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From: mer@prism.UUCP
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Subject: Re: re:Thank you Bruce Springsteen
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Date: Tue, 15-Oct-85 10:40:00 EDT
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Posted: Tue Oct 15 10:40:00 1985
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Nf-From: prism!mer    Oct 15 10:40:00 1985


I have been going to see Bruce since 1977 or so, and have seen him 21
times at last count.  Every show was tremendous, and I saw him two or
three nights in a row several times.  I have never met *anyone* who has
seen him and not been overwhelmed by his show, including a couple of
people who didn't even like him much (I bought tickets for both of them,
since they wouldn't pay for tickets themselves).  

I do, however, find the overwhelming media barrage ridiculous.  But Bruce
hasn't been courting this press coverage, and it is unfair to hold it
against him.  Yes, he is a hero to many people, but not because Newsweek
put him on the cover again, but because of who he is and what his music
means to us.  The coverage is a fad, just like the adolation of Michael
Jackson, but when it blows over (about now, since he's off tour), he will
still have the same millions of fans he had before.  After all, the ten
nights at Meadowlands were well before the media barrage, and the 200,000
tickets sold out in *one day*.  

Bruce has been around for well over 10 (15?) years, and hasn't exactly
been a cult figure for most of it.  In fact, I consider myself a
relatively new fan, as I didn't see him at the famous Bottom Line concerts
or in any hall under several 1000 people (except for once when he sat in
with Beaver Brown for a couple of numbers).  
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Meredith Lesly {mit-eddie, ihnp4!inmet, wjh12, cca, datacube} !mirror!mer