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Originally posted by Diane_Keaton
I don't know a single blue collar worker who listens to Bruce. He may have a working class sensibility in his songs but from what I can see, his audience is mostly Upper Middle Class who wouldn't have to fear a factory lay off ruining their lives. Probably the same deal with Tracy Chapman. I am (now at least) Upper Middle Class white and love her but not one of my black friends listens to her. What do they like? R&B and rap, and new/funky stuff.
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Now? No. Currently, the blue collar workers I know listen to either (1) kick-ass country (apparently an acrual genre these days); (2) hip-hop; or (3) Blue Oyster Cult/LZ/Foghat-esque classic rock. However, back when Born to Run and The River came out, his fan base included blue collar workers (at least the ones under 35 or so -- my father, for example, was a Johnny Cash fan, and hated everything from Elvis forward).
Oh, and speaking of the man in black, the Johnny Cash movie was pretty damned good.
