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Originally Posted by atari 2600
Nice try at being a gentleman, but you already blew your cover with the ridiculous remarks about The Boss.
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Not trying to be a "gentleman", just trying not to make a bunch of lame personal attacks on a music board. I find such stuff to be really annoying when I read it in other threads, and I don't want to follow suit. I'd rather just discuss the music, which it's nice to see we're starting to do again now.
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Originally Posted by atari 2600
If there's any performer in rock that is truly real as a person, it's Bruce Springsteen. To equate his work with "pure cheese" is condescending no matter how you slice it, and I felt you deserved a little condescension in return.
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I think you've hit the nail on the head as to why I think Bruce is worthy of a bit of mockery. This "truly real person" is the same guy who after "Dancing in the Dark" was a big smash on MTV, pretended at every show to pull a girl out of the audience to dance with him - the girl was always planted for this stunt. He's spent decades marketing himself as the "working man rocker" when he's been quite well to do since the mid seventies and has had his share of model girlfriends/wives and the like.
Does that mean he can't write a decent song? No it doesn't mean that; it means he is part of the big media circus as much as any rock star, and his lyrics should at least sometimes be looked on as bravado more than sincerity. That's probably why Frankie Goes to Hollywood could do a convincing version of "Born to Run" (or for that matter Bowie do "It's Hard to be a Saint in the City"). Anybody who people call "The Boss" with a straight face, I'm going to find kind of amusing. But again, being amused, is often a reasonable way to be entertained, and we are talking about an undeniable entertainer.
When it comes to "authenticity" from within the E Street Band, I'm much more impressed with Little Steven (talk about lack of fashion!) The fact he has stuck by Bruce all these years makes me think higher of Springsteen.