Born in the USA [Columbia, 1984]Imperceptible though the movement has been to many sensitive young people, Springsteen has evolved. In fact, this apparent retrenchment is his most rhythmically propulsive, vocally incisive, lyrically balanced, and commercially undeniable album. Even his compulsive studio habits work for him: the aural vibrancy of the thing reminds me like nothing in years that what teenagers loved about rock and roll wasn't that it was catchy or even vibrant but that it just plain sounded good. And while Nebraska's one-note vision may be more left-correct, my instincts (not to mention my leftism) tell me that this uptempo worldview is truer. Hardly ride-off-into-the-sunset stuff, at the same time it's low on nostalgia and beautiful losers. Not counting the title powerhouse, the best songs slip by at first because their tone is so lifelike: the fast-stepping "Working on the Highway," which turns out to be about a country road gang: "Darlington County," which pins down the futility of a macho spree without undercutting its exuberance; and "Glory Days," which finally acknowledges that among other things, getting old is a good joke. A+
>>129651697What's this about Springsteen charging up to $7,000 a ticket for his current tour?
>>129651706How ticketmaster hasn’t been sued into oblivion yet is beyond me
For comparison. Springsteen ticket from 1978. $7.50 (about $37 in today's money)
>>129651697This album did not deserve an A plus and I wouldn't at all put it in my top albums of that year list.
>>129651881at least he didn't love every single Springsteen album ever like the paid marketer Dave Marsh
>>129651697>And while Nebraska's one-note vision may be more left-correct, my instincts (not to mention my leftism) tell me that this uptempo worldview is truer.Yes Bob we know you hate sober white-guy-with-guitar music and wish every all music sounded like bouncy upbeat motown hits from 1965.
>>129651802They were just sued but Zion Don bailed them out.
>>129651881It's a 9/10. I could see why somebody would give it an A+ though.
>>129651697Ugh, this album. Springsteen was still on his game with his lyrics, some good stories there. But musically... I've heard better from the Ramones, that's how bad the music sucked. You can name all the songs after hearing them for four seconds, because he uses the same four second phrase over and over and over and over again. I don't know what the hell happened to him in the late 70s, he used to write damned symphonies once upon a time.
>>129653440He increasingly let Jon Landau influence him and Landau like Cuckgau was in love with the idea that rock should sound like the British Invasion (ie. elementary chords and one three-bar solo) so he pushed Springsteen away from those 70s-style six minute epics.
>>129651802look into the owners and look at trump
>>129653464all those first generation rock critics were like that, they got filtered by anything that happened after 1966
