I’ve always been told that I have “eclectic” tastes in music. I personally believe this is a person’s way of politely saying “What the hell is the matter with you” but I’ve yet to prove it. Anyway, what it technically means is that I tend to like music from all over the spectrum – today I’m talking about Springsteen which is a notable departure from what I’ve talked about in the last review of Rush! Now before you moan and grown and start with the “he sounds like he’s tryin’ to take a crap!” and “he’s only had one album that got overplayed!” bit, let me get some myths outta the way: I was listening to him before Born in the USA. Tunnel of Love was in fact an album of ass. And he’s been around long before 1983 – he was playing music from before I was born – and he was just as surprised as everyone else was when Born in the USA took off.
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