Word: springsteen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...always lived at the outer limits of rock. That is the dangerous borderland where the best rock music is made, the music that lasts and makes a difference. Elvis Presley lived there. So still do Chuck Berry and John Lennon, Van Morrison and Bob Dylan and Bruce Springsteen. Buddy Holly, Sam Cooke and Jimi Hendrix died there. And The Who has taken up permanent residence. The danger that pervades this territory is not a matter of threat, but a kind of proud, blind, spiritual recklessness, forming a musical brotherhood that could be bound by the words of Russian Poet Andrei...
...kids in the playground, but he is still one of the toughest. Townshend melodies like Pure and Easy, Baba O'Riley and Music Must Change have the structural sophistication of music that is usually presumed to be more "serious." They also have a visceral challenge, a rush that only Springsteen, among Who contemporaries, can rival...
Fists were raised in delirious salute throughout much of the 2½-hour Garden concerts as the fans and the band urged each other on. Among contemporary musicians, only Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band have the same force. They share a kindred commitment to the fans, and a similar ambition: to shake up and exalt the audience, to disturb the peace. This kind of rock-'n'-roll communion is strictly hardcore. The limousine crowd does not turn out in force for a Who date, and the concerts are not likely to be the topic of lively...
...even head for a weekend in New Hampshire or New York, or curl up with a mystery novel. Chances are, however, that you won't have much time to flee, and that you'll want to find a spot isolated from roommates typing Expos papers and neighbors blasting Springsteen out the window. Tucked away in odd corners, Harvard does provide idyllic spots for contemplation, quiet places where you can sit back for a moment and enjoy being alive...
Robert Gordon looks like a refugee from a George Raft movie with an acrylic pile toupee. His last record, Fresh Fish Special, was a great open-a- few-beers album which included, among other things, the best version to date of Bruce Springsteen's "Fire." With his Elvis-like baritone and falsetto yelps, Gordon made you dance along and sing along, play an invisible guitar and even try Brylcreem...