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3. Bob Dylan To Bruce Springsteen
Bruce Springsteen has come to define everything great about the American Dream. Coming from nothing on the mean streets of New Jersey, his run of albums like Born to Run and Darkness on the Edge of Town have painted the most vivid stories that the rock world has ever seen. There’s no doubting Springsteen’s songwriting prowess, but the way in which he approached his tunes was a little close to another rock wordsmith.
Though Springsteen has his definitive sound down to a science at this stage, his early days saw him getting tagged as a more rootsy version of Bob Dylan.
From a critical standpoint, there are far worse songwriters to be compared to than Dylan, but the kind of praise seemed a little too apt for Springsteen to handle. Even though Springsteen had loved Dylan as a kid, he did not set out to be just another kid trying to write in his style.
After a few more albums of the Dylan tag, Springsteen broke through to the mainstream with Born to Run, where the power of his E Street Band finally gave his music the emotional gravitas it really needed. The fame may have gotten a little too close for comfort at times, but after his magnum opus, Springsteen went from the interim Dylan to the Boss.