I am not a huge fan but anyone who can do that more than 40 years after he exploded on the scene deserve props. Surprised he beat all of the country bumpkins.
OT Springsteen top grossing act of 2016
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Still delivers the goods live. 3 to 4 plus hour performances of solid rock and roll, with no cheesy effects or pyrotechnics. Paul McCartney and the Stones were also in the Top Ten. Says a lot about today's "artists."
His autobiography is a great read. He has suffered from depression for a lot of years. The way he put it in an interview with Maron was he was successful in one phase of life but "completely retarded" (his words) in his personality off stage.
Wearing a Rutgers shirt 30 years ago makes up for the PSU hat 6 months ago?
Bruce wears many caps. Someone gave him the PSU one when he played a gig at Bryce Jordan Center. If someone gave him a Rutgers cap he'd wear it.
BC is the school he supports the most. He performed a few invitation-only benefit shows for BC at The Stone Pony when his son was a student there.
And benefits for Rumson Country Day school.
His kids went to BC and Duke, like many rich kids in NJ do.
For years he wore a Toledo Mud Hens hat. Doubt he's a fan of the Toledo Mud Hens.
Going back at least 10 years, he was fond of wearing this one, which drove me nuts because I'm a Jets fan. I felt better when I found he wore it because he liked the way it fit...lol
Found this guy's collection on Greasy Lake:Going back at least 10 years, he was fond of wearing this one, which drove me nuts because I'm a Jets fan. I felt better when I found he wore it because he liked the way it fit...lol
The REMBASS hat was the one he wore on the cover of Born in the USA. He got it from Lance Larson, and it stands for Remotely Monitored Battlefield Sensor Systems, which was a research organization at Fort Monmouth. My mother worked for that organization back in the 1980's.
Here's all of top 10. I'd do Coldplay (sold the most tickets) but the others aren't even close. Bruce made 4 mil a show.
1. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, $268.3 million
2. Beyonce, $256.4 million.
3. Coldplay, $241 million.
4. Guns N’ Roses, $188.4 million.
5. Adele, $167.7 million.
6. Justin Bieber, $163.3 million.
7. Paul McCartney, $110.6 million.
8. Garth Brooks, $97 million
9. Rolling Stones, $90.9 million.
10. Celine Dion, $85.5 million.
http://www.app.com/story/entertainm...e-springsteen-top-grossing-act-2016/96079378/
1. Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, $268.3 million
2. Beyonce, $256.4 million.
3. Coldplay, $241 million.
4. Guns N’ Roses, $188.4 million.
5. Adele, $167.7 million.
6. Justin Bieber, $163.3 million.
7. Paul McCartney, $110.6 million.
8. Garth Brooks, $97 million
9. Rolling Stones, $90.9 million.
10. Celine Dion, $85.5 million.
http://www.app.com/story/entertainm...e-springsteen-top-grossing-act-2016/96079378/
Coldplay actually puts on a really good show. I wasn't sure what to expect the first time I saw them, but now I go every time they are in the area.
I can't name a single song nor do I care enough to look it up. But, I don't think I am the target audience anyway.
even in America an uneducated, ignorant, opinionated, social reject with a glorified garage band can make it big :)
It's called special talent, like him or not, which for the most part I don't.
You will not last and persevere without it.
I just started his autobiography. Just up to his early years playing bars in the late 60s. Im not much of a fan of his post Rising stuff, but it's a great read. It's also cool to find out I live around the corner from his grandfather's house "The Mansion on the Hill".
Bruce is a serious talent with a crazy work ethic. The guy has paid the cost to be the Boss.
His concerts draw a ton of millennials.
The whole band is very good and anyone who has a musical background can appreciate what they do.
A New Jersey legend
His concerts draw a ton of millennials.
The whole band is very good and anyone who has a musical background can appreciate what they do.
A New Jersey legend
The most compelling part of the book comes later when he goes into his issues with depression (both his father's and his). He had a good way of articulating the problem his father never sought treatment for, which was something along the lines of being in New Jersey, where men don't recognize or address such problems. On the surface, others can look at a "successful" person and wonder what they have to be depressed about, and the reality may be that they appear to be successful but failed in many aspects of life.
So he finally admitted what most knew about the supposed "Boss" ...he always was an egotistical jackass even in his teens..a great performer but a jackass none the less...it is amazing how many buy into that " father son " ..."mother daughter "...depression / disconnected early life B.S. ...it does sell print though..."oh whoa is me"...
Just curious...how many other EVERYDAY guys ( who have suffered with Depression and father issues ) aren't given a public forum to express it...he can do , go , spend any amount of money and time...there are millions of others that can't.
