that's fair and reasonable superficially except it's not the barometer you think it is when you break it down. There are so many bands that went platinum that are God awful. His number have absolutely declined after Born in the USA and the drop is harder the more vocal he's become over the past 30 yrs and this is with him touring which usually coincides with increased sales. He's toured quite a bit and does lots of local offerings, even out of state.
| ear | Album Title | Estimated Worldwide Sales (Pure Units) |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. | 3.95 Million |
| 1973 | The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle | 3.55 Million |
| 1975 | Born to Run | 10.7 Million |
| 1978 | Darkness on the Edge of Town | 5.7 Million |
| 1980 | The River | 10.05 Million |
| 1982 | Nebraska | 4.2 Million |
| 1984 | Born in the U.S.A. | 29.3 - 30 Million |
| 1987 | Tunnel of Love | 8.35 Million |
| 1992 | Human Touch | 4.6 Million |
| 1992 | Lucky Town | 3.7 Million |
| 1995 | The Ghost of Tom Joad | 2.26 Million |
| 2002 | The Rising | 5.0 Million |
| 2005 | Devils & Dust | 1.95 Million |
| 2006 | We Shall Overcome: The Seeger Sessions | 1.91 Million |
| 2007 | Magic | 2.75 Million |
| 2009 | Working on a Dream | 1.95 Million |
| 2012 | Wrecking Ball | 1.75 Million |
| 2014 | High Hopes | ~1 Million+ (No. 1 in US/UK) |
| 2019 | Western Stars | ~0.5 Million+ (No. 1 in UK) |
| 2020 | Letter to You | 0.6 Million+ |
| 2022 | Only the Strong Survive | ~0.3 Million+ |
You do realize that they changed the ways "albums" were counted starting around 2015? People rarely "buy" entire albums anymore. For years, I have been doing digital downloads of favorite artists when they release new albums of music. It's really a watermelons and kumquats comparison to compare the 1970's, 80's and 90's to the 2000's in terms of albums sales.
cool story but if you read to what I responding to, he said platinum albums so my response is appropriate
Cool story, but as I said, AOR is a dying/dead genre.
His first five albums are among my all-time favorite albums. Every concert I've seen of his...all in the 20th century...were all in a class by themselves as easily the best I've ever seen.
It’s one thing for prices in the secondary market to be $3m. It’s another thing for them to be priced there from the get go. If people don’t understand the difference I don’t know what else to say.
I was a huge Springsteen fan
I'm independent, and I have problems with positions on many issues with both parties.
Somsone posted on the neighborhood Facebook page that they couldn’t go to the Morgan Wallen concert they bought tickets to. $2600 for the pair. Insane
That's a secondary market price. You missed that part on the article I posted.
Only somewhat true. For example Floor seats started at $500 when they first went on sale. When the organizers saw how much demand there was for tickets the prices rapidly rose. Starting at $5,000 for floor seats. My 100 level seats quickly rose to $1,000 direct from the organizers. (I got mine the day they went on sale).
I’m paying through the nose for a family of four to camp out for three days. Some fun older bands on the lineup for me but I’m more in it for the experience
Interesting story I found today. https://www.blogness-brucespringste...-springsteen-ticket-price-fiasco-say-about-us
Some of these people should seek professional help. I like his music, along with the music of many other artists. Some fans feel they have some sort of deep personal connection with an artist when there is no such thing. Love the art, not the artist.
I’ve been a huge fan for many years and have been to over 60 shows, including his Broadway show. I don’t agree with how he has handled (or more accurately, not handled) dynamic pricing. My reaction has been not to go to his shows. It’s a free market economics reaction, something anyone can do.
Agree with everything you post here. Much like what knightshift Said earlier. I don’t care how much money anyone makes or what your politics are. Just don’t lecture me about struggles and tell me “I’m wrong” because I may disagree with you (generically of course). If I so choose to see you play (which I did at sea hear now) that’s on me for paying whatever the asking price. I think he did handle dynamic prices. He allowed for it and benefits greatly for it. Amazingly he didn’t interject politics once at sea hear now.
I heard SHN was amazing. I didn’t go because I’d heard horror stories about the parking, crowds, etc. and I just wasn’t up for that. Kind of sorry I missed it in retrospect.
I work SHN every year. It was the most amazing weekend from start to finish. Just a different vibe with him playing on the beach, all the people on the sidewalks (they set up more big screens that year), people on rooftops. There were people on boats, but the ocean was very rough, so many of the boats left before he went on. He played nonstop past the curfew.
Been going for years. Never had an issue. Usually get dropped off at the south end of Asbury and walk to concert area and then uber home. Didnt like Bruce’s undercard so arrived later than normal for me (around4). I drove in and parked off of Cookman on street. Easy in easy out. Bruce put on a spectacular show. Didn't go last year. Line up absolutely sucked. Only time there was a bit of a problem with crowd was during the beach boys of all people. And that was more due to an overzealous security guard blocking off access to the beach.
Many of the locals will ride their bikes. Of course there is always Uber and the train. It is always capped at 30K each day, no matter who is the headliner. Last year was probably the worst year. No energy like in years past IMO. But I haven't heard of any real incidents - no fights or anything. Plenty of drunk/high people, but for the most part peaceful.
Took my wife to Barbara Streisand for her birthday once, and only once. I knew it was going to be bad and prepped for it, just didn't know how bad. I sat through one 30 min. lecture then a second 20 min. lecture. Meanwhile I'm staring in my hand at $1200 dollars worth of tickets, going fv*k me, this sh*t isn't happening again.
That is the problem with more people on "that side" than on the "other side," which has a different set of problems. They feel the need to wag their finger at others and tell them how "wrong" they are. This is why I prefer bands that shun politics on stage like Metallica, Rush and Tool. Tool has a great song called The Pot, which is more about the hypocrisy of the government and people in power in general, which applies here:
I am not sure what that has to do with your current beliefs. My Dad fought in WW2 and came out with 2 purple hearts and a bronze star. He was a butcher and we grew up very low middle, hard working and patriotic Americans. They were not left but also, they were not right. They believed strongly in voting and voted for who they believed in. Most of my life, I leaned right. And then life hit me in the face and while I cannot stand liberals like biden, Harris, Hilary- I cannot support the crap that is in there now either. Patriotic is not defined by the political party, patriotic is defined by really wanting America to be the best there is. And that is being missed by both sides.
Thats not even close to my point. I was responding to the post that working class people are the left. I gave an example of how that is not true.
While trying to follow everything- it seemed you were responding in regard to someone saying that Bruce writes the way he does as a working class guy that grew up on hard times. I sort of agree, that is not what would make most people liberal. Most hard working, under privileged American, white families grew up more on the conservative side. Work hard, take your lumps, pay your bills...etc.
no,no.no. Not at all. I don't disagree with what you are suggesting about him. Again all I was doing was responding to the point made that working class people are left. I was using my own family history (vs. just saying we were poor and not left) as example of how that thinking is wrong. You yourself seem to provide another example.
