run joe, run wrote:The song 'Born To Run' has the best "one two three four!!" in any song I've ever heard (just before the line about the highway being jammed with broken heroes on a last chance power drive).

I managed to miss this the first time around. I heartily agree.

"Born To Run" is in the dictionary next to "Anthem for Dissatisfied Teens."

I can't add anything to the Pros and Cons of The Emp-loy-EE that hasn't already been said here, so I'll just say that I voted Not Crap, and leave it at that.

WF 4, because there really is some horrible cheese sprinkled throughout his career, particularly from the 80's and onward.

NOT CRAP.

I love everything he did from Born To Run through Born In The USA. There are good songs on all the other records as well.

I submit "Candy's Room" as proof that Max Weinberg is a great drummer.

How is Ghost of Tom Joad? Does it have anything to do with Grapes of Wrath?

I like Darkness on the Edge of Town particularly the title track.

I didn't realize that Mark Eitzel was such a big fan of "The Boss" until I read a recent interview with the AMC front man in Uncut magazine.

Springsteen's influence is apparent in Engine and parts of Everclear, and although Eitzel could also show a heavy hand his approach is more subtle and less willed.

"Promised Land" and "Born In The USA" are massively stirring (national) anthems that sit in the catalogue alongside eerie ballads like "I'm on Fire"*


*Other examples of the eerie ballad by artists working in the so-called "mainstream" are: "I'm Not in Love" by 10cc and "Jesus to a Child" by George Michael.

jupiter wrote:C'MON!! A huge pile of crap wrapped in a sweaty bandana. He has been utterly worthless his entire career. I hate B.S. in all forms.

Fuck you, Jack! I've thrown more songs away than you've listened to in your entire lifetime! Let's make a deal, alright? You keep making your hilarious little comments about my bandana on the internet and I'll keep making hit records, fucking your mom, and flying my fucking Hummer to the fucking moon.

Do you know how big my pool is, cocksucker? Well, do you?! I'm not sure how big it is either, but it's fucking big. Bigger than your's guaran-fucking-teed. There's like eight fucking guys just for the fucking pool.

I've been on the cover of a magazine too! Can you believe it?! Maybe you've heard of it. It's called Rolling fucking Stone, dickface. Been on the cover like a thousand times. Whatever.

Now if you'll excuse me, I've got to figure out which one of my mansions (that's plural, douchehead) to put my piles and piles of gold records.





Not Crap. No Waffles.

You forgot to tell him you've been on more magazine covers than he's had hot dinners.

Blue-collar rock'n'roll has him drilling more cooch than Black & Decker.

Also, NOT CRAP. Springsteen is fucking ace, a magnificent songwriter and a consummate performer.

Skronk wrote:You forgot to tell him you've been on more magazine covers than he's had hot dinners.

beat me to it.

I never liked BS much. Just too hockey rink, american blood and guts bullshit. Even if he's a liberal, blue collar and democrat, his music and delivery still sounds like right-wing July 4th cookout music for rich white christians and their suburban bar-B-q's and tailgate parties. It's not aethestically subversive to say the least.

I've known some rabid fans about 5-10 years older than me. They seem like blue-collar juggalos without the face paint, drugs, violence and faygo. Some of them are even college educated. Most were republicans, or at least right wing.

If you are seeking intelligent, blue-collar, political rock, the Minutemen slay Bruce Springsteen. Neil Young too.

CRAP