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From: rlr@pyuxn.UUCP (Rich Rosen)
Newsgroups: net.music
Subject: Re: Rick Springfield
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Date: Mon, 30-Apr-84 14:54:50 EDT
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Posted: Mon Apr 30 14:54:50 1984
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Keywords: teen idols, talent, assembly line, dolt contemporary

> I'll admit that a lot of Rick Springfield's stuff is pure pop (by the
> standards of the people who criticize pure pop) but his latest, "Love
> Somebody" reminds me a lot of Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run".  In
> fact, the first time I heard it on the radio I thought they were playing
> "Born to Run".  I think it's a pretty good single.

Yes, I'll agree, he's got a great deal of originality, that Springfield
guy, sounding so much like someone else... :-)
-- 
You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy.
				Rich Rosen    pyuxn!rlr