>>>>There is a good reason it's called The Garden State.
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>>>True, but none of that reason is along the roads one takes from the Philadelphia area to New York.
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>>Now you've got my Bruce CDs stacked in the player, starting with "Nebraska". You are a troublemaker, Tamar. (Just trying to help you get that bad reputation you've always secretly wanted ;-) ).
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>>"Nebraska" is what they call a sleeper. It will not be mentioned in the first paragraph of his obituary, which will jump from page 1 of the NY Times, but it is one of my favorites. Bruce had just come off a couple of huge hits, trouble with his manager, etc. For "Nebraska" he stripped it down to the essentials. It was recorded in his home studio with a 4 track recorder. No E Street Band, hardly any backing musicians at all other than a few that were dubbed in later. Raw. And that is its power. Grab it, Tamar, you'll like it.
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>Bruce ain't no singer, he's a screamer!

Them's fightin' words! ;-) He doesn't have the pipes of a Roy Orbison or Andrea Bocelli but he can sing. Check out "Stolen Car", to name just one example. IAC it's almost beside the point. Bruce is about passion and humanity, not vocal perfection.