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Originally Posted by atari 2600

Those sorts of things tend to come along to some degree when you're any good at all and considered the voice of a generation, and by some, the next Dylan.

I don't see how faking spontaneity every night is a mark of credibility. Dylan's had his ups and downs, but he certainly never did that.

Originally Posted by atari 2600

Again, your criticisms are nothing more than grasping at straws. You're just another feeble, jealous, lost person who revels in the occasional Legend-bashing.

I don't see why you can't discuss music without resorting to unfounded personal attacks. It weakens your arguments tremendously.

Originally Posted by atari 2600

You made your original petty remarks because you wanted to try to impress or otherwise curry favor for whatever disturbed reason with like-minded individuals.

You know, for the same social reasons you play all that college-age, trendy, pseudo-cool, no-talent, shit music on your show and regularly post about it here.

I just said what I think of a musician in a thread that was asking for discussion of that. On the one hand you claim I was trying to get a negative reaction, and on the other you claim I was trying to get a positive reaction from negative people. It was neither.

I play music on my show from Sun Ra to Sonic Youth, John Cage to Ornette Coleman. I also play lesser know artists who make interesting music and sound art. Very little of what I play appeals to "college-age" or "trendy" audiences. Though I have nothing against people in their early 20s that might happen to share musical tastes, most of the artists I play are considerably older than that. I do post about it here, because Sonic Youth being one of my all time favorite bands (o.k. not just one, the one) it only makes sense that I'd try to connect with their audience. As several people have listened, yes, that does appear to be a good decision. I have the hardest time swallowing your attacks on this point, as I'm sure I probably play tons of artists that you like and more that you would like if you listened. At least my judgement against Springsteen are based on me actually having heard a great many of his albums all the way through a significant amount of time.

Originally Posted by atari 2600

And you did this even though you know Bruce Springsteen is a valid musical artist; you seem too intelligent not to know this intrinsically on some level.

I never once said that Springsteen isn't "a valid musical artist" and you've missed that point from the beginning. I was simply stating that his lyrics on many of his classics are so over the top in their swaggering bluster to approach something humorous. I enjoy them for that reason actually, and just think he shouldn't be taken as some sort of guiding light for it.