So do I. While not finding him in the least middlebrow, though.https://twitter.com/HeerJeet/status/1077041877453402112 …
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This conversation about Bruce Springsteen is extremely middlebrow.
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So what if I may ask?
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The synths, the chorus, and the outro of "Born in the USA" are middlebrow. The drums, the verses, and the hoarse shout of the singer are not.
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Rock and roll is Dionysian, not Apollonian.
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"Roy Orbison singin' for the lonely/Hey, that's me and I want you only" might as well be Keats.
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Example: "Badlands" on the album vs. "Badlands" live.
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Not sure spending an entire career trying to give every single audience he performed for a memorable and satisfying experience is the definition of “middlebrow” , but whatever.
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But then there's the way casual listeners don't grasp the personal and national tragedy so powerfully conveyed in "Born In The USA". I suppose it can be argued that he enables them in that with his own upbeat musical interpretations, but the words are still there.
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Yeah and that stuff is great no matter the brow level.
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