bless America



WAR
What is it Good For


Mick

[Ice22]

Great Pic Dari,

I love alot of the suggestions. How about,

"So walk tall or baby don't walk at all"

[Sandy4th]

*People find some reason the believe....

*Searching for a little bit of God's mercy....

*Now we're wondering what they were dying for...

*Nothing is forgiven or forgotten....

Or the chorus from Shut Out The Light that has been running through my mind all week.

[TxFan]

"...when the game is over, I won't walk out the loser"


Maybe, though, the best caption is none at all !!!

-K


[Edited by TxFan on September 20th, 2001 at 12:25 PM]

[brucefanatic]

Three suggestions:

No retreat, no surrender.
We Shall Overcome
Come on rise up, come on rise up.

[Paulie]

"I STILL believe in the Promised Land!"

Paulie

[Zephyrs 23]

"Good will conquer evil, the truth will set you free"

"Let Freedom Ring" (from his preamble to Chimes of Freedom, I'd include the date, but I can't remember exactly where)

"one sunny morning we'll rise, I know,
and I'll meet you further on up the road"



my friend suggested an appropriate caption might be "No feet, a feat for Springsteen"

another friend, not feeling particularly inspirational suggested "Red, White, and Bluejeans" punny.

[Toots]

"At the end of every hard earned day people find some reason to believe"

Toots

Ooops...didn't see Robinia's same idea on the first page..now I have to come up with something original....

"Where there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air, Look for me I'll be there"

"Blood Brothers on a stormy night with a vow to defend,
No Retreat, No Surrender"

[Edited by Toots on September 20th, 2001 at 02:32 PM]

[NCBruce Fan]

ALL of these are great! I'd be proud to wear it with ANY one of these captions.

[Hazeleyes]

America, Land (or Home) of the Free and the Brave

[Edited by Hazeleyes on September 20th, 2001 at 04:43 PM]

[PattiM]

Nobody wins unless everyone wins..

[brucegroupie]

what about, proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free. Of course, it's a line from the Lee Greenwood song.

[MEW]

A wonderful idea Dari. I have to second "No retreat, no surrender" and Paulie's idea for the back. Just sign me up for one!
Mindy

[Boss MD]

Well, I couldn't post from work so here's one from me (kinda dark though, but the one I wanted to post had already been taken)

"I walk with angels that have no place"

[LJK]

Did someone already say Meet me in a land of hope and dreams?

How about:

Dreams will not be thwarted
Faith will be rewarded.

[The Music Traveler]

and your strength is devastating in the face of all these odds

I was not born to live to die

Man the dope's that there's still hope

so walk tall or baby don't walk at all

[Edited by The Music Traveler on September 20th, 2001 at 09:22 PM]

[The Music Traveler]

talk about a dream, try to make it real

I believe in the faith that can save me

'cause in the darkness there'll be hidden worlds that shine

[jungleland933]

none but the brave
no one baby but the brave

chris

[Tooth Fairy]

Great picture! Gotta say I love Paulie's first post. How about..."Keep on rockin in the free world". Thanks Neil :) or "Born to rock in the free world".

[Gizzy]

"If I should fall behind, fight for me."

[patter]

Well - I have two thoughts here - strangely enough, neither are Bruce lyrics.......

The long one (maybe too long for printing?)

"America, America
God shed His grace on thee
And crowned thy good with brotherhood
From sea to shining sea"


The short one:

"FROM EVERY MOUNTAINSIDE
LET FREEDOM RING!!!!!"
(I really like this one)

Of Bruce's lyrics I'm with Toots & Robinia and like the line from Reason To Believe......

Love ya all
Sparkle Ass Patter


[Edited by patter on September 21st, 2001 at 02:04 AM]

[murphy]

love paulies

how about "stars and stripes forever"

[JanieGirl]

How about:

"Good will conquer evil and the truth will set you free"

Trapped

[dari]

HOLY SH*T!

these are all so great. really, i never expected to get so many great ideas. the problem is i have no clue what i like the most but i am already late for work so i think we should have a run off over the weekend. i have been searching for that picture since i got home. (sorry he has no feet, zeph, but we were right under the stage...well maybe not so sorry) i will try to find another for the back so that we can use one on the front and one on the back too. won't be as good as this one though. i love this shot.

dari

[Waiting in Parsippany]

This is the Land of Peace, Love, Justice and No Tolerance for Terrorism!!!

[ForYou]

For what are we without hope in our hearts
(from" Across The Border")

[Wendy]

My vote is for "Rise Up!" or This Land is YOUR Land.

[dudley]

i have to agree
with pattim

"nobody wins
unless everybody wins"

it reminds us
of the unity
that is present
now but has
been sorely
lacking for
a long, long time...

[robinia]

HOLY SH*T yourself dari! I thought this was an incredibly awesome shot. Now to find out that YOU took it (or with the person who did)! Good grief! You truly are the Goddess of all that is Bruce! Thanks for sharing it with us!

