Bruce Springsteen's Influence On Rock And Roll Music

By 1982, rock had stayed strong through the thick and thin. Rock survived everything from the initial shock of the first rock stars in 1950, the fall of rock and roll on the day the music died, and through the onslaught of subgenre phases such as the psychedelic era, disco fever, and the emotional punk days. By the early 1980s things were looking really good for the rock and roll music industry. By this time rock was not seen as a revolution, and it was thought to be mainstream. This thought brought the new era of alternative rock music. With every new musical era there are certain bands and artist that make a huge impact on the music world and everyone around them. For the alternative era the biggest influences were U2, R.E.M., and Bruce Springsteen.
While R.E.M. was struggling with the idea of selling out Bruce Springsteen knew where he wanted to take his music and kept his creative control. Springsteen took his music in the direction he wanted it to go, but his music had an all American fell to it, and lyrics that if you didn’t look at closely sounded like American pride song. The biggest example of this is his song “Born in the U.S.A.” This song was meant to be an antiwar song, but the public took it as a patriotic or Reagan-era anthem. In 1984, Springsteen had to put his foot down when the Republican Convention tried to use as their theme song. I think that is Springsteen’s biggest influence as a musician he had control over his music. He showed other artist how to take control and how to keep their integrity. Out of the three I think Bruce Sprinsteen is my favorite, but I do have some favorite songs by U2 and R.E.M. I like Springsteen more because he know what he wanted his music to be like, and he has some really great songs like “Dancing in the Dark,” “My Home Town,” and “I’m on