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
Wow, these music threads are just the best. I think we can all agree that everyone has their own tastes, and that's that. But to say Springsteen only had 2 or 3 good songs is crazy. Now I love Cash also, but people on FR hate Springsteen because he's a Liberal. I for one don't really care about a singer's politics. Does the music sound good? That's it for me.
As far as Bruce goes, his old stuff is the best, and there was plenty of it:
The River, Nebraska, Born to Run, The Wild The Innocent and the E Street Shuffle....All great albums, Jungleland, Incident on 57th Street, Backstreets, New York City Serenade, Independence Day, Rosalita, Wild Bill's Circus Story...the list is almost endless. But we can agree to disagree.
I have perhaps the most eclectic music taste of anyone I know. One thing that doesn't enter in to my choices is politics.
Currently on my Ipod: U2, Tupac, Springsteen, Neil Diamond, Cash, John Denver, Andrea Boccelli, 10,000 Maniacs, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, NWA, Annie Lennox, JayZ, Pearl Jam, Bill Withers, Elton John, Dwight Yokam, Elvis, BB King, Al Green, Bob Marley, Pink Floyd, Bach, Brahms, Chopin (every other composer of note), ACDC, Cake, The Who, The Killers, The Clash...That's just a tiny portion
My external hard drive currently holds 70,000 songs.
I bet most of the above artist are flamin' Liberals. Who cares. The music is great.
Just my $.02