[Mr. Mojo]

Pretty good article - I admit that I was a Springsteen fan back in the 70s but we're all entitled to a mistake or two.

I don't think it was a mistake. Greetings from Asbury Park, Born to Run, and Darkness on the Edge of Town were all tremendous albums. However, his subsequent material has ranged between below average and horrible.

[Egregious Philbin]

I don't think it was a mistake. Greetings from Asbury Park, Born to Run, and Darkness on the Edge of Town were all tremendous albums. However, his subsequent material has ranged between below average and horrible.

I agree. I'd add "The Wild, the Innocent, and the E Street Shuffle," if only for the "title" tune, one of my favorites. The author accurately describes the new Springsteen album as "ham-fisted." It's total crud, and self-righteous crud at that. Yuck. I love old Springsteen records, but I also love Keith Richards, and I think he is right to call much of it "contrived" (Keith's always been an honest man).

The author loses me several times though. If he writes music journalism, he should know that Rolling Stone always gives 4 or 5 stars to the latest albums by aging rock stars (they gave Mick Jagger's absolutely terrible recent solo album 4 stars, I believe; ditto anything by Young or Dylan).

And also his comment that suggests that only jazz and classical are worthy of our praise. And he thinks that the brief swing revival was meaningful!? (He wrote a book on it.)

[dennisw]

Here's Mick Taylor and the Rolling Stones doing "Under My Thumb"   ....... Live >

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