The slide was awesome. the cammera man should have moved!

The NME in England reported that the E Street Band was PRE-RECORDED for the Super Bowl performance, and only Bruce’s mike was live. How come that didn’t get any press like YoYo Ma at the Inauguration did? It should come as no surprise. As the official quoted said, it would be impossible to mike the band in 5 minutes.

LoL loved the slide. It definitely made this superbowl that much better. plus, the camera guy has a great story. i mean, how many people can say, yeah, Bruce Springsteen’s crotch him my camera?

Hey Morgan…Beacuse it’s a bullshit story, that’s why. Idiot.

I’d rather have drunk my own piss than have watched Gramps trying to be all cool n sexy.

Springsteen rocks, gramps slide go and listen to Bryan Adams or bon jovi, haha

Screw Springsteen, Cheap Trick Rules!!!

Well, it was in the British press, so maybe it is a bullshit story. But Paul, why the name calling??

He moves like an old man with a full diaper.

This guy has absolutely no musical talent at all. Funny how – even after the Superbowl – his album took a 55% slide in sales the week he performed.

Who gives a crap…he sucked!!
Gosh…could rolling stone stop ball sucking this guy!

It was an amazing performance. Bruce still plays 2 1/2 to 3 hour performances night after night to sold out arenas. He runs around and sings his heart out pretty much non-stop for those 3 hours. You can like his show / music or not like his show / music but saying he moves like an old man means that anyone that YOU watch must move like they’re already dead. There’s probably only a handful of performers who give out as much energy (both physical and emotional) as Springsteen – that’s an undeniable fact. Anyone who says otherwise has never seen one of his 3 hour concerts. You can like him or not, but to say something stupid about moving like an old man is just that, stupid.

perspective dammit perspective, for those critics of grampa, let me insert a tidbit of wisdom (it is better to remain quiet and appear foolish than to open ones mouth and remove all doubt).
from my prospective as a 58 yr old citizen of the U.S. you Johnny come lately’s dont possess the criteria for comparisom ie; my Genoration had bing crosby, rosemary cloony and walt whitman to compare to as a change to rock and roll, not tomention Everly Bro.s etc. So respect your elders we brought you the freedom for Nickleback, john meyer etc….. Get a real prospective then form a criticism.

Anyone doubts springsteen’s talent is nucking futs. Bruce is one of the best performers of all time Ive only seen him once, lasyt year and it was the first time he had played Thunderroad in a long time. He started to sing another song but someone in the front row was screaming for it and sure enough Bruce came through it made the night.

Anyone doubts springsteen’s talent is nucking futs. Bruce is one of the best performers of all time Ive only seen him once, lasyt year and it was the first time he had played Thunderroad in a long time. He started to sing another song but someone in the front row was screaming for it and sure enough Bruce came through it made the night.

Anyone doubts springsteen’s talent is nucking futs. Bruce is one of the best performers of all time Ive only seen him once, lasyt year and it was the first time he had played Thunderroad in a long time. He started to sing another song but someone in the front row was screaming for it and sure enough Bruce came through it made the night.

Springsteen’s made a lot of enemies of late, the kind of people who tend to comment without really thinking about what they just heard– or didn’t hear.

“No musical talent at all?” Read the lyrics to “Thunder Road”– actually listen to the material on Magic, or even Working On A Dream.

Considering the times we live in, considering the pathetic quality of the garbage played on every genre of mainstream radio, that comment is absolutely absurd. We’re talking about the same man who recorded Born to Run and Nebraska, the same man who gave us The Rising; he is the ONLY singer/songwriter from his generation who still releases relevant new material, who still plays to sold out crowds on an international level.

If you don’t like him, fine. But get a clue people. If Springsteen can still strum a guitar and write lyrics like those found in “Gypsy Biker” or “This Life” when he’s eighty, then I hope to God he’s still willing to do it.

Seriously, get a clue.

The Super Bowl performance was bad. Plan and simple. Sure Bruce was very energetic…..at the expense of not singing on key or well at all and running out of breath so badly that he had to have the crowd sing half of the verses.

