Some of the worst bleating sax solos in popular music are found in Bruce Springsteen songs
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Mon April 11, 2022 9:07 pm
by liebzz
Here’s your unpopular music opinion for RM: Bruce’s B-sides are better than most of your favorite bands’ a-sides.
Mind boggling that you are all hating on Springsteen, meanwhile Wet Leg….
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Mon April 11, 2022 9:26 pm
by bart
I wasn’t hating on Springsteen, just his shitty sax player. Makes every song sound like the beginning of Saturday Night Live.
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Mon April 11, 2022 9:33 pm
by liebzz
bart wrote:I wasn’t hating on Springsteen, just his shitty sax player. Makes every song sound like the beginning of Saturday Night Live.
That’s actually funny…
I mean, Clarence is no jazz man, but his soulful playing I think compliments Springsteen greatly - especially in the live setting. I mean, the Big Man was so big he was ultimately replaced with an entire horn section.
Clarence guested on a tour a bunch (and played a whole show that is GarciaLive Vol. 13) with Jerry Garcia Band and also sounded pretty excellent with him. My favorite of those live releases - though the Long Island Sound shows are pretty spectacular.
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Mon April 11, 2022 9:43 pm
by bart
Yes he certainly did lend a soulful and urban element to the music
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Tue April 12, 2022 7:41 pm
by Monkey_Driven
I'm not sure how anyone can listen to Darkness on the Edge of Town and think, "this is boring". That being said, I totally get not falling for the cheese of some of his other stuff.
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Tue April 12, 2022 8:00 pm
by liebzz
Monkey_Driven wrote:I'm not sure how anyone can listen to Darkness on the Edge of Town and think, "this is boring". That being said, I totally get not falling for the cheese of some of his other stuff.
Just off the top of my head:
A+ Springsteen Albums: The Wild The Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, Born to Run, Darkness on the Edge of Town, Nebraska
A Springsteen Albums: The River, Born in the USA, The Rising, Magic, We Shall Overcome, Western Stars, The Ties That Bind Outtakes, The Promise, Tracks
A- Springsteen Albums: Greetings From Asbury Park, Tunnel of Love
B+ Springsteen Albums: Devils & Dust, Letter to You
B Springsteen Albums: Wrecking Ball
B- Springsteen Albums: The Ghost of Tom Joad, Lucky Town, High Hopes
Bad Springsteen Albums: Human Touch
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Tue April 12, 2022 8:13 pm
by Chris_H_2
let's be honest; he doesn't have a particularly good voice
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Tue April 12, 2022 8:41 pm
by liebzz
Chris_H_2 wrote:let's be honest; he doesn't have a particularly good voice
Neither does Dylan, Neil Young, Mick Jagger or probably even Eddie Vedder when you get down to it. Hasn’t stopped us in the past.
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Tue April 12, 2022 8:48 pm
by Strat
liebzz wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:let's be honest; he doesn't have a particularly good voice
Neither does Dylan, Neil Young, Mick Jagger or probably even Eddie Vedder when you get down to it. Hasn’t stopped us in the past.
Chris doesn’t like any of those.
Also Ed has a great voice. So does Bruce. Or he did
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Tue April 12, 2022 9:16 pm
by Chris_H_2
Strat wrote:
liebzz wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:let's be honest; he doesn't have a particularly good voice
Neither does Dylan, Neil Young, Mick Jagger or probably even Eddie Vedder when you get down to it. Hasn’t stopped us in the past.
Chris doesn’t like any of those.
Also Ed has a great voice. So does Bruce. Or he did
this is actually spot on. i don't like any of them besides that vedder guy (and I think he had a good voice).
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Tue April 12, 2022 9:32 pm
by liebzz
I actually like all those voices, but I have no idea what the scientific metric is for let’s be honest he has a bad voice is.
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Tue April 12, 2022 9:33 pm
by Chris_H_2
liebzz wrote:I actually like all those voices, but I have no idea what the scientific metric is for let’s be honest he has a bad voice is.
those judges on american idol
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Tue April 12, 2022 10:37 pm
by warehouse
eddie vedder's voice is way better than bruce, dylan, neil, jager, etc.
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Tue April 12, 2022 11:52 pm
by Monkey_Driven
warehouse wrote:eddie vedder's voice is way better than bruce, dylan, neil, jager, etc.
And it's not even close.
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Tue April 12, 2022 11:57 pm
by bodysnatcher
a man getting his penis ripped off sounds better than dylan
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Wed April 13, 2022 12:00 am
by VinylGuy
Mick is a great great singer.
A different beast than Ed´s but still a great one.
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Wed April 13, 2022 4:08 am
by Monkey_Driven
bodysnatcher wrote:a man getting his penis ripped off sounds better than dylan
Snatch gets it
Re: Unpopular Music Opinions
Posted: Wed April 13, 2022 4:11 am
by Bammer
liebzz wrote:
Monkey_Driven wrote:I'm not sure how anyone can listen to Darkness on the Edge of Town and think, "this is boring". That being said, I totally get not falling for the cheese of some of his other stuff.
Just off the top of my head:
A+ Springsteen Albums: The Wild The Innocent & the E Street Shuffle, Born to Run, Darkness on the Edge of Town, Nebraska
A Springsteen Albums: The River, Born in the USA, The Rising, Magic, We Shall Overcome, Western Stars, The Ties That Bind Outtakes, The Promise, Tracks
A- Springsteen Albums: Greetings From Asbury Park, Tunnel of Love
B+ Springsteen Albums: Devils & Dust, Letter to You
B Springsteen Albums: Wrecking Ball
B- Springsteen Albums: The Ghost of Tom Joad, Lucky Town, High Hopes
Bad Springsteen Albums: Human Touch
I’m sorry you went through listening to all of them so that they could be ranked, but I guess somebody had to do it. Thank you for your sacrifice.