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‘Cult’ artists that are good & the opposite

Woodface said:
Born in the USA, Tunnel of Love, Ghost of Tom Joad are all post 1980. They are up there with his very best. I do disagree & think it’s nonsense;)
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OK, you think he’s been overrated for only 25 years and I say 40. Fair enough. Tell you what, if he formed a band with the three talented ones from Talking Heads, he’d probably be unstoppable!
 
I never could be doing with Springsteen. There was that Manfred Mann cover of one of his songs (Blinded by the Light) with unintelligible lyrics, something like 'round up like a juicer another runner in the night' or something. Anyway, he was annoying.
 
Joe Hutch said:
I never could be doing with Springsteen. There was that Manfred Mann cover of one of his songs (Blinded by the Light) with unintelligible lyrics, something like 'round up like a juicer another runner in the night' or something. Anyway, he was annoying.
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And there was something about ‘the adolescent pumps his way into his hat’ which was a bit of a head-scratcher. I did like albums 2-5 though. And I saw him at Hammersmith in 1975 (very small print: But not the famous concert, the second one)
 
Same here Brucie just does nothing for me. I think I have some of his albums on hard drive. Never tempted to play them. Lots love him but I never got the attraction.
 
Marchbanks said:
OK, you think he’s been overrated for only 25 years and I say 40. Fair enough. Tell you what, if he formed a band with the three talented ones from Talking Heads, he’d probably be unstoppable!
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:D Thought that had to be giving you a bit of an itch considering you know all the bad lyrics to the first three albums
 
Marchbanks said:
OK, you think he’s been overrated for only 25 years and I say 40. Fair enough. Tell you what, if he formed a band with the three talented ones from Talking Heads, he’d probably be unstoppable!
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Tunnel of Love was out in 1987 Ghost of Tom Joad is 1995 so...

I actually think some of his more recent releases are rather good but not up with his very best.

I don’t think he needs to join up with anyone but a nice idea.
 
Tony L said:
Why not the first? That and the second are by far the best IMO. I really like the ‘70s groove to those two, all way before he started to do the stadium rock thing.
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I think it was the sub-Dylan lyrics, mainly. Examples quoted above - and another about a teenage diplomat with the mumps has just come to mind (probably brought on by working too hard, too young.)
 
I have to admit I tend not to notice lyrics too much. They are just noise unless they really jump out. I just like the slightly shambolic almost funk groove/feel of the first two albums, and that was swiftly lost when he moved over to (pretty much invented I guess) stadium rock.
 
Tony L said:
I have to admit I tend not to notice lyrics too much. They are just noise unless they really jump out. I just like the slightly shambolic almost funk groove/feel of the first two albums, and that was swiftly lost when he moved over to (pretty much invented I guess) stadium rock.
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I agree about the second album, it is terrific. And I agree about the move towards stadium rock - which is why I put my cut-off at The River. I have to say the (non-famous) Hammersmith 1975 concert is is my top five.
 
Joe Hutch said:
I never could be doing with Springsteen. There was that Manfred Mann cover of one of his songs (Blinded by the Light) with unintelligible lyrics, something like 'round up like a juicer another runner in the night' or something. Anyway, he was annoying.
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You don’t have to like him, I do. Lyrically, he can be excellent but also the opposite. Nebraska is an interesting record, pretty much a demo, no histrionics but rather good IMHO.
 
Tony L said:
Why not the first? That and the second are by far the best IMO. I really like the ‘70s groove to those two, all way before he started to do the stadium rock thing.
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Very few artists have 5 really good records, I think he has more than that but even so.
 
Marchbanks said:
I think it was the sub-Dylan lyrics, mainly. Examples quoted above - and another about a teenage diplomat with the mumps has just come to mind (probably brought on by working too hard, too young.)
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The 'new Dylan' tag really weighed him down at first, especially as he was on CBS, but his early lyrics were toe-curlingly awful. Loudon Wainwright III had the same issue with the 'new Dylan' thing, but he was a much better songwriter than Springsteen.
 
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