Bruce is a great musician, but if that passes as a GREAT performance for you, then you really need to get out to more shows.

I know that the generation gap goes back to Plato,but their sure seems to be much more ageism than there use to be. Maybe it’s because the other ‘isms are dying or maybe it’s because I’m 62.

Powerslave,

You exaggerate in your review of the Superbowl performance. He was obviously a little flat in Born to Run, but the majority of the performance was fine. The man felt compelled to throw a twelve minute party and he didn’t pace himself.

But the performance wasn’t bad. “Working On A Dream”, “Tenth Avenue”, and “Glory Days” went fine; I’ve seen flatter performances by much younger musicians than Springsteen.

At least he didn’t fake it.

Mitch,

Your right, it wasn’t awful and some of the songs, like Glory Days, were done well. I just find it strange that there has been an overwhelming sense of praise for this particular performance when I felt it was sub-par for Bruce.

Bruce has a reputation as a fantastic performer so I felt underwhelmed after seeing him try to choke out some of those numbers breathless.

I don’t consider the fact that he didn’t fake it as a reason to give him Kudos. Any self respecting rock/metal musician would never fake a performance. They leave that up to Pop and Rap “musicians”.

Powerslave,

Very true about self-respecting musicians.

Break it down like this:
If you don’t appreciate Bruce and the E Street band, it’s your loss. It’s kind of like telling someone who’s still a virgin that sex is great when they tell you they think it’s overrated.Second, it’s the Super Bowl that’s overrated and these half time performances especially.Fuck the whole lot…3 million for a 30 second commercial? If you expect any performer to give the best performance of their careers in this situation then
you’re kidding yourself.
As far as Bruce: there’s way too much evidence how great he is and his legacy remains firmly in tact.

Don’t get me wrong, I do respect the hell out of Bruce. He consistently makes good music and sells album without the help of any radio play of songs from new albums.

Music needs more people like Bruce

Springsteen is past his prime. The Super Bowl performance was lame. Period!!!

horrible music..quit already man

Yeah, Bruce has no talent. Uh huh. Your comment: worthless. Perhaps you’d be happier gazing at Janet’s other breast while you power-inhale your Super Bowl nachos, you impudent fop. Read your history, son. And change your stinky Depends before you put on your Fall Out Boy CD….

i agree with the majority…he was horrible…the only ones who thought he was great were brain washed back during his born to run days…most of his impressionable crap is turgid and unlistenable…stop listening to the old rs critics…they are too biased.

hey brucey…put a little more makeup on..will ya.

To all you dipshit Springsteen worshipers. Springsteen is a lame arena rocker who insults the working man by supporting a socialist anti-working man regime and signing exlusive Wal-Mart deals. So shuffle your iPods to play Springsteen just be sure to include REO Speedwagon, Styx, Foreigner, Toto, and all the other arena rockers. I wish Springsteen’s retarded slide would have knocked some sense into him.

Proud American, why don’t you can it with your hypocrisy. If you were a real “proud American”, you would stop referring to anyone who opposes your political view as a “socialist.”

Some of you people deserve to be sent back to Petrograd so you can understand REAL communism/socialism. There are radical views on both sides of the politcal spectrum, and both the Democrats and the Republicans balance in the center.

Ah, the “Proud American” who calls a true-born American icon a “Socialist” because said icon has opposed two controversial wars and aligned with the Democratic Party. Your ignorance is astounding and laughably ironic.

Bruce Springsteen is so much more than an “arena rocker.” But it’s ok….Next year they’re going to have your Jonas Brothers on, and you’ll be happy. Maybe it wasn’t your idea of what a Super Bowl halftime show should be, but you’re all wrong when you say that he’s got “no talent” or that “he sucks.” By the way, our new “socialist regime” is going to undo the mess created by your main man, Bushie. “Socialist”–the new buzz-word used by losers…..

I agree with the majority as well, I think that whoever planned the entertainment for the super bowl this year could have taken into account the man’s age. The otherwise mostly exciting Super Bowl seemed to be dragged down by the man’s performance. Though some tunes were still upbeat and vibrant, perhaps he’s lost his edge. Bruce was obviously trying to appeal to a younger crowd or perhaps his usual crowd with a slick, knee slide across the floor. However, his ultimate fail only ended up hurting his already declining reputation.

