Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band’s half-time performance during the Super Bowl this Sunday has inspired a New York Times sports columnist to muse: Read the full post.
Jan 30
2009
04:47 PM ET
Bruce Springsteen: Should he 'go rogue' at the Super Bowl?
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Robby – Challenging America and pointing out our faults so we can correct them is not “anti-american propoganda.” You are some kind of idiot.
The Boss is an American treasure. I doubt he’ll make a political statement, but I wouldn’t be surprised if he threw out a politically-charged song.
Like Ken said in the article, Bruce hasn’t been shy about his feelings for the past few years. If folks missed the boat, they aren’t going to get it now.
Look Mike compton my question for you is How come all these liberals like you try to blame everything on republicans. Americans more than ever need to stand side by side dems and republicans and stand up for america and what is right for it.
Republican or Democrat, Steeler or Cardinal fan, Vegan or carnivore, now is the time to give our new President the remote control.
Gimme some uh them chips, though.
See http://notionscapital.wordpress.com/2009/01/30/superbowl-veg-out/
I’ve been a Springsteen fan for almost thirty years and he has rarely disappointed me. However, the recent deal with Wal-Mart selling his “greatest hits” package was a real jaw dropper for me. Springsteen is prolific, smart and talented. But if Springsteen is the kind of guy I’d like to think he is, he’ll say a few things about that during his Super Bowl performance. As anyone knows, Wal-Mart has a long history of destroying almost every company it does business with and that includes the record industry.
Go, Bruce!
It’s easy for uneducated celebrities who know nothing of what it’s like to work hard for financial success to proclaim their ignorant socialist propaganda from atop their mansions.
Bruce Springsteen, the preachy multi-millionaire limo-liberal, whose ‘working class hero’ shtick has managed to fool the masses for more than 3 decades, is now forced to play the most commercial event TV has to offer to push his new ( and frighteningly awful ) album.
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band ( what is left is of it actually but a buck is a buck, right ? ), brought to you by Bridgestone, Walmart and Moveon.org.
Enjoy America !
Bruce lost any relevance he had a long time ago. I would have a hard time believing anything he would have to say against Wall Street, especially since he is now tied to WalMart.
The way they kept selling the “12-minute” thing in the pre-game show, in the intro, I figured they were setting up for Springsteen to bust out another two or three songs when time was up (all NFL and NBC preapproved of course). Would have been great. Instead it felt like yet another great TV moment that could have been but wasn’t.
“David Sun, Feb 1, 2009 at 03:45 PM EST
It’s easy for uneducated celebrities who know nothing of what it’s like to work hard for financial success to proclaim their ignorant socialist propaganda from atop their mansions.
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That is true of the twits like Paris Hilton who were born into money. However, it’s not true of Springsteen, who came from working class roots and earned his success by dint of ceaseless hard work, building his career from the east coast bar scene to now, 40 years later, playing the Superbowl.
Love him or hate him, he’s not ignorant of what it’s like to struggle, nor is he a “limo-liberal” like many. Disagree with him if you will, but it’s unfair to dismiss his beliefs as some sort of theoretical love of the working man espoused by a starry-eyed liberal with no work ethic of his own. Springsteen has worked as hard for his success as any man in America, and has been a great inspiration and comfort to millions of fans who share his roots.
My last comment being said, I’m glad Bruce didn’t choose to rail against corporate greed at the Superbowl. Not only would it have been hypocritical in the extreme given the fact that the Bowl is the largest venue of the year for public corporate expense, it would have been just plain rude and low class to “insult your host while you are a guest in his house”.
I thought his show was awesome; just disappointed he cut a verse or two for time’s sake, but 12 minutes was what he had to work with.
My last comment being said, I’m glad Bruce didn’t choose to rail against corporate greed at the Superbowl. Not only would it have been hypocritical in the extreme given the fact that the Bowl is the largest venue of the year for public corporate expense, it would have been just plain rude and low class to “insult your host while you are a guest in his house”.
I thought his show was awesome; just disappointed he cut a verse or two for time’s sake, but 12 minutes was what he had to work with.
I bought and listened to Nebraska years after it surfaced. I listened but couldn’t hear, but then unlike most I can fully synthesize Zappa and Neil Young. Who needs Springsteen’s fluff ?
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