Bruce sells his publishing: Half Billion Dollars

[Gil Bang 26049]

 

[ztejas 43546]

Score! From the Nicks thread.

On 11/2/2021 at 8:26 PM, ztejas said:

Half a bil maybe? He isn't the Beatles but Steve Nicks isn't the Boss. Dylan went for an estimated 300M plus. I feel like Springsteen has sold more records than Dylan though. 

 

[trza-hawk 269]

Its just numbers.

[GhostOfTomJoad 9358]

That's a lot of hay and feed for the horses on his farm.

Gotta think as protective as he's been of his music over the decades that he wrote in some stipulations that certain songs never be used for advertising. On the other hand, a half billion does hold some sway.

[Celery Man 21003]

I wonder if the new owners will let hip hop artists sample. I think there’s a thing of him never having allowed that.

[GhostOfTomJoad 9358]

I wonder if the new owners will let hip hop artists sample. I think there’s a thing of him never having allowed that.

He let 2 Live Crew sample BITUSA for Banned in the USA.

[Deej 76946]

With that kind of money, he could renovate  Kyle Field. 

[Bogeywon 2519]

Money talks 

[GhostOfTomJoad 9358]

1 minute ago, Bogeywon said:

Money talks 

Yeah, and it's inevitable. At some point either the artist or their estate has to manage it. He's 72. He's not going to earn any more artistic credibility at this point. Selling the publishing back to Sony/Columbia would leave one to believe they're not going to pimp the music out at any opportunity. They've already made a massive amount of money from him. And his catalog reportedly makes about $20mm a year as is. With just licensing more songs for movie soundtracks it won't take long for Sony to recoup their $500mm.

[Bogeywon 2519]

18 minutes ago, GhostOfTomJoad said:

Yeah, and it's inevitable. At some point either the artist or their estate has to manage it. He's 72. He's not going to earn any more artistic credibility at this point. Selling the publishing back to Sony/Columbia would leave one to believe they're not going to pimp the music out at any opportunity. They've already made a massive amount of money from him. And his catalog reportedly makes about $20mm a year as is. With just licensing more songs for movie soundtracks it won't take long for Sony to recoup their $500mm.

Can’t spend it all but you can have a blast trying! 

[DougO 5256]

If I had 10 billion dollars I would have bought his catalog for 501 million and then killed it with fire forever.

[Dennis Taylor 18876]

He should have to pay it back as restitution for that Highway to Hell cover. What an abomination 

[Bogeywon 2519]

12 hours ago, DougO said:

If I had 10 billion dollars I would have bought his catalog for 501 million and then killed it with fire forever.

Unpopular music opinion:

I don’t understand why people love Bruce.. 

Tom Petty > Bruce Springsteen 

fight me

[MAROON 445]

1 hour ago, Bogeywon said:

Unpopular music opinion:

I don’t understand why people love Bruce.. 

Tom Petty > Bruce Springsteen 

fight me

I love Bruce and the E Street Band, but I also love TP and The Heartbreakers.

My Unpopular music opinion:

TP and The Heartbreakers are the greatest American rock and roll band.

[Gil Bang 26049]

1 hour ago, Bogeywon said:

Unpopular music opinion:

I don’t understand why people love Bruce.. 

Tom Petty > Bruce Springsteen 

fight me

 

7 minutes ago, MAROON said:

I love Bruce and the E Street Band, but I also love TP and The Heartbreakers.

My Unpopular music opinion:

TP and The Heartbreakers are the greatest American rock and roll band.

Why can't you love both?  I do. 

 

[Bogeywon 2519]

4 hours ago, Gil Bang said:

 

Why can't you love both?  I do. 

 

Have you been on this site? That’s not what we do here lol! Jk you can 

[Underdog 28788]

21 hours ago, Bogeywon said:

Unpopular music opinion:

I don’t understand why people love Bruce.. 

Tom Petty > Bruce Springsteen 

fight me

Not a huge Bruce fan but enjoy his music well enough, his concert performance needs no mention, but I prefer Petty over him. 

Top5 Solo Acts for me: 

Joel

Elton

Seger

Petty

Bruce

 

[GhostOfTomJoad 9358]

I get the fact that everyone has their own tastes and musical preferences. One size never fits all.

But I pity anyone who can't listen to songs like Racing in the Street, The River, Atlantic City or Western Stars and enjoy that level of art.

[Gil Bang 26049]

The River could be written as a movie.  There's only a handful of songs that would work as a movie plot.  Maggie May is another. 

[Underdog 28788]

Anytime I hear The River, my favorite btw, I think of the movie All The Right Moves. 

[GhostOfTomJoad 9358]

16 minutes ago, Gil Bang said:

The River could be written as a movie.  There's only a handful of songs that would work as a movie plot.  Maggie May is another. 

Highway Patrolman is another, and Sean Penn did just that with The Indian Runner. Some great performances by David Morse, Viggo Mortensen and Charles Bronson going WAY out of his comfort zone. Penn's ego and lack of directorial chops get in the way, but still worth watching.

[Blotto 23584]

On 12/17/2021 at 9:10 AM, Bogeywon said:

Unpopular music opinion:

I don’t understand why people love Bruce.. 

Tom Petty > Bruce Springsteen 

fight me

I could come up with 100 artists that are > Springsteen. To me he's like Jimmy Fallon......there seem to be plenty of people that swear he's great, but fuck if I can figure out why. 

[stc 1466]

i've had a long running theory that there aren't actually any springsteen fans, at least none that i've ever met. they only exist on the internet. 

[GhostOfTomJoad 9358]

i've had a long running theory that there aren't actually any springsteen fans, at least none that i've ever met. they only exist on the internet. 

Yeah, that's why his concerts are such an easy ticket. He can barely fill up a 200 seat theater

[South Austin 52630]

On 12/17/2021 at 9:10 AM, Bogeywon said:

Unpopular music opinion:

I don’t understand why people love Bruce.. 

Tom Petty > Bruce Springsteen 

fight me

[sidis 9832]

bruce is an interesting one.  most popular song being a protest, anti-war song that was co-opted by idiots/t-shit patriots.

honestly, when i think about top 250 songs in my list, "Streets of Philadelphia" is the only one that would make it. maybe, maybe glory days for a touch of childhood nostalgia.  $500 million is insane.  but his top ten on spotify has almost 1.6 billion streams so...

[tbone_ 14181]

I don’t “get” Springsteen. Lots do though. So be it.

[Goredho 17423]

Good for him and his family, otherwise, meh.