Bruce Springsteen: “The Boss”It began before he was even a recording artist, when his hired band members would wait to get paid by “the boss” at the end of every working week. This was not something he perpetuated himself after it caught on in the late ‘70s. ““I hate being called Boss,” he said in 1981. “I just do. Always did from the beginning… I personally would have preferred that it had remained private.” At one 1984 show, he improvised the ...
more Bruce Springsteen: “The Boss”It began before he was even a recording artist, when his hired band members would wait to get paid by “the boss” at the end of every working week. This was not something he perpetuated himself after it caught on in the late ‘70s. ““I hate being called Boss,” he said in 1981. “I just do. Always did from the beginning… I personally would have preferred that it had remained private.” At one 1984 show, he improvised the lyric, “You can call me lieutenant, honey, but don’t ever call me Boss.” But in recent years, Springsteen has relaxed and embraced the term enough to occasionally use it in an ironic context in some of his stage patter. After all, it beats being called Bruuuuuuce, right?
less 
