Re: Hammersmith Born To Run Video on Amazon


David in NYC wrote:
> "So, what, you can't complain about the price anymore, so you're gonna
> complain about the product? Gotta say, David, your transformation into
> a common troll, while magical, is just sad."
>
> Don't worry. I won't be posting much anymore. I only check in now and
> then to see funny posts like yours and how far people will go to
> justify things like three year gaps between albums or greatest hits
> packages with bonus CD's or live dates mostly on the East Coast or
> pre-tour comments like "won't be playing Thunder Road" while releasing
> two versions of it during the tour.
>
> Mostly, I just want to believe again in Springsteen; but the more I
> delve into Lou Reed's catalogue or Bob Dylan's or Lucinda Williams', I
> realize just how much of a suburban showman Springsteen really is.
> Saying "$250 up the ass" is not dangerous, just desperate (in more ways
> than one).
>
> Regarding the pricing, you can go on pretending that the reduction was
> just part of a normal way of doing business. What's obvious is that
> Sony tried to gouge die-hard fans for as much as they could, and when
> there was an outcry, they cut the price back.
>
> As for me being a troll, I'll print that speech out and use it for
> toilet paper - the same value I apply to just about everything you
> write.
>
> Your "q" might be silent, but your ignorance is as shrill and as
> off-key as a recent Clarence Clemons saxophone solo.
>
> David in NYC

Is it possible that you are reacting as much to his audience as you are
to Bruce himself? I agree that his touring practices- prices, types of
venues, cities played- can be maddeningly frustrating. And no one
can be blamed for that other than Springsteen himself. His choices of
$100 ticket prices and focusing on a narrow if sizable segment of his
audience and reluctance to release any significant amounts of live or
new studio material havne't exactly endeared me to him over the past
few years. But what really puts it over the top for me are the people
who apologize and rationalize all of that, and worse, who see the real
problem as being with those who dare complain about those things.
That sort of unquestioning fanboy mentality is present in all forms of
pop culture and is hardly unique to the vocal minority of Springsteen
fans who engage in it. But should we let our perception of the audience
influence our opinion of the art? When that happens, it becomes our
own problem and indicates that it's time to get a little perspective.
The qualities that attracted you to his music in the first place
haven't changed, and IMO are still there to varying degrees in his
newer material and performances.

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