What’s on Springsteen’s ipod?

By Alex Young on February 28th, 2008

Ever wonder what your favorite musicians are listening to? Sure, we’ve seen those celebrity playlists, but those can sometimes get quite ridiculous. But what’s on your favorite musician’s ipod? What are they listening to in the car, at the gym, or on the internet? What music currently influences them? Today, Bruce Springsteen gave us a look…

[Bruce] Springsteen is equally avid in championing members of his profession. “I buy CDs all the time. I’ll go into a record store and just buy $500 worth of CDs. I will! I am singlehandedly supporting what’s left of the record business.” His iPod selections include “everything from old American music and old jazz to a lot of new stuff.”

His three children with his singer/songwriter wife (and E Streeter) Patti Scialfa are similarly eclectic in their tastes. Elder son Evan, 17, “likes political punk: Rise Against, Against Me, Rage Against the Machine, who I knew from being friends with (Rage guitarist) Tommy Morello. He’s always telling me, ‘Hey, check these guys out.’ He’ll take me to shows with him sometimes, which is nice. He doesn’t stand with me. He’s usually in the mosh pit or something.”

Younger son Sam, 14, “likes reggae music and tends to be more of a classic rock guy,” while daughter Jessica, 16, “is into top 40, so I’ll hear a lot of Rihanna and Mary J. Blige. There’s actually an enormous amount of good music in the top 40 these days, well-written songs and well-made records.”

[USA Today]

We already knew about Against Me! But Rihanna and Rage Against the Machine? Talk about a contrasting musical taste…

It doesn’t look like teenagers are following Springsteen’s lead when it comes to buying cds though…

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