I'm setting myself up for serious flaming here, but Bruce Springsteen...

[Archae]

SUCKS!!!

:hide:

He's got two modes of singing, mumble mumble and the sound a water buffalo makes if it's kicked in the nads.

[Texasgal]

1. I thought he was pretty good.

No flames here, he wasn't GREAT... just OKAY.

[flvegan]

2. Opinions are a right.

No flames from me.

[rcrush]

3. Why do you hate America?

WHY

[Archae]

6. Because I don't like the song "A Horse With No Name."

;-)

[GreenPartyVoter]

4. I never really got into him either

[Condem]

19. Gosh, folks.

Who would You like to hear?

[GreenPartyVoter]

26. I have no preference. I wasn't paying much attention to the game or halftime show. Just saying I

never really got into him. I like him as a person because he seems like a really decent guy but his music never really did it for me.

[no name no slogan]

5. He was his normal 2nd rate Dylan self

He does what he does, and he does it well. But I'd rather have had Manfred Mann play Springsteen covers instead. At least that way we'd get jivey Moog solos over hard-rockin' guitars.

[begin_within]

12. I'd rather listen to Springsteen sing than Dylan sing

At least Springsteen can form a note with his voice. Dylan sounds like a goat giving birth.

[LynneSin]

7. I kinda thought it was extra special - Bruce worked so hard to get Obama elected

I think he was just so happy to be there - it showed in his performance

[latebloomer]

8. BLASPHEMY!!

OK, he's not the best singer in the world but many of his songs, and his band, rock! And if you listen to the lyrics, there's a great deal of depth and poetry. Ever hear "The River"?

And he does a lot of good in the world.

Plus, he'll be 60 this year and he's still HOT!!! :D:

[pokerfan]

30. Bruce playing The River on a sidewalk in Copenhagen

On 7-23-1988, Bruce Springsteen skipped a VIP-arrangement during his tour in Denmark and took a walk down the street. There he met the street musician John Magnusson and asked him if he could borrow one of his guitars. Apparently they played a few songs together while about 50 people stopped around and listened to the music. This clip was recorded by one of them. The performance made the cover of some Danish newspapers the day after.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWQV7agBFtE

[CreekDog]

9. i smell pizza

:evilgrin:

well if i ran things... :D

[Tom Kitten]

10. Bruce Springsteen is 59 years old

it's too bad he doesn't suck any worse than any of today's hot contemporary music chart topping "artists"...

[Shell Beau]

11. I was happy to see Sylvio (Steve Van Zant)!!!

Go Sylvio!

[tigereye]

23. they looked great!

we had fun singing along to all his oldies... from the early days. :hi:

[RetroLounge]

13. All you need to do is sleep with bruce

and you get to hold a guitar on stage with him.

Gawd, she sucks too.

And little stevie needs to change his name, after seeing the way his guitar sticks out on his fat belly now.

Clarence is always the coolest guy on the stage.

Born to run is so boring after 30 years.

Yawn, glory days indeed.

RL

[ashling]

14. I would like to be the first to flame your sorry ass!

but you are absolutely right ... also like my cat, just before she throws up on the clean towels.

:rofl:

[mvd]

15. No flaming (because there's no use), but I couldn't disagree more

His voice has pure wisdom and heft in it - kind of a more rocked-out Dylan. He's one of my favorite artists.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

16. my 2 cents' worth.

Bruce was not on his best night.

His voice was rough.

They're all getting older, especially Little Steven. And yes, the girls hate Patti, the wife who strums a guitar on stage.

But comparing him to Dylan?? Yuck.

Dylan mumbles all the time. He wrote good songs for OTHER PEOPLE to sing.

:hide:

[Sheets of Easter]

17. I respect him as an artist, a humanitarian, and a person.

With that in mind, I really can't stand his music.

[Odin2005]

18. YOU SUCK! The BOSS is awesome!

BURN HERETIC!!! :grr:

[Mayberry Machiavelli]

20. Prince has set a standard for SB halftime shows that may never be reached.

[Condem]

21. Yes, indeed.

The phoniest ever. What a guitar player.

[SKKY]

24. Ding! Ding! Ding! Ding!

And we have a winner folks!

[Skittles]

22. for the record everyone, Archae voted for Reagan

[Archae]

32. What was the alternative?

Captain Peanut and the Boy Whiner?

[Skittles]

33. alternative was to not vote

[SKKY]

25. Say what you want about "The Boss"...

But that man never, ever "phones it in". Every time he walks on stage, he does work!

[Jamastiene]

27. BLASPHEMY!

What un-American shit for taste heretical blasphemer doesn't like The Boss? Somebody should wash your mouth out with soap for uttering that nonsense. x(

[Zavulon]

28. Couldn't agree more.

I fucking HATE his music. I watched a rerun of "Two and a Half Men" during the halftime show so as not to hear a single note of that fucking drivel he laughingly calls "music." I swear, I'd rather listen to Britney Spears, and to give you an idea of what that means I'm a 45 year-old male who still thinks Iron Maiden is the epitome of recorded sound.

I will never, EVER understand why Springsteen's music is popular. EVER.

[Schema Thing]

29. Then again, you think Iron Maiden is the epitome of recorded sound.

[Zavulon]

31. As I just admitted.

That doesn't make Springsteen good.

[Common Sense Party]

36. I like Maiden, but I like Springsteen, too.

At least his earlier stuff. It is an acquired taste, as is Maiden. It's not for everybody.

[amerikat]

34. This is the right thread to test my new flamethrower smiley!!

It works. And Bruce rocks.

[Kat45]

35. I loved his performance! Reminded me of how good he is live.

Yes, he's older now but so are we. When his music first came out, I couldn't stand him either. Then every so often I'd hear a song I liked, and eventually there were a number of them. But I couldn't understand why people made such a big deal of him, and they'd tell me you had to see him live. So I went to see him on "The River" tour. I was probably the least familiar with his music than anyone else in the place, but he totally blew me away and won me over. I've seen a lot of concerts through the years, and I can honestly say that he is the best performer I've ever seen.

Watching him at the Superbowl got me psyched to actually get up early tomorrow so I'll be up when tix to his shows here go on sale. Probably don't have a great chance of getting through to purchase tix but I'll give it a try any way.