Bruce Springsteen - One of the Greatest or Underated Musicians of All Time???
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Bricksnbeatles
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Don’t like his music, but he seems like a cool guy.
Pauleo1214
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He kinda does have that "I'm on the toilet!" voice.
owlexifry
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not enough dietary fibre
Oh, edit the title and now I look dumb...
Wait, nevermind, superceded.
Anyway.
Nebraska, IIRC, was him with a 4 track in a basement. I honestly don't give crap for most of his other stuff. His best song was a Tom Waits song. But Nebraska has a certain time -and-place rawness/realness to it that I very much appreciate.
hamerfan
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I went with friends to a concert on the River Tour. I was impressed, but everyone can sound good with such a band in the back. 2 years later another friend brought the new Nebraska album to a party. Not really party music, so we laid it aside. When the party was over at 4 a.m. we put it out and listen. Over and over again. Intense, reduced to voice/guitar/ harmonica, a masterpiece.
MichaelW
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I like some of his music, but I think he's a douche.....
BuddytheReow
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He's polarizing just like Billy Joel. You've either seen him in concert 651654621 times or don't really care. I've never met someone who was in between. I personally don't really care. Not my style of music, but you hear it plenty out in public and the radio.
Edit: I'm also from Jersey.
Edit: I'm also from Jersey.
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almondcity
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I really love Nebraska. I like some of his other earlier work through Born in the USA. I respect that he seems to put his all in his live shows but otherwise his music is just OK to me
Bricksnbeatles
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I’m pretty middle of the road on Billy. I’m from Long Island, where there’s an absurd local obsession with him being a hometown hero even though there are tons of other LI celebs that nobody seems to care about,
I like his music, but don’t think he’s amazing enough for 90% of the Long Island population to treat him like the local messiah. I’ve never seen him since tix are hard to get and expensive, but I’d jump at the opportunity if I had it. I just don’t get the whole thing with Billy Joel impersonators and Billy Joel tribute bands— as long islanders we get way too much exposure to Billy Joel music as it is, I don’t get how so many other locals are obsessed with seeing the cover bands on a regular basis; they sell out faster than the actual big name musicians playing the same venues, even though they’re there a few times a month. I’d get it if it was tourists, but it’s the locals who are selling them out and obsessing— it’s like living in Asbury Park, NJ and being obsessed with seeing every single Southside Johnny cover band every time they play.
dan.schumaker
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I'm in the one of the greatest camps... but YMMV....
cdwillis
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I like all the Springsteen songs I heard on the radio as a kid. It wasn't until I was an adult that I went and listened to some of the entire albums. I'm talking about Born in the USA, Nebraska, The River, maybe another one. I really don't get what the hype is. It's not like it's bad, but the hype around this guy is unfuckinreal lol. A few weeks ago I bought his autobiography on Audible. I need to start it because I'm sure his story is pretty interesting.
The Darkness of the Edge of Town tour was incredible, as are the live recordings of shows from that tour. Not long after that Springsteen made a deliberate decision to grow his audience and it molded his music into the Born in the USA/Dancing in the Dark years. I think 9./11 was sort of a wake-up call from his Muse and channeled his writing again into what he wants to be a lasting framework. I can respect all of that, but still like the stuff from the earlier years as well as respecting his appreciation of American roots music.
