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Old 12-13-2020, 02:24 PM   #2476
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Originally Posted by looooob View Post
I went to an amnesty concert in the late 80s- went primarily to see Peter Gabriel and as a Police fan, Sting. Gabriel was really good but 2 performances from that night stand out to me to this day- Tracy Chapman essentially alone on stage with her guitar, and Springsteen. After seeing him that night I pretty much get it . I haven't becoming an uber fan or anything, but I could see why someone- once seeing him live, would go back for more
See, right there. Gabriel and Sting are both eons above Springsteen as musicians, as poets, as composers and as arrangers. Yet, Springsteen's performance had impressed you more. I believe you. But I don't understand that.
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