The Boss is the Bo$$

Sounds like a very good deal for Springsteen.  Artistically, it could be a great move if it spurs him to move on from his old catalog and start creating something new.  Does he really want to sing "Rosalita" or "Born To Run" one more time?  He's only been singing those songs for 45 years.

My problem with Bruce & E Street Band is their sound is just so big and blasting.  It is hard to hear any separate instruments.  Just bombastic.  I can name countless large bands where you can pick out each instrument and follow it over the course of a song.  Not so with Bruce & band.

But, I will say, he is one hell of a performer.  3+ hours of Rock n Roll.  Quite enjoyable.  Only went to one show during the River Tour, but what a show.  By the third song he was being body passed in the audience.  One Hell of A Performer.

With all that, a few of his early things are great.  The Thunder Road with just harmonica & piano from Max's Kansas CIty (I think) is a great Americana song.  I can't deny that.  

@pgaulke60  - Try this one...

He is a very talented artist who both writes and performs his own music.  What do YOU do?

He is clearly not Pavarotti, but is not supposed to be.  It is Rock 'n' Roll, in the tradition of Chuck and Jerry and Roy and Elvis and so forth.

AND, he recorded STAND ON IT, which is one heck of a rock tune!

Cheers, and good for him.  (My daughter went to college with his son, who dropped out to become a firefighter, FYI.)

@pgaulke60 Yeah, it took me a while to get used to Springsteen's all-loud-all-the-time approach, too. Then I succumbed to it.