Yes big fan here. My favs are "Born to run" , "Darkness on the edge of town" and "We shall overcome"

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im not a huge fan, but i do like his work.
does he have a greatest hit CD?

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"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

He has a coupe but thats not the way to go. I like his recent stuff like Magic or the post 9/11 The Rising. AMAZING albums!

CC

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I'd like his songs better if they didn't all sound like "carnival music" with that goofy calliope or whatever it is in the rhythm backline of most of his tunes.

As for his politics, I'll defer to the title of Laura Ingraham's book......

SHUT UP AND SING

Arjay

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The Rising isn't political. Its about the events of that day and how they affected people personally. If you can't write music about that then whats the point in art?

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just wanted to get a god mix of the Boss's work over the time line of his career in as few disks as possible.

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"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

Thats cool bro. He does have greatest hits and live compilations. I'm just one of those guys who doesnt really go for singles. I'm very much an album kinda guy.

Best of luck!

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iunderstand. i dont know names of songs outside of the 80's stuff he did
so i want to kind feel them out ya know?
i liked his 80s stuff really well, but true fans say that thats not the real Boss.

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"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

The first time I heard Born to Run I immediately went out and bought that, Greetings From Ashbury Park and The Wild,The Innocent And The E Street Shuffle after these albums his music just didn't do it for me any more so I didn't buy any more of his albums after that.His latest album though is a lot better than the stuff he has been putting out for years and I may be tempted to buy it.I was really impressed with the song Girls In Their Summer Clothes.

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+1

born in the USA is one of the worst offenders... what i get from that song is "america are tha best *hic*" everytime i hear it

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Floyd, my little brother,

You need to go back and listen to Born in the USA again. This isn't a "America is the best" song. It's a protest song about a lot of things the Boss feels are wrong with America.

This is one of the songs the guys above are talking about when they say they don't like Springsteen for his politics:

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 now

Got in a little hometown jam
So they put a rifle in my hand
Sent me off to a foreign land
To go and kill the yellow man

Listen to and understand the words, not just the chorus...

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this link is the first time ive heard this song. i really dig it too. thanks nevin.

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"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

good call rickyD.

i like the song myself.
ever notice how most of your better singers/musicians throw in some political stuff in some of their tunes somewhere?
sometimes its sneaky and ya gotta look for it.

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"The good thing is in a club situation, most of the patrons are trashed and really can't tell the difference."

Then you didn't get the song at all Floyd bro. It's anything BUT a pro-America song. It is in fact a protest song and very hard hitting.


Radio Nowhere is my phone ringtone btw guys.

CC

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way cool,

Born in the USA is prolly one of the most misinterpreted songs ever recorded.

The song is actually about a Vietnam Vet that comes back from the war and can't find a job in his hometown (which is beginning to crumble and decay - certainly not the American dream, or what a war veteran is supposed to return to after fighting for his country. Especially if you're "Born in the USA."...)

The lyrics are actually very bleak.

Most folks are like Floyd - they focus on the words of the chorus "Born in the USA" and totally miss the lyrics of the song and the meaning behind them.

Unlike a lot here, I very much appreciate the Boss for what he does, and I appreciate his politics and the fact that he questions what his country, America, is doing and has become...

Questioning and disagreeing with your country doesn't make you against it or a traitor - I much prefer those who question and disagree than those who blindly follow...

By the way - I'm a retired Lt Col w/ 23 years of service in the US Air Force and a veteran of both Iraq and Afghanistan, and I too question a lot of what our country is doing and has become. I just can't put it into words as well as the Boss can...

RickyD

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