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Archae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 10:46 PM Original message |
Why is Springsteen called "The Boss?" |
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Swede (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 10:49 PM Response to Original message |
1. Because he is the Boss. |
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Lex (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 10:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
2. Beautiful. |
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latebloomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 09:30 AM Response to Reply #2 |
30. Mmm, "Tunnel of Love is a great album! |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
6. Here's my favorite. Still chokes me up every time. |
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raccoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 11:15 AM Response to Reply #6 |
49. I keep saying it should be our national anthem. nt |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 07:44 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. My own favorite - Thunder Road |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 08:51 AM Response to Reply #17 |
22. mine too! |
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Bassic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 08:58 AM Response to Reply #22 |
23. Knocked me on my ass, |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 09:26 AM Response to Reply #23 |
28. I had heard it before, but never really got the lyrics |
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1gobluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 11:04 AM Response to Reply #22 |
47. Me too! |
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latebloomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 09:31 AM Response to Reply #17 |
31. I think it's my favorite too |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:35 AM Response to Reply #17 |
42. That's my #1 all-time favorite song |
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Floogeldy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:06 PM Response to Original message |
3. Nothing better to do than bash Bruce Springsteen? |
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Archae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:44 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. Now hold on a moment! |
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Floogeldy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:49 PM Response to Reply #7 |
8. Oh |
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Archae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:51 PM Response to Reply #8 |
9. I didn't "attack" him. |
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Floogeldy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:53 PM Response to Reply #9 |
10. Sure |
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Archae (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:56 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. I just don't. |
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Floogeldy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:59 PM Response to Reply #11 |
12. How could you like that song? |
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Beware the Beast Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 07:11 AM Response to Reply #3 |
16. I couldn't give two shits about his political leanings. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 09:21 AM Response to Reply #3 |
26. Yeah, and both Jerry Falwell and I like ham sandwiches. |
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HarukaTheTrophyWife (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:08 PM Response to Original message |
4. Because he is the fucking Boss! |
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Floogeldy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Jun-05-06 11:13 PM Response to Original message |
5. Wanna go back to 2003? |
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Starbucks Anarchist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 05:16 AM Response to Original message |
13. Because he's good, I guess. |
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NMMNG (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 05:43 AM Response to Original message |
14. I dunno |
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Burma Jones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 07:08 AM Response to Original message |
15. Because King was taken......... |
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NewWaveChick1981 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 07:59 AM Response to Original message |
18. My sister has been a HUGH Bruce fan since 1978!!!111 |
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Missy Vixen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 07:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
59. I've been a Bruce fan ever since I could remember |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 08:02 AM Response to Original message |
19. The same reason Mellencamp was called Cougar I guess. |
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DBoon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 06:14 PM Response to Reply #19 |
58. "Thelonius Monster Mellencamp" |
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izzybeans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 08:09 PM Response to Reply #58 |
60. I'd call it Springstein getting his metaphorical piano bashed in. |
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Felinity (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 08:20 AM Response to Original message |
20. Because he wrote one of the two best rock & roll songs of |
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Vidar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 08:50 AM Response to Original message |
21. Because "The King" and "Chairman of the Board" were already taken. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
24. He was nicknamed the boss by a few DJ's around the country... |
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Beware the Beast Man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 09:07 AM Response to Reply #24 |
25. They STILL play Born to Run every Friday at 5PM. |
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Commie Pinko Dirtbag (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 09:25 AM Response to Reply #24 |
27. Cool bit of info. |
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MissMillie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 09:32 AM Response to Reply #24 |
32. That's a cool story.. thanks for sharing |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:32 AM Response to Reply #24 |
40. Thanks. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:47 AM Response to Reply #24 |
44. I heard that it started before then |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 11:01 AM Response to Reply #44 |
46. He had a completely different band from The Wild The Innocent.. |
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leftofthedial (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 12:20 PM Response to Reply #46 |
52. I guess in the days before he had a record deal, he had |
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many a good man (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 08:45 PM Response to Reply #24 |
63. We gotta gotta gotta gotta GET DOWN!!! |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 11:57 PM Response to Reply #63 |
66. I saw him at the Allen theater back in 1975..... |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 09:28 AM Response to Original message |
29. It started with radio DJs in New Jersey and took off from there... |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 09:46 AM Response to Reply #29 |
35. His newest album is better that his usual fare |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 09:48 AM Response to Reply #35 |
36. You're comparing it to his bad late-80s work... |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 09:52 AM Response to Reply #36 |
38. My one complaint |
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SteppingRazor (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:51 AM Response to Reply #38 |
45. I agree about Born in the USA... |
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latebloomer (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 09:33 AM Response to Original message |
33. Look what you've done! |
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taterguy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 09:40 AM Response to Original message |
34. Because his guitar player is in the mafia |
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Radical Activist (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 09:48 AM Response to Original message |
37. I just wish he hadn't come out of the 80's. |
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WCGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 05:03 PM Response to Reply #37 |
54. HE did come out in the 70's......The Wild the Innocent and |
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Southsideirish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:30 AM Response to Original message |
39. His new Pete Seeger tribute CD is great. |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:32 AM Response to Reply #39 |
41. I love it. |
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Patiod (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 10:42 AM Response to Original message |
43. BBBRRRUUUCEE! You have to see him live in concert |
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1gobluedem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 11:10 AM Response to Reply #43 |
48. Rust belt music |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 12:09 PM Response to Reply #48 |
51. I hear ya. |
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Pithlet (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 08:27 PM Response to Reply #48 |
62. That makes sense. |
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Brigid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 11:10 PM Response to Reply #62 |
65. Then you would get Springsteen, all right. |
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Reverend_Smitty (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 11:52 AM Response to Reply #43 |
50. What I wouldn't give to get a time machine... |
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edwin (263 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
53. See the boss here: |
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Human Torch (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 05:28 PM Response to Original message |
55. He'll yell out "D Augmented Diminished Seventh" at the drop of a hat... |
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undeterred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 05:40 PM Response to Original message |
56. At the University of Chicago, "the Boss" is Plato |
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WI_DEM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 05:41 PM Response to Original message |
57. because Sinatra was "Chairman of the Board" |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 08:10 PM Response to Original message |
61. Because he sucks, just like a boss |
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BlueJazz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jun-06-06 11:05 PM Response to Reply #61 |
64. LOL!....I Love It! |
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amitten (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Jun-07-06 01:20 AM Response to Original message |
67. Because he is the boss of me. n/t |
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