It Was 40 Years Ago Today...

Born To Run, released this day:

August 25, 1975

And the world saw the future of Rock & Roll, and his name was Bruce Springsteen.

courant08-26-2015 5:00am

dayglow Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 1,917 posts 09-06-2015 at 02:47pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The River might be the equal of Born To Run? Point Blank is one of his best!
phasecorrect Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,013 posts 09-09-2015 at 02:43am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Never dug the populist agenda of the Boss. Born to run a was overly dramatic, Born in the USA overproduced. I will concede "Pink Vadillac" which is a great single.
phasecorrect Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,013 posts 09-09-2015 at 02:55am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The only bands that ever truly mattered were Ramones, Saints, Pistols. For a moment, they brought back the simplicity of 50s/6Os style music, albeit in a hi-octane form which was very exciting.
mapman Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 22,308 posts 09-09-2015 at 01:34pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete "And the world saw the future of Rock & Roll, and his name was Bruce Springsteen." Its name turned out to be Nickelback actually. :^(
bdp24 Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 9,821 posts 09-09-2015 at 11:06am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete I like what Cyril Jordan (The Flamin' Groovies) said about the Pistols album: Every song is in the same key---now THAT'S simplicity!