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Just realized - I don't like the E Street Band either
Posted on 12/23/15 at 12:17 pm
Posted on 12/23/15 at 12:17 pm
I'll be ready to duck, but let's get the obvious out of the way first: Bruce Springsteen sort of sucks. Sure, I like 4 or 5 tunes OK (Glory Days, Hungry Heart). But his singing style is shitty and his melodies are almost non-existent.
But I think I just realized recently that the ESB is annoying as hell too. I saw them on SNL this past weekend and it was nothing but masturbation. For some incredibly boring song they played, they literally had 5 guitars. Preposterous.
Now, individually, they are keenly talented - I love Weinberg and Lofgren. I'm not big on horns, but both Clemonses are just fine. But when you put them together, it turns into a big smarmy pile of nothingness.
But I think I just realized recently that the ESB is annoying as hell too. I saw them on SNL this past weekend and it was nothing but masturbation. For some incredibly boring song they played, they literally had 5 guitars. Preposterous.
Now, individually, they are keenly talented - I love Weinberg and Lofgren. I'm not big on horns, but both Clemonses are just fine. But when you put them together, it turns into a big smarmy pile of nothingness.
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Posted on 12/23/15 at 12:20 pm to Big Scrub TX
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Bruce Springsteen sort of sucks.
You only say this because you hate America...
Actually, there is a lot of Springsteen stuff that I don't care for...but Nebraska is still one of my favorite albums, ever. As for the E Street band...personally, Clarence Clemons was the only one I really liked. Since he died, I could take them or leave them.
Posted on 12/23/15 at 12:47 pm to Big Scrub TX
you might piss off some old people
Not sure who else
Not sure who else
Posted on 12/23/15 at 12:49 pm to JohnZeroQ
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you might piss off some old people
Not sure who else
Well, I'm pretty old and I have never liked him. It's always amazed me how much of a cult has built up around the guy. At some point, it just became a self-perpetuating "thing". Because the songs are not good.
Posted on 12/23/15 at 1:05 pm to Big Scrub TX
I have always been kind of "eh" towards BS&tESB, but I recently got a couple of their bootlegs from the '70s on vinyl, as well as Born to Run remastered at half speed on vinyl, and I have been spinning those a lot. I dig it more now. 10th Ave Freeze Out is a great song, and it sounds amazing on wax.
Posted on 12/23/15 at 1:06 pm to Big Scrub TX
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Sure, I like 4 or 5 tunes OK (Glory Days, Hungry Heart).
way to name two of his worst songs
Posted on 12/23/15 at 1:09 pm to Big Scrub TX
Agreed 100%. Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band are one of the most overrated bands of all time. I just don't get the love for any it. Critics & their fans just fawn over them. I will never understand it.
Posted on 12/23/15 at 1:16 pm to Big Scrub TX
He is almost like a prepackage act made for mass production and Super Bowl concert type shows
IE Disney's best friend
IE Disney's best friend
Posted on 12/23/15 at 1:31 pm to REG861
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way to name two of his worst songs
You mean ones that actually have a melody? And Hungry Heart is good mostly because the singing doesn't even sound like Springsteen at all.
Posted on 12/23/15 at 1:33 pm to Big Scrub TX
Have you listened to the album Born to Run? Or Darkness on the Edge of Town? Nebraska?
Posted on 12/23/15 at 1:36 pm to REG861
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Have you listened to the album Born to Run?
Yes, I don't like it. The title track and Thunder Road are bad. 10th Avenue Freezeout is an abortion.
I have listened to them all.
It would be one thing if the songs were good but the singing just sucked. But instead, the songs are blah-to-mediocre and the singing is terrible.
Posted on 12/23/15 at 2:06 pm to Big Scrub TX
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10th Avenue Freezeout is an abortion.
this a straight up asinine statement. What makes it an abortion?Posted on 12/23/15 at 2:24 pm to Funky Tide 8
OK, I just went and listened to it intently:
--don't like the horns
--singing - terrible as always
--melody - barely any
--chorus - just terrible
--bridge - really, really bad
--fade out - ugh
I guess the piano is OK.
--don't like the horns
--singing - terrible as always
--melody - barely any
--chorus - just terrible
--bridge - really, really bad
--fade out - ugh
I guess the piano is OK.
Posted on 12/23/15 at 2:31 pm to Big Scrub TX
Springsteen is very over rated. Dont get the love for him.
Posted on 12/23/15 at 2:40 pm to monz29
I really don't understand the love for him honestly. It's an anomaly
That said, Atlantic City is a top 10 song for me (mainly bc of The Band's version though)
That said, Atlantic City is a top 10 song for me (mainly bc of The Band's version though)
Posted on 12/23/15 at 2:45 pm to monz29
Got my tix to his show at the United Center on 1/19 for his River (again) Tour 
This post was edited on 12/23/15 at 2:49 pm
Posted on 12/23/15 at 2:48 pm to Big Scrub TX
Know how I know you've never seen one of his live shows?
Bruce was authentic, in an era of processed, formulaic pop music (sound familiar?) But everything runs its course. You can only play Born To Run so many times until you start mailing it in, especially if you and your buds are all sixtysomething. At this stage, people go see him for the experience more than the music, and that's okay. The Dead weren't that great in their latter years, either, but people still love them.
It is pretty amusing that Bruce still plays working class hero while his daughter hangs out with polo players.
Bruce was authentic, in an era of processed, formulaic pop music (sound familiar?) But everything runs its course. You can only play Born To Run so many times until you start mailing it in, especially if you and your buds are all sixtysomething. At this stage, people go see him for the experience more than the music, and that's okay. The Dead weren't that great in their latter years, either, but people still love them.
It is pretty amusing that Bruce still plays working class hero while his daughter hangs out with polo players.
This post was edited on 12/23/15 at 2:54 pm
Posted on 12/23/15 at 2:56 pm to Jim Rockford
I disagree on him mailing it in now... that said, I didn't get to see him in the 70s... but I agree that I think the shows of 20 somethings would be better than 60 somethings..
I will admit that the last record he made that was of any note to me, was The Rising (2002)
I will admit that the last record he made that was of any note to me, was The Rising (2002)
Posted on 12/23/15 at 2:57 pm to Big Scrub TX
I wouldn't say Bruce Springsteen sucks but he is definitely he most overrated artist I have ever heard.
Edit: I love Nebraska tho
Edit: I love Nebraska tho
This post was edited on 12/23/15 at 3:00 pm
Posted on 12/23/15 at 3:05 pm to JumpingTheShark
I think he's underrated... I guess its all relative..
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