I remembered that old show Fridays where the pre-Seinfeld Michael Richards summed it up best about Springsteen. "How phony is someone that claims to sing about the working man, buy yet allows himself to be called 'The Boss?"
Bruce just didn't have enought dough in the bank to feel 'comfortable' expressing his politcal views..
I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers Fridays. Michael Richards was hysterical as that hipster doofus character at the beach in a Speedo and dress shoes.
As for "The Boss": He may have been born in the USA, but he certainly doesn't need to die here too. Leave any time, pal.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who remembers Fridays. Michael Richards was hysterical as that hipster doofus character at the beach in a Speedo and dress shoes.
As for "The Boss": He may have been born in the USA, but he certainly doesn't need to die here too. Leave any time, pal.
It is well known that "The Boss" is a highschool dropout. As the holder of two higher education degrees, the Boss is certainly someone who I will take my political cues from. His education is showing on this one. The education of those in the audience who booed is also showing.
He is a gifted songwriter and performer, but otherwise an unpopular idiot, according to his highschool classmates.
Woodie Guthrie is one of his big artistic influences:
Lead Belly, Cisco Houston, Burl Ives, Pete Seeger, Will Geer, Sony Terry, Brownie McGhee, Josh White, Millard Lampell, Bess Hawes, Sis Cunningham, among others, became Woody's friends and collaborators, taking up such social causes as Union organizing, anti-Fascism, strengthening the Communist Party, and generally fighting for the things they believed in the only way they knew how: through political songs of protest. http://www.woodyguthrie.org/biography.htm
Hmmm...