Posted on 03/04/2012 9:32:38 AM PST by Chi-townChief
After Tunnel of Love, Springsteen lost me.
Bruce is now part of the 1% he writes protest songs about and like ALL useful idiots, if the lefties get their Brave New World, The Boss will be shipped off to the gulag...probably in Camden.
Maybe this will resurrect this dinosaur.
He solicited one of each from the audience, then proceeded, on the spot, to make up and sing what could have passed for a song from Springsteen's latest album:
"Parkin' outside Pittsburgh in my beat up Chevy / Sally in my backseat, our love gettin' heavy"
In the 20+ years since, every time I've read or heard about Springsteen, my first thought is of that comedian and how he had the formulaic nature of Springsteen pegged to a "T".
He’s extremely popular and has been for a long time.
The guy is charging over a $100.00 a ticket for his upcoming tour. Nuff said.
“I ain’t a Communist necessarily, but I been in the red all my life.”
“One bright sunny morning in the shadow of the steeple
By the Relief Office I saw my people —
As they stood hungry, I stood there wondering if
God blessed America for me.”
“Was a high wall there that tried to stop me
A sign was painted said: Private Property,
But on the back side it didn’t say nothing —
This land was made for you and me.”
Lefties of all stripes loved Guthrie then, especially the Communist Party USA. He even wrote for the CPUSA’s newspaper, The Daily Worker, in a column titled “Woody Sez”. It is debated whether Guthrie was a formal member of the CPUSA, but he once said, “The best thing that I did in 1936 was to sign up with the Communist Party.”
If he had lived to witness Obama’s election, he’d have probably said something like “for the first time in my life I’m proud of my country.” Guthrie would be right at home among the most radical elements of an OWS protest today.
“This Land is Your Land” is a communist anthem, just like Lennon’s “Imagine”. Whether folks ignore or fail to understand the meaning its lyrics is irrelevant.
Heh, I remember those “Occupy Wall Street” things. They were in the news a couple years ago and they eventually became encampments for the homeless. Springsteen is a little long in the tooth, but he’s still savvy enough not to waste songs on that kind of passing fad, I hope.
No doubt that if Springsteen was a political conservative and played benefit concerts for Reagan and Bush instead of Clinton and Obama, he'd be hailed here as America's greatest rock artist.
So attack the man (he deserves it) but don't marginalize his talent just because you don't agree with him politically. That's a tactic of the Left.
So a protest song is envy wrapped in pretty music?
Their wallets, maybe. In reality, the banker eats steamed salmon and goes to the gym so he can maintain his $1,000-per-suit wardrobe; but the working man is obese from chips, cheese, pizza and beer.
Yeah but it’s key to rememeber that Woody was really pissed at immigrants including Irving Berlin.
I thought Springsteen was great back in the 70s as those others you mentioned (well, Young and Simon not so much) but when your time up it’s up, it’s that simple. Same thing with the Stones, pretty much dead from the neck up since the 70s. And it goes on and on: U2, REM, The Cure, Elvis Costello all just ran out of steam.
Since the release of ‘Nebraska’ he has been less and less interesting and more and more annoying. The money and fame has definitely gone to his head.
Try a little something from a contemporary that can actually sing and brings real life experience into the song writing process.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FB3qDfiwHe0
OR:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2lLn_0rcpzc&feature=related
OR:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZ_W3RYa0LI&feature=related
Or an oldie but a goody:
And out of nowhere his son, Arlo, is a self admitted conservative Republican. Karma do be sumpin else once in a while.
Guthrie thought Jesus was a politician.
Being proud Communists, Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger protested AGAINST the US going to war against Nazi Germany.
Woody’s guitar didn’t “kill fascists” later in war.
Being proud Communists, Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger protested AGAINST the US going to war against Nazi Germany.
Woody’s guitar didn’t “kill fascists” UNTIL later in war.
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