1. Well, I just got a hold of "The Essential" collection and plan to focus on CD1 for a while...I can appreciated that fans of Bruce probably feel other....er, essential songs are missing. I know I feel that way with "my" bands. However, it's a clean starting point but I will definitely look in to the complete Born to Run and Darkness albums in the future.
  2. As a concertfan of Springsteen my advice:
    just listen to the albumshows:

    MSG, The River 11/08/09
    MSG, The Wild...(11/07/09)
    Giants, 10/02/09, Darkness
    Giants, 10/09/09, Born in the
    Cleveland, BTR, 11/10/09

    And also:
    LA: 10/23/1999
    MSG 2000 concerts
    Darkness tour radio recordings 1978
    Mainpoint 02-05-1975

    Wrecking Ball:
    Paris 07-05-2012
    London: 07-04-2012
  3. You're going a little further than Matt wants I think Let him dig into two or three albums and the rest will come
  4. Again, I sincerely appreciate all of your advise and am taking it into consideration. I know when some one asks me, "What are a dozen or so essential Pearl Jam songs that would get me into the band?" I find it virtually impossible to answer.

    I had no idea The Boss wrote "Blinded By The Light!"
  5. Originally posted by RUMMY:Again, I sincerely appreciate all of your advise and am taking it into consideration. I know when some one asks me, "What are a dozen or so essential Pearl Jam songs that would get me into the band?" I find it virtually impossible to answer.

    I had no idea The Boss wrote "Blinded By The Light!"

    Matt i m very new with the Boss too

    I also like this songs that weren t named yet :

    This Little Light Of Mine
    We Take Care Of Our Own
    Death To My Hometown
    No Surrender
    Cover Me
    She's the One
    American Skin (41 Shots)
    Shackled And Drawn
    Waitin' On A Sunny Day
  6. ahhh and My hometown and Streets of Philadelphia

  7. THESE 2 are far more essential i.m.o. than many others that were mentioned
  8. Originally posted by RUMMY:[..]

    I admit I that I do overuse "puns" but, no, I am just looking for a primer (12-15 songs) from The Boss' first decade (1973-1982).

  9. Wow...I never realized that so many of you that I know from other threads were such big Bruce Springsteen fans!
  10. Seriously, with the awesome live versions there are with The Ghost Of Tom Joad electric with Tom Morello, I didn't think I'd be so struck by the High Hopes recording, but I am. It is incredible.
  11. Originally posted by RUMMY:Wow...I never realized that so many of you that I know from other threads were such big Bruce Springsteen fans!

    It's because of ade. If it weren't for him, this thread wouldn't have a 1/4 as many posts.