Adam Lambert was recently introduced to Bruce Springsteen through producer Brendan O’Brian, whom he met through guitarist Monte Pittman. It has been suggested that Bruce and Adam were talking about some type of collaboration that Brendan O’Brian would produce.
If somebody suggested this idea one year ago, I would have laughed; Bruce Springsteen was never the type of “sellout” artist who would collaborate with someone from American Idol. However, recent events have changed that: the Walmart deal, the ultra-horrific Superbowl performance, and the musical album abortion known as Working on a Dream that sounded like Miley Cyrus leftovers.
Bruce Springsteen seems desperate lately, so a collaboration wouldn’t surprise me. Let’s just hope Brendan O’Brien can recreate the magic of the Magic album rather than the nightmare of Springsteen’s most recent chart bomb.
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