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Gunbot wrote:Everyone loves Bruce Springsteen. Well, maybe not everyone, but a lot of people do, and with good reason. He became the voice of the post-Vietnam generation. His music spoke to the hardworking men and women trying to get by as a new day dawned in Reagan's America. He took the world by storm with a string of critically acclaimed records from his 1973 debut to his masterpiece, "Born in the U.S.A."
At his creative and commercial peak, he rebuked Ronald Reagan. It was the courageous and right thing to do. But, oh, how the mighty have fallen. He may still rank right up there with Dylan as a great American songwriter for his past work, but unlike Dylan, he's no longer making music that means anything, maybe not even to himself. The Boss has become a populist caricature, unable to speak cogently about the problems Americans face today. Listen to his new music and tell me he's not simply going through the motions.
It may not look like it, but Bruce Springsteen is a man undone by his own success. No, his isn't the cliched story of so many rock stars, brought low by partying to excess. For Bruce, it was something more personal. He threw away his identity, his most prized possession, the thing that made it possible for people to believe in him. It all ended when he walked away from the E Street Band, married an actress, divorced her, and moved to Hollywood, then moved back, hoping that his problems were simply a matter of geography.
What we see now is a shell of his former self. There's no denying that his tours still sell out to a throng of absolutely rabid fans, but they don't go to hear his new music. They want to hear the songs he wrote twenty to thirty years ago. He may still be an electrifying performer, but he's clutching to his audience's nostalgia now. It may be a living, but what has he done lately that's really moved you? Isn't that what made his music so special?
Once the voice of the working man, Bruce is now selling his Greatest Hits at Wal-Mart. His new album, "Working on a Dream," will be as forgettable as his last, although "The Wrestler" has its moments. Instead of being an exciting musician, he's become the Willie Loman of Americana, covering the same ground joylessly with every successive album. Whatever fire was in his belly when he wrote "Born to Run" burnt out long ago. Sad though it may be, it's time for change: we need to fire the Boss.
Think Bruce still has what it takes? Think it's high time he hung it up? Who do you think speaks most for America now?
They could be talking about Journey or a dozen other different acts with this type of analysis.
Rockindeano wrote:What we see now is a shell of his former self. There's no denying that his tours still sell out to a throng of absolutely rabid fans, but they don't go to hear his new music. They want to hear the songs he wrote twenty to thirty years ago. He may still be an electrifying performer, but he's clutching to his audience's nostalgia now. It may be a living, but what has he done lately that's really moved you? Isn't that what made his music so special?
This is proof that the writer is absolutely clueless.
He or she cannot write this if they have been to a show recently. Every show I harp about this..is chock full of new stuff, never before played stuff and deep cuts.
Rockindeano wrote:What we see now is a shell of his former self. There's no denying that his tours still sell out to a throng of absolutely rabid fans, but they don't go to hear his new music. They want to hear the songs he wrote twenty to thirty years ago. He may still be an electrifying performer, but he's clutching to his audience's nostalgia now. It may be a living, but what has he done lately that's really moved you? Isn't that what made his music so special?
This is proof that the writer is absolutely clueless.
He or she cannot write this if they have been to a show recently. Every show I harp about this..is chock full of new stuff, never before played stuff and deep cuts.
Gunbot wrote:Everyone loves Bruce Springsteen. Well, maybe not everyone, but a lot of people do, and with good reason. He became the voice of the post-Vietnam generation. His music spoke to the hardworking men and women trying to get by as a new day dawned in Reagan's America. He took the world by storm with a string of critically acclaimed records from his 1973 debut to his masterpiece, "Born in the U.S.A."
At his creative and commercial peak, he rebuked Ronald Reagan. It was the courageous and right thing to do. But, oh, how the mighty have fallen. He may still rank right up there with Dylan as a great American songwriter for his past work, but unlike Dylan, he's no longer making music that means anything, maybe not even to himself. The Boss has become a populist caricature, unable to speak cogently about the problems Americans face today. Listen to his new music and tell me he's not simply going through the motions.
It may not look like it, but Bruce Springsteen is a man undone by his own success. No, his isn't the cliched story of so many rock stars, brought low by partying to excess. For Bruce, it was something more personal. He threw away his identity, his most prized possession, the thing that made it possible for people to believe in him. It all ended when he walked away from the E Street Band, married an actress, divorced her, and moved to Hollywood, then moved back, hoping that his problems were simply a matter of geography.
What we see now is a shell of his former self. There's no denying that his tours still sell out to a throng of absolutely rabid fans, but they don't go to hear his new music. They want to hear the songs he wrote twenty to thirty years ago. He may still be an electrifying performer, but he's clutching to his audience's nostalgia now. It may be a living, but what has he done lately that's really moved you? Isn't that what made his music so special?
