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Springsteen, Joel to perform NY Obama fundraiser
Reuters ^ | Tue Sep 30, 2008

Posted on 09/30/2008 7:29:28 PM PDT by presidio9

Bruce Springsteen and Billy Joel will perform together at a concert in New York City next month to raise money for Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama.

Obama plans to attend the October 16 concert, which was confirmed by his campaign and a publicist for Springsteen. Joel's publicist was not immediately available.

Springsteen announced his support for Obama in April when he posted a message on his website. The musician and songwriter, known as the Boss, said the Illinois senator has "the depth, the reflectiveness and the resilience" to be the next U.S. president.

Other celebrity Obama supporters include TV talk show host Oprah Winfrey and actors Robert De Niro, Tom Hanks, Scarlett Johansson and Halle Berry.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.yahoo.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections; US: New York
KEYWORDS: music; obama
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To: presidio9

Joel is a melodic genius. He’s written more standards (tunes everyone knows) than any other American songwriter of his generation. A lot of people think ‘NY State of Mind’ is actually a song from the 1930s or so.


21 posted on 09/30/2008 7:48:08 PM PDT by Borges
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To: presidio9

And Springsteen is playing at the SuperBowl. Is the whole world against us or what?


22 posted on 09/30/2008 7:49:32 PM PDT by stevio (Crunchy Con - God, guns, guts, and organically grown crunchy nuts.)
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To: Borges
He’s written more standards (tunes everyone knows) than any other American songwriter of his generation.

I'm not sure how you qualify that, but ok. My reponse is that that's problem the main reason why I hate taking the elevator and going to the dentist so much.

23 posted on 09/30/2008 7:49:56 PM PDT by presidio9 (What's the difference between Global Universalists and National Exceptionalists? -The 2008 election.)
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To: Borges

Hell, he wrote the Springsteen song that Bruce WISHES he wrote (”Say Goodbye to Hollywood”).


24 posted on 09/30/2008 7:51:02 PM PDT by Clemenza (PRIVATIZE FANNIE AND FREDDIE! NO MORE BAILOUTS!)
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To: presidio9
I don't like their politics, but I like their music.

But they are no Bob Seger. Yes, I'm biased being from Ann Arbor.

25 posted on 09/30/2008 7:51:21 PM PDT by Darren McCarty (Palin in 08)
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To: richmwill

I need to correct myself- the show will be at the Hammerstein Ballroom which only holds 2,500 people. So yes, there will be less than 10,000.


26 posted on 09/30/2008 7:51:32 PM PDT by richmwill
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To: presidio9

Bruce Springsteen will preform this Saturday in Philly at 3 PM.
Springsteen to play in Philly Saturday, for free, for Obama
http://www.philly.com


27 posted on 09/30/2008 7:52:20 PM PDT by fatima (Put your lipstick on girls and go vote.)
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To: presidio9; Clemenza

A lot of great pop music gets played in muzak arrangements. So what? Joel has always been a Broadway/ Tin Pan Alley style tunesmith masquerading as a Rocker. To claim he has no musical talent is not be very knowledgable about what musical talent is. Even critics who don’t like him concede that he was a natural.


28 posted on 09/30/2008 7:53:02 PM PDT by Borges
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To: Darren McCarty

Well said. Incidently, I have never watched Oprah Winfrey but Robert De Niro, Tom Hanks are two of my favorite actors. And I also am still fond of Scarlett Johansson and Halle Berry for other reasons.


29 posted on 09/30/2008 7:53:42 PM PDT by presidio9 (What's the difference between Global Universalists and National Exceptionalists? -The 2008 election.)
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To: presidio9

Billy Joel, I grew up listenin’ to him...but all of the music I’ll buy of his now will be in a “used CD” store...he won’t get one more friggin’ dime from me.

What a jerk, why couldn’t he keep his love of the Socialist of our time to himself?


30 posted on 09/30/2008 7:56:42 PM PDT by Recovering_Democrat (A vote for Hussein is insane!)
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To: gov_bean_ counter

“Is he going to sing, ‘born in the USA”

Very funny..LOL


31 posted on 09/30/2008 7:58:10 PM PDT by patriot08
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To: Darren McCarty

You don’t really have that sort of thing now. Joel, Springsteen and Seger wrote intelligent pop rock for adults that was very popular. Top 40 is now unlistenable kiddie dreck.


32 posted on 09/30/2008 7:58:10 PM PDT by Borges
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To: presidio9

Enough said:

Alcoholism

In 2002 Joel entered Silver Hill Hospital, a substance abuse and psychiatric center in New Canaan, Connecticut. In March 2005 he checked into the Betty Ford Center[16], where he spent 30 days.[17]

Politics

Joel is a long time Democrat and supported Bill Clinton for president, Hillary Clinton for Senate, and Barack Obama for president.[18]


33 posted on 09/30/2008 7:59:27 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (H)
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To: Borges
To claim he has no musical talent is not be very knowledgable about what musical talent is. Even critics who don’t like him concede that he was a natural.

Actually, I've never been a slave to critics, so my definition of musical talent is whatever I can stand listening to. Billy Joel makes my ears bleed, and I am not alone.

34 posted on 09/30/2008 8:01:06 PM PDT by presidio9 (What's the difference between Global Universalists and National Exceptionalists? -The 2008 election.)
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To: presidio9
I'm not sure how you qualify that, but ok. My reponse is that that's problem the main reason why I hate taking the elevator and going to the dentist so much.

Me too. I’ ll take Alan Jackson and George Straight any day over those big city yahoos.

35 posted on 09/30/2008 8:01:19 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono (No longer holding my nose to vote - McCain/Palin 2008!)
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To: presidio9

Is there anything genuine about Obama and his band of idiots?

“Lately, Springsteen has come under mild criticism for putting on a ‘tortured soul’ persona to rejuvenate his flagging career. Many music critics seem to suggest that the old trick of projecting ‘pseudo angst’ to create an image of the artist who ‘bears the world’s burden’ is overdone, and might actually hurt Springsteen’s core base.”


36 posted on 09/30/2008 8:02:25 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (H)
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To: presidio9

There’s lots of music I don’t care for but don’t deny the participants’ talent. I don’t really care about Miles Davis for example. You certainly aren’t alone but Joel’s talent is along the lines of Paul Mccartney or ABBA (who I bet you also think have no talent). Great craftsman.


37 posted on 09/30/2008 8:04:34 PM PDT by Borges
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To: richmwill

The more of them who are trampled, the better, too.


38 posted on 09/30/2008 8:06:00 PM PDT by mathurine
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To: stevio
I have expressed my displeasure with that unfortunate choice to the NFL. Of course, they couldn't care less since that prick Olbermann is still on the NBC Sunday Night football show I haven't watched a second of this year.
39 posted on 09/30/2008 8:06:47 PM PDT by j_tull (Massachusetts, the Gay State. Once leader of the American Revolution, now leading its demise.)
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To: presidio9

Happy to say I have never given either of these losers one red cent.


40 posted on 09/30/2008 8:08:01 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (I'd like to tell you, but then I'd have to kill you.)
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