Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska” (with Karl Christian Kumpholz)

Episode 45 May 12, 2020 01:19:11
Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska” (with Karl Christian Kumpholz)
Detours and Outliers
Bruce Springsteen’s “Nebraska” (with Karl Christian Kumpholz)

May 12 2020 | 01:19:11

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Show Notes

THE BOSS GOES ACOUSTIC! We are joined this week by illustrator Karl Christian Kumpholz (30 Miles of Crazy!) since he’s far more familiar with Bruce than we are. Why did he release an album of demos? Why is this only Springsteen album that the cool kids can claim to like? What exactly would the E Street Band have done to these songs? Is Bruce really a nice guy? Did he invent emo? How much of his blue collar persona is mere posturing? Why do people like to listen to sad songs? Did Reagan taint a whole generation's ability to take Bruce seriously? Do we really have a reason to believe? Do we need one? We were born to run in the U.S.A. in this week's episode of Detours and Outliers.

 

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