Bruce Springsteen

One quiet moment from this week I was straightening bookshelves upstairs in Business when an Asian man came up to me, clearly not from the U.S.. He had  been quietly reading in a chair for a little while. He came up to me and asked me if I liked music.

“I guess so,” I said, wondering where this was going.

“What kind of music do you like?” he asked.

I was concerned he was going to try and sell me some demo CD or something, but he didn’t seem like the type.

“I like all kinds,” I said, continue to organize the shelf in front of me.

“Do you like Bruce Springsteen?”

“Not really,” I replied.

“Do you know why people like Bruce Springsteen?”

I was suddenly all over this topic. I had often wondered this myself.

“I think it’s because he’s like the all-American working-man,” I said. “His style and sound resonates with a large amount of people that like his all-American rock and roll persona, I guess.”

“I don’t understand why people like him so much, I don’t like him very much,” the man said.

“I definitely understand what you mean. I’ve never been a fan myself,” I said.

The man nodded and thanked me, and wandered off to no doubt continue to ponder the meaning and purpose of Bruce Springsteen and his place in American hearts.