Comments on: No Retreat, No Surrender: The Ultimate Springsteen Countdown (#200-196)

By: Seltzer

Seltzer — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 21:03:56 +0000

I’m with you on these bottom five, with the very big (for me) exception of “Mary’s Place.” Love that song. I would likely count that in the top 50, if not 25 of the Boss’s work. Very, very catchy. I’m going to put it on right now, as matter of fact.

By: Supastajr

Supastajr — Sat, 29 Aug 2009 00:41:25 +0000

One of the most visual and mood capturing songs ever written-by anybody. In my top 10 Burce songs. Definitely doesn’t belong at the bottom.

By: Jbev

Jbev — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 19:02:28 +0000

ToDave: I’m 37 and I’ve been a fan since I was a kid, so that wouldn’t make me a new fan. “Wild Billy” has always seemed like a misfire to me.
To Daryl: I usually get blasted for paying too much attention to the lyrics instead of the music, so it’s good to hear it the other way around.
Thanks for the comments,
Jbev

By: Daryl Bockett

Daryl Bockett — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:46:21 +0000

Your rankings are based on the music rather than the meaning, which will probably explain 80% of the criticism you get for this brave undertaking. I for one have three of my favorites in your bottom 25 (Man’s Job, All That Heaven Will Allow and Mary’s Place), and all of them are special because of what The Boss is saying as much as how he is saying it.

On a personal note, when I first got The Rising, I put Mary’s Place on repeat for about an hour. Too much repetition, as you say, but such a powerful story of loss, I imagined what it would feel like to lose my wife. Have to admit, I cried for most of that hour while I sang along to this beautiful song.

By: Dave Iammarino

Dave Iammarino — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 20:42:41 +0000

You are way off base with your assessment of this song. Apparently you must be one of Bruce’s new fans, because anyone who has been following him for more than 30 years would probably say that Wild Billy’s Circus Story belongs in at least the top 50. To compare this to The Last Carnival in a way is unfair due to the differnet parts of his career where they were written, and the circumstances The Last Carnival were written under.

By: Frank D. Shaniuk

Frank D. Shaniuk — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 19:53:24 +0000

A Classic, makes list bogus!!

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:24:11 +0000

IMHO there are not 95 better Springsteen songs than “Wild Billy”, much less 195.
But it will be interesting to see how you defend your listing

By: martin lansley

martin lansley — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:20:12 +0000

long goodbye is from human touch not lucky town

By: Matt

Matt — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 03:49:28 +0000

JBev…you’re amazing man…and you have balls. While many may not agree with certain rankings on the list, they have to agree it’s another massive, and gutsy undertaking. Nice work! No Retreat!

By: Rick

Rick — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 18:18:56 +0000

Well Jim, You are doing some nice work so far, but I am sure you will screw this up somewhere. Thanks for the info on Randy Jackson. Now I can actually tolerate him because of his connection to the Boss. Keep up the good work. Rick