The Agenda

[This article first appeared in The Agenda #14, January 2006]

Point: Bruce Springsteen: The Emo Meatloaf

by Eric Smith

With the recent release of a Bruce Springsteen concert DVD shedding new light on his dim early ‘70s output and allowing hordes of rock scribes to wax ad infinitum on the staggering Boss-ness of the Boss, please allow me—a non-fan—to speak from my heart as a non-believer of the highest order while imparting some much-needed sense into the thick skulls of you poor, poor, sad fucks.