Bruce turns 72 years old today, still putting out quality music and I am sure itching to get out on the road. I have seen Bruce and the Mighty E Street Band perform many times over the last 40 years and I am hoping Bruce has one more tour left in him.
I've seen Bruce 187 times & sure,we all harken back to the BTR,Darkness,The River & even the BIUSA tours. They were amazing & the songs that Bruce put out in that era were some of his best. But artists rarely stay in the same writing mode,& even within those 4 tours you can see & hear a drastic change in his writing.I agree that the older material resonates better,as most of us have fond memories of those times & songs. However,as he turns 72 today,he's still putting out fresh material, not simply regurgitating his old stuff over & over again on an oldies tour as many artists do!Over the past year,he released Western Stars & Letter To You,new songs that we hopefully will hear live in 2022!
Those who saw him there know of what I speak.
It was just indiscribable
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his current music doesn't come close to the music he wrote in the 70's and 80's
I've seen Bruce 187 times & sure,we all harken back to the BTR,Darkness,The River & even the BIUSA tours. They were amazing & the songs that Bruce put out in that era were some of his best. But artists rarely stay in the same writing mode,& even within those 4 tours you can see & hear a drastic change in his writing.I agree that the older material resonates better,as most of us have fond memories of those times & songs. However,as he turns 72 today,he's still putting out fresh material, not simply regurgitating his old stuff over & over again on an oldies tour as many artists do!Over the past year,he released Western Stars & Letter To You,new songs that we hopefully will hear live in 2022!
Happy birthday, Bruce and well said, Mick. My own brother is a 72 year old songwriter. Back in the Spring of '74 he became one of the few acts that got to open for Springsteen after the release of both of their first albums on Colbumbia. Of course, after that their careers went in opposite directions.
And like Bruce, almost 50 years later, JP keeps writing new stuff.
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well said