Saintman2884
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Seger was no Pink Floyd or even Bruce Springsteen in that as a songwriter, he wrote deep, memorable, existentialist-like lyrics for album themes like DSOM, the Wall, or Born to Run, The River, or Darkness on the Edge of Town, some of Bruce's best albums before he got too commercial and pop. He also wasn't this eccentric, edgy at times, quirky in others kind of guy like Elvis Costello who wrote songs that polarized listeners and audiences back in the day. Costello was banned from SNL for 15 years because he stopped playing "Less Than Zero, apologized to the audience, and then played "Radio, Radio", a song about corporate radio censorship of politically-themed songs, he had previously promised Lorne Michaels he wouldnt play the song on-air, which he dutifully reneged once the lights came on.
Seger could write a lot of good, topical songs that focused as much on his past growing up in Detroit to life on the road, or waxing nostalgic about great memories from his childhood or whimsical lifetime regrets. He's kind of an American Midwest Bryan Adams but more gutsy, soulful, more mature and thankfully, he never became pretentious. His songs talk to you and can engage you, but never talk over your head.
Seger could write a lot of good, topical songs that focused as much on his past growing up in Detroit to life on the road, or waxing nostalgic about great memories from his childhood or whimsical lifetime regrets. He's kind of an American Midwest Bryan Adams but more gutsy, soulful, more mature and thankfully, he never became pretentious. His songs talk to you and can engage you, but never talk over your head.
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