Bob Seger fans?

I've always been a casual fan of Seger. He has this earthy feel that I've always enjoyed. However, I've never really dug into his catalog beyond the hits and a few oddities I like such as "Rosalie".

I don't really care about hits packages, but what are some of his best albums?

I'm a Greatest Hits fan...he was like the midwest Springsteen...

Springsteen? Blech! Haha.
I don't know why but Springsteen has never jived with me, and he's from my home state.

I picked up Stranger in Town (1978) on a whim. It's pretty darn good.

Never cared for him aside from a few hits. My brother gave me a cdr of his greatest hits and I eventually tossed it in the trash when I was clearing some space in my cd racks.

Moving this thread to "Let The Music Do The Talking". Also editing the spelling to "Seger".

Never been a fan, there are a couple songs here and there that I don't mind, but he just isn't my thing. I've heard from numerous people that his very earliest albums are his best.

What, Bob Seger isn't metal enough for you?

The three Seger albums I'm the most into would be Against The Wind, The Distance, and Like A Rock. He has a lot of great deep album cuts. I long ago tired of the hits and prefer the ones that aren't over-played much more.

jstate wrote:

The three Seger albums I'm the most into would be Against The Wind, The Distance, and Like A Rock. He has a lot of great deep album cuts. I long ago tired of the hits and prefer the ones that aren't over-played much more.

Thanks.

My favorite is definitely Against The Wind but I also really dig Stranger In Town.
Moreover, not being a fan of live albums in general, this is one artist where I think many of the live cuts on Live Bullet are better than the studio versions.

Huge Seger fan here and I have EVERYTHING, get:

Ramblin' Gamblin' Man (everything pre Smokin' OP's are hard to find and are pricey).
Beautiful Loser
Stranger In Town
Against The Wind
The Distance
Live Bullet

If you can find The Bob Seger System stuff on youtube give it a try as well but like I said they are hard to find and cost mucho dinero.

I like Bob alot. My favorite album is night moves.

Spent a year living in the burbs of Detroit when Stranger in Town was popular....LOVE that album. Night Moves and Against the Wind are also quite awesome.

I got two greatest hits and Beautiful Loser. Good stuff overall but i am not sure i would get all the studio albums.

exact33 wrote:

I got two greatest hits and Beautiful Loser. Good stuff overall but i am not sure i would get all the studio albums.

Yeah, me either.
I have both GH albums, Night Moves, Stranger In Town and Against the Wind and that about covers Seger for me.

I like a few of his songs, but don't actually have any of his records.

I dig "Smokin O.P's" and "Beautiful Loser" from the Bob Seger years and from the Silver Bullet Band era, "Night Moves", "Stranger In Town" and "Against The Wind".

Ah...Night Moves. I knew I was forgetting one.

Not familiar with his music outside of the radio hits.

If you liked "Stranger In Town" then you can't go wrong with anything from his debut in '69 up to about '82. The album "Back in '72" has the original version of Turn The Page which you never hear at all, the version most people hear is from the live album.

I wish Bob Seger wasn't so overplayed because he really did make some great music back in the day. If you listen to his music in album form (preferably vinyl) and not just the hits, it is quite enjoyable. Oh, and I dont see any comparison to Bruce Springsteen either, not at all.

stepcousin wrote:

Oh, and I dont see any comparison to Bruce Springsteen either, not at all.

I think it was more about his blue-collar, working man's attitude, not music. He was the mid-West version of Bruce.

Seger is like Billy Joel to me...there are songs which are examples of brilliance, and then there is stuff which is simply....ugh...............and the balance is VERY off between the two.

MetalGuy71 wrote:

stepcousin wrote:

Oh, and I dont see any comparison to Bruce Springsteen either, not at all.

I think it was more about his blue-collar, working man's attitude, not music. He was the mid-West version of Bruce.

That's what I meant too...

MetalGuy71 wrote:

stepcousin wrote:

Oh, and I dont see any comparison to Bruce Springsteen either, not at all.

I think it was more about his blue-collar, working man's attitude, not music. He was the mid-West version of Bruce.

Which these days is commonly referred to as "Dad Rock".

S.D. wrote:

MetalGuy71 wrote:

stepcousin wrote:

Oh, and I dont see any comparison to Bruce Springsteen either, not at all.

I think it was more about his blue-collar, working man's attitude, not music. He was the mid-West version of Bruce.

Which these days is commonly referred to as "Dad Rock".

He played here about a year or so ago and when I was leaving work that night, I noticed that the average age was 50+ easily. Springsteen still gets some young'uns to his shows.

The one way Seger and Springsteen are similar to me is that they tend to do the "storyteller" type song writing.