>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 :(

No problem. We all have our own musical tastes.

I think my favorite Sopranos character was Paulie Walnuts. Not the brightest bulb on the tree, always up to something small time.