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I remember back in the '70's when both Time and Newsweek had him on their covers in successive weeks. I hadn't heard of him yet he was apparently the newest greatest thing...then I heard him. Granted Bob Dylan and Tom Waits both became famous as well but I'll take either of them over Springsteen any day.
Always thought he sang like he was trying to pass a bowling ball.
fan of the mighty Led Zeppelin here....the fawning over Bruce Sh*tstain was my initial introduction to the hypocrisy and bias of the press...
while the press was in orgasm over bruce sh*tsteen in the 70’s, Zeppelin walked the earth as the mightiest band in the world yet were constantly trashed by “music critics”....
i had a girlfriend who loved sh*tsteen....she took me to his concert in 1985...after the first three songs I thought “hey- i may be wrong”...but then i realized why i disliked his music soooo much; the fourth song sounded exactly like the fifth song which sounded exactly like the sixth song which sounded exactly like the seventh song, etc, etc, etc...then of course there was the preaching throughout the concert and a pathetic 25 minute version of the Beetles “twist and shout”....
despising this clown for his political beliefs came much later for me, but i always thought he was the most overrated rock and roll “artist” of the past 1000 years...
Glenn Miller does not suck. But Bruce does.
Tom Waits was truly the absolute best songwriter in the 70’s - so many great albums but “Small Change” is his masterpiece. Loved the album cover, too...
Like Dylan, one had to adjust to Waits’ voice although I loved it the first time I heard him. A local college radio station was playing “Step Right Up” - blew me away!
http://www.avclub.com/articles/when-elvira-met-tom-waits-26plus-albums-featuring,45027/