New Rolling Stone cover interview with Springsteen. I've always liked the mutual admiration Prince and Springsteen expressed for each other; despite their very different styles, they really appreciated each other's skills. (Prince said a few times that he really took note of Springsteen's bandleading.)

-
From the interview:

-

"You obviously paid tribute to them onstage, but how much did the deaths of both David Bowie and Prince this year get under your skin?

It was a terrible shame. It was a great loss and a tragedy. I felt a great kinship with Prince. And he was a guy, when I'd go to see him, I'd say, "Oh, man, OK, back to the drawing board." There was a film of him on the Arsenio Hall show, where he plays a series of songs in a row. It's just some of the greatest showmanship I've ever seen. And he knew everything. He knew all about it, and then could put it to work. Just since the Sixties and Seventies and your Sam and Daves and your James Browns, he's one of the greatest showmen to come along. I studied that stuff a lot and put as much of it to use as I can with my talents. But he just took it to another level.

-

But when these guys go, does it give you a little boot in the ass or a reminder of the finite-ness of all of this?
Well, I think we all sit back and go, "What?" I couldn't believe it when I heard it. Any death gives you renewed sight. It's a part of what the dead pass on to us. A chance to look at our lives and look at the world again. It's just a powerful experience."

always a kick in the butt reality check. From April 21st the reminder has been even more apparent

time will bring us all to that same resting place

Not really.

Why is this in Associated Artists?

btw, anyone else notice Bruce completely ignored the David Bowie part of the question? LOL! Bruce is obviously not on that bandwagon. That's the way it should be. If you're not a fan, don't fake it.

midnightmover said:

EmmaMcG said:

midnightmover said:

Why is this in Associated Artists?

btw, anyone else notice Bruce completely ignored the David Bowie part of the question? LOL! Bruce is obviously not on that bandwagon. That's the way it should be. If you're not a fan, don't fake it.

I remember reading an interview somewhere a few years ago where Bruce mentioned Bowie. I can't remember the exact quote but it was something along the lines of he had great respect for him but was never a fan.

Yeah, that's what I figured.

Bruce is all about authenticity and coming straight from the heart. Bowie was all about masks and personas. Like a more talented Lady Gaga, lol.

Bowie had some fantastic songs but I've always had mixed feelings about him for the same reasons I presume Bruce does.

Although if Bowie hadn't have burnt out on coke in the mid '70s he would've added more great songs to his catalogue and I'd probably be his biggest fan (Ziggy Stardust was a great album).

OldFriends4Sale said: