Bruce Springsteen's prog album

Squonk19 wrote: I've been a huge Bruce Springsteen fan since the late 70s, but on this forum I've rarely mentioned him, as frankly he does not fit the prog style to any extent. However, I do admire your attempt to put a 'progressive' gloss on the 2nd album - The Wild.....! He was still finding his own style after the Dylanesque debut, Greetings.... and it would only be with Born to Run that the template was found. However, you are right to highlight the whirl of different genres and styles on The Wild... album. It is very jazz-orientated in places and very few artists brought out that mix of folk, rock, blues, Latin/Spanish, jazz and soul influences along with long-form improvisation, at the time (Steely Dan, perhaps?) It was actually that eclectic mix that made it a difficult sell at the time to the record-buying public and threatened his career with Columbia etc. However, retrospectively if was a daring mix and 'progressive' in its scope, if not with the 'prog' overtones we tend to judge the genre by (rightly or wrongly). 'Incident...' is a true classic and the prequel to the sublime 'Jungleland', while 'Rosalita' was the workhorse of live concerts for decades to come. I've shouted out "The record company, Rosie, just gave me a big advance!" too many times to mention at concerts over the years! Anyway....nice to discuss the Boss on PA for a change - although don't think we'll be doing it too much more in the months to come, though!

Edited by jamesbaldwin - November 23 2018 at 07:17

Springsteen? I'm still waiting for Yoko's prog album to come out.

Manuel wrote: I frankly neve got into Bruce Spreengsteen, and I didn't know about this album. It sounds intersting and I think I'll give it a try. Thanks for the tip.

I've been a huge Bruce Springsteen fan since the late 70s, but on this forum I've rarely mentioned him, as frankly he does not fit the prog style to any extent. However, I do admire your attempt to put a 'progressive' gloss on the 2nd album - The Wild.....!

He was still finding his own style after the Dylanesque debut, Greetings.... and it would only be with Born to Run that the
template was found. However, you are right to highlight the whirl of different genres and styles on The Wild... album. It is very jazz-orientated in places and very few artists brought out that mix of folk, rock, blues, Latin/Spanish, jazz and soul influences along with long-form improvisation, at the time (Steely Dan, perhaps?) It was actually that eclectic mix that made it a difficult sell at the time to the record-buying public and threatened his career with Columbia etc. However, retrospectively if was a daring mix and 'progressive' in its scope, if not with the 'prog' overtones we tend to judge the genre by (rightly or wrongly).

'Incident...' is a true classic and the prequel to the sublime 'Jungleland', while 'Rosalita' was the workhorse of live concerts for decades to come. I've shouted out "The record company, Rosie, just gave me a big advance!" too many times to mention at concerts over the years!

Anyway....nice to discuss the Boss on PA for a change - although don't think we'll be doing it too much more in the months to come, though!

Edited by Squonk19 - November 22 2018 at 15:52