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#26 2014-06-06 05:52:24

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Re: Is Bruce Springsteen Fake?


We dont need any of the clothes we buy except as a means to be the star in the film of our life populated by constructs  - FNB

 

#27 2014-06-06 06:09:38

Dudley Clarke
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Re: Is Bruce Springsteen Fake?

Fake? He must be a pensioner by now?


I came up to see her sometimes.

 

#28 2014-06-06 07:12:40

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Re: Is Bruce Springsteen Fake?


"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955

 

#29 2014-06-06 10:43:43

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Re: Is Bruce Springsteen Fake?

I refer you to the first post of this thread: the boy-band dancing - are those the moves of some blue collar criminal driving through the New Jersey turnpike in stolen car having got drunk on too much Tanqueray and wine whilst being all on fire looking for his down bound train having been born to run in the USA, or is it someone with 57 working class characters going on in his brain, but not one of them real?


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#30 2014-06-06 14:18:03

stanshall
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Re: Is Bruce Springsteen Fake?

the drumming and the monolithic rhythms were too static for me, I never was moved to groove by Springsteen's music.  Not the worst but if I want American working man music I'll take Merle Haggard.

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"bow wow wow yippie yo yippie yay"

 

#31 2014-06-06 14:32:20

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Re: Is Bruce Springsteen Fake?

 

#32 2014-06-06 16:52:44

stanshall
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Re: Is Bruce Springsteen Fake?


"bow wow wow yippie yo yippie yay"

 

#33 2014-06-07 00:32:08

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Re: Is Bruce Springsteen Fake?

Bruce is an archetype: Italian-American, northeastern, working class but with aspirations of a better life. He hits all the right buttons with his demographic. Supermarkets in New Jersey sell Bruce t-shirts on the isles (I saw this the last time I was in Jersey).

I really tried to get into his music. After reading so many reviews and having close friends that were actual buddies  with Bruce and the band. But alas, I will never be a fan and his music never touched me or provided me with any joy. For all the allocates, I have failed to "connect" with his sound.

But then again, I'm not his intended audience.

I do respect the guy for being passionate and seemingly true to the persona he created and sustained over the decades. Certain people do connect with his music on a very primal level. And to some extent, I genuinely admire any artist who can attain and maintain that type of connection.

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#34 2014-06-07 02:45:40

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Re: Is Bruce Springsteen Fake?


'I'm not that keen on the Average Look .......ever'. 
John Simons

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#35 2014-06-07 08:34:03

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Re: Is Bruce Springsteen Fake?

Indeed, why do we seem to think that rock must somehow must be 100% authentic that it's perfomers are the stage act themselves. Perhaps it loses some of it's power when we realise that after all it's only panto?


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#36 2014-06-07 08:53:35

formby
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Re: Is Bruce Springsteen Fake?


"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin

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#37 2014-06-07 09:00:37

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Re: Is Bruce Springsteen Fake?

 

#38 2014-06-07 09:13:37

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Re: Is Bruce Springsteen Fake?

I actually like the illusion, I want my rock stars to actually be the act; Elvis was Elvis, it killed him of course, but that is all part of the deal. Like with poets, it should come with the territory.

I think Tom Waits comes close to merging his stage persona with what you expect him to be like off stage. Maybe, Neil Young and David Byrne too.

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#39 2014-06-07 11:27:45

formby
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Re: Is Bruce Springsteen Fake?


"Dressing, like painting, should have a residual stability, plus punctuation and surprise." - Richard Merkin

Souvent me Souvient

 

#40 2014-06-12 16:48:40

TheExpandingMan
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Re: Is Bruce Springsteen Fake?

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#41 2014-06-12 20:32:21

Worried Man
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Re: Is Bruce Springsteen Fake?

HAHA!


"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955

 

#42 2014-06-12 20:35:03

TheExpandingMan
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Re: Is Bruce Springsteen Fake?

How you been, WM?

You're a moderator now?

 

#43 2014-06-12 20:51:40

Worried Man
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Re: Is Bruce Springsteen Fake?

Yeah.  Where the hell have you been, you funny bastard?  Workin' Steen's tomato patch?  They had to bring in someone with a little brains to keep things together around here.


"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955

 

#44 2014-06-12 20:59:48

TheExpandingMan
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Re: Is Bruce Springsteen Fake?

Took a break.

I have to do that sometimes with forums.  I take some time off and when I get back there's a shitload of new topics to read.

Is Bish gone for good? I remember some shenanigans from before and now I don't see any recent posts from him.  Did his 'break' become permanent?

Workin' Steen's Tomato Patch would be a great title for a blues song.

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#45 2014-06-12 21:41:42

Worried Man
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Re: Is Bruce Springsteen Fake?

Makes sense. 

As for Bish... well, he's not with us at the moment, as far as we know. smile  Time will tell if he comes back to join us.


"We close our sto' at a reasonable hour because we figure anybody who would want one of our suits has got time to stroll over here in the daytime." - VP of George Muse Clothing, Atlanta, 1955

 

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