Once the voice of the working man, Bruce is now selling his Greatest Hits at Wal-Mart. His new album, "Working on a Dream," will be as forgettable as his last, although "The Wrestler" has its moments. Instead of being an exciting musician, he's become the Willie Loman of Americana, covering the same ground joylessly with every successive album. Whatever fire was in his belly when he wrote "Born to Run" burnt out long ago. Sad though it may be, it's time for change: we need to fire the Boss.
Think Bruce still has what it takes? Think it's high time he hung it up? Who do you think speaks most for America now?
They could be talking about Journey or a dozen other different acts with this type of analysis.
Rockindeano wrote:Have to post this. Makes me a very proud fan.
INAUGURATION WATCH: BRUCE TO KICK IT ALL OFF?
Nothing official yet, but here's what's blowin' in the wind. On Monday, Fox News' Roger Friedman wrote of potential musicians "in the mix" for Inaugural events: "Obama stalwarts Stevie Wonder, Barbra Streisand, and Bruce Springsteen, I am told, were each asked to play at specific events around Washington on January 20th."
Now, WashingtonPost.com's Inauguration Watch blog points to specifics: "The Presidential Inaugural Committee has been mum, but sources tell the Post's Lena Sun that Bruce Springsteen will perform at Barack Obama's inauguration week welcome event Jan. 18 on the National Mall. The event will be on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and open to the public for free." WTOP concurs.
According to the Presdential Inaugural Committee website, the Lincoln Memorial event is the Inaugration's Sunday afternoon "Opening Celebration" and will be broadcast live: HBO will exclusively televise the Opening Celebration for the 56th Presidential Inaugural, a celebration of America to be held on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday, January 18th. HBO will televise the event that evening on an open signal, working with all of its distributors to allow Americans across the country with access to cable or satellite television to join in the Opening Celebration for free.... The Opening Celebration will be a marquis event, featuring some of the biggest acts in the world of entertainment to celebrate our common heritage and our new direction. President-elect Obama and Vice President-elect Biden will both attend the event, which will be free and open to the public."
Ears to the ground for official word.
- January 7, 2009
StocktontoMalone wrote:Rockindeano wrote:Have to post this. Makes me a very proud fan.
INAUGURATION WATCH: BRUCE TO KICK IT ALL OFF?
Nothing official yet, but here's what's blowin' in the wind. On Monday, Fox News' Roger Friedman wrote of potential musicians "in the mix" for Inaugural events: "Obama stalwarts Stevie Wonder, Barbra Streisand, and Bruce Springsteen, I am told, were each asked to play at specific events around Washington on January 20th."
Now, WashingtonPost.com's Inauguration Watch blog points to specifics: "The Presidential Inaugural Committee has been mum, but sources tell the Post's Lena Sun that Bruce Springsteen will perform at Barack Obama's inauguration week welcome event Jan. 18 on the National Mall. The event will be on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial and open to the public for free." WTOP concurs.
According to the Presdential Inaugural Committee website, the Lincoln Memorial event is the Inaugration's Sunday afternoon "Opening Celebration" and will be broadcast live: HBO will exclusively televise the Opening Celebration for the 56th Presidential Inaugural, a celebration of America to be held on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday, January 18th. HBO will televise the event that evening on an open signal, working with all of its distributors to allow Americans across the country with access to cable or satellite television to join in the Opening Celebration for free.... The Opening Celebration will be a marquis event, featuring some of the biggest acts in the world of entertainment to celebrate our common heritage and our new direction. President-elect Obama and Vice President-elect Biden will both attend the event, which will be free and open to the public."
Ears to the ground for official word.
- January 7, 2009
Dude, what's so fucking great about that? He's a lib, and Obama won the election. Nothing earth shattering there, please move on.
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Gunbot wrote:
This just in, there is word that none other then Arnel and the JBoyz will be performing at the PRE- Inaugration Party earlier that day, with possibly one song (DSB) being given airtime over network television.
Rockindeano wrote:The problem is Wal-Mart people are not Bruce fans and Bruce isn't a WalMart guy. That fucking place goes against anything and everything he and his music stands for.
Seven Wishes wrote:"Abysmal? He's the most proactive President since Clinton, and he's bringing much-needed change for the better to a nation that has been tyrannized by the worst President since Hoover."- 7 Wishes on Pres. Obama
RedWingFan wrote:Rockindeano wrote:The problem is Wal-Mart people are not Bruce fans and Bruce isn't a WalMart guy. That fucking place goes against anything and everything he and his music stands for.
He's against $4 prescriptions. Goods sold at low prices? The Walmart demographic is probably 75% dem, 25% Rep.
