Actually, what I meant was not that Elton fit the title for "Most Important Blah Blah Blah", just that he was at least, if not more, influential as the Boss.
Nirvana's just below the radar, IMHO.
28 -
Shark
Aug 06, 2004 at 6:27 pm
Re: Springsteen's liberal political views
Jeesus. Is anybody in America paying attention? I swear this nation seems to be turning into a horde of slobbering, sleepwalking morons.
ANYBODY who has listened CLOSELY to Springsteen's songs over the last 30 years shouldn't be surprised that he's one of those dreaded 'liberals' and is against Bush.
Reminds me of the millions of morons who thought "Born in the USA" was some sort of pro-American Republican anthem...
Good gawd. Read the fuckin' lyrics.
(Hint: "Tom Joad" isn't a character in "Wind in the Willows")
29 -
Shark
Aug 06, 2004 at 6:30 pm
Daniel obviously worships Elton because he immortalized him in song.
BTW: Daniel, your musical opinions are as good as your spelling!
Exselent, dood!
30 -
ihateoreilly
Aug 08, 2004 at 12:15 am
Elton is far more important than Sprinklestein, who RAPED the 911 Victims with The Rising. I bet you Brucie is helping to plan the next terrorist attack so he can write a new no-talent, nursery rhyme song. By the way, I hate Bush too.. but I'm sick of has-beens like Bruce Springsteen milking every political situation for every penny it's worth and no-brain idiots actually falling for his bs.
BTW, I liked several songs on Springsteen's post-9/11 album. He has talent.
Unfortunately, he aims to use this talent against the one candidate who is truly anti-terror.
I think Bush loses in November. I think Kerry brings US forces home. And I think Iraq becomes another Vietnam, with Americans flown out of Baghdad at the last moment before Sadr's forces gain power and turn Iraq into another Iran.
Thank you John F. Kerry! We Americans really enjoy your help in causing us to LOSE wars!
I'll be dipping my freedom fries in mayo from now on...
I sometimes bitch about musicians taking advantage of their audiences with cheap political crap, but this is actually perfectly fine. They are making an organized effort to make a statement.
Notably important point: You know what you're getting when you buy a ticket. Eddie Vedder has every right in the world to go on stage in this context and just completely unzip himself and go on a big hatey-hate rant against the pres. I still tend to think that they're idiots, but, hey, knock yourselves out.
I do, moreover, hope that ticket buying eyewitnesses, plus reviewers and reporters carefully and accurately report any foolishness that comes from the stages for the record.
As to Bruce being the "most important" American rocker of the last 30 years, well that's a little silly. His first four or five albums were quite good, but it's been rapidly downhill on any artistic criteria since Darkness on the Edge of Town.
As to rockers more important than Bruce [and sticking to Americans], on any artistic level Prince has him 10 to 1. It's really not close.
If you want to arbitrarily ghettoize Prince to R&B rather than "rock" (in which case I swear to Rand I'll sic Diva on you - and you DO NOT want both of us after ya) there are still at least several other choices. Perhaps he lacks some cheesy mythology thing, but as a songwriter, singer, and band, Tom Petty and his Heartbreakers have it all over Springsteen.
I would also take Mellencamp over Springsteen, though perhaps that's Hoosier hometown hero pride talking.
Oh, and did I mention LYNYRD FRICKIN' SKYNYRD?
34 -
Pat
May 03, 2006 at 8:45 pm
Why should i care what Dave Mathews thinks. First of all hes south african, second of all he dumped feces on many many people, and third of all HES A MUSICIAN.
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Article comments
26 - Eric Olsen
I like Elton John a lot, but has he really been important since about 1978? And what's his last new song that actually rocked?
27 - Kurt Nordstrom
Actually, what I meant was not that Elton fit the title for "Most Important Blah Blah Blah", just that he was at least, if not more, influential as the Boss.
Nirvana's just below the radar, IMHO.
28 - Shark
Re: Springsteen's liberal political views
Jeesus. Is anybody in America paying attention? I swear this nation seems to be turning into a horde of slobbering, sleepwalking morons.
ANYBODY who has listened CLOSELY to Springsteen's songs over the last 30 years shouldn't be surprised that he's one of those dreaded 'liberals' and is against Bush.
Reminds me of the millions of morons who thought "Born in the USA" was some sort of pro-American Republican anthem...
Good gawd. Read the fuckin' lyrics.
(Hint: "Tom Joad" isn't a character in "Wind in the Willows")
29 - Shark
Daniel obviously worships Elton because he immortalized him in song.
BTW: Daniel, your musical opinions are as good as your spelling!
Exselent, dood!
30 - ihateoreilly
Elton is far more important than Sprinklestein, who RAPED the 911 Victims with The Rising. I bet you Brucie is helping to plan the next terrorist attack so he can write a new no-talent, nursery rhyme song. By the way, I hate Bush too.. but I'm sick of has-beens like Bruce Springsteen milking every political situation for every penny it's worth and no-brain idiots actually falling for his bs.
31 - RJ
Notice how the advertisement isn't endorsing Kerry. It merely asks for "change."
I suspect very few Dems actually support Kerry. They just hate Bush.
32 - RJ
BTW, I liked several songs on Springsteen's post-9/11 album. He has talent.
Unfortunately, he aims to use this talent against the one candidate who is truly anti-terror.
I think Bush loses in November. I think Kerry brings US forces home. And I think Iraq becomes another Vietnam, with Americans flown out of Baghdad at the last moment before Sadr's forces gain power and turn Iraq into another Iran.
Thank you John F. Kerry! We Americans really enjoy your help in causing us to LOSE wars!
I'll be dipping my freedom fries in mayo from now on...
33 - Al Barger
I sometimes bitch about musicians taking advantage of their audiences with cheap political crap, but this is actually perfectly fine. They are making an organized effort to make a statement.
Notably important point: You know what you're getting when you buy a ticket. Eddie Vedder has every right in the world to go on stage in this context and just completely unzip himself and go on a big hatey-hate rant against the pres. I still tend to think that they're idiots, but, hey, knock yourselves out.
I do, moreover, hope that ticket buying eyewitnesses, plus reviewers and reporters carefully and accurately report any foolishness that comes from the stages for the record.
As to Bruce being the "most important" American rocker of the last 30 years, well that's a little silly. His first four or five albums were quite good, but it's been rapidly downhill on any artistic criteria since Darkness on the Edge of Town.
As to rockers more important than Bruce [and sticking to Americans], on any artistic level Prince has him 10 to 1. It's really not close.
If you want to arbitrarily ghettoize Prince to R&B rather than "rock" (in which case I swear to Rand I'll sic Diva on you - and you DO NOT want both of us after ya) there are still at least several other choices. Perhaps he lacks some cheesy mythology thing, but as a songwriter, singer, and band, Tom Petty and his Heartbreakers have it all over Springsteen.
I would also take Mellencamp over Springsteen, though perhaps that's Hoosier hometown hero pride talking.
Oh, and did I mention LYNYRD FRICKIN' SKYNYRD?
34 - Pat
Why should i care what Dave Mathews thinks. First of all hes south african, second of all he dumped feces on many many people, and third of all HES A MUSICIAN.