David Bowie vs Bruce Springstein

Bathgate66

Keller wrote:

can't really compare but if i must its gotta be BRUUUUUCE!!!

LOL


OK

Bruce : 16
Bowie : 9

attics26

I like most of Bowie's albums particularly earlier ones but I dont know any run of albums by anyone that can lyrically match Springsteen's 1st 4 (Dylan comes close obviously) I do think his magic touch has faded since but he's still clearly the Boss.

Soupy

Bowie by a county mile.

The guy is one of the most influenctial artists of all time, he's constantly changed with the times and normally sounds fresh whatever the era/decade (aside from the 80's). I thought anyone worships at the temple of Bowie, I can't believe a he's losing to workmenlike rocker Bruce fucking Stringsteen, that's just wrong, so wrong. Bit like saying Creed are better than The Doors, Brian Adams is better than Dylan.

catefrances

Soupy wrote:

Bowie by a county mile.

The guy is one of the most influenctial artists of all time, he's constantly changed with the times and normally sounds fresh whatever the era/decade (aside from the 80's). I thought anyone worships at the temple of Bowie, I can't believe a he's losing to workmenlike rocker Bruce fucking Stringsteen, that's just wrong, so wrong. Bit like saying Creed are better than The Doors, Brian Adams is better than Dylan.

are you kidding me? you are putting bruce springsteen in the same basket as creed and bryan adams? that is ridiculous. not to mention insulting.
all my music listening life(and i'm talking since 1974) i have been aware of springsteen, and bowie for almost as long, and while i respect bowie for his influence and foresight as well as his ability to apparently reinvent himself, there is no one and i mean no one in the music industry that i have more respect for than bruce springsteen. his integrity, his songwriting, his defiance are what make him timeless and an artist worthy of everyone's respect whether you like his music or not.

PaulJam

Soupy wrote:

Bowie by a county mile.

The guy is one of the most influenctial artists of all time, he's constantly changed with the times and normally sounds fresh whatever the era/decade (aside from the 80's). I thought anyone worships at the temple of Bowie, I can't believe a he's losing to workmenlike rocker Bruce fucking Stringsteen, that's just wrong, so wrong. Bit like saying Creed are better than The Doors, Brian Adams is better than Dylan.

I think it's a little unfair to call Springsteen a 'workmanlike' rocker. He's a great songwriter and the Brian Adams/Bob Dylan comparison is beyond harsh! I see where you're coming from, just. But Springsteen has done great things in rock n roll.

To the person taking the poll, you counted me as a Bowie vote, when I actually said I personally prefer Springsteen.

So it should be

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Springsteen 17
Bowie 8

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I'm sure Bowie would take it in a world poll though. Springsteen has built up a large fan base outside the U.S. but his music's still pretty exclusive to Americans. The rest of the world just can't identify with the themes in his music in the same way Americans can. Similar to the Paul Weller thing (a legend in Britain) who few people know about in the U.S.

reeferchief

Soupy wrote:

Bowie by a county mile.

The guy is one of the most influenctial artists of all time, he's constantly changed with the times and normally sounds fresh whatever the era/decade (aside from the 80's). I thought anyone worships at the temple of Bowie, I can't believe a he's losing to workmenlike rocker Bruce fucking Stringsteen, that's just wrong, so wrong. Bit like saying Creed are better than The Doors, Brian Adams is better than Dylan.

Whilst I will throw in another vote for Bowie, this comment was just so stupid it made me laugh.:)

Springsteen 18
Bowie 10

electronblue

BRUCE IS AWESOME HOWEvER, BOWIE WINS!!!

BOWIE!!! BOWIE!!! BOWIE!!!...~

reeferchief

eddie's Tone rocks wrote:

BRUCE IS AWESOME HOWEvER, BOWIE WINS!!!

BOWIE!!! BOWIE!!! BOWIE!!!...~

Thats vote 11 for Bowie, it could be a close one.:)

Soupy

Ok maybe the Creed/Brian Adams thing was abit over the top.

Maybe The Eagles Vs Pink Floyd would have been a better comparison. But as it's been repeatedly stated Bruce don't mean much outside the US (like the Eagles).

PaulJam

You really don't think much of Bruce, do ya?

Bathgate66

Soupy wrote:

But as it's been repeatedly stated Bruce don't mean much outside the US (like the Eagles).

