In Keith Richards new autobiography "Life", he takes a shot at Bruce Springsteen. " If there was anything better around, he'd still be working the bars of New Jersey". I'm interested in seeing if Little Steven comments on the remark, considering the major idol worship his station (Underground Garage) has for The Stones.

Yeah, maybe... Still doesn't give him a lot of room to be throwing around wickedly backhanded compliments.

MikeL said:

Bebe Buell claims in her autobiography that Keith was the real heart and soul of the band musically before he got into heroin, so maybe that's why so much of the Stones' output was kind of spotty in the 70s and beyond.



Ken said:

I don't think that Keith has much room to talk about quality of music post 1972 or so. Or being overblown.

For that matter... What's wrong with playing bars in New Jersey?

Keef is not ripping, he's saying that there's been nothing better than B.S. in tha last 35+ years. That's quite a compliment!

Bebe Buell claims in her autobiography that Keith was the real heart and soul of the band musically before he got into heroin, so maybe that's why so much of the Stones' output was kind of spotty in the 70s and beyond.

Ken said:

I don't think that Keith has much room to talk about quality of music post 1972 or so. Or being overblown.

For that matter... What's wrong with playing bars in New Jersey?

I don't think that Keith has much room to talk about quality of music post 1972 or so. Or being overblown.

For that matter... What's wrong with playing bars in New Jersey?

LOL! I do like Springsteen, but I can see your point. And yeah, many people do consider Meatloaf to be an even more over the top derivative of Springsteen. BTW, I like Meatloaf too, but he's more of a guilty pleasure. BTW, I love that picture you use of Lester Bangs for your profile.

Gunther Toody said:

Further proof that Keith's musical tastes are those of a true rock and roll fan. Springsteen's stuff is definitely "overblown" to the point that it mostly sounds like it's from some godawful Broadway rock musical, ala Meatloaf's stuff.

Further proof that Keith's musical tastes are those of a true rock and roll fan. Springsteen's stuff is definitely "overblown" to the point that it mostly sounds like it's from some godawful Broadway rock musical, ala Meatloaf's stuff.

Actually, Keith said something like this before, except he was more diplomatic. I read an interview he did with Rolling Stone back in the late 80s, and he admitted that he didn't like Springsteen's music, because he thought it was just too overblown. However, he did say that he hated to admit this, because he considers Springsteen a friend, and he also said he's a really nice guy too. I'm sure Little Steven already knows about this, so I don't think it's going to be too much of a shock to him.

BTW, in David Marsh's Springsteen biography, he wrote that Keith did like Little Steven's work with Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes, so maybe that's a consolation prize for LS.

I think Steven's going to ignore it.

Your probably right!

i tend to agree and yep; it's pretty funny too. my guess is steve also would agree but hey, he's gotta make a living too