Online Editorial: "It's Time to Fire the Boss" (Springsteen)

So.....John DIDN'T sit on a cornflake?

 

Besides the writer and a few folks in this thread who said that fans are disillusioned?

 

Nope. Nor did he dig ponies.

 

This post is silly. Name one person that believes Springsteen circa 2009 is a working class guy. He certainly grew up working class and often wrote from that point of view. Just because Speilberg made E.T. doesn't mean he is an alien. Though honestly, I have no proof to the contrary since I've never met the man.

 

My post is silly? You just repeated most of what I said.

Ask Steven Van Zandt what people believe. He sees the fans. He was the one who made the comment.

 

I find his music of this decade to be lacking. I'm sure Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuce is still the same guy.

Evan

 

In 1985, Bruce was interviewed for ET Tonight. In the raw footage, he was asked how he equates being viewed as the voice of the working man with all the money that he was raking in for the album and tour and the lifestyle he would now be able to have. He gave a nervous laugh and said simply that he couldn't tie the two together.

 

1. Compare any interview with Bruce from the 80s (or earlier) with any from the 90's on you'll see a much more articulate person in recent years.

2. Does the questioner in that interview prefer that he make a lot of money and not be an artist voice for the working man...?

 

Then why are you in this thread?

No the only contempt from this country comes from the wingnuts who puke the fast food they get from their wingnut leaders on the AM dial.

 

I'll fire the Boss when he starts writing bad country music like Bon Jovi.

 

The quote of the day!! Not sure what it means but its funny as hell.

 

I fired Bon Jovi before they started, too.

 

Yeah but now we're getting into the no-brainer stuff.

 

There are at least two very wrong points made in that article. Bruce fired the band because he thought he was getting stale and wanted to explore new avenues, he wasn't selling out he was looking for new creative experiences.

Most, not all, of the Magic songs were greeted just as enthusiastically by the audience as the old favourites.

As far as the Darkness 30th anniversary project goes, it seems to have stalled. Last spring people were interviewed for the "making of" video, and audio and video restoration had begun on the Phoenix 78 show. Bruce started playing some oldies he hadn't played since the '78 tour, an indication that he was listening to '78 tapes. But then something happened to grind it all to a halt. Rumours were floating around that video surfaced for at least one other '78 show. All work seemed to stop at the beginning of last summer and I haven't heard anything about the project since.

 

No thanks - the Stones still are great. It's Rush we really need to get rid of!

 

What's wrong with that?

 

"He could throw that speedball by you"

First of all its called a FASTBALL...no one calls it a SPEEDBALL . What the heck is a speedball ? (in baseball terms)

 

Wow - a little creative license is such a terrible thing! I can understand why someone would hate a song because it uses a WORD they don't like!

Seriously, that's the biggest criticism you have for "Glory Days"?

 

Continuing the theme...I fired Rush before they started.

 

NO, i just don't like that song ..it sounds clunky (the lyrics) "he was walking
out ,i was walking in . But what i really don't like and Bruce does this a lot is the jaunty nature of the song . You know every one can sing along and raise their beers cause we can all relate la de da......BUT at the end of the song hes jaded and sings:

And leaves you with nothing mister but
Boring stories of glory days

...but no one in Foxboro heard those lyrics as they jumped up and down like on an episode of Captain Kangaroo , arms around each other..oh honey remember those days?

yea they were boring ......

 

I've seen James 8 or 9 times. Some shows are amazing and some bore me to tears. The shows I saw on the tours supporting Dad Loves His Work and New Moonshine were great. (The former show had Waddy Wachtel on guitar and his guitar work made a major difference).

I've also seen James when I was really not thrilled. The worst may have been the show in which he covered "The Twist".

 

Is it Bruce's fault that audiences choose to ignore the lyrics? They do that for "Born in the USA" as well. It happens to plenty of artists and plenty of songs.

MOST of "Born in the USA" has incongruous lyrics and music. "Dancing in the Dark" is probably the worst offender: bouncy tune, serious downer lyrics. Look at "Working on the Highway": it's a peppy rockabilly number about some miscreants who end up in a jail work gang!

Anyway, it's not the artist's fault that people don't really LISTEN to lyrics. How about all the Who fans who go nuts for "Baba O'Riley" due to their perception it's all about getting high? Your anger should be aimed at dopey fans, not Bruce...

 

But remember that video for Glory days was pretty upbeat , that is probably what people relate to.

 

I have no anger towards Bruce , i just don't like the song and most of that album ...

i like Darkness and The River......