By Karsten S. Andersen
Bruce fares well in award hoopla
Published 2001-01-04
It's that time again. Every music media worth the name has its share of "Best of 2000" awards or "Best of the Millenium" awards. In the new issue of Rolling Stone magazine the Classic Pop Song Poll has been settled with "Born to Run" being the winner in the Rollingstone.com website visitor poll (good job, everybody!). Also "American Skin" makes it to number two in the critics choice for best single. Quite interesting considering the fact that the song hasn't been recorded, let alone been released as a single. Is this a nice gesture from the critics or another clue that Rolling Stone is clueless? In return, the Born to Run album only made it to number 27 on VH1's Top 100 albums in rock'n'roll history. Darkness came in at #68. The list was allegedly made by musicians, music executives and journalists. Our comment? These polls don't mean a thing! Well, except in Hartford, where Bruce's May 9 show at the Civic Center was number one on the Hartford Courant's annual Top Ten Concerts of the Year.