[LKnight83]

my two cents worth...

I absoltely love Paulie's for the back.

I also liked GIZZY's "If I should fall behind, fight for me."

[LKnight83]

sorry....

also Dari, do you have more pictures in your album? Is there a link?

[TxFan]

"Come On, Rise Up"

Bruce Springsteen
September 2001

[Hummer]

I was torn between Trapped and Reason to Believe, but...
after watching Bruce tonight, I'll have to vote for

C'mon Rise Up

Maybe with the rest of the lyrics on the back of the shirt?

C'mon let's all rise up...

PEACE

[Hummer]

I was torn between Trapped and Reason to Believe, but...
after watching Bruce tonight, I'll have to vote for

C'mon Rise Up

Maybe with the rest of the lyrics on the back of the shirt?

C'mon let's all rise up...

PEACE

[thejudge]

Mine would not be a Bruce lyric, although after tonite, Come on Rise Up seems so appropriate.

"O'er the land of the free, and the home of the brave"

[double-click]

How about something classic like "Amazing Grace!"

Or maybe simply "Let Freedom Ring!"

So many good ones here already...

[Sherry Darlin]

I have to agree with everyone who wants "come on, rise up".....it's so inspiring and so perfect since he sings it tonight. I think the back should simply say "God Bless America."

Sis, loved the part you wrote about apologizing about cutting off Bruce's feet because you were right under him at the stage. LOL....that's why we all love you so much!!

[dari]

well i tried to narrow this down but it is very hard. some great suggestions but i would defiitely want it to have a bruce connection so i wanted his words to be part of what ever was over/under the picture. also as a design, you don't
want to use too many words as it loses it's meaning on a tee.
i liked paulie's suggestion too but don't want the connection to someone's ad campaign for this.

after last night i definitely want the back to have the words to "my city of ruins" with the words "come on and rise up" in larger font at the bottom. hopefully i can take the picture that sadiiz posted off of the net and use that picture on the back.

please let me know what you think works best with this picture.

1) No retreat, Baby, no surrender

2) USA.... Still the Land of Hope and Dreams

3) U.S.A.
Tougher Than The Rest

4) From This Hard Land, there is NO Surrender

5) So walk tall
or baby don't walk at all

6) Good will conquer evil
the truth will set you free

7) Let Freedom Ring

8) If I should fall behind, fight for me.

what i plan to do with this is make it into a tee and offer it to bruce fans with part of the profit (over and above what it costs me in material and time) to go to maybe the children of the guy jrzgrl posted about...the bruce fan....if we can find them. this is a very busy time for me so the tees couldn't go out until i finish designing my spring line but already tooth fairy and lonestar girl have volunteered to help.

so let me know what you think and which line we should use.


dari

[Gizzy]

"No retreat, baby, no surrender"

Even though I submitted #8,
Ali's is my first pick.
Hands down, the best.
I love it. Just can't top it.
It's short, sweet, straight to the point,
extraordinarily appropriate,
and fits well on a t-shirt.

[billy in LI]

Dari;

I of course choose my selection:

from this hard land, there is NO surrender



.....thought of a new one...is it to late?

"Scooter and the New Big Man bust Bin Laden in half"

well.......dont know if its in good taste, but popped into my head while listening to a boot.

aloha

billy

[Gizzy]

P.S. I think, "No retreat, baby, no surrender," fits the image the best, too.

And what a fantastic idea about where the proceeds should go.
If anyone can reach this lady, we should let her know about the sentiments on this site.
It might be comforting.

And let me know when everyone's humor level returns,
cuz, Billy, I thought of many Bruce-related captions, myself, that I didn't dare post right now.
Glad you opened the door, though.
:-)

[Edited by Gizzy on September 22nd, 2001 at 09:39 AM]

[BruceNut]

Dari:
eventhough my suggestion was #3, I have to vote for #1.
NO RETREAT BABY, NO SURRENDER !
I think it will "fit" squarely on the teeshirt.

I left a msg where Mr Berger worked for Mrs Berger to call me. That was in reference to CD`s. If she does call I will ask her if it`s ok for you to call her and tell her about your beautiful generous idea. This poor womans life must be in complete turmoil presently. I hope she calls.


Mick

[Sherry Darlin]

They're all great, but out of the final choices I have to go with "no retreat baby, no surrender."

Cindy

[Edited by Sherry Darlin on September 22nd, 2001 at 10:21 AM]

[Ice22]

I too am voting for #1 No retreat baby, No surrender. It just seems to fit so perfectly with the picture and the time that we find ourselves in right now. Of course I like #5 too, but my vote is for #1.

