Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen (September 23, 1949) is an American rock singer-songwriter and guitarist, whose best known hits include "Born To Run", "Dancing in the Dark", "The River", "Born In The U.S.A" and "Streets of Philadelphia".
Quotes
Interviewer: "What about some of the critics’ favorites such as Bruce Springsteen?"
Zappa: "I met Bruce one time. I was brought backstage to one his shows when he was working at the Palladium in New York, and he seemed like a nice enough guy. But that is not my style of music."[1]
"I don’t know anything about his music, but the thing that bothers me about Springsteen is the packaging and the merchandising, which started with the time he was on the cover of Time and Newsweek on the same week, and pronouncements by a rock critic named Jon Landau that this is the answer to everything that rock and roll always needed. Remember the line, “I have seen the future of rock and roll and it’s blah blah blah?” Remember that one? And then the guy turns out to be his manager! I mean come on, do you smell something here? (...) It’s not coming up with a quote like that, it’s placing it in the publications then manipulating the press to the point that they put out a massive advertising campaign and people are expected to swallow this hook, line and sinker."
- Frank Zappa, The Music Interview with Frank Zappa, Bill Templeton, Music, January 25 - February 6, 1985. [2]
