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Bruce Springsteen's love affair with communist folk singer Pete Seeger
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Posted on 02/01/2009 6:09:06 PM PST by ETL

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1 posted on 02/01/2009 6:09:07 PM PST by ETL
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To: ETL

Crap.
He’s just a rock musician; if you don’t like what he says, turn the volume down.

As long as he’s singing, he’s almost as good as Bob Seger...


2 posted on 02/01/2009 6:16:16 PM PST by Redbob (W.W.J.B.D.: "What Would Jack Bauer Do?")
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To: ETL

Good grief.

When Springsteen runs for office is when I’ll give a feces about his politics.


3 posted on 02/01/2009 6:17:17 PM PST by jra
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I feel you are wrong to attack Springsteen when he is approaching the heights of his artistic and musical life. He now knows at least a dozen guitar chords and several of his sensitive lyrics now feature lines that scan as if they were like poetry almost. "Born in the USA:" deathless prose from this working class genius!

As far as Seeger goes, his singing has brought joy to many misunderstood people, including Joe Stalin and many American Communists. What are the lives of the 50-60 million non-and less-than-enthusiastic communists slaughtered by the Soviets? I am sure you can see that it is but a small price to pay for bringing the communist utopian message to the unwashed.

4 posted on 02/01/2009 6:19:40 PM PST by Kenny Bunk (Obama campaigned in Kenya for Jihadist Church-Burner Odinga. Didn't McCain know?)
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To: ETL

Just glad he ain’t my boss.


5 posted on 02/01/2009 6:21:07 PM PST by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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I partially grew up listening to the guy, I new he was a lefty because he hated Reagan back then, but he kept a lid on it for the most part, but when he went full on moonbat I microwaved all my CDs from him and would never put a nickel in his pocket again.

He disgusts me. There is only so much you can handle sometimes.


6 posted on 02/01/2009 6:23:39 PM PST by Names Ash Housewares (Refusing to kneel before the socialist messiah. 1-20-13 Freedom Day.)
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To: ETL

I’m sure he has no problem with his music becoming “the people’s” music, right?

We can copy it without paying him now, right?


7 posted on 02/01/2009 6:29:07 PM PST by mc6809e
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If culture was so unimportant, the communists wouldn’t have made such a point of capturing it.

People don’t seem to get it or care. That’s why we are where we are.


8 posted on 02/01/2009 6:32:02 PM PST by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
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To: Redbob
Crap. He’s just a rock musician; if you don’t like what he says, turn the volume down.

Crap. I'm just a FR poster; if you don't like this thread I posted, click on a different one.

9 posted on 02/01/2009 6:34:26 PM PST by ETL (Smoking gun evidence on ALL the ObamaRat-commie connections at my newly revised FR Home/About page)
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If culture was so unimportant, the communists wouldn’t have made such a point of capturing it. People don’t seem to get it or care. That’s why we are where we are.

There are a LOT of dopes, even on the right, who play Springsteen's "Born in the USA" on the 4th of July and other patriotic occasions. They actually think it's a pro-American song.

10 posted on 02/01/2009 6:39:41 PM PST by ETL (Smoking gun evidence on ALL the ObamaRat-commie connections at my newly revised FR Home/About page)
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To: mc6809e
We can copy it without paying him now, right?

LOL! I don't think so (assuming we would want to copy any of em).

11 posted on 02/01/2009 6:47:44 PM PST by ETL (Smoking gun evidence on ALL the ObamaRat-commie connections at my newly revised FR Home/About page)
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I generally don’t pay much attention to celebs who are incapable of speaking in complete sentances.


12 posted on 02/01/2009 7:07:25 PM PST by mrmargaritaville
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Certainly back in the day there where. I remember the Reagan campaign tried to use it for an ad in 1984.


13 posted on 02/01/2009 7:08:58 PM PST by WhistlingPastTheGraveyard
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“The Boss” loudly campaigned for “change” for John Kerry in 2004, then recently went whole hog for Obama, claiming that Bush “destroyed lives” and lied to start a war, etc. It was so gratifying to have such a Great American for the Superbowl halftime celebration tonight. /not


14 posted on 02/01/2009 7:18:32 PM PST by Sender (It's never too late to be who you could have been.)
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To: Redbob

no kiddin’
why not “Just Shut Up and Sing” for Ted Nugent, Charlie Daniels?
Pretty much it’s “Shut Up and Sing” ...unless I like your message.


15 posted on 02/01/2009 7:36:03 PM PST by Bunkasaurus (I'm indecisive....or am I?)
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To: ETL

Please just go away.


16 posted on 02/01/2009 7:39:09 PM PST by jws3sticks (Hillary can take a very long walk on a very short pier, anytime, and the sooner the better!)
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To: mrmargaritaville

“I generally don’t pay much attention to celebs who are incapable of speaking in complete sentances.”

I don’t know if Bruce speaks in complete “sentences”.
Betcha he spell it though.


17 posted on 02/01/2009 7:39:42 PM PST by Bunkasaurus (I'm indecisive....or am I?)
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For every Ted Nugent or Charlie Daniels, there are at least 50 left-wing performers like Springsteen. That’s 50 times the influence on American culture.


18 posted on 02/01/2009 7:46:36 PM PST by ETL (Smoking gun evidence on ALL the ObamaRat-commie connections at my newly revised FR Home/About page)
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If Bruce loves communism so much, he needs to prove it by distributing his assets back to the people. My gut tells me he’s worth close to a billion by now.


19 posted on 02/01/2009 7:47:19 PM PST by Jack Wilson
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So, let all the conservative singers speak but only 2% of the liberal ones.
That should even it out, yes?


20 posted on 02/01/2009 7:51:42 PM PST by Bunkasaurus (I'm indecisive....or am I?)
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