Born in the USA
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wrote on 9 Aug 2020, 14:56 last edited by
Best summation of his work.
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wrote on 9 Aug 2020, 14:58 last edited by
@Mik said in Born in the USA:
Best summation of his work.
He never interested me enough to think about it too much. I respect his work and life achievement, it just doesn’t float my boat.
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wrote on 9 Aug 2020, 15:31 last edited by
His music is populist garbage
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wrote on 9 Aug 2020, 16:18 last edited by
That cannot be. He was the future of rock n roll.
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wrote on 9 Aug 2020, 16:37 last edited by
@Mik said in Born in the USA:
That cannot be. He was the future of rock n roll.
I am mentally scrolling through my heroes of music and trying to think of who the white ones from America are. I am coming up short in the moment.
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wrote on 9 Aug 2020, 16:52 last edited by
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wrote on 9 Aug 2020, 17:05 last edited by
I never understood the appeal of Springsteen.
Early Elvis was pretty good for a white guy. Later Elvis was frequently just plain embarrassing.
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https://www.npr.org/2019/03/26/706566556/bruce-springsteen-born-in-the-usa-american-anthem
An interpretation of what the song means.
wrote on 9 Aug 2020, 17:34 last edited by taiwan_girl 8 Sept 2020, 17:45@Loki Thanks Loki. Interesting article.
Here is another Bruce Springsteen song related to Vietnam that I like, but written from the point of the wife back home.
"A Good Man is Hard To Find"
Link to videoI think Bruce Springsteen is one of my favorite US artists.
There is a famous Taiwan artist whom I also like called Wu Bai, who is called the Bruce Springsteen of Taiwan for his storytelling songs and long, high energy live shows. He was one of the first big modern artists to sing in Taiwanese and become popular (though he also sings in Mandarin Chinese also).
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I never understood the appeal of Springsteen.
Early Elvis was pretty good for a white guy. Later Elvis was frequently just plain embarrassing.
wrote on 9 Aug 2020, 18:11 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in Born in the USA:
I never understood the appeal of Springsteen.
Elvis never did much for me. I could appreciate his talent, his appeal, in an academic sort of way, but he never really moved me. Whereas I got Springsteen -- his drive, his un-slickness, his passion.
Can't explain it exactly.
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I never understood the appeal of Springsteen.
Early Elvis was pretty good for a white guy. Later Elvis was frequently just plain embarrassing.
wrote on 9 Aug 2020, 20:54 last edited by@Doctor-Phibes said in Born in the USA:
I never understood the appeal of Springsteen.
Same here. Never got it.
Some catchy tunes, but otherwise...meh.