Springsteen sells publishing to Sony for $500M
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I was rather surprised.
On the other hand, I met Amanda Bearse (Marcy from Married with Children for you heathens out there) and said I loved that show when I was a kid. Admittedly I was probably too young to really enjoy that show when it came out. She just went "well then you must have had some really awesome parents if you watched it when you were a kid"
Indeed I did Marcy
I think you missed my point. I appreciate songs that are personal or inspired by personal experiences. I don't really appreciate songs that were obviously written with producing a hit single in mind. My point is that when he wrote Glory Days, for example, the writing clearly demonstrated he didn't know the subject in any intimate way. I think some of his music has a depth to it and clearly reflects his experiences or things he knows or feels. That song, and others like it, were clearly him sitting down and trying to put together a song that would sell well. That whole album, in my opinion, was a conscience marketing effort to sell records as opposed to writing based on inspiration and experiences. He doesn't have to be a car mechanic or factory worker to have known people who were and to have been around them enough to relate to how they lived and problems that confronted them. As someone who played a lot of baseball when I was younger, Glory Days was embarrassing to listen to because he clearly is not a baseball fan, never played the game, and can't really relate to the subject matter in a meaningful way. The song was purely created to sell records. I'm not trashing him for that. A lot of artists write songs for the purpose of trying to create a hit record. I just prefer artists whose lyrics and songs are more inspired and relatable to those whose sole reason for writing the song is how marketable it is. Bruce has done some of both.
Forgettable. At the last Tall Stacks we left their show early to get up close for Delbert McClinton.
Deep sigh!!! We all know that Tom Cruise sucks a trillion times more than Springsteen. Change your avatar!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Saw in a while back in Charlotte, show was 3 hours long. He left out many original songs I wanted to hear and sang a bunch of covers like Louie Louie, which was terrible, still can’t get figure out that mess of a set list.
The best Springsteen song ever produced and recorded right here
If you listen carefully... you really can't hear a single note sung by Bruce, and that makes all the difference
If you listen carefully... you really can't hear a single note sung by Bruce, and that makes all the difference
Already confessed to being a Boss fan, that being said, have always hated "Glory Days", way overplayed and not nearly as good as several others on the Born in the USA album, e.g., Downbound Train and I'm on Fire
Loved the song Born in the USA when it first came out, and still think it is one of his best, but like so many other classic rock songs, has been flogged to death on the radio about a billion times that I simply cannot listen to it anymore
Sort of like if I never hear either version of Layla ever again, I will die a happy man
Loved the song Born in the USA when it first came out, and still think it is one of his best, but like so many other classic rock songs, has been flogged to death on the radio about a billion times that I simply cannot listen to it anymore
Sort of like if I never hear either version of Layla ever again, I will die a happy man
I have FORGOTTEN more about music than you have learned/experienced in your entire life. That isn't a brag, that is a guarantee.
To ease his pain after the UNC thrashing, cole spent the rest of his Saturday staring blankly at this…
Did I go to sleep and wake up in 1985 because I am pretty certain he hasn't had a hit since then.
Dad news, brother. If you wake up and hear Springsuck playing, you aren't in 1985 -- you've actually died and gone to hell.
I'm not a huge fan, but there's a boot floating around out there from 1978 IIRC: Live at The Agora (Cleveland).
I heard this on the old King Biscuit Flower Hour on WEBN back in 79 0r 80... I remember being mighty impressed by it.
I heard this on the old King Biscuit Flower Hour on WEBN back in 79 0r 80... I remember being mighty impressed by it.
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His music sucked long before his politics became a big topic.
Liberalism sucks for sure... but crappy music sucks even more
I've gone from Caedmon's Call to WinterJam (not sure of all the artists there) to the Gaither Homecoming Tour to John Mayer to The Black Crowes to ZZ Top to Metallica to Slayer to Cannibal Corpse to Unmerciful, Black Label Society and Obituary in the last month or so.
Seen acts in venues as varied as Cincinnati Christian University's auditorium to Bogart's in Cincy and Buddy Guy's Legends in Chicago to Ruoff Music Center (don't remember it being called that when i was there) in Indy and Riverbend in Cincinnati to the RCA Dome and Thomson-Boling Arena.
And, i will say that there was not one act i would have traded out and replaced with Bruce.
Oh good God, just shoot me now, right between the eyes please. I think it is safe to say we have different tastes in music.
But hey, that is part of what makes the world go round . . .
My man! Love me some Cannibal Corpse. I also love Obituary, Napalm Death, Death. GWAR being my favorite.
We didn’t start the fire and piano man suck ***. There, I said it.
Piano Man is another song that if I never hear again, will die a happy man, plus Only the Good Die Young
Never liked the guy to begin with, even when he was popular, just thought he was a over hyped lounge singer
John Mayer
Didn't say i liked going to see it. Went with my wife and another couple.
Heck of a blues guitarist, but when he plays the stuff that makes my wife like him, i throw up in my mouth.
which is why i rarely comment in music threads unless i like the music being discussed or it's a favorite bands list type deal
Good point...it generally isn't worth it when you have to point out someone's horrible taste