OK

this is just ignorant , as well as inaccurate.
Aside from the Bowie / Bruce debating and comparisons, just as a single artist , theres obviously some following in Europe, and still after all these years is very relevant , regardless if you fall into that subset of fans.
http://www.brucespringsteen.net/live/index.html

Bruce Springsteen with the Seeger Sessions Band Fall European Tour

October 1 Bologna, Italy Palamalaguti Arena
October 2 Torino , Italy Palaisozaki
October 4 Udine, Italy Villa Manin
October 5 Verona, Italy Arena Di Verona
October 7 Perugia, Italy Arena Santa Giuliana
October 8 Caserta, Italy Giardini Della Reggia
October 10 Rome, Italy Palalottomatica Sport Palace
October 12 Hamburg, Germany Colorline Arena
October 13 Rotterdam, Holland Ahoy Arena
October 19 Madrid, Spain Plaza Detoroslas Ventas
October 21 Valencia, Spain Estadio Ciutat De Valencia
October 22 Granada, Spain Plaza De Toros De Granada
October 24 Barcelona, Spain Palau Sant Jordi
October 25 Santander, Spain Palacio Deportes Santander
October 28 Copenhagen, Denmark Parken Stad
October 29 Oslo, Norway Spektrum Arena
October 30 Stockholm, Sweden Globen Arena
November 6 Cologne, Germany Koln Arena
November 7 Antwerp, Belgium Sport Palais
November 9 Birmingham, England NEC Arena
November 11 London, England Wembley Arena
November 14 Sheffield, England Hallem Fm Arena
November 17 Dublin, Ireland The Point
November 18 Dublin, Ireland The Point
November 19 Dublin, Ireland The Point
November 21 Belfast Ireland Odyssey Arena

SEEGER SESSIONS TOUR BAND

Bruce Springsteen

Sam Bardfeld - Violin
Art Baron - Tuba, Mandolin, Penny Whistle Frank Bruno - Guitar, Vocals Jeremy Chatzky - Upright Bass Larry Eagle - Drums, Percussion Clark Gayton - Trombone Charlie Giordano - B3 Organ, Accordion, Piano, Pump Organ, Vocals Curtis King, Jr. - Vocals Greg Liszt - Banjo Lisa Lowell - Vocals Eddie Manion - Saxophone Cindy Mizelle - Vocals Mark Pender- Trumpet, Vocals Curt Ramm - Trumpet Marty Rifkin - Pedal Steel, Dobro Richie "La Bamba" Rosenberg - Trombone, Vocals Patti Scialfa - Guitar, Vocals Marc Anthony Thompson - Guitar, Vocals Soozie Tyrell - Violin, Vocals

Most of these shows are Sold Out , or very close to it . Bruce sells out Europe at lightning speed. From what I understand, these recent shows in England / & or Ireland, broke onsale ticketsales time, beating out U2 , for fastest ticket sales ever .

This is all with the Seeger Sessions Band , if you substitute this for The E- Street Band , you can multiply these figures by 10 .

The ironic part is that Bruce has had some concern that the U.S. ticket sales have been unable to match the sales in Europe .

Scratchin a Letter

uncomparable! so totally different.
the boss is a rock'n'roll legend.
the thin white duke is a rock'n'roll icon.

better?

Bathgate66

Bruce : 19

Bowie : 11

kdpjam

Bathgate66 wrote:

Bruce : 19

Bowie : 11

its all in your mind


lol

surferdude

Bowie is the better songwriter, much more versatile and is better in the studio. Bowie really has an amazing portfolio of work spanning decades. So many genres done so damn well.

Bruce is the better live performer by far.

electronblue

Bathgate66 wrote:

Bruce : 11

Bowie : 19

SUWEET!!!...~

PaulJam

Bathgate66 wrote:

OK

this is just ignorant , as well as inaccurate.
Aside from the Bowie / Bruce debating and comparisons, just as a single artist , theres obviously some following in Europe, and still after all these years is very relevant , regardless if you fall into that subset of fans.
http://www.brucespringsteen.net/live/index.html