You seem jaded and incoherent. Is it not a good thing he is bringing a problem that has been swept under the carpet and a source of shame to light? Maybe his publicizing his problems (which you do not appear to believe are real) can help others? Is this a bad thing?
A lot of people compelled to succeed are compensating for low self-esteem. They feel worthless and try to earn success and approval to make-up for it. That often actually backfires in the long-run. Compensating for low self-esteem is not like resolving the issue as much as trying to make-up for it. Resolution bring you back to center. Compensation flips to another extreme but strengthens the connection to the former extreme ("les extrêmes se touchent" - the extremes that touch).The rubber-band will snap back.
Struggling and fighting with inferiority while trying to make-up for it will lead to even worse self worth. Forced positive thinking leads to more negative thinking. Every now and then you read about some kid who was a super achiever in class and sports, and who who everyone liked, but they kill themselves and everyone is confused. The kid was actually feeling more fake and conflicted with the successes.
A reason Springsteen gets depressed is because he resented the father who resented him (
‘He loved me but he couldn’t stand me. He felt we competed for my mother’s affections.’)
. Resenting a parent is a psychic hand grenade that explodes inside and makes a person feel especially worthless. It doesn't matter that the parent might deserve contempt. Any temptation to resent a parent will pull a kid out of their tree once they fall into hating a parent. You also become like what you hate (law of emotional correspondence or co-responding) and you can get stuck struggling with an identity thats more implanted than authentic. That's what happened to Michael Jackson. He hated his father and hated looking in the mirror and seeing a resemblance - hence all the surgeries.
I think Springsteen is actually probably a pretty good guy. Bad people don't have conflict in the same way as people sensitive to guilt (which Springsteen is). I think Springsteen does have a genuine conscience but he's also guilt driven and resentment based. The anger he has for his father is transferred to other people who are stand-ins - who in his case will often male authority figures. Psychically, libs vs cons is often as simple as mom vs dad since libs have a sort of emotional, nurturing mother vibe and cons tip toward the authoritarian, self-regulating father. You need both as long as the nurturing doesn't become spoiling and the regulating doesn't become harsh. Both can be suffocating in the extreme. For Springsteen, an Obama like his mom and Trump is the father he hated - all of which was initially forced upon him unawares. So, I disagree with Springsteen often enough but never took him as bad guy per se. His pills wont resolve his problem though. A lot of times depression is anger turned inward toward the self that isn't even really the true self.
Far from jaded or incoherent just being factual...Brucie has been a talented jackass for many years and I go back to those same teen years with him...check your reading comprehension...I said " how many other EVERYDAY ..." never said it wasn't a real illness but too many coming out claiming the father or mother scarred me...ask him would he rather be the guy or gal who lives hand to mouth daily with no chance to have that "special " forum ....as I said it sells news print rather quickly in our current culture.
Are you a psychologist or psychiatrist, or just experienced with depression? Where did you get that last paragraph of analysis and the lib/con mother/father connection?
Oh gee.... FanuSanu52 are you butt hurt again....first Trump ...now Bruce... you like to be a tough guy ...If you actually believe this litany of BS so be it but it is ONLY for book sales.
I tend to see the more benign side in people, and I doubt Bruce "needs" the book sales to help his "net worth," and maybe feels the need to sell books to help his "self worth" by helping others. I detect a hint of jealousy about his success in life, and perhaps you had run-ins with him as a youngster. There is a good interview with Maron where he explains that a lot of entertainers had issues with their father and got it out on stage. Howard Stern is another example of a guy who has Daddy issues, and openly admits to going to a therapist to work through his issues.
Early in his career, Don Mattingly busted Dave Winfield's balls for missing games with a bad back. A few years later Mattingly was afflicted with the same problem and told Winny, I didn't realize at the time what a jack ass I was for questioning you...I now realize what you were going thru...ultimately it took the best player in the game, Donny Baseball, and brought him to his knees.
Anyone on this board fortunate enough to not suffer thru a disease that brings people to the brink of suicide, should really not say anything until they've walked in those shoes.
Anyone on this board fortunate enough to not suffer thru a disease that brings people to the brink of suicide, should really not say anything until they've walked in those shoes.
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Yeah, the connection with the election is absolutely non-existent. And there's an inherent reason why a celebrity's story gets more attention than the average guy or gal's .. see if you can find it.
Basically you're just angrily trolling a thread for no particular reason, with no particular insight. As usual.
Basically you're just angrily trolling a thread for no particular reason, with no particular insight. As usual.
