devogue wrote:Well said everybody!
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No, I'm not one of the "America sucks" crowd. I just never found anything interesting about the dude's music. I never found it to be creative or insightful. I know that others do and have, but I don't and never have. Maybe his messages are good, but his music is just blah. Blah blah. To me, anyway.Coito ergo sum wrote:Well, are you one of the "America sucks" crowd? If you are, then I'd think you'd like that song....FBM wrote:No. I'm stubborn on this one. "Born in the USA" sealed that coffin.Coito ergo sum wrote:Try something from one of the following albums:FBM wrote:I'm with the OP. BS is bs. Can't think of a single song of his that I could stomach to listen all the way through. "Born in the USA" makes me want to defect to North Korea.
Greetings from Asbury Park
The Wild, The Innocent & The E Street Shuffle
Born to Run
Darkness on the Edge of Town
The River.
Born down in a dead man's town
The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
You end up like a dog that's been beat too much
'Til you spend half your life just covering up
[chorus:]
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
I got in a little hometown jam
And so they put a rifle in my hands
Sent me off to Vietnam
To go and kill the yellow man
[chorus]
Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man says "Son if it was up to me"
I go down to see the V.A. man
He said "Son don't you understand"
[chorus]
I had a buddy at Khe Sahn
Fighting off the Viet Cong
They're still there, he's all gone
He had a little girl in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms
Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
I'm ten years down the road
Nowhere to run, ain't got nowhere to go
I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
I'm a cool rocking Daddy in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
For 40 years I've lived minutes from the Jersey border but have actually crossed over only maybe 6-8 times... and on most of those occasions I passed through without stopping.devogue wrote:That's a fuck load of shit out of one state!Coito ergo sum wrote:If you grew up in NJ in the 70s and 80s - you like Springsteen.
New Jersey produces a lot of stars. In addition to Springsteen (Asbury Park), we have the Chairman of the Board, Frank Sinatra, as well as Frankie Valli, Connie Francis, Whitney Houston, The Fugees, Bon Jovi, the Smithereens, Kool and the Gang, George Clinton, Ricky Nelson, Dionne Warwick, Skid Row, the Misfits, Glenn Danzig, My Chemical Romance....
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Have you listened to Greetings from Asbury Park or The Wild and the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle? Those are all rather interesting, intensely non-commercial style, and uniquely styled albums. Born to Run was an anthem, and if you were from NJ in the 70s, it spoke to you. Darkness on the Edge of Town was dark and angry.FBM wrote:
No, I'm not one of the "America sucks" crowd. I just never found anything interesting about the dude's music. I never found it to be creative or insightful. I know that others do and have, but I don't and never have. Maybe his messages are good, but his music is just blah. Blah blah. To me, anyway.
I'll admit that I've been close-minded about his work due to that one song. Specifically the chorus to that one song. I'm not a 'hate-America' type, but I'm not a flag-waver, either. Anyway, I'll give his stuff a closer listen in a little while. My gf is asleep a few feet away atm. I woke up at 4 a.m. for some reason.Coito ergo sum wrote:Have you listened to Greetings from Asbury Park or The Wild and the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle? Those are all rather interesting, intensely non-commercial style, and uniquely styled albums. Born to Run was an anthem, and if you were from NJ in the 70s, it spoke to you. Darkness on the Edge of Town was dark and angry.FBM wrote:
No, I'm not one of the "America sucks" crowd. I just never found anything interesting about the dude's music. I never found it to be creative or insightful. I know that others do and have, but I don't and never have. Maybe his messages are good, but his music is just blah. Blah blah. To me, anyway.
....but...the chorus of Born in the USA is not "flag waving" in the least. It's more "flag burning."FBM wrote:I'll admit that I've been close-minded about his work due to that one song. Specifically the chorus to that one song. I'm not a 'hate-America' type, but I'm not a flag-waver, either. Anyway, I'll give his stuff a closer listen in a little while. My gf is asleep a few feet away atm. I woke up at 4 a.m. for some reason.Coito ergo sum wrote:Have you listened to Greetings from Asbury Park or The Wild and the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle? Those are all rather interesting, intensely non-commercial style, and uniquely styled albums. Born to Run was an anthem, and if you were from NJ in the 70s, it spoke to you. Darkness on the Edge of Town was dark and angry.FBM wrote:
No, I'm not one of the "America sucks" crowd. I just never found anything interesting about the dude's music. I never found it to be creative or insightful. I know that others do and have, but I don't and never have. Maybe his messages are good, but his music is just blah. Blah blah. To me, anyway.
'Tis true. I have revealed my ignorance of the lyrics and the message.Coito ergo sum wrote:....but...the chorus of Born in the USA is not "flag waving" in the least. It's more "flag burning."FBM wrote:I'll admit that I've been close-minded about his work due to that one song. Specifically the chorus to that one song. I'm not a 'hate-America' type, but I'm not a flag-waver, either. Anyway, I'll give his stuff a closer listen in a little while. My gf is asleep a few feet away atm. I woke up at 4 a.m. for some reason.Coito ergo sum wrote:Have you listened to Greetings from Asbury Park or The Wild and the Innocent and the E Street Shuffle? Those are all rather interesting, intensely non-commercial style, and uniquely styled albums. Born to Run was an anthem, and if you were from NJ in the 70s, it spoke to you. Darkness on the Edge of Town was dark and angry.FBM wrote:
No, I'm not one of the "America sucks" crowd. I just never found anything interesting about the dude's music. I never found it to be creative or insightful. I know that others do and have, but I don't and never have. Maybe his messages are good, but his music is just blah. Blah blah. To me, anyway.
I was born down in a dead man's town. The first kick I took was when he hit the ground. You end up like a dog that's been beat too much, until you spend half your life just covering up. Born in the USA. Born in the USA. Sounds like a song I'd play on the Fourth of July...lol
you, my friend, have THE worst taste in music. Bruce is a fucking genius, and one of the best live performers on the planet. What do you like so I can shit all over it.devogue wrote:I've always felt that Springsteen is overrated. His major hits are shit, he just makes a load of noise and even his "Americana", the sort of folksy softer stuff, is mind-numbingly boring shit. God, I've tried to get in to it but I think he should just put on his Versace suit jeans and head back to his mansion trailor.
You only like his music because of his politics. Admit it.sandinista wrote:you, my friend, have THE worst taste in music. Bruce is a fucking genius, and one of the best live performers on the planet. What do you like so I can shit all over it.devogue wrote:I've always felt that Springsteen is overrated. His major hits are shit, he just makes a load of noise and even his "Americana", the sort of folksy softer stuff, is mind-numbingly boring shit. God, I've tried to get in to it but I think he should just put on his Versace suit jeans and head back to his mansion trailor.
Are all things that aren't special to your ears "shit?" I mean, lots of groups that aren't special are at least listenable and o.k., rather than "shit!"Eriku wrote:Lyrics are quite secondary to me, and his sound's nothing special to my ears so, ya... I'm with you on that one Devvy.
Nah, I wouldn't go along with the shit notion... that's clearly just hyperbole... but the rest of what he says is spot on as far as I'm concerned.Coito ergo sum wrote:Are all things that aren't special to your ears "shit?" I mean, lots of groups that aren't special are at least listenable and o.k., rather than "shit!"Eriku wrote:Lyrics are quite secondary to me, and his sound's nothing special to my ears so, ya... I'm with you on that one Devvy.
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