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Thread #93303   Message #1794213
Posted By: GUEST,Arkie
26-Jul-06 - 10:51 PM
Thread Name: Review: Bruce Springsteen's new album
Subject: RE: Review: Bruce Springsteen's new album
I've never listened all that much to Springsteen, though he has done several songs I liked, Racing In the Streets and Wreck on the Highway among them, but I do appreciate what he has attempted to do with music.   I really liked the Seeger Tribute. He just let the music fly.   I have always thought that with folk music the music was more important than the singer and the arrangement and the songs or tunes I enjoyed the most were the ones in which the artist did not get in the way.   There was a looseness about the recording and the musicians seemed to be having fun with the music and some songs that had been worked over time after time got new life.   There are times I like really tight performances, and I like music that grabs one's attention with interesting or thought provoking lyrics, but sometimes its nice to relax and listen and just enjoy the occasion. Springsteen created just such an occasion and may have introduced some more folk to Pete Seeger in the process.