Bruce is probably right, they need to be run out of business!!!
Arianddu wrote:RedWingFan wrote:Rockindeano wrote:The problem is Wal-Mart people are not Bruce fans and Bruce isn't a WalMart guy. That fucking place goes against anything and everything he and his music stands for.
He's against $4 prescriptions. Goods sold at low prices? The Walmart demographic is probably 75% dem, 25% Rep.
Bruce is probably right, they need to be run out of business!!!
I'd say it's more their staffing policies that are being objected to.
Arianddu wrote:RedWingFan wrote:Rockindeano wrote:The problem is Wal-Mart people are not Bruce fans and Bruce isn't a WalMart guy. That fucking place goes against anything and everything he and his music stands for.
He's against $4 prescriptions. Goods sold at low prices? The Walmart demographic is probably 75% dem, 25% Rep.
Bruce is probably right, they need to be run out of business!!!
I'd say it's more their staffing policies that are being objected to.
Seven Wishes wrote:"Abysmal? He's the most proactive President since Clinton, and he's bringing much-needed change for the better to a nation that has been tyrannized by the worst President since Hoover."- 7 Wishes on Pres. Obama
RedWingFan wrote:Arianddu wrote:RedWingFan wrote:Rockindeano wrote:The problem is Wal-Mart people are not Bruce fans and Bruce isn't a WalMart guy. That fucking place goes against anything and everything he and his music stands for.
He's against $4 prescriptions. Goods sold at low prices? The Walmart demographic is probably 75% dem, 25% Rep.
Bruce is probably right, they need to be run out of business!!!
I'd say it's more their staffing policies that are being objected to.
I've yet to read of any instances of any Walmart holding workers against their will or refusing to let them leave the company if they were unhappy. They offer a wage and accept applicants that they hire. That used to be allowed in America.
Keep up the good fight against that Bruce.
artist4perry wrote:RedWingFan wrote:Arianddu wrote:RedWingFan wrote:Rockindeano wrote:The problem is Wal-Mart people are not Bruce fans and Bruce isn't a WalMart guy. That fucking place goes against anything and everything he and his music stands for.
He's against $4 prescriptions. Goods sold at low prices? The Walmart demographic is probably 75% dem, 25% Rep.
Bruce is probably right, they need to be run out of business!!!
I'd say it's more their staffing policies that are being objected to.
I've yet to read of any instances of any Walmart holding workers against their will or refusing to let them leave the company if they were unhappy. They offer a wage and accept applicants that they hire. That used to be allowed in America.
Keep up the good fight against that Bruce.
They also break laws about breaks, etc..................Do some research about why people are saying this............
Seven Wishes wrote:"Abysmal? He's the most proactive President since Clinton, and he's bringing much-needed change for the better to a nation that has been tyrannized by the worst President since Hoover."- 7 Wishes on Pres. Obama
Rockindeano wrote:LOL, okay. where to start? Fuck you jrnyman28. Try to bring this shit here to level the playing field, huh? Nice try. Fail.
RedWingFan wrote:Arianddu wrote:RedWingFan wrote:Rockindeano wrote:The problem is Wal-Mart people are not Bruce fans and Bruce isn't a WalMart guy. That fucking place goes against anything and everything he and his music stands for.
He's against $4 prescriptions. Goods sold at low prices? The Walmart demographic is probably 75% dem, 25% Rep.
Bruce is probably right, they need to be run out of business!!!
I'd say it's more their staffing policies that are being objected to.
I've yet to read of any instances of any Walmart holding workers against their will or refusing to let them leave the company if they were unhappy. They offer a wage and accept applicants that they hire. That used to be allowed in America.
Keep up the good fight against that Bruce.
RedWingFan wrote:artist4perry wrote:RedWingFan wrote:Arianddu wrote:RedWingFan wrote:Rockindeano wrote:The problem is Wal-Mart people are not Bruce fans and Bruce isn't a WalMart guy. That fucking place goes against anything and everything he and his music stands for.
He's against $4 prescriptions. Goods sold at low prices? The Walmart demographic is probably 75% dem, 25% Rep.
Bruce is probably right, they need to be run out of business!!!
I'd say it's more their staffing policies that are being objected to.
I've yet to read of any instances of any Walmart holding workers against their will or refusing to let them leave the company if they were unhappy. They offer a wage and accept applicants that they hire. That used to be allowed in America.
Keep up the good fight against that Bruce.
They also break laws about breaks, etc..................Do some research about why people are saying this............
Yeah, how are employees expected to eat their lunch when they're not allowed ample smoke breaks! Get the UAW in there to cripple them like GM, Ford and Chrysler.![]()
If you don't like your breaks, etc. Quit, or better yet let them fire you and collect unemployment.
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