Don't worry, Bieber is a flash in the pan teen star, who won't even be a footnote in 40. To each his own, but I have owned over 2k Lps, none of which were Springsteen's. Nebraska would be the one if I broke down.
Well, I guess John Hammond (John Hammond at Columbia Records was responsible for discovering Benny Goodman, Count Basie, Billie Holiday, Robert Johnson, Bessie Smith, Bob Dylan, Aretha Franklin, Pete Seeger, and Bruce Springsteen, among others.) doesn't know much about good music then, does he?
I have to say Petty is another artist who had me scratching my head over his popularity. It's not bad stuff, just not the stuff musical dreams are made of (IMHO). I like the guy as a person, from what I've seen, and I think he has good taste in music. But what he does does not drive my monkey wild.
2. Aerosmith (not a favorite, but highly influential among the Heavy Metal crowd)
3. Van Halen (see #2 above)
4. Blondie (For a number of reason. Also and technically, RAP-Ture was the first rap song to go to #1 on the Billboard chart - which is not necessarily a good thing. Wretched song but showed that rap could cross-over)
5. Led Zeppelin (see #2 above)
The Ramones were, and continue to be influential, but there are others, some more so than others...
I listen to "Born in the USA" last night. As you may know "Glory Days" is on it. You think your are listen to a greatest hits album. Could listen to the album over and over. "Glory days well they'll pass you by". Guess they already did some of you. I'm just say'in ✌️
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