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Springsteen’s impeccable reputation as a live performer is due to, well, being a fucking great live performer. However, another reason is because there is such a colossal gap between the studio sound and the live sound.

I would love to hear your takes, unpopular opinions, and things you would change.

Here are my takes/opinions:

- Born To Run is one of the best albums of all time for its lyrics, music, and sheer emotion. However, compared to other albums from the 1970’s by other artists, the production is certainly found wanting.

- The River (and the outtakes) is the best production in terms of capturing the E Street live sound. In other words, The River studio and The River live have the closest resemblances compared to the other albums. This is followed by Darkness On The Edge Of Town (however this album couldn’t quite capture the huge guitar sound the live work showcases)

- The Tunnel Of Love album has aged TERRIBLY

- Most people cite the difference in live shows as their main reason for hating the E Street Split. But the 3 albums TOL/Human Touch/Lucky Town have aged so badly whereas the E Street Albums have not. Bruce imo categorically made better ‘band’ music with E Street. I still think the other band shows weren’t so bad, the difference in studio album quality is my beef.

- As a studio album, Born In The USA is pretty flawless from a production/mixing perspective. Bob Clearmountain is awesome.

- The Brendan O’Brien collaboration was one of the worst Springsteen decisions since breaking up E Street.

Let me know what you think! Would love a good discussion

Bruce Inc seems to do a pretty good job of limiting the information out there regarding rifts and disagreements within the band. From the few things I’ve read, getting the band to play the 1999 Hall of Fame show wasn’t easy and getting the band back together for the reunion tour wasn’t simple either.

Does anyone have any inside knowledge on historical rifts between Bruce and the band and more specifically on these two moments in E Street history?

Videos of farangs behaving badly go viral really quickly on Thai social media, and they are definitely contributing to a growing nationalistic anti-farang sentiment in Thailand.

A small group of foreigners are arrogant and behave poorly towards locals here but I can’t help but notice that it’s not nearly as bad as it was 10,20 and 30 years ago when foreigners walked all over locals. There also wasn’t this big of an anti foreigner sentiment during the height of bad behavior.

Is it because economically Thais are struggling at the moment and they are not seeing the benefits of tourism to their lives as much? For example, America went through a few years of tough economic times and a growing ‘America first’ and ‘America for the Americans’ movement emerged.

Is this what we’re seeing in Thailand?

I’m not from the USA, can someone please explain the process?