[dennisw]

Like a friend of mine says, Spingsteen belongs in that class of musicians who had one or two good songs 20-30 years ago, and have been milking and stretching it out for all it`s worth ever since. 3 good songs and the rest are fillers.. It`s like blah blah blah...then he plays Born to run, then blah blah blah..then he plays 10th avenue freeze out...then blah blah blah..Thunder road (which I think sucks just as much as a filler song) .All the other songs are fillers for those 2 or 3 good ones, and in his mind that gives him the right and mental superiority above everyone to dictate national politics.

I don't like Brucie. But just by chance I caught a 1975 concert of his on PBS during fundraising week. It was really good and a bit raw and ragged. The band was having great fun

[wireman]

Springsteen's first two albums were great. The trouble is they came out in 1973 and nobody bought them. The music became pretentious after that.

His live shows back then were amazing. Too bad he's become such an ass.

[Lancey Howard]

I saw a Sprinsteen concert in 1974 when he didn't have a whole lot of his own material. He played a lot of oldie covers and the concert was outstanding. I remember it was the first time I ever saw a disco ball.