Taking Sides: Bruce Springsteen: Born in the USA v. The Eagles: Life in the Fast Lane v. Radiohead: Paranoid Android.

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the factory song v. the cocaine song v. the student song. it is born in the usa, obviously. plus bruce giving an amazing acoustic rendition. plus his yelps of ROCKING OUT near the end of the song.

― doom-e, Saturday, 28 June 2003 09:56 (twenty-two years ago)

ooooOOOh - new answers!

― doom-e, Saturday, 28 June 2003 09:57 (twenty-two years ago)

Bruce is just a strange, bizarre, classic monolith. The second I haven't really heard (aside from the sample in Limp Bizkit's "Livin' It Up) and the third really doesn't blow shit up without the video (if THAT). I wanna give it to Bruce but I heard "Take The Money And Run" on the bus last night and it was so good (esp. drumwise) that I wanna hear more of this Eagles jive before I simply ASSUME that Bruce is the pinnacle of this particular TS.

― Anthony Miccio (Anthony Miccio), Saturday, 28 June 2003 10:05 (twenty-two years ago)

don't get me wrong, i struggled with this, but Born in the USA kills Life in the Fast Lane. Dave Q will agree with me; but Born in the USA is more evocative of life in American than Paranoid Android or Life in the Fast Lane.

― doom-e, Saturday, 28 June 2003 10:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Is life in America really that repetitive?

― man, Saturday, 28 June 2003 12:58 (twenty-two years ago)

A better comparison would be between "Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)" and "Paranoid Android" because clearly with its 3 disparate songs mashed together, "Rosalita" is Bruce's "Paranoid Android".

― Ally (mlescaut), Sunday, 29 June 2003 00:00 (twenty-two years ago)

He was a hard-headed man He was brutally handsome, and she was terminally pretty Now they are Calm fitter, healthier and more productive a pig in a cage on antibiotics

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Sunday, 29 June 2003 02:58 (twenty-two years ago)

Oops...I'm sorry...that wasn't the first verse of "Born in the USA"

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Sunday, 29 June 2003 02:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Of course it's "Born in the U.S.A." I mean, Bush jr would never use a Radiohead song as his campaign theme.

― b.R.A.d. (Brad), Sunday, 29 June 2003 03:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Though the last line of "Fitter, Happier" IIIIISSSS what he all wants us to be...right?

― Lord Custos Epsilon (Lord Custos Epsilon), Sunday, 29 June 2003 03:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Live versions (especially, the acoustic ones), and 'Nebraska' outtake versions: Born In the USA
Commonly known studio renditions: Paranoid Android

― John Bullabaugh (John Bullabaugh), Sunday, 29 June 2003 03:38 (twenty-two years ago)

"Kennedy wasn't killed by a single gunman - there were shots from many different directions..." - David Crosby

― dave q, Monday, 30 June 2003 11:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Born in the USA is more evocative of life in American than Paranoid Android or Life in the Fast Lane.

Well, that says it all, doesn't it? I'll pick the one that ISN'T American, then.

(That said, Life In The Fast Lane is a damn fine song. I nicked the guitar riff for one of the songs on our album and no one even noticed! Astonishing!)

― kate (kate), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 08:05 (twenty-two years ago)

dave q - do you have that david crosby speech on tape, i do, it's amazing ... he is the ultimate paranoid android!

― robotman, Tuesday, 1 July 2003 08:07 (twenty-two years ago)

"Bush jr would never use a Radiohead song as his campaign theme."

"Electioneering" could fit.

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Tuesday, 1 July 2003 15:16 (twenty-two years ago)

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