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Taxman 11-12-2013 09:06 AM

Ok, I must admit that while they are different artists, they have something in common. They both are good artists but they both are gruesomely overrated.

LBDR 11-17-2013 11:17 AM

Springsteen's masterpiece, Nebraska, blows Neil Young's greatest works out of the water. The emotions and brutality conveyed in the songs bring out a raw sense of ambiguity about life and are some of the most tear jerking songs ever produced by a mainstream rock artist. Neither would ever reach the heights Springsteen obtained in that one work.

On the other hand, Neil Young has had the better overall career quality wise. His highs have brought him to places, musically, Springsteen never even had in his sights let alone his albums. He's been far more inconsistent than the Boss (at least in my opinion) yet he's proven repeatedly that his abilities as a versatile musician are always in place and ready to roll.

Unknown Soldier 11-17-2013 11:53 AM

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Originally Posted by LBDR (Post 1385344)
Springsteen's masterpiece, Nevada, blows Neil Young's greatest works out of the water. The emotions and brutality conveyed in the songs bring out a raw sense of ambiguity about life and are some of the most tear jerking songs ever produced by a mainstream rock artist. Neither would ever reach the heights Springsteen obtained in that one work.

I wonder if Bruce actually knows anything about that album.

Janszoon 11-17-2013 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier (Post 1385357)
I wonder if Bruce actually knows anything about that album.

:laughing:

Isbjørn 11-17-2013 12:35 PM

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Originally Posted by LBDR (Post 1385344)
Springsteen's masterpiece, Nevada

May I like, not listen to your opinions on Springsteen?

LBDR 11-17-2013 01:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Briks (Post 1385372)
May I like, not listen to your opinions on Springsteen?

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier (Post 1385357)
I wonder if Bruce actually knows anything about that album.

:bonkhead:

Sorry, it's been a long night. The post should be fine now. A small mistake in a post shouldn't be enough to not pay attention to an opinion anyways.

TheBig3 11-17-2013 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by LBDR (Post 1385389)
:bonkhead:

Sorry, it's been a long night. The post should be fine now. A small mistake in a post shouldn't be enough to not pay attention to an opinion anyways.

Normally, no. But they don't want to accept your opinion.

Neil Young's greatest achievement was letting us know what Nirvana would sound like if it were fronted by James Taylor. Thanks but no thanks. He was an idealist that sang about things that people wanted to believe.

Springsteen sings about topics people have to believe because they're living through them. He can take a line like "And you know that tilt-a-whirl down on the south beach drag, I got on it last night and my shirt got caught, and that Joey kept me spinning—I didn't think I'd ever get off" and make it sound like the greatest metaphor about the reality of the American Dream.

Neil Young's got some great songs. I'm sure he's a really nice person. There's a reason we call Springsteen the Boss.

Taxman 11-18-2013 01:16 AM

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Originally Posted by TheBig3 (Post 1385420)
Normally, no. But they don't want to accept your opinion.

Neil Young's greatest achievement was letting us know what Nirvana would sound like if it were fronted by James Taylor. Thanks but no thanks. He was an idealist that sang about things that people wanted to believe.

Springsteen sings about topics people have to believe because they're living through them. He can take a line like "And you know that tilt-a-whirl down on the south beach drag, I got on it last night and my shirt got caught, and that Joey kept me spinning—I didn't think I'd ever get off" and make it sound like the greatest metaphor about the reality of the American Dream.

Neil Young's got some great songs. I'm sure he's a really nice person. There's a reason we call Springsteen the Boss.

No. Springsteen sings what everybody likes to hear. Also his lyrics sucks. But the biggest difference between them is that Young can actually compose decent melodies, but Springsteen is not able to come up with creative musical ideas.

Taxman 11-18-2013 01:17 AM

Also Young has pioneered grunge and he has good and original voice. Plus I love Neil's guitar style

ClassicRockFreak 11-18-2013 07:16 AM

This is tough to decide, you have Hey Hey, My My, Keep on Rocking in The Free World and my personal favourite from the band Cinnamon Girl. Compared to Springsteen which has Born to Run, Born in the U.S.A, Atlantic City and some others. My decision is Springsteen. Neil Young has that whiny tone to all of his songs that sounds really bad except that one song Cinnamon Girl.


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