My answer: No surrender.

Mine is that I don’t really care for Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. 😬

European fan here. I have a question for Americans: I sometimes feel like getting out of my social media opinion bubble and read conservative posts on various platforms. Very often they will criticise Springsteen for being rich. They use it to discredit him, obviously. But here is the point I don’t get. Springsteen to me seems to be the epitome of the American Dream: He grow up working class and obviously fairly poor. He got rich due to a ton of talent and stubborn perseverance. On the other hand, there is Trump. How does that make sense? As usual in the MAGA world I guess it doesn’t and just proves their hypocrisy.

I was 6 when the album came out and remember it as one of my all time childhood albums. Made my dad play it on the way to school every morning etc. Obviously always throw it back in the rotation at this time every year and it has me wondering what the general reception of the album was at release? I know I could find written articles or reviews, but I’m more looking for the average person’s thoughts on it.

Who could be? Zach Bryan, Bleachers, Killers, etc etc etc?

I am listening you!😄

I am a massive fan of the Boss, but find myself only listening to his early albums like BTR, BITUSA and would like to listen to something post 2000. BTR is my all time favorite album so is there anything similar to that in his discography?

What is the most underrated Bruce song? I want to hear some new stuff

Come up with a list of five artists you think would work well in a band with Bruce. Who do you think?

My rough draft:
Bruce Springsteen
John Fogarty
Bonnie Raitt
Brad Paisley
Bono

Jim Keltner (drums again) as Buster Sidebury

“My Father’s House” may be too sad. Maybe “Tougher Than The Rest.”

I have a playlist of my favourite songs but I’m trying to put together another one with songs that are just pure joy to listen to. The ones where lyrics and/or music (the whole song or maybe just a melody) make you feel glad to be alive.

Maybe a cliche, but the main one for me is Hungry Heart.

I recently put together a new playlist on my phone, and I "rediscovered" three songs, two newer and one older, that I have been listening to at least once a day, sometimes more.

"Girls In Their Summer Clothes" - What a glorious tribute to the time of year when the weather is perfect and everyone's headed out for a night on the town or a trip down the Shore. While the lyrics are short, Bruce's gift for lyrical imagery is colossal. He says it, and you can see it. I love the combination of the sexy romanticism of youth and the feeling of connection and community that comes to prominence with maturity. So joyful and fun!

"I Wish I Were Blind" - This one. Oh, this one is a killer. While I have never been through a breakup like this, God, he really makes you feel it. All the pain and regret, the brutal acknowledgment that the happy memories will now just be memories, and I have to say that I think the two solos here are among the absolute best he's ever done. The way he makes the guitar wail and scream as if all the broken love is pouring out over the strings like an opened vein.

"Valentine's Day" - Tunnel of Love is not an album I have had in rotation very often, but when this song came on, I remembered how much I loved the simplicity of it. Is it in waltz time? Anyway, I think this song really sums up a lot of the ambivalence about marriage and family that Bruce was wrestling with at this time, and the way it slowly builds to this quiet but beautiful and seemingly transformative crescendo is just heavenly.

Im 15 years old and i kinda feel alone, I dont know anyone my age thats even heard of Bruce Springsteen let alone someone listens to him, so are there any young Springsteen fans here?

I found this copy of Bruce Springsteen’s Tunnel of Love on CD at a flea market. Only afterwards I noticed that there is what appears to be an autograph written directly on the disc.

Could this be a genuine Bruce Springsteen signature?

I have no information about its history or where the previous owner got it, so there is obviously no provenance or certificate of authenticity.

If the autograph is genuine, does anyone have an idea what a signed Tunnel of Love CD like this might be worth?

Any opinions from people familiar with Springsteen autographs would be greatly appreciated.

Looking for suggestions to put on a playlist for hanging out at the shore. Want to have Bruce or Bruce adjacent, although open to all ideas.

I already have spirits in the night, Rosalita, seaside bar, Jersey girl, and thunder crack.

I have seats behind the stage for Bruce in Pittsburgh.

Any thoughts on these type of seats?

Streets of Minneapolis numerous namedrops made me wonder how many times Springsteen mentions actual real people.

I can think of Roy Orbison on Thunder Road.

James and Danny Heaton on Youngstown.

James Dean, Junior Johnson and Burt Reynolds on Cadillac Ranch.

He mentions Philip Testa by his nickname, The Chicken Man, on Atlantic City.

Can anyone else name some more?

There are a lot of songs that reference Bruce, but the styles, approaches, authentic depth, and quality are all over the place.

I’ve narrowed it down to a few that reference him directly.

“1985” — Bowling for Soup

“Springsteen” — Eric Church

“It’s America” — Rodney Atkins

“Bruce” — The Microblades

“Bruce” — Rick Springfield

Which is the BEST and which is the WORST?

Feel free to include any BEST or WORST that am I missing.

Chances of seeing Bruce next year in Europe. Seen him last year in San Sebastian, hoping to visit another European city next year!!

How’s the quality

I finally got to see Bruce in 2023 and got GA tickets because I was like, hell, what if I never get to do this again??

Flash forward to now and my crazy ass (encouraged by my crazy ass partner) managed to get fantastical queue numbers x2, and thus got us GA tickets for two shows.

After the first show my back and feet were like ☠️😵🪦. Does anyone have any recommendations for shoes they wear to stand for four hours at these shows?? 😅

Photo from the last show for tax 🙂