I know how many feel about Bruce Springsteen and many of our other musicians these days. Seemingly co-opted, vaccinated and wholly owned subsidiaries of the man they complain about. But their music still stands. This is some earlier Springsteen celebrating what he seemed to be back then. The songs resonate today. They seem to have a hymn like quality I cannot deny. Maybe Bruce has forgotten but I haven’t. The most important thing now is not to forget. Is not to get lost with all the lost people.
Hopefully these culture wars we fight today engendered by the psychological operations of an evil political system do not come to define us as human beings.
His music was genius and original. Then he got full of himself and began giving HIS opinion.
Alice Cooper said it best:
"If you're listening to a rock star in order to get your information on who to vote for, you're a bigger moron than they are."
Springsteen charging $5,000 for a seat????
I remember being blown away by Clarence Clemons’s exquisite nine minutes of saxophone solo on “Jungleland.” Those early albums of Bruce’s were the best, in my opinion. When Born in the USA came out, I stopped listening because of the political attitudes that started to creep in. I don’t care if he has political viewpoints. What annoys me about him (and any singer) is that just like any other leftist, I don’t want to be lectured to as if he has some kind of moral superiority.