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Originally Posted by AndrewG
Well I do think there are similarities in instrumentation and length of songs. Quite a few of Springsteen's early stuff were long songs with a wall of sound. That type of Phil Spectory thing. Moreover Springsteen's early lyrical themes I think were more fantasy inspired, certainly more poetic. Perhaps not similar to Steinman but certainly not a million miles away. Springsteen became more concerned with domestic every day life in his later stuff I'd say.
And of course Steinman used Roy Bittan and Max Weinberg on the record.
I can see how Bat out of Hell could be perceived to have been inspired by Born to Run (the songs) but I'm not sure if Bat was actually written before 1975. It probably was.
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I don't think Bruce got too Spectorish until BTR, actually; The Wild and Innocent was more Van Morrison inspired, I think.
I think you're right about the lyrics, though.