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Old 12-13-2013, 03:21 PM   #52 (permalink)
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I think you have some fair points there, though I'm not familiar with Springsteen, he seems according to his praise and little music I've heard, to have keen observation skills for the exterior, especially pertaining to social life and happenings. Neil usually tends to draw on introspection, at least in his most famous/acclaimed songs; mainly, his more socially charged songs are the actual protests. I guess maybe I'm geared more towards abstraction and poetic internalization though.
That exists with Bruce, its just beneath the story line. Its the same with, for example, Great Gatsby. Ostensibly its about a rich guy who didn't get to bang his dream girl.

But it isn't.
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