Comments on: I Wish I Were Blind: The (Often Terrible) Album Covers of Bruce Springsteen

By: teri

teri — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 16:43:52 +0000

bruce is as hot today as he was in the 80s. totally in love with this man

By: eStreet4ever

eStreet4ever — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 19:18:07 +0000

I enjoyed and agreed with much you had to say, but speaking for millions of women all over the world, I guarantee you that Bruce did not have a short run as a sex symbol. He is, was, and always will be the hottest rock and roller ever. Totally unbiased, of course.

By: Ouch! Springsteen wins dubious honor for cover art : Blogness on the Edge of Town

Thu, 17 Dec 2009 12:23:59 +0000

[...] Of course, Blogness is no stranger to the cover art controversy. You weighed in on it here and there. Also, be sure to take another look at Swagger, Not Style, which offers the aptly titled post I Wish I Were Blind: The (Often Terrible) Album Covers of Bruce Springsteen. [...]

By: shardaws

shardaws — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 15:31:29 +0000

No I can’t believe this! That man can do no wrong in my eyes – I love every single cover – because behind each one there are the most amazing lyrics, the most outrageously beautiful music and probably the most talented man in the world…. *sigh* okay… okay one or two might be a little questionable but… I appreciate your thoughts… though… who looks at the darn things anyway? You’re just eager to pull the CD out and listen to the man!

By: caryn

caryn — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 19:43:18 +0000

You make good points, and bravo.

I hate everything after Darkness (although I love that cover, and the fact that Bruce went to the printing plant at 1 in the morning to supervise the print run because he didn’t like the way the cover had been coming out counts for a lot), and all of his concert merch is similiarly horrific. I mean, okay, so you have no taste. HIRE SOMEONE WHO DOES.

The worst offender of this was the imagery for the Reunion tour – it looks like someone threw up on the cover of BTR, scanned it, put it through a blur filter in Photoshop, and said “here”.

By: Samuli

Samuli — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 18:42:57 +0000

great work!

and human touch album and song rocks, especially that Plugged version…

By: Chance

Chance — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 17:38:47 +0000

The only album in the cannon? You keep your records in a big gun?

I think I’m the only person in the world who enjoys Human Touch. “I Wish I Were Blind” is one of Bruce’s best songs, and there ain’t nothing wrong with “man’s Job” or “57 Channels.” Some of the songs are fairly limp, but I don’t find the album an egregious affront to musicality, as most die hard Bossites seem to.

But then, I’m a Dylan man myself.

By: …in which McNutt questions Bruce Springsteen’s partnership with Brendan O’Brien « McNutt Against the Music

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:46:45 +0000

[...] because I’ve been slacking, all the best blog discussions are taken. Both the AV Club and Snake Oil placed the record’s awful, awful album art as part of a long line of bad Springsteen cover [...]

By: Noel Murray

Noel Murray — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:01:02 +0000

I wrote a similar piece (much shorter, not as well-argued as yours) and posted it literally 10 minutes before the Vulture blog linked to this one. Anyway, consider this an apology for inadvertently stepping on your toes. I posted a link to this piece in the comment section of mine. Yours is much better.

By: Mark Graham

Mark Graham — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 19:08:37 +0000

Loved this analysis. Excellent work.