Best of Bruce Springsteen?

There are no stupid questions.
Only stupid answers.
Like this one…

So… to redeem it a bit. I didn’t see the awards and I don’t know what song they played from what album, but I’d be willing to bet they went with either a song from one of the more well known and popular albums or they went with something very recent.

He has a Best?

Bruce’s best song is Born To Run. His best album, too, though I do love The River. His live version of Thunder Road is on my favorite songs CD.

Is well & truly behind him

I love just about all of his music – wouldn’t want to rank it. Some to jump and shout to, some to cry over. (Can you tell I’m a Jersey girl?) Some songs are certainly less accessible than others and that’s probably why they were not chosen.

Especially that superb ballad about the State Trooper and his brother.

I like his mainstream stuff better.“Tunnel of Love” is one of my favorites.

I see Bruce every winter. Quiet, easy going for the most part.

His music does nothing for me. But, he is a good guy.

I think you’re bringing up another important point and that’s the ol’ Boss is an incredibly complex artist, but you wouldn’t know it to hear his mainstream stuff. People only seem to know the ’‘working man from Jersey’ persona attached to good, classic, rock and roll. It winds up being a ‘crowd pleaser’ for people and it’s unfortunately what he’s become associated with. Beer-swillin’, fist-pumping, patriotic Bruce – which is pretty palatable for people yearning for American pride.

I find the darker albums far more beautiful, poetic and finely crafted with a sensibility that also tells the story of life in America, but at a more sophisticated and deeper level. I actually really, really dislike the Born in the USA, American stuff but could get lost in the older albums for hours.

@figbash I agree about the image, but if you listen to nearly all of his stuff, it is populist in nature, but not flagwaving or jingoistic. Even “Born in the USA” is semi-ironic but has, I agree been distorted by use. Certainly, most of the earlier stuff contains a sense of loss of freedom and youth and much of the later material is very critical of the Bushies and the wars.

@stranger_in_a_strange_land Best Boss song ever, perhaps.