70s crap

Greg Montalbano greg.montalbano at ucop.edu
Mon Jul 14 10:41:26 CDT 1997


>Andrew Dinn wrote:
>
>> One thing which amazed me at the time was the presentation 
>> of Bruce Springsteen as a US punk equivalent.
>
>Richard Romeo wrote:
>
>> Andrew, I wouldn't put Bruce in the punk camp.  At his most relevant, 
>> 78-82, his songs were often poignant accounts of working class life in 
>> recession-laden USA.
Joe Varo writes:
>I most definitely have to agree with Richard here.  I've never, ever,
>until Andrew, heard anyone put Springsteen in the punk camp.
>
>About the closest he comes to punk is the fact that Patti Smith made
>"Because the Night" famous, a tune which Springsteen wrote (with Smith?).


--Just curious: how would you classify "Red-Headed Woman"?



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