[quote]I think of Seger as a Springsteen imitator in the manner of John Cougar, which is of course ironic since Seger was around for years before Springsteen[/quote

This is exactly correct. Many on here seemed to form their opinion of Bruce based solely on overplaying of Born in the USA and more recent political outspokenness. But nothing Seger has ever done compares to Bruce’s stretch from the Wild Innocent and E Street Shuffle through Born in USA. Kafka is correct that early Seger was very different (and better) than his later, more popular work. Seger’s later work changed and directly mimicked Springsteen. Of course you could argue that Springsteen mimicked Dylan which is probably true lyrically but musically there was a big difference especially with Clarence’s sax

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Posted by Allthatfades

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Posted on 5/15/24 at 5:55 am to BabysArmHoldingApple

I think Springsteen gets a little too much hate. He’s not the greatest thing ever but he has put out some amazing music. Nebraska is an outstanding album as is Darkness of on the Edge Town. Also a great live performer. Go watch or listen to one of his live shows from the 78 or 80-81 tour.

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Posted by TFTC

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Posted on 5/15/24 at 7:08 am to BabysArmHoldingApple

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Of course you could argue that Springsteen mimicked Dylan

I think you can see some of that in his very early work, when he left behind the heavy blues rock of Steel Mill (who needed more of that?) and struck out solo.. He was still trying to find his own niche and I'm sure the John Hammond/Columbia connection helped to fuel that... But when he finally hit his stride with the E Street Band in the mid-70s, any similarities were gone..

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