Bruce Springsteen Corner

[jlhoots]

6 minutes ago, clifford_thornton said:

Dylan-esque for sure. Glad he did it.

So am I.

[EKE BBB]

Excellent song, timely lyrics. The boss being the boss.

[JSngry]

Wow. I feel better now. 🤡

[jazzbo]

This is the story of Hurricane Carter. . . I mean Minnesota Martyrs.

[clifford_thornton]

3 hours ago, jazzbo said:

This is the story of Hurricane Carter. . . I mean Minnesota Martyrs.

yup.

[JSngry]

I bet his guitar kills fascists too!

[felser]

7 hours ago, JSngry said:

I bet his guitar kills fascists too!

Could be.  Where's Pete when we need him?

[JSngry]

Guitars don't kill shit. That's reality.

[ghost of miles]

Surprise live performance from Springsteen last night at First Avenue in Minneapolis (the club where many of the performances in Prince's Purple Rain were performed):

 

[JSngry]

And the grounds were littered with the dead Fascist bodies?1

[Stompin at the Savoy]

I want to like this new tune about Minneapolis and I think I am in sympathy with his viewpoint here - some crazy shit happening.  But somehow I have never quite 'got' Bruce Springsteen.  Then again most pop music doesn't do much for me.

[mjazzg]

14 hours ago, JSngry said:

And the grounds were littered with the dead Fascist bodies?1

No but a strengthening of the collective feeling of solidarity was almost definitely achieved. I'd say that is important, it may not kill any fascists but it may well in the longer run kill the fascism. Or at the very least help to subjugate it.

If Bruce or any other artists want to make common cause with that then I will applaud. It may be dismissed as just gesture but some gestures are a lot more important than others.

[JSngry]

Good luck on all of that.

We will bellow out (really) bad songs. They will shoot to kill. And more.

I'm afraid the worst is yet to come, including the "songs".

[mjazzg]

I fear so too but without resistance the worst is very probably guaranteed. 

Obviously I have the privilege of being distanced and those nearer should make their own choices accordingly.

 

[JSngry]

All I can say is that if some doggerel song is what it takes to get people motivated, then people don't stand a chance.

Fascists play for keeps, not for songs 

[Stompin at the Savoy]

I have no idea if this new song will move anybody.  I couldn't get through to the end of it but that's just me.  I do think that many musicians and artists beginning to use their voices and platforms to advance a cause can move the dial.  It's a form of cultural solidarity.