[Paul Atreides]

Bruce really got off track when he did that song about AIDS for the movie Philadelphia. I liked Born in the USA, for the most part.

[TheSpottedOwl]

That's kind of what I mean. He always sounded "packaged" to me. If I want to hear real honesty and working class values, I'll listen to the Ramones ;-)

Ok, Born In The USA wasn't too bad...

[Wallaby]

In the interest of bringing a dissenting voice onto this thread, let me say that I've given "The Rising" a casual listen -- and I liked it. I'm not part of any Springsteen "cult" either. Years aago, I tried to like "'Born in the USA" but just couldn't quite succeed. I did like "Fever" which was long a bootleg, but finally made it onto an album ("18 Tracks").