The Boss is the Bo$$

"I guess all of you Springsteen bashers are much better song writers than Bruce."

Tough crowd in here, tglib.

I  could care less about an artists personal beliefs, as it seems to bother some.

Springsteen did a heck of a lot better than ZZ Top with their measly 50 million. 

@tgilb - Are you saying one shouldn't criticize anything that one cannot do better? That otherwise we should not have an opinion on it? 

I wish I could post photos from my computer files; I'd put one up that I took of Bruce and Clarence at a show in 1975 in Oakland... 

I'm not a Bruce-basher, not a big fan either. Born to Run was a great homage to the Phil Spector sound and had some awesome songs, as did 'Darkness', but I didn't follow him after that.

Happy Holidays!! 

@larsman - I was just making a light statement and have no issue with anyone criticizing anything. We all have our own musical tastes and the variety of artists and genres of music is what makes this hobby great. 

I was also a big Springsteen fan in his early days and didn't follow him much after Tunnel Of Love but still admire him for his song writing ability and longevity. The artists that hang around for 50 years must be doing something right. 

Cheers!

Those were the days. 

Merry Christmas!

I grew up in Pennsylvania, lived in Jersey for a bit and graduated from Rutgers in the early 80’s .

Needless to say Bruce Springsteen was worshiped by the kids from Jersey my age at Rutgers which was most. He came from a very blue-collar NJ background with lots of street-smarts and found success the American way, by applying his natural talent in a way that spoke to people. He rose to success beyond any expectation I’m sure he ever had prior.

Having come from a similar background (in PA.),I’ve always appreciated that about him but musically I am only about a 6 on a scale of ten a Springsteen fan.

I know he is politically outspoken on occasion and that ruffles feathers of other’s who are also politically outspoken with different views.

Too bad people are so intolerant of others especially others who grew up in environments totally different from theirs. Successfully or otherwise. It is what it is. Live and learn!

Thanks to this thread, as a reminder, I finally picked up Bruce Springsteen - "High Hopes" on vinyl (I've had it on CD since about 2014.

Great album and I'm glad to have in on vinyl.

You don't personaly have to write songs to realize that Bruce don't 'do it" for ya Good for him that his output is worth something to someone.

Good for Bruce. I don't think I'll buy a car or frozen waffles or anything just because one of (formerly) his songs is on the advertisement.

So with all that moolah now in his back pocket I guess he can now afford to release some albums with excruciatingly bad music and with terrible production quality.

Maybe a duet with Adele.

David Bowie's camp didn't do too bad...