That's hilarious. And I dare anyone to call Dylan some kind of rightwing Republican.
The thing about this is that Springsteen doesn't seem to have Dylan's experience and vision of what rock can and cannot do. Rock music cannot change the world; heck, art cannot change the world. Those who make it seem to think they are somehow lesser beings because they've spent so much of their lives HAVING FUN! So they have to claim it's to "make change" or "speak truth to power".
Zzzzzzz...
Can rock bring up issues? Sure. But you can't change someone's mind in three and a half minutes. In the case of the sixties, and the most overtly political music, it was all about preaching to the converted. Now, does anyone think there is a single pro-war person out there who's going to hear Springsteen caterwauling about Iraq and change his mind?
No. Rock is fun music, and when it gets pretentious it makes the listener who already believes in the message think he's doing something noble just by listening to music--thus, he's better than those others who are "just" listening to "fun" music. And these listeners never seem to notice that the same people are liking the same music AND the same politics. Gee, ya think?
Bruce--you are in your fifties playing teen music. Get over yourself--you're not changing the world. You wanna do that, sell all your equipment and houses and take all your money and set up food banks in New Jersey and Iraq. Until then, you're not just a simple entertainer, you're a pretentious simple entertainer, and nothing else.
Well said!