Bruce Springsteen with the Seeger Sessions Band Fall European Tour

October 1 Bologna, Italy Palamalaguti Arena
October 2 Torino , Italy Palaisozaki
October 4 Udine, Italy Villa Manin
October 5 Verona, Italy Arena Di Verona
October 7 Perugia, Italy Arena Santa Giuliana
October 8 Caserta, Italy Giardini Della Reggia
October 10 Rome, Italy Palalottomatica Sport Palace
October 12 Hamburg, Germany Colorline Arena
October 13 Rotterdam, Holland Ahoy Arena
October 19 Madrid, Spain Plaza Detoroslas Ventas
October 21 Valencia, Spain Estadio Ciutat De Valencia
October 22 Granada, Spain Plaza De Toros De Granada
October 24 Barcelona, Spain Palau Sant Jordi
October 25 Santander, Spain Palacio Deportes Santander
October 28 Copenhagen, Denmark Parken Stad
October 29 Oslo, Norway Spektrum Arena
October 30 Stockholm, Sweden Globen Arena
November 6 Cologne, Germany Koln Arena
November 7 Antwerp, Belgium Sport Palais
November 9 Birmingham, England NEC Arena
November 11 London, England Wembley Arena
November 14 Sheffield, England Hallem Fm Arena
November 17 Dublin, Ireland The Point
November 18 Dublin, Ireland The Point
November 19 Dublin, Ireland The Point
November 21 Belfast Ireland Odyssey Arena

SEEGER SESSIONS TOUR BAND

Bruce Springsteen

Sam Bardfeld - Violin
Art Baron - Tuba, Mandolin, Penny Whistle Frank Bruno - Guitar, Vocals Jeremy Chatzky - Upright Bass Larry Eagle - Drums, Percussion Clark Gayton - Trombone Charlie Giordano - B3 Organ, Accordion, Piano, Pump Organ, Vocals Curtis King, Jr. - Vocals Greg Liszt - Banjo Lisa Lowell - Vocals Eddie Manion - Saxophone Cindy Mizelle - Vocals Mark Pender- Trumpet, Vocals Curt Ramm - Trumpet Marty Rifkin - Pedal Steel, Dobro Richie "La Bamba" Rosenberg - Trombone, Vocals Patti Scialfa - Guitar, Vocals Marc Anthony Thompson - Guitar, Vocals Soozie Tyrell - Violin, Vocals

Most of these shows are Sold Out , or very close to it . Bruce sells out Europe at lightning speed. From what I understand, these recent shows in England / & or Ireland, broke onsale ticketsales time, beating out U2 , for fastest ticket sales ever .

This is all with the Seeger Sessions Band , if you substitute this for The E- Street Band , you can multiply these figures by 10 .

The ironic part is that Bruce has had some concern that the U.S. ticket sales have been unable to match the sales in Europe .

The population density is FAR greater in Europe and he doesn't tour as much here. It's not 'ignorant' to believe that Bruce is more popular in the States than the rest of the world. In my life, EVERY person who knows anything about the subject believes this to be common knowledge. The point isn't whether or not he's he's popular in Europe. It's whether he is in comparison with The States.

I'm sure the UK shows sold out quickly, but there are 70 million people in this country (that's more than a quarter of North America's population and we're smaller than Florida in area!), plus as I mentioned, he plays in England less than he does in The States. Probably less than he does most big American cities too.

PaulJam

btw I just checked and two of the four English shows are still available.

(London's sold out, which is a bummer)

Bathgate66

PaulJam wrote:

The population density is FAR greater in Europe and he doesn't tour as much here. It's not 'ignorant' to believe that Bruce is more popular in the States than the rest of the world. In my life, EVERY person who knows anything about the subject believes this to be common knowledge. The point isn't whether or not he's he's popular in Europe. It's whether he is in comparison with The States.

I'm sure the UK shows sold out quickly, but there are 70 million people in this country (that's more than a quarter of North America's population and we're smaller than Florida in area!), plus as I mentioned, he plays in England less than he does in The States. Probably less than he does most big American cities too.

OK Paul

go back to that thread you quoted

look at the quote i had there :

Soupy wrote:

Bruce don't mean much outside the US (like the Eagles)

this just isnt true.
no matter how dense or whatever your prior argument was .
Obviously, he means alot for the masses in Europe to be flocking to these shows , even if its not our budddy Soupy there. :rolleyes:

Baritenortone

Bruce, Bruce, BRUCE. If you are in disbelief, just watch the Hammersmith DVD. Amazing.