The Boss is the Bo$$

tablejockey, that Springsteen record is my favorite of all of his recordings, not that it matters to anyone but me.  But still.  I find it a magnificent achievement.

I was not a Bruce Springsteen fan, until 2014! My neighbor invited me to go see Springsteen on the "High Hopes" tour. The album, and live show, featured Tom Morello.

Seeing that Springsteen show completely changed my opinion of "The Boss". Springsteen's walk-off closer of the cover of "Dream Baby Dream" was one of the top highlights of my live music history.

Saw him twice on the 'Born To Run' tour and once on the 'Darkness' tour, and that was it - awesome, 4-hour performances, but I got what I needed. I don't think I've ever owned any of his albums, though. Got a lot of respect for him, just not my style that much. Good for him for selling his catalogue like that. David Bowie did that many years ago, too... I've got no problem with artists earning as much as they want. 

@artemus_5 - whenever I hear somebody described as having 'saved rock and roll' or some such nonsense, I just laugh. Rock and roll was not waiting around for Broooooce or anybody else to save it. Didn't need saving....

500 million is a lot of money. I'd selling everything I own for 500 million and would not look back. If he sold for 1 million, he'd be a fool but at 500 million I can't see a down side.