By declining reputation, I guess you mean a string of #1 albums and sold out concerts. Try to get tickets to one of his upcoming shows. You’re either already out of look or paying for a nose bleed.

The Boss’s current reputation is much better than what it was at any point in the nineties.

You Bruce haters wouldn’t know good music if hit you in the face. 1 halftime performance at the Super Bowl is not even remotely reminiscient of what is truly a great musical career.

Be thankful that you live in a country, that allows dumbasses like you to post your opinions.

Do you think Obama is anti-war you two retards? Don’t assume I’m a neocon because I appose Obama’s Keynesian economics and insistance that making me poorer through windfall inflation and devaulation of the dollar to create government make work and while destroying workin’ class jobs Springsteen preaches about. And to the dipshit that thinks I support Bush, tell me how Obama is going to do this? You sheep. Just because Obama MIGHT withdraw some troops from Iraq, what good does it do when they are on thier way to Afghanistan, Pakistan, or any of the other 147 countries our mighty military polices to keep us “safe.” There’s the irony! You’re man isn’t going to decrease military spending and he is only extending Bush adminstration policy and preemptive war stategies of the Bush Doctrine in the name of our open ended war on terror.

I never said Springsteen doesn’t have talent. He is an arena rocker. Don’t assume I like some other stupid group like the Jonas Brothers to make you feel better or to try to make somekind of point. Springsteen is a slave to the corporation, sells out arenas, plays corporate events like the superbowl, signs exclusives with Wal-Mart. So tell me. How is that not an arena rocker?

Bruce counts on you uneducated morans to help further the sale of Obama commemorative plates.

Keynesian polices are socialist polices. And guess what both Republicans and Democrates enthusiastically support curing our downturn with queing up the printing press at the Fed. Springsteen and other superstars who support “hope” and “change” don’t understand any of this.

Also, if Springsteen opposes these wars why isn’t he protesting now? They are still going on with no end in sight! Why doesn’t Springsteen protest our military intervention in Afgan and the other 14x countries we send our troops to. Why doesn’t he march on the hill? Demand an explanation on the Obama administration seeing Iran and Pakistan as threats that may warrant preemptive action. Instead Springsteen does photo ops with choirs in Washington. Why doesn’t Springsteen demand an end to all this war now? Why doesn’t Springsteen demand that Obama stop spending more than the Bush administration on “defense.” Ironically we are not defending our country by fighting the preemptive “war on terror.” And for those of you who think we are you must support Bush’s war? Or do you honestly believe the “democratic party” Springsteen aligned himself with is anti-war? If so you’ve ignored, at the very least, American history of the 20th and now 21st century.

I love how the Springsteen haters
try to find something to complain about. If I did’t like a performer, I would’t waste a second of my time commenting on them. The political subtext is always the real reason. Ask Townsend, Bono, Chuck Berry, Dylan,etc. about Springsteen.If you don’t get it, you don’t get it.

Don’t suggest such simplicity. “Anti-war” ? or “pro-war” ? I am neither. I support war when it’s necessary and oppose it when it is not. I want to be safe, I want my nation to be safe, and I assume Mr. Springsteen feels the same way.

Thank God Mr. Obama opposes the ignorant phrase “War on Terror”, a fine example of a ridiculous paradox, and a “war” only the misinformed or uneducated support. Declaring wars on ideas results in failures; declaring war on hostile terrorist organizations who attack peaceful nations while “policing” nations who pose a possible threat is generally considered smart foreign policy.

The irony here is that by pointing our “stupidity”, you’re only proving your overall idea that Obama is somehow the head of a “socialist regime.”

Do yourself a favor: don’t dumb down opposing positions by suggesting that all Obama supporters are “anti-war” and/or Socialist.

Don’t talk to me about big government policies and massive government spending when the party opposing Mr. Obama created such fantastic examples of small government like No Child Left Behind and ran up a record national debt through corporate tax breaks and unprovoked wars.

