Who's better: David Bowie or Bruce Springsteen?
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Hi bigLou how was Hawaii .?
in answer to your question i must agree with darkbeaver Bowie without a doubt .
in answer to your question i must agree with darkbeaver Bowie without a doubt .
Springsteen is good ... but he lost my respect when he started suing bar bands for performing His material. He can have his Glory Daze at someone else's expense now.
I only like Springsteen when he sings ballads, I hate his loud rock style, he always sound
completely drunk, and I can't understand anything he says, doesn't have any tune,
and a gruff growly voice, I hate it.
completely drunk, and I can't understand anything he says, doesn't have any tune,
and a gruff growly voice, I hate it.
Geez ... I heard Bryan Adams tonight on the Walk for Stars. He sounded like somebody else doing a lousy cover of his songs....
I guess we all age
I guess we all age
I didn't listen that long but now that you've mentioned those things that was exactly what made me reach for the dial.
Bowie and Space Oddity gave me one on my most memorable almost moments the night three of us laid with our backs on the floor and our legs on the bed and we flew Apollo the apartment from Toronto to Bobcaygeon. I don't remember orbiting the moon or splashing down in the bathtub ... but I'm typing this today so I survived.....
No other tune sums up as well the mind warp that was my trip through the early seventies....
No other tune sums up as well the mind warp that was my trip through the early seventies....
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The early seventys were a lot clearer, things are fuzzy now but my glasses are five years old, it still won't be as clear as it was then even if I get new blinkers.:smile:
Springsteen's a knob anyways.....
I would say Bowie.... he changed the way people seek rock, he brought the glam to it (Ziggy), he has more #1's and memorable songs many around the world could easily recognize, changed his looks with the times over and over again, jumped into the fashion industry......
Hell, overall, Bowie has such a long list of acomplishments, how could one not vote for him?
What have Springsteen done?
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Wow, great lyrics..... makes me feel like driving a nailgun into my temple..... not because of the USA thing.... well that..... but also it's repetitiveness..... there's no talent there.
Spring is only known for having good looks the girls dug in the 80's and performing US Drum thumping music..... that's why he's famous to begin with.
I'm not a giant fan of Bowie, but there are more songs of his I like, then there are for Springsteen, and overall, when you pit them next to one another in their acomplishments, Bowie has done it all in comparison.
I would say Bowie.... he changed the way people seek rock, he brought the glam to it (Ziggy), he has more #1's and memorable songs many around the world could easily recognize, changed his looks with the times over and over again, jumped into the fashion industry......
Hell, overall, Bowie has such a long list of acomplishments, how could one not vote for him?
What have Springsteen done?
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Wow, great lyrics..... makes me feel like driving a nailgun into my temple..... not because of the USA thing.... well that..... but also it's repetitiveness..... there's no talent there.
Spring is only known for having good looks the girls dug in the 80's and performing US Drum thumping music..... that's why he's famous to begin with.
I'm not a giant fan of Bowie, but there are more songs of his I like, then there are for Springsteen, and overall, when you pit them next to one another in their acomplishments, Bowie has done it all in comparison.
I say Bowie just because of Ziggy Stardust alone. But he has so much more than that.
But the Boss is known for so much more than "Born in the USA" which is a big anti-USA song that a lot of folks never got.
But the Boss is known for so much more than "Born in the USA" which is a big anti-USA song that a lot of folks never got.
If you think that 'Born in the USA' is in any way representative of Springsteen's work, then you're sadly mistaken.
Springsteen was the classic young man / working class songwriter. Bowie was the classic multisexual dance guy.
I could never relate to Bowie, maybe because my sexual orientation wasn't vague enough.
The Rangers had a homecomin
In Harlem late last night
And the Magic Rat drove his sleek machine
Over the Jersey state line...
Springsteen was the classic young man / working class songwriter. Bowie was the classic multisexual dance guy.
I could never relate to Bowie, maybe because my sexual orientation wasn't vague enough.
The Rangers had a homecomin
In Harlem late last night
And the Magic Rat drove his sleek machine
Over the Jersey state line...
Definately have to give it to Bowie.
I've never been able to get into Springsteen's sound... except for E Street Shuffle, that one's kinda fun for some reason.
I've never been able to get into Springsteen's sound... except for E Street Shuffle, that one's kinda fun for some reason.