They had some great musicians but their music basically underwhelmed. Rolling Stones 100 times better on their off days.
They had some great musicians but their music basically underwhelmed. Rolling Stones 100 times better on their off days.
that's not what they're called
They're overrated, but some people actually liked Oasis, so Bruce can't be the most overrated.
T Rexxxing 2 wrote:
They had some great musicians but their music basically underwhelmed.
Correct. McDonald's satisfies and sustains many Americans also.
They're better than Journey and Styx.
I grew up in the 70's and my friends and I couldn't figure out why so many people liked them.
T Rexxxing 2 wrote:
They had some great musicians but their music basically underwhelmed. Rolling Stones 100 times better on their off days.
I have a friend that lives in the Bruce sub-culture. It's insane how many people are willing to travel all over the world, spending thousands of dollars, just to see the same dang Bruce show over and over. I really don't get it. Whenever I try to listen, so much of the music sounds dated. They're a good band, don't get me wrong, but not even close to one I'd base my life on.
E Street Band. Not East St.
The problem with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band is that they did not age well with the tidal wave of popularity that came with their success. The later stages of Bruce Springsteen were pretty unbearable. Kind of like watching your parents trying to rock out to their favorite hits from their youth. Born in the USA was almost too successful and mainstream, leaving behind the edge that made Born to Run something special.
But, even the most cynical music critic would have to admit that Born to Run was a great anthem for disaffected youth growing up in the run down and depressed rustbelt from NJ through the Ohio Valley. Also, put the music into context when judging Bruce Springsteen. His biggest hits came out when the top 40 was populated with bands like Air Supply and REO Speedwagon. But, like Billy Joel, whose sound was similarly refreshing in the 70s wasteland of pop music, Bruce Springsteen's "second act" after Born in the USA was so awful that it is understandable that people would look back and see him as the Jimmy Buffet of rock n roll.
Nirvana...
Precious Roy wrote:
the Jimmy Buffet of rock n roll.
Perfectly succinct, bro.
Springsteen is fantastic. Greetings from Asbury Park ... the born to run ... darkness on the edge of town ... ghost of tom joad ... all fantastic albums. even some of his recent stuff is pretty good. also puts on a great, fun show.
Precious Roy wrote:
Bruce Springsteen's "second act" after Born in the USA was so awful that it is understandable that people would look back and see him as the Jimmy Buffet of rock n roll.
Try listening to "The Rising" album.
Football is football wrote:
They're better than Journey and Styx.
GO SCREW YOURLSELF JZZERK!
STYX, JOURNEY, RUSH, FOREIGNER, REO SPEEDWAGON>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>BRUCE
This thread has been reported for deletion, as there is no such act as "Bruce Springsteen and the East St. Band."
I'm a big longtime Springsteen fan.
But many people still don't understand where Springsteen was coming from. Even his fans.
He was originally signed by Columbia as a folk singer and nothing more. Even after Springsteen's first album the E Street band didn't really exist. They were considered just session musician whom Springsteen recruited from guys who he had played with before. The band was just an extension of Springsteen's vision as a singer/songwriter. Later I recall that he said the E Street was deliberately meant to be a "glorified bar band".
The upshot is that people should take the E Street band for what they are. It was an entirely different kind of thing than a band like the Rolling Stones or U2. Those were real R&R bands. The E street band was great but ultimately it served to fit a preconceived vision Springsteen had. They were good at that. But I agree that as a pure R&R band the Rolling Stones were way better.
Probably made it through Mafia ties like Sinatra.
Italian + New Jersey = Mafia
Precious Roy wrote:
E Street Band. Not East St.
The problem with Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band is that they did not age well with the tidal wave of popularity that came with their success. The later stages of Bruce Springsteen were pretty unbearable. Kind of like watching your parents trying to rock out to their favorite hits from their youth. Born in the USA was almost too successful and mainstream, leaving behind the edge that made Born to Run something special.
But, even the most cynical music critic would have to admit that Born to Run was a great anthem for disaffected youth growing up in the run down and depressed rustbelt from NJ through the Ohio Valley. Also, put the music into context when judging Bruce Springsteen. His biggest hits came out when the top 40 was populated with bands like Air Supply and REO Speedwagon. But, like Billy Joel, whose sound was similarly refreshing in the 70s wasteland of pop music, Bruce Springsteen's "second act" after Born in the USA was so awful that it is understandable that people would look back and see him as the Jimmy Buffet of rock n roll.
his second act was so awful that people would look back and see him as the JB of rock and roll?
Has NOLA heat gone to your head? Did you have one too many pork whatevers?
Springsteen has had by far, uncontested, the longest run of songwriting brilliance ever, in rock and roll. He has been writing A level songs for 40 years - think about that in context of a 7 year Beatles run and really a 7 year run of Rolling Stones A level songwriting.
I'm tough to please musically and came of age well after Born to Run. I think much of his later work is outstanding and would have made him a star even had he never written born to run or born in the USA.
(but I'll agree that his backing band, called the E Street Band, is not all that great. Servicable - never really awesome. I'm defending Bruce's songwriting here)
They are utter crap
Bad Co. is the most overrated.
I never understood his popularity.