It Was 40 Years Ago Today...

I don't know whether he's the greatest rocker ever, has he had an effect at the macro level (WTF?), is "BTR" a great album or how someone with a net worth in excess of $200 million is a working class icon, but I do know one thing -- they blew up the Chicken Man in Philly last night.

Martykl, our mass society is controlled by economic elites
who may or may not do something phrased in terms of ideology IF it coincides with their interests.
To suggest any "artist" of any kind whatsoever could have any real impact on policy over any length of time is ludicrous .

If you say so

I never know what to say about Springsteen other than I like some of his stuff. Mostly his early stuff like Marty but also doteot and the river to some extent. Born in the USA is ok too. I have his live box set. It's just ok. And this from a Rutgers class of 81 grad. I grew up in pa but observed how bs was/is worshipped in nj. So be it we all have our heroes.

Should we add Homer, da Vinci, Shakespeare, Wagner, Griffiths and N.W.A. to that list of artist who have had no real impact and are of little or no importance? Who remembers the wealthiest family at the time of Homer? The influence of great art survives over millennia. That's probably why they call it great.