[Pookie]

Originally Posted by the ikara cult

I have to say some of the 80s hits are atrocious. But i saw this Joe Strummer quote "If you dont like Bruce Springsteen you dont like Rock and Roll" which i think is a good sum up.

Springsteen was Strummer's favourite singer, and despite this he went on to make some great music.

Originally Posted by sonicl

Springsteen's been badly misrepresented by his 1980s big hits, but if you dig a little bit deeper there's a brilliant folk artist just under the surface.

Why bother, when there's loads of really good music around?

[Everyneurotic]

i remember i saw some footage of springsteen live in the seventies and dude was jumping and playing all these scrap noise solos and going nuts for the most part, i thought that was cool.

but most of his music is boring and dumb. for the last 15 years he's tried to be dylan, that sucks.

[HaydenAsche]

FUCK Bruce Springsteen.

[demonrail666]

Love his stuff. Albums like The River and Darkness get mucho play on my stereo. Although I can see why people might not like him - the earnestness, etc. He's definitely not gonna suit everyone. That said I do get a little bored when people seem to just hate him for the sake of it. I tend to side with Joe Strummer's line - and I can't STAND Joe Strummer.