Hello, All
 

Hi! I'm new here, and I noticed this subforum (after posting a bunch of times - observant as always), so I thought I'd introduce myself.

My name's Harry, and I'm a fourteen-year-old from Ann Arbor, Michigan. My favorite musical artists include Bruce Springsteen (I get a weird amount of flack for this one, but Darkness on the Edge of Town is one of my favorite albums), the Smiths, the Who, King Crimson, R.E.M., Talking Heads, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Nick Cave, Manic Street Preachers, Uncle Tupelo, Public Enemy, and the Decemberists. Of course that's not complete at all, but you probably get the general idea.

I'm not sure what else to say here, so I'll just hit "submit". I look forward to participating in the community.

Josef K? OMG?!
Are you a fan of Franz Kafka?
If yes you get a big fat welcome from me..
he's my favorite author

I do like Kafka, although he's not my favorite writer; I thought it would be cool to have a username that's a reference to both books I like and a band I like.

Well I did never read Kafka in english tho :/
I think it's a lot different.
I mean the guy is a genius,
when it comes to the german language..
It's so freaking complex anyways,
and then this guy comes along and just writes sentences
that you have to read 3 times until you understand them, lol :D

Wish you a beautiful time here

Yeah, that's interesting - I'm sometimes a little wary about reading translated things, because I kind of think (or know) that I won't get the full effect of the writing. So I can't appreciate it in the same way you can.

Thanks!

Had the problem with 90% of cartoons, like family guy, simpsons, futurama, bob's burgers, etc. ... first my bavarian brain did understand much too little, but now I almost understand everything. i always want to read or watch stuff in the original language, but i'm a crazy person, so.. don't listen to me and start learning 5 different languages just because of cartoons, books n music :D it's not really worth it, lol

:o wow

Not only is Springsteen your favorite artist, but Darkness is your favorite Springsteen album?? That's a BOLD choice. Don't get that one a lot. My mom won't go NEAR that album, and she's as big a Springsteen lover as I am!

I'm also not a huge fan of Darkness, though Racing in the Street version was pretty good.
I really enjoyed the Promise a lot more because of Racing in the Street the '78 version, Rendezvous, Talk to Me, Ain't Good Enough for You...

Anyway, welcome. Springsteen is not very popular among people on this forum for reasons I don't understand, so don't be surprised if no one finds your music interests respectable.

I do like The Promise as well - it and any of his first six are all-time classics IMO. But I think the only album that could compete with Darkness is Nebraska and maybe Born to Run. I think it (Darkness) takes the best elements of Born to Run while tempering the bombast a little - that said, there's no single song on Darkness as good as "Thunder Road".