Friday Poll Thread #9 - Best "Born To Run"

[Heston]

Yeah, Joe took the best bits from Bruce.

[101Walterton]

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Lest we forget, mr Strummer was a huge fan

https://borntolisten.com/2015/11/13/joe ... ringsteen/

And according to 101'er Clive Timperley, in an article in Uncut about their band:

" Joe went from strength to strength as a front man, especially after he saw Bruce Springsteen at the Hammersmith Odeon in November. He was very impressed. After that he totally modelled himself on Springsteen. He thought Springsteen was where it was at. That’s what Joe wanted to be like on stage, he was absolutely inspired by seeing someone that hard working and just turned into this incredible showman.”

You can clearly see just how much Joe took from Bruce in those two 101ers singles sleeves.

[Heston]

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Lest we forget, mr Strummer was a huge fan

https://borntolisten.com/2015/11/13/joe ... ringsteen/

And according to 101'er Clive Timperley, in an article in Uncut about their band:

" Joe went from strength to strength as a front man, especially after he saw Bruce Springsteen at the Hammersmith Odeon in November. He was very impressed. After that he totally modelled himself on Springsteen. He thought Springsteen was where it was at. That’s what Joe wanted to be like on stage, he was absolutely inspired by seeing someone that hard working and just turned into this incredible showman.”

You can clearly see just how much Joe took from Bruce in those two 101ers singles sleeves.

Joe was quite often wrong.

[Dr. Medulla]

5872B743-45D2-4D4F-A06B-72929ACE9776.jpeg

Lest we forget, mr Strummer was a huge fan

https://borntolisten.com/2015/11/13/joe ... ringsteen/

And according to 101'er Clive Timperley, in an article in Uncut about their band:

" Joe went from strength to strength as a front man, especially after he saw Bruce Springsteen at the Hammersmith Odeon in November. He was very impressed. After that he totally modelled himself on Springsteen. He thought Springsteen was where it was at. That’s what Joe wanted to be like on stage, he was absolutely inspired by seeing someone that hard working and just turned into this incredible showman.”

You can clearly see just how much Joe took from Bruce in those two 101ers singles sleeves.

Joe was quite often wrong.

This is true. As much as he got right in his life, there's no shortage of baffling choices. Bless him for his enthusiasm but he was like those Life of Brian characters who had followed plenty of messiahs.

[Marky Dread]

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Lest we forget, mr Strummer was a huge fan

https://borntolisten.com/2015/11/13/joe ... ringsteen/

And according to 101'er Clive Timperley, in an article in Uncut about their band:

" Joe went from strength to strength as a front man, especially after he saw Bruce Springsteen at the Hammersmith Odeon in November. He was very impressed. After that he totally modelled himself on Springsteen. He thought Springsteen was where it was at. That’s what Joe wanted to be like on stage, he was absolutely inspired by seeing someone that hard working and just turned into this incredible showman.”

You can clearly see just how much Joe took from Bruce in those two 101ers singles sleeves.

Joe was quite often wrong.

Surely not about Bruce being an energetic and passionate performer in '74 - '75. Joe was a mix of Bruce Springsteen and Wilko Johnson and in the pre punk years I think they were great people to take inspiration from.

[Silent Majority]

You can totally see what Strummer took from Bruce and what he wisely left behind.