Don’t insult me or any other reasonably intelligent American by calling me a “retard” or– my favorite– a “moran.”

And please don’t call yourself a proud American. Based on your words, you’re close-minded and hateful, and you apparently have no clue how a two-party Republic works. Once again, the irony speaks for itself.

*disproving your idea– excuse me.

War is necessary when your party supports it. Rhetoric like we must go into Afghanistan to catch the bad guys is a fine example. Oh boy, Obama opposes the phrase “war on terror!” That means he’ll reverse decades of expanding military budgets and immediately stop the rhetoric about finding “the real terrorists” in countries like Iran and Pakistan. If you and Obama agree that declaring wars on ideas result in ignorance I’m looking forward to the end of the “War on Drugs.” and the end of prohibition of weed. But this is as likely to happen as the end of the war on terror, regardless of what Obama chooses to refer to it as.

I’m glad you feel policing the world to keep us safe is “generally” concidered smart foreign policy. You would have fit nicely seated next to Wolfowitz and Rumsfeld. This smart policy of policing the world sure kept us safe on 9/11.

Furthermore, I’m not suggesting that all Obama supporters are “anti-war” but rather the opposite! That shows your comprehension of English. I’m also not using the label socialist in the same way a right wing pundit would but rather to highlight the bailout package, which is without argument a socialist package, that is being pushed off on the American people.
When a leader signs off on a socialist economic “stimulus” package, the leader is the head of a socialist regime. Or at the very least a regime that forced a massive socialist package to the American public.

Do you believe that only the party before Obama ran up the debt? Borrowing money from foriegn countries to finance our debt has been the de facto practice since WW2. You’re point about “No Child Left Behind” and other meanless government programs is nothing compared to the debt Obama is now launching this country into with trillion dollar bailouts made of money this country doesn’t have. You should be furious about that!

I’d rather be ignorant on your understanding of how a two party republic works. It’s a one party monarchary compromised of the executive branch. Period. This bailout is a fine example of the two parties bickering over superficial differences and the ultimately shoving the same thing down our throuts.

P.S. since this is a Springsteen thread. Springsteen Rules!

So basically what you’re saying is, you’re a proud American, but both political parties are just alike and we’re all screwed because there’s not an honest Joe in Washington.

Overly-simplistic , but fair enough.

Let me take you back to the line that started this whole debate, Proud American:

Referring to Springsteen, you suggest he is: “supporting a socialist anti-working man regime.”

John Kerry? Barrack Obama? Left-wing politics in general?

Ridiculous, of course. The left-most wing of the Democratic Party, including those who wanted this stimulus package to come with a trillion dollar price tag, are still a far cry from true Socialism. You’ve bitten on the latest conservative talk show buzz word. Congratulations.

And for the record, your point is absolutely null with regard to foreign policy. Very few politicians in Washington, very few citizens of the United States, opposed our initial campaign in Afghanistan.

The trillion-dollar problem this country finds itself in now, with regard to the home front AND with regard to foreign policy, is the result of beginning an unprovoked, mis-managed war in Iraq.

Both Obama and Springsteen, last I check, oppose(d) it.

If you want to get in a debate about which party contains the largest amount of crooks, we could talk all night and neither of us would win.

“Do you think Obama is anti-war you two retards?”

This intelligent line right here led me to believe that you were referring to us two “retards” as anti-war. The rest of that jumbled up run-on-sentence serving as a paragraph wasn’t worth my effort.

And for the record, I am against all “wars on ideas”, including the disastrous war on drugs, etc.

“The trillion-dollar problem this country finds itself in now, with regard to the home front AND with regard to foreign policy, is the result of beginning an unprovoked, mis-managed war in Iraq.”

Good to see, as you would say, you’ve bitten on talking points. If you think this problem STARTED as a result of the war in Iraq you’re a COMPLETE FOOL. This country has been in debt with huge military spending orgies for decades with each administration making it worse and increasingly running up debt with no intention of paying it back. Just tax me!!! Do you think that some of this is brought on by the Fed? Housing bubble? Fannie Mae and Freddie mac? Government attitude that “deficits don’t matter?” Bank bailouts? Just to name a few of the most popular and real reasons.

