>I guess I have strange tastes, but I have never cared for Springsteen music (though I like Steve Van Zandt, who also happens to be my favorite Sopranos character...the "thinking-man's" mobster)
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>My mother in law went to the same school as Springsteen - she didn't care for him back then.
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>There are some groups/singers where I just don't see the magic....Springsteen, U2...they just all seem like hype. Sorry :(

How strange, It seems like we once again agree. I never understood what's so great with both Springsteen and U2. Bono is just another singer who happens to have become famous. And all of a sudden all the world's presidents and prime ministers want to listen to him and have pictures taken together with him. It's really pathetic. If you want to be taken seriously, you must become a singer or an actor first.