Bruce Springsteen
 

Ok, so really he's rock 'n roll, but we don't have one of those ;).
He's HUGE in my house, my mum loves him. He's had such a long career now, his 'Essential' album has three discs, that's how many great songs he has. Ok he's written some of the more famous rock songs like 'Born to Run' and 'Born in the U.S.A', but he has some quality work like 'Im on fire', and 'Hungry Heart.'
Anyone else like The Boss?

If somebody asked to name them just one album that they absolutely must listen to with the only rule being that I couldnt name a Cat Power album I could name Nebraska straightup without feeling a hint of embarrassment.

It is an absolute must listen.

I like The Boss, where has he been lately, the last tune I've heard him come out w/ is that Philadelphia song, great tune, Hungry Heart's great too

He's got a great live dvd, I think its just 'Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band: Live in New York', buy it, no dissapointment!!

I love Bruce. When it comes to chronicling modern American culture there's nobody better. There's so much to say about him and yet, I don't have time to say it all now. I may be revisiting this thread in the future to try and do him some real justice.

Oddly enough, the only Springsteen I could stomach was Tunnel of Love. Maybe because he dumped the E Street Band, specifically Clarences Clemens, and fortunately lacked his overbearing sax breaks.

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Wasn't that in 1995?

That song came out in 1994. He's done quite a few albums since then:
The Rising (get it, fantastic)
Tracks
We Shall Overcome (the Seeger Sessions)
Before the Fame
Devils and Dust

I believe Philadelphia actually came out in 1993, so where has he been?

I just wrote all the albums his done since then, if you read it.

Radio Nowhere is blowing my mind right now. It doesn't even sound like Bruce, but his music has just as much emotion as his lyrics sometimes and when they come together like this I just can't take it.

I don't really like anything Springsteen has done other than Born to Run. But boy is it a great album.

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I like him...

Nebraska is strongest overall album, I think, Born To Run is his best song.
I thought Radio Nowhere was the lone bright spot on Magic. Overall it was very weak IMO.
To 5 listens:
Born To Run
Atlantic City
Night
Born In The USA
State Trooper

Which Atlantic City? The version on "Live in Dublin" is one of the best tracks i've ever heard.

Haven't heard that one. Of course you can't up it for me, hem hem. Can wait to check the mail. Yah I meant the one on Nebraska. The annoying echoes get to me, but it's still an amazing song.

well the Dublin version is a bluegrass jugstomp that is certainlyworth checking out.

Springsteen is one artist I really want to run the whole gamut with. The perception of the album BORN IN THE USA is not the image he wanted to portray to the populace. Where the hell do i start though?

Paul Baribeau And Ginger Alford covers is where it's at.

No way did Paul Baribeau cover Bruce Springsteen!

This is one artist that I have been forever meaning to plunder the back catalogue of. His most famous stuff over here was his massive Born In The USA album, which is not really indicative of what he is about. I think i may have to delve deeper in the new year to see whether I can dig his stuff.

Bruce is a great example of how singer/songwriters get the shaft. He's a contender for best artist/band of both the 70's and 80's and no one even thinks of that when we talk about what decade wins over others.

Neil Youngs "After the goldrush" might bring him up to rank on just that song alone. Urban once suggested a S/S forum and we chose to use folk as that function but sometimes you can see a real need.

I remember watching a music doc on TV and there was a substansial amount of Springsteen which piqued my interest. He is (rightly) proud of his blue collar roots (equivalent to our working class-which I am!), which made me want to hear more.

Born In The USA is the most misunderstood album ever...The song is a scathing protest against the draft. Not a glorification of the American dream or something like that.

I don't think anyone thinks its a pro-american song. And misunderstood album ever?

Reagan praised him as a patriot for it and I think even used it as his campaign song. I wouldn't call it the most misunderstood album ever though.

Yeah, but you're talking about Reagan.

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2. If at that stage wasn't effected by it, he certainly knew what he was doing. He was the great communicator for a reason. I'm sure he said what he said, but I don't trust him to say what he knew. This is the same man who said "facts are silly things."

I wasn't being literal just making a point. @Big3:
Whether or not Reagan was in his right mind, he still disillusioned millions of people to the meaning of the song.

Why hasn't Nebraska been shoved down my throat as a wonderful album all these years?

I highly recommend "The Wild, The Innocent and The E Street Shuffle" awesome album.:cool:

Bought "Working On a Dream" a few weeks ago, very disappointed with it. His voice is starting to falter and the majority of the songs are uninspired compared to his earlier stuff.

"Working On a Dream" has Bruce's worst song ever in "Queen Of The Supermarket".

I was a pretty avid Springsteen naysayer until someone played Nebraska for me. It's the only album of his I'll listen to, really.

Never listened to Born To Run? Glorious record.

Haven't given it a chance yet, but I'll look into it.

Born to Run, Darkness on the Edge of Town; both excellent.

Magic, pretty good for modern Bruce

Live at Hammersmith Odeon London '75, one of the best live albums ever.

Yeah, I'm prone to listening to the Boss now and then myself too. Can't say I'm a fan of all his stuff, but Born To Run, Greetings From Asbury Park and Nebraska are all pretty spectacular albums. Any fans of the latter should definitely get hold of his 2006 effort Devils and Dust too - very similar and also very awesome kind of album that.

Anyway, favourite songs...

This is such disgusting sacrilege.

I can't listen to the full band stuff it's pretty cheesy. I liked the stripped stuff though.