Comments on: Guest Blog: We take for granted, all the colorful music

By: jhonny

jhonny — Fri, 21 Dec 2007 09:38:18 +0000

yeah. I know this

By: aslen

aslen — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:57:05 +0000

Be cooller!

By: CK

CK — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:36:27 +0000

I didn’t read it as such, I just wanted to point out why it was omitted and vent a little. No worries.

By: Elle

Elle — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:23:25 +0000

CK, my comment certainly wasn\’t intended as a criticism of your review; I agree that the Springsteen comparison is overdone.

By: brightlight

brightlight — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 12:55:08 +0000

Man, shows how much I actually read about music. I should investigate this thing I’ve heard about called the Internet.

By: CK

CK — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 07:00:05 +0000

Actually, the picture I was looking for was of Finn on stage with Springsteen for his tribute concert at Carnegie Hall. Finn is jumping in the air, clapping like a seal with the biggest smile on his face you\’ve ever seen. It was in the 25th Anniversary Rolling Stone…

Anyways, I left it out because really… who cares? It\’s played out, and they admit they are ridiculously influenced by him and they obviously love the guy.

By: Autopsy IV

Autopsy IV — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 02:48:39 +0000

i’m thinking you typed something wrong…

By: Elle

Elle — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:26:12 +0000

Dammit, Autopsy, don’t your comments take HTML? Or did I just type it wrong? The rest of that comment should have read “Jonathan Richman more than Bruce.” , with a link to a YouTube video of JR.

New England: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4ILGFsomyM&NR=1

True Love is Not Nice: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cWnzgTawDg&

By: Elle

Elle — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:23:28 +0000

Brightlight, I\’ve read damn little about The Hold Steady that *doesn\’t* compare them to Springsteen. In fact, this blog entry may be the first thing longer than two sentences that omits the Springsteen comparison.

Personally, Finn\’s singing (yeah, I\’m gonna call it that) reminds me of

By: brightlight

brightlight — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 16:22:03 +0000

Am I the only person who thinks that The Hold Steady veer dangerously close to Born to Run-era Springsteen? I mean, uh, not that there’s anything wrong with that. rock + piano + anthemic riff + some dude intoning urban allegories over the top of it = sweat, headbands and Telecasters. Either way, I prefer The Hold Steady.