Excellent post, and informative for me. Thanks. Consider posting bits at CBS. Already 192 comments there, and the program hasn't aired yet. Click here: Springsteen: Silence Is Unpatriotic, Rocker Answers Critics Who Say He's Unpatriotic - CBS News <http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/04/60minutes/main3330463.shtml#c\ cmm> In a message dated 10/7/2007 8:39:05 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Crumbling down to the ground, a wasteland of filth and decay..........
Tommie goes out on a limb and rips Asbury Park's prodigal son because ...Where was that disdain 3 years ago ...An over-simplification of Bruce Springsteen's career can divide it into 3 stages. In the beginning, there was this kid with raw talent who .....The 2nd stage is the period from Born to Run to Born in the USA. The raw talent was harvested and through hard ...The 3rd stage goes from Tom Joad to Human Touch to Pete Seeger, music that was meant... You might not know it, but there are audience members at todays Springsteen shows who barely know ...There is one constant And that is the devotion, honesty, sincerity and total commitment to the music and his fans throughout the years has not wavered one little bit. It is because of this long and unwavering commitment that affords Springsteen the command of his stage. And from that stage he can do whatever he pleases, and he has....It's only when Bruce's rap stopped supporting your rap that shutting up and sing came into the discussion.
