Freeping of Bruce Springsteen's website

[jdsmith]

following his posting of the Gore speech:

http://sonymusic.infopop.cc/eve/ubb.x?a=frm&s=8581093&f=486103162

[I thought so.]

1. Poor Bruce,

The bad comments will bring him down.

[ALago1]

3. You are mistaken

Bruce Springsteen is perhaps one of the most respected and admired musicians out there today. The devotion his fans have towards him is immeasurable and his hardcore base of followers (which is tons, especially around Jersey and the surrounding tri-state area) will never abandon him.

Believe me, being a New Jersey resident who has lived by the shore all my life, his following can be described as fanatical at times.

If anything, his outspoken temperment will put Jersey more solidly in the D column come November

[JerseygirlCT]

12. Just wanted to say

me, too on the shore thing. Although I don't live there anymore, my family still does.

And I agree -- this won't turn off any of his real fans. Just people who like to claim to be and haven't ever really listened. The same bunch who tried to co-opt Born in the USA. Thoughtful group.

[jdsmith]

5. Bad comments will "bring him down"??

In fact, many of the "bad comments" seem to have come from people who registered in the past couple of days. They say, "I love his music," offer no proof thereof, then say "Shut up and sing"--an Ingrahamism that was used by a country music magazine to put the Dixie Chicks in their place.

No, I think that (if anything) this kind of treatment re-confirms Springsteen's bona fides.

[WilliamPitt]

8. LOL... Freepers v. Bruce?

I'll take the Boss with any point spread you name.

:)

[jdsmith]

13. That was what I thought also

Of course, you have the nincompoops who will always post to his (and other politically informed artists') websites with their "Keep your politics out of the music and ROCK" nonsense. But Springsteen's politics have been very obvious since at least _Darkness on the Edge of Town_.

But this looked like a well-coordinated Dixie-Chicking--mistaking someone who has been recording for more than thirty years for such relative (albeit tremendously talented) newbies as the Chicks.

It was interesting to see that one "Bruce fan" suggested that Daryl Worley song-oid as an example of what music ought to sound like. That pretty well said it all about THAT nimrod's knowledge of music, huh?

[lolly]

17. Um, misunderstanding?

To "I thought so"

I *think* your comment was sarcasm, no?

[DeadHead67]

2. Found an excellent entry . . . .

. . .under the name 'who am I'. Claimed to be a Nicaraguan official during the Reagan/contra/Sandinista struggle. Searing indictment of Reagan for his part in the murder and mayhem. This was at the Springsteen link above.

[Trekologer]

4. This is rediculous!

Did any of the posters that are shocked at Bruce's posting ever listen to the words to his songs?

[jdsmith]

6. Apparently not.

And you may recall that Springsteen had a "Reagan moment" back in the early-mid eighties. He announced a song by saying he had heard that the President really liked his music (this was when the Right--George Will, e.g.--were trying to co-opt _Born in the USA_ without listening to it). And he continued, "I don't know which songs he's been listeming to, but it's probably not this one." Then he played "Nebraska."

And (if I recall correctly) Dave Marsh wrote in _Musician_ about Springsteen's concert on election night 1980. After Reagan was voted in, Springsteen made a point of playing "Bad Moon on the Rise."

[LTR]

10. Be sure to listen to "War"

From his live box set.

The commentary at the beginning of the song ("Blind faith in your leaders...will get you killed").

This was a slam at the GOP trying to co-opt "Born in the USA"'.

[newyawker99]

7. Hi Trekologer!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[texastoast]

9. Hello, there and welcome to DU!

Obviously not. Bruce is into freedom, big time. But don't be surprised at the depths of the freepers cluelessness and inbred stupidity. You'll get used to it. Freepers love to show how stupid they are.

[JerseygirlCT]

11. Saw this the other night when the original post about

Gore's speech was up. I was astounded, when I looked at the discussion section, to find all these people upset with Bruce who supposedly were long-time fans. It makes no sense. If you listen to any of his music, you couldn't possibly be surprised at his politics.

We had an aged radio personality make a fuss last time Bruce was in town. He claimed to be a big fan (right) and that we was horribly upset that Bruce was touting Franken's book. The nerve of Bruce! His shock! All he did was expose himself as a fraud.

Bruce's true fans -- and there are many of them -- know the artist and respect his voice. The noisemakers are just static...

[Proud2BAmurkin]

14. The Freeptards must really want that Central Pk concert to happen.

eom

[kodi]

15. well it will give bruce some fresh material to write about

it appears that america's cultural icons are beginning to officially take sides in the wider cultural war.

the lines are being drawn and bruce springsteen stepping into this campaign against the war and bush is significant.

springsteen's personality and iconographic imagery of america are so woven together that to attack springsteen is an attack on the things people like about his music; honesty, hard work, family, and social awareness....and hope, better days, most of all.

if those are not values which americans consider traditional in the land, i dont know what are.

[wicket]

16. Born in The USA

Ummm, hello??? Have they ever listened to Bruce's lyrics? Especially "Born in the USA". What idiots.