Comments on: Bruce Springsteen’s character sketches: Welcome to Asbury Park N.J. (1973) http://www.philipharland.com/VinylAddiction/2007/09/13/bruce-springsteens-character-sketches-welcome-to-ashbury-park-nj-1973/ Phil's thoughts and critical commentary on whatever music he is listening to, especially vinyl records. If you're interested in the history of rock and roll or jazz, then you'll find something here. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 00:09:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: pharland http://www.philipharland.com/VinylAddiction/2007/09/13/bruce-springsteens-character-sketches-welcome-to-ashbury-park-nj-1973/comment-page-1/#comment-17486 pharland Mon, 28 Jul 2008 01:00:27 +0000 http://www.philipharland.com/VinylAddiction/2007/09/13/bruce-springsteens-character-sketches-welcome-to-ashbury-park-nj-1973/#comment-17486 Forgot to say: don't be sad. Phil Forgot to say: don’t be sad.

Phil

]]> By: pharland http://www.philipharland.com/VinylAddiction/2007/09/13/bruce-springsteens-character-sketches-welcome-to-ashbury-park-nj-1973/comment-page-1/#comment-17485 pharland Mon, 28 Jul 2008 00:58:43 +0000 http://www.philipharland.com/VinylAddiction/2007/09/13/bruce-springsteens-character-sketches-welcome-to-ashbury-park-nj-1973/#comment-17485 Hello JET, To each his or her own. There's sweet fruit, and then there are other things to chew on too. Phil Hello JET,

To each his or her own. There’s sweet fruit, and then there are other things to chew on too.

Phil

]]> By: JET http://www.philipharland.com/VinylAddiction/2007/09/13/bruce-springsteens-character-sketches-welcome-to-ashbury-park-nj-1973/comment-page-1/#comment-15514 JET Wed, 16 Jul 2008 10:58:14 +0000 http://www.philipharland.com/VinylAddiction/2007/09/13/bruce-springsteens-character-sketches-welcome-to-ashbury-park-nj-1973/#comment-15514 It's sad to see a Gensis and Yes fan all under the spell of the pedestrian, conservative and lowest-common-denominator rawk of the stark naked emperor they call Bruce Springsteen. Surely there must be 100 albums that came out in 1973 that were more expressive, interesting, stimulating, challenging and intelligent than Greetings from...? From Museo Rosenbach, Marvin Gaye, Gentle Giant, Donovan, Sly and the Family Stone to Brian Eno and beyond there have to be things more worthwhile listening to than this deliberately knuckleheaded tripe designed to be folksy and anti-intellectual. "Man, that ain't oil, that's blood". That's just embarrassingly juvenile. Betcha he has some song about a guy who has diesel in his veins or somesuch too. To each his own, obviously, but it seems an impossible wide gap to bridge. Once you've seen the wider horizons, tasted the sweeter fruits, how can you go back to the narrow-minded and limited focus of this? Ah, well... It’s sad to see a Gensis and Yes fan all under the spell of the pedestrian, conservative and lowest-common-denominator rawk of the stark naked emperor they call Bruce Springsteen. Surely there must be 100 albums that came out in 1973 that were more expressive, interesting, stimulating, challenging and intelligent than Greetings from…? From Museo Rosenbach, Marvin Gaye, Gentle Giant, Donovan, Sly and the Family Stone to Brian Eno and beyond there have to be things more worthwhile listening to than this deliberately knuckleheaded tripe designed to be folksy and anti-intellectual.

“Man, that ain’t oil, that’s blood”. That’s just embarrassingly juvenile. Betcha he has some song about a guy who has diesel in his veins or somesuch too.

To each his own, obviously, but it seems an impossible wide gap to bridge. Once you’ve seen the wider horizons, tasted the sweeter fruits, how can you go back to the narrow-minded and limited focus of this? Ah, well…

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