It Was 40 Years Ago Today...

Born To Run, released this day:

August 25, 1975

And the world saw the future of Rock & Roll, and his name was Bruce Springsteen.

courant08-26-2015 5:00am

jfz Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 570 posts 09-04-2015 at 06:32pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Excellent post, Martykl. Onhwy61: also liked your post about Homer, et al.
andrew9405 Details Discussions Posts This discussion 225 posts 09-05-2015 at 01:00am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The River and Tom Joad are excellent. The rest is commercial crap.
dayglow Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 708 posts 09-06-2015 at 02:47pm Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The River might be the equal of Born To Run? Point Blank is one of his best!
phasecorrect Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,013 posts 09-09-2015 at 02:43am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete Never dug the populist agenda of the Boss. Born to run a was overly dramatic, Born in the USA overproduced. I will concede "Pink Vadillac" which is a great single.
phasecorrect Details Discussions Posts This discussion Message User 2,013 posts 09-09-2015 at 02:55am Copy Comment URL Report Comment Edit Delete The only bands that ever truly mattered were Ramones, Saints, Pistols. For a moment, they brought back the simplicity of 50s/6Os style music, albeit in a hi-octane form which was very exciting.