If the object is to eliminate the Taliban in Afghanistan then why aren’t we doing it? Why didn’t we stop there? Where’s Bin Laden? If the right thing to do is to find the bad guys then why don’t we do that instead of creating them. Why do we give aid to Arabs and publicly support Israel? Why do we build up Saddam under Reagan and then oust him when it’s politically expedient? Again, another example of how we support both sides. During the Iraq-Iran war I’m sure you can tell me all about the Iran Contra Affair. But yes, this all STARTED with Bush. He was just the first to blatantly exert the Bush Doctrine in full of the American people. Even you were able to see it then.

If you don’t think this bailout bill is the most extreme form of socialism I’d first love to hear your reasoning why this “isn’t all that bad.” And then I’d love for you to site another, and I mean love, example of more money that a superpower poured into propping up the public sector while destroying the private in the name of the all mighty state. And for extra-points explain how that power flourished as a result. I’d love to hear the incorrect brain dead answers of either a.)Japan or b.)US under FDR.

I am a proud American and that’s a fact.

Oh by the way… Springsteen’s Superbowl slide was awesome!

Oh by the way…

Real Proud American, Obama thanks you for not having any idea what the rest of that “run on” means. It’s fancy talk. He’s glad it’s not worth your effort.

I think the superbowl half-time has become an old-timers gig, since the Timberlake – Jackson thing. Wasn’t last year Tom Petty? Then Prince I think, and Stones, and McCartney. All great artists, but not for the kids. The networks are playing it safe.

Speaking of kids, when I was 18 I didn’t get or enjoy Springsteen. But turn 30 with the burden of a career, mortgage, family to support and suddenly he speaks to you. His music is great. However, it would be nice to see some younger artists get a chance.

As far as political discussions on RS, don’t you have friends talk with about your opinions? I post about music once in a while, but why ramble on endlessly about politics on a music site?

The crotch slide was the highlight of my night!

“Dipshit” this, Proud American. You’re the one who set it off in here with your myopic hostility. By the way, moron, “moron” is spelled m-o-r-o-n, you dipshit.

Springsteen is a dick.

This old man says Springsteen Blew Chunks!! Love how you guys get on here and rant off-topic. Going back to the real world now; see ya.

had Monday flicked on the TV and on came Bruce, I couldnt believe my luck.
He ripped it up! And Im Australian and dont subscribe to the political bullshit you clowns are ranting about, but I know a good live show when I see it.
(you people are nuts, calling yourselves names like “proud american” and shit, do you know how lame you appear to the rest of the world?)

should read “had Monday OFF” …(after killer Neil Young gig on Saturday night)

HEY SPRINGSTEEN, question for you. How come you have spoken out against Wal-Mart for various reasons yet have agreed to have your greatest hits cd sold only at Wal-Mart? Sounds PRETTY FUCKING HYPOCRITICAL to me boss, hope you can explain yourself.

Halftime show was great, best you can get in 12 mins. I got tix to the US tour oppener in San Jose. I heard they will play full albums in order at each show? Anybody confirm?

Boring show by a boring has-been artist. Living on his past achievements. But, it was better than the bullshit Jonas brothers!!! Kill all the candy-ass new generation bands!! Let’s get back to real rock, at least in the 1990’s the bands rocked, now it’s about your hair and clothes, and how you look. What a f-ing joke the music industry is right now, and Rolling Stone follows right along!!

All y’alls need to get a life. And learn how to spell.

Bruce rocks.

bruce is the man. sure, you can complain about the whole walmart thing, but thats really just economics, the man’s gotta make money.

there is nothing better than goin 95mph down the turnpike with born to run blasting. lookin out the window screaming they lyrics, with nothin but open road all around.
try and put a price tag on that. you have not experienced bruce till you blast his music while driving fast on a sunny day.

i have seen a lot of big rock bands perform, and bruce puts on the best damn show by far.

he plays longer and more lively than anyone else i have seen.

SPRINGSTEEN SELLS OUT…WHAT A JOKE….YOU SUCK!

U2’s halftime show performance was better

wow i never heard of this before…