Springsteen was yelling. Yawn. They say he was great live. But I knew like I knew I had no interest in the Beatles ( George Harrison’s ‘while my guitar gently weeps’ excepted - see Prince’s version) no.
Sinatra, who’s been taking hits here, said Springsteen was a good (great?) poet
Sinatra knew. Words were as important as melody. Theme and message.
He must have seen something
Springsteen had some good songs you have to look for.
He could have gone the humble way and been highly regarded here.
Look at the artists who are given quiet one post kudos on this thread. They’re the good ones
As aggravating Springsteen is the Beatles were sometimes downright disturbing. Another good band that was aggravating/disturbing was Led Zep. Now they play good songs but once the singing begins it sets me on edge. Just me? Not relaxing.
I guess I liked and like as my granny used to say,"The good old dittys that make you want to cut the rug." I enjoy good ballads, rhapsodies, blues so much but there has to be a catchy beat and words that make sense with a good singer.
Nowadays I listen to very little, Old country, folk, classical and church worship. Mostly old hymns but some new) so in a large sense i could dump most the old music and be perfectly happy never hearing most the 60's-80's music.