Neil Young or Bruce Springsteen

snagglepuss · 04-21-2015, 07:21 PM

Neil Young , by far

Josef K · 04-21-2015, 09:01 PM

On the Beach, Tonight's the Night, Zuma, Rust Never Sleeps, Time Fades Away and to a lesser extent After the Gold Rush, This Note's For You, Comes a Time, and Everybody Knows This is Nowhere are all great albums. In fact, I'd say that despite being really inconsistent, Neil Young is prolific enough that he might have fifteen or sixteen albums I really like. But I still had to pick Springsteen for his run of four flawless albums from Born to Run through Nebraska.

(Side note - these are my dad's two favorite artists.)

Pet_Sounds · 04-25-2015, 05:34 PM

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Originally Posted by Josef K

On the Beach, Tonight's the Night, Zuma, Rust Never Sleeps, Time Fades Away and to a lesser extent After the Gold Rush, This Note's For You, Comes a Time, and Everybody Knows This is Nowhere are all great albums. In fact, I'd say that despite being really inconsistent, Neil Young is prolific enough that he might have fifteen or sixteen albums I really like. But I still had to pick Springsteen for his run of four flawless albums from Born to Run through Nebraska.

(Side note - these are my dad's two favorite artists.)

I mostly agree with this, but Young's Buffalo Springfield and CSNY work gives him an edge IMO.

Varangian3 · 05-02-2015, 10:39 AM

Neil Young all the way, Powder-finger and Cinnamon Girl tyeaaaaaaa

rooster241 · 06-02-2015, 03:33 AM

When Springsteen began releasing albums, he was fresh and exciting to listen to and I can't really explain it but it felt good to listen. I had to go with Neil Young, simply because he's constantly reinventing his music and he's willing to go out on a limb to stay fresh. Not that all of those experiments have worked in my opinion, but i have many more young Albums then Springsteen.

Chula Vista · 07-31-2015, 11:58 AM

No Bob Dylan, no Neil Young.

No Neil Young, no Bruce Springsteen.

As least as far as socially conscious songs based on a single strummed acoustic with a neck harmonica strapped on.

ElvisMan · 07-31-2015, 12:08 PM

Bruce is a better song writer than a performer to me, the song he wrote for Dave Edmunds "From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)" and the song he wrote for Elvis and then Robert Gordon "Fire" are both better songs than anything I've heard him put out. "Growin' Up" and "Atlantic City" are probably the coolest things I've heard from him. I still like him way more than Neil Young, although he has some good songs too. "Journey Through the Past" is a good song.

Black Francis · 09-17-2015, 09:41 AM

I can't think of any Springsteen song i actually like so i pick Neil. im not really that familiar with his career but i do like a couple of songs from him.

Unknown Soldier · 09-17-2015, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Black Francis

I can't think of any Springsteen song i actually like so i pick Neil. im not really that familiar with his career but i do like a couple of songs from him.

Neil's clearly the boss of the two.

JGuy Grungeman · 01-17-2016, 08:15 AM

I'm gonna go the unpopular route and say Bruce. Bruce is something I liked the first time I heard him. It took a while to get into Neil.

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06-02-2015, 03:33 AM	#105 (permalink)
rooster241 Groupie Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: West Coast of Florida, USA Posts: 32	When Springsteen began releasing albums, he was fresh and exciting to listen to and I can't really explain it but it felt good to listen. I had to go with Neil Young, simply because he's constantly reinventing his music and he's willing to go out on a limb to stay fresh. Not that all of those experiments have worked in my opinion, but i have many more young Albums then Springsteen. __________________ Just one more freak in the freak kingdom.

07-31-2015, 11:58 AM	#106 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	No Bob Dylan, no Neil Young. No Neil Young, no Bruce Springsteen. As least as far as socially conscious songs based on a single strummed acoustic with a neck harmonica strapped on. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

09-17-2015, 09:41 AM	#108 (permalink)
Black Francis Out of Place Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: in an abstract house Posts: 4,111	I can't think of any Springsteen song i actually like so i pick Neil. im not really that familiar with his career but i do like a couple of songs from him. __________________ "Hey Kids you got to meet the MIGHTY PIXIES!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbRbCtIgW3A

04-21-2015, 07:21 PM	#101 (permalink)
snagglepuss Music Addict Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: PA Posts: 136	Neil Young , by far

04-21-2015, 09:01 PM	#102 (permalink)
Josef K A Jew on a motorbike! Join Date: Mar 2014 Location: Ann Arbor, MI Posts: 800	On the Beach, Tonight's the Night, Zuma, Rust Never Sleeps, Time Fades Away and to a lesser extent After the Gold Rush, This Note's For You, Comes a Time, and Everybody Knows This is Nowhere are all great albums. In fact, I'd say that despite being really inconsistent, Neil Young is prolific enough that he might have fifteen or sixteen albums I really like. But I still had to pick Springsteen for his run of four flawless albums from Born to Run through Nebraska. (Side note - these are my dad's two favorite artists.)

05-02-2015, 10:39 AM	#104 (permalink)
Varangian3 Groupie Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 17	Neil Young all the way, Powder-finger and Cinnamon Girl tyeaaaaaaa

07-31-2015, 12:08 PM	#107 (permalink)
ElvisMan The Hillbilly Cat Join Date: Jul 2015 Location: Earth Posts: 89	Bruce is a better song writer than a performer to me, the song he wrote for Dave Edmunds "From Small Things (Big Things One Day Come)" and the song he wrote for Elvis and then Robert Gordon "Fire" are both better songs than anything I've heard him put out. "Growin' Up" and "Atlantic City" are probably the coolest things I've heard from him. I still like him way more than Neil Young, although he has some good songs too. "Journey Through the Past" is a good song.

01-17-2016, 08:15 AM	#110 (permalink)
JGuy Grungeman Primo Celebate Sexiness Join Date: Apr 2014 Posts: 2,662	I'm gonna go the unpopular route and say Bruce. Bruce is something I liked the first time I heard him. It took a while to get into Neil.