The Boss >> EVERYTHING. EVER.

Look, I think Bruce Springstein is OK. I can appreciate his song-writing abilities. But honestly, I never really "got it" with respect to the sheer insanity of his rabid fanbase. For example, take a look at Ian O'Connor's column.

His sideburns and soul patch a dusty shade of gray, his voice as rough as a turnpike exit ramp, the man dressed in casual black sat on a stool with his right foot planted on the floor and his left foot planted on the crossbar. Springsteen wouldn’t have come across any better, any more regular-Joe genuine, if he had grabbed a guitar and starting singing about warm beer and a soft summer rain.

[For starters, I have a personal rule against getting *too* excited about anyone with a soul patch. Also, now that we know how the Boss likes to position his feet when sitting, why does "warm beer" conjure a positive connotation? Warm beer is gross. And a song about it would just be weird.]

So I’m one Bruce-loving son of New Jersey who is going to positively hate himself in the morning.

[Should have taken it easy with the warm beer. Maybe bring a cooler or something next time.]

The Boss is bad for the Super Bowl.

[Huh?]

He’s too big, too good, too damned popular to be plunked down in the middle of America’s leading sports event.

[Great point. With 100+ million people watching, we wouldn't want someone *too* popular. Think about it....]

Springsteen doesn’t play at the Super Bowl.

[Boy, those TV execs are going to be PISSED come halftime.]

If NFL officials wanted Bruce so badly, they should’ve turned this into a concert and had Pittsburgh and Arizona play a 12-minute game at intermission, like those mini Giants Stadium scrimmages the little boys play at the half.

[I can't tell if he's being serious or not.]

Springsteen said he hasn’t played football since his backyard games from 50 summers ago, and yet he was met at the Super Bowl by a larger audience than would greet a collection of every living member of pro football’s Hall of Fame.

[We get it. The Boss is popular.]