Bruce Springsteen

Ok, so really he's rock 'n roll, but we don't have one of those ;).
He's HUGE in my house, my mum loves him. He's had such a long career now, his 'Essential' album has three discs, that's how many great songs he has. Ok he's written some of the more famous rock songs like 'Born to Run' and 'Born in the U.S.A', but he has some quality work like 'Im on fire', and 'Hungry Heart.'
Anyone else like The Boss?
 
Radio Nowhere is blowing my mind right now. It doesn't even sound like Bruce, but his music has just as much emotion as his lyrics sometimes and when they come together like this I just can't take it.
 
This is one artist that I have been forever meaning to plunder the back catalogue of. His most famous stuff over here was his massive Born In The USA album, which is not really indicative of what he is about. I think i may have to delve deeper in the new year to see whether I can dig his stuff.
 
If somebody asked to name them just one album that they absolutely must listen to with the only rule being that I couldnt name a Cat Power album I could name Nebraska straightup without feeling a hint of erabarrassment.

It is an absolute must listen.
 
Bruce is a great example of how singer/songwriters get the shaft. He's a contender for best artist/band of both the 70's and 80's and no one even thinks of that when we talk about what decade wins over others.

Neil Youngs "After the goldrush" might bring him up to rank on just that song alone. Urban once suggested a S/S forum and we chose to use folk as that function but sometimes you can see a real need.
 
Yea. I'm not saying that they're poorly written songs. I just don't like how they're presented. You could say it has more to do with production than anything. It kind of sounRAB like that pre-recorded stuff on a keyboard. I can't think of anything too much more wonderful than a man and his guitar.
 
Born in the USA about a million times(one of the most slow, irritating, experiences imaginable). Dancing in the Dark about a million times. Born to Run a few times. No interest to get beyond his hits. I've probably passively heard more in my lifetime without thinking of it, as well.

As for being mellow, he's mellow by my standarRAB. Then again, I'm typically conditioned to ultra-frantic music as a personal taste.

As for him being 24, I wasn't saying I didn't like him because I thought he was middle aged. I don't have anything to base hatred of the man on. I just associate his music, possibly unfairly, with the demographic. Maybe it's a tad immature, or close minded, to label his music as "slow and white" but that's usually how it sounRAB to my ear.
 
It's too bad that you haven't heard anything from what is easily his best album, Nebraska. Tons of great songs on that album, including "State Trooper" which sounRAB like early Suicide played on an acoustic guitar.


That's because of who listens to him now. I doubt he had a big middle aged demographic back in the 70s.

And I have to say I'm unclear on why "slow and white" is somehow bad. Sunn0))) are slow and white. Bohren & der Club of Gore are slow and white. That doesn't prevent them from being good.
 
Nebraska is strongest overall album, I think, Born To Run is his best song.
I thought Radio Nowhere was the lone bright spot on Magic. Overall it was very weak IMO.
To 5 listens:
Born To Run
Atlantic City
Night
Born In The USA
State Trooper
 
Bought "Working On a Dream" a few weeks ago, very disappointed with it. His voice is starting to falter and the majority of the songs are uninspired compared to his earlier stuff.
 
I remeraber watching a music doc on TV and there was a substansial amount of Springsteen which piqued my interest. He is (rightly) proud of his blue collar roots (equivalent to our working class-which I am!), which made me want to hear more.
 
I like The Boss, where has he been lately, the last tune I've heard him come out w/ is that Philadelphia song, great tune, Hungry Heart's great too
 
I like him some, right now I am really into just the song "Atlantic City" and that came to be because I have two really good covers of that song, and I wanted the original. I like his stripped stuff, kind of like Devils and Dust.

Also Paul Baribeau and Ginger Alford have a good Bruce Springsteen covers album, called Darkness On The Edge of Town, which is worth checking out.
 
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