The "Magic" is missing

Anyone going to see the Tampa show on Monday night?

 

The Boss comes out for Obama. From brucespringsteen.net:

Dear Friends and Fans:

LIke most of you, I've been following the campaign and I have now seen and heard enough to know where I stand. Senator Obama, in my view, is head and shoulders above the rest.

He has the depth, the reflectiveness, and the resilience to be our next President. He speaks to the America I've envisioned in my music for the past 35 years, a generous nation with a citizenry willing to tackle nuanced and complex problems, a country that's interested in its collective destiny and in the potential of its gathered spirit. A place where "...nobody crowds you, and nobody goes it alone."

At the moment, critics have tried to diminish Senator Obama through the exaggeration of certain of his comments and relationships. While these matters are worthy of some discussion, they have been ripped out of the context and fabric of the man's life and vision, so well described in his excellent book, Dreams of My Father, often in order to distract us from discussing the real issues: war and peace, the fight for economic and racial justice, reaffirming our Constitution, and the protection and enhancement of our environment.

After the terrible damage done over the past eight years, a great American reclamation project needs to be undertaken. I believe that Senator Obama is the best candidate to lead that project and to lead us into the 21st Century with a renewed sense of moral purpose and of ourselves as Americans.

Over here on E Street, we're proud to support Obama for President.



Bruce Springsteen

 

i adore bruce, as we know. i agree with his political views and endorsement of obama.

that said, anyone influenced by ANY celebs views is an idiot. make up your own mind. i support bruce's right to have an opinion. but i would prefer artists -- whether i agree with them or not -- to "shut up and sing," as the dixie chicks painfully learned.

i mean, bravo to artists brave enough to speak up. but even when i agree with them, i don't want to hear 'em talk about it when i'm at their show. i'm not there for the politics. i'm there for a release from all that reality b.s.

 

I'm not going to vote for someone just because Bruce says so, but I will give a lot of weight to his endorsement because I like the way he thinks.

 

http://blog.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/04/18/the_springsteen_vision_for_ame.html

 

Benefit show last night at County Basie Theater in Red Bank....HOLY CRAP

All of "Darkness" straight through...break... all of "BTR" straight through...then a 4 song encore!!

http://www.northjersey.com/betterliving/The_Boss_rocks_The_Basie_.html

 

Wow. Came this close to pulling the trigger on a spare seat, but couldn't justify the $750 it would have cost. Let's hope that there was a good taper in the house.

 

I suspect we'll see a DVD/CD set by Christmas.


Badlands
Adam Raised a Cain
Something in the Night
Candy's Room
Racing in the Street
The Promised Land
Factory
Streets of Fire
Prove It All Night
Darkness on the Edge of Town
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Thunder Road
Tenth Avenue Freeze-out (w/ horns)
Night
Backstreets
Born to Run
She's the One
Meeting Across the River (w/ Mark Pender)
Jungleland
* * *
So Young and in Love (w/ horns)
Kitty's Back (w/ horns)
Rosalita (w/ horns)
Raise Your Hand (w/ horns)

 

your mouth, god's ears. 8) 8)

 

That would be righteous Starman justice.

 

If it was Starman justice, we'd see it by Memorial Day. ;D ;D

 

[blue]I didn't know Bruce hated America.[/blue]