[PattiM]

My vote is for #1

[Gizzy]

Hey, dari, maybe we could send a special finished shirt to Mrs. Berger
with the small, handwritten addition of:

"Jim Berger
??-??-19?? - 9-11-2001,"

somewhere under the caption, maybe.
Just a thought.
And I'd be happy to contribute toward the cost of production and postage.
We could wrap the CD in it that Toots suggested sending.

[JerseyWendy]

I vote for number 1 as well and please count me in if you
need any financial help in getting this done.

I think it's a wonderful idea.

Jersey Wendy

[Toots]

My vote is for "No Retreat Baby No Surrender"

Toots

[2catwoman]

I also like the "No retreat, baby, no surrender" line for a caption for the t-shirt. Great picture, Dari!

[LJK]

#1 gets my vote.

[MEW]

Dari, I vote for #1 (second place #2).
I think Gizzy's suggestion is great. I'm sure Mrs. Berger would be touched. I wonder if there is any way to get in touch with Mrs. Berger through the Red Cross?

Mindy

[brucegroupie]

dari,

I vote for #1, no retreat, baby, no surrender.

Also, LMK if I can help out in any way. I'll be glad to help with your production and/or distribution costs, as well as buy some tee's once they're done.

Deena

[Gizzy]

What size T-shirt do you wear, Ali?

[Boss MD]

'Though it as close between No Surrender and Walk Tall...I, uh, uhm, ah, am going with Walk Tall.

Dari, what do you think about some of the board people trying to sell them in their local areas for the children you spoke of? Don't know how it would work, but something to think about. I'm not very good at the logistics of something like that.

[MEW]

Dari,
Is there any way I could get one in time to wear to the Count Basie benefit show?
Mindy

[patter]

Yep - #1 fur sure!!!

Patter

[Zephyrs 23]

I still love my quote from trapped, but I think #1 works quite well. with #6 right behind it.

I also think Under the picture you should definitely put 9-11-01
you know, make sure no one mistakes what the message is.
I also see black with write text...
Just suggestions.

And as for the feet, I don't personally mind, I think it's an AWESOME picture. My friend is just an idiot. Still funny though.

[Edited by Zephyrs 23 on September 23rd, 2001 at 07:04 AM]

[dari]

well great minds must think a like as i have already put this on a shirt for myself and wore it on friday night to meet toothfairy and lonestar girl to watch the telefon. it sayd "no retreat baby, no surrender". i do like zephyrs idea though of it saying 9-11-01 under the picture on the front so it's intent is clear.

brucenut

you're fast! thanks for all of your hard work in contacting the family of jim berger. if they contact you that will be great. if not... i think we might have to give people some time and space if we can. i am not sure any of these people have had time to come to grips with all of this and there have to be those who are stil holding onto hope for their loved ones. i don't want to approach them too soon. don't know how the rest of you feel about that. i imagine it is too hard on one hand but really too easy for us to put ourselves in their place. besides it will give me and everyone who is gonna help with this, time to figure out the best way to go about this. as i mentioned before i need time to design my spring line (half of my yearly income) and ship orders that i need to get out for fall/xmas. i print these up by hand one at a time so it's very time consuming for me and i need the time to do it. i've already asked someone if she could handle the emails names..addresses..orders...etc. it will take a little time to get it going and i want to offer it first to the people on LD then greaseylake and if we can handle it the rest of the bruce community online. if it gets too big i can set up a silk screener to handle it.

maybe we can help a few of the families of bruce fans who died on 9-11. it won't support them forever but it will let them know we care.

hey toots/music traveler....weren't you supposed to slap me the next time i started something like this?


dari

[Toots]

******SMACK*******

How was that Dari?

Love ya,

Toots

[The Music Traveler]

*******double SLAP!********

How 'bout if I come live in your store room and help you get these out? lol

Seriously, if you want me to (for example) sell them on EBAy
or help you get them out to the LD and GL community, I'm all yours. I'll do it 24/7 and I like my UPS guy (heh heh)

I also have JC Vandevander's address and am working on Louis Fersini's (they live in same town as one of my brothers)


I'm at your disposal Dari...
:D

[The Music Traveler]

*******double SLAP!********

How 'bout if I come live in your store room and help you get these out? lol

Seriously, if you want me to (for example) sell them on EBAy
or help you get them out to the LD and GL community, I'm all yours. I'll do it 24/7 and I like my UPS guy (heh heh)

I also have JC Vandevander's address and am working on Louis Fersini's (they live in same town as one of my brothers)


I'm at your disposal Dari...
:D

PS I was hoping this photo was on a white t-shirt.?

[The Music Traveler]

OOPS!
sorry about the double post.

[dari]

mt


that just goes with the double slap.

forgot to mention after all of this that the winner of the free tee is ALIDOES. (one of my favorite all-time wild women).

dari
p.s. DUH... and also forgot that free ones go out to firerich and billy. small compensation for "the price you paid" these past weeks but the very least i can do....

[Edited by dari on September 24th, 2001 at 07:47 AM]