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| Obama winning the "New Jersey oldies rock legend" demographic |
| 2008-04-16 |
| Huffasnuffaluffagus Post Legendary (geriatric) all-American rocker and staple of playlists on Clear Channel stations employing the "all oldies, all the time" format Bruce Springsteen has thrown his red bandanna into the political ring, today endorsing Barack Obama for President on his website. . . . "I heard what he said about bitter blue collar men (like I used to be 'fore I got rich) in towns where the jobs all left in the late Seventies, and it's like he must have all the lyrics from Darkness on the Edge of Town memorized or somethin'. What a smart guy!" So: Anyone who thinks that Barack Obama doesn't respect his small-town fellow Americans can take it up with the guy who wrote "Born In The U.S.A." and "Thunder Road," and "The River," and "Backstreets" and "Badlands" and pretty much a zillion classic songs about working-class life in small-town America ". . . and made so much money off of them that he'll never have to go back to that brownstone in Jersey and the '69 Chevy with the 396, fulie heads and a Hurst on the floor. It's Rolls Royces from here on out, baby!" Springsteen is and always has been a talented musician. He wrote some good stuff in his peak years. (He even got the story of the firefighters on 9/11 right, which a lot of artists couldn't (or didn't want to).) I grew up in Northeast Ohio, and I give the man credit for capturing the mentality of fading rustbelt communities circa 1978, even if he was kinda faking it. That doesn't mean I'd rely on him for political insight. (Or rely on John McCain to write melodies and chord progressions.) It's not 1978 any more. |
| Posted by:Mike |
| #3 Springsteen? Overrated half-talented mumbling singer propped up by the NY Press. Decent song writer, but he sucked as a singer, he has all the vocal quality of a concrete truck on a railroad track. Never did like him or his attitude. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2008-04-16 19:51 |
| #2 Don't forget the crucial Jersey college dropout vote! That's who I listen to when I need family, economic, foreign policy, scientific and societal organization advice. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-04-16 12:05 |
| #1 Johnson! Stop the presses!!! |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-04-16 11:46 |