Posted on 06/23/2006 12:59:45 PM PDT by divine_moment_of_facts
NEW YORK Appearing on CNN today to promote his current tour and album of Pete Seeger songs, rocker Bruce Springsteen took note of the current controversy surrounding Ann Coulter in responding to a question about whether musicians should speak out on politics..
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Springsteen. What a maroon!!!!!
Ah, the Boss, truly one of the great thinkers of our time. NOT.
Who is this "Springsteen" of which you speak???
Love to see Ann and tiny Bruce debate live on nat'l televsion.
"He revealed that some former fans have mailed records back to him."
I wonder how many "some" is.. My guess is thousands!
"They should let Ann Coulter do it instead?" he mused, with a chuckle. Then he said, "You can turn on the idiots rambling on, on cable television, every night of the week -- and they say musicians shouldnt speak up? Its insane, its funny," he said, laughing.
Hey, moron, you are as good a political analyst as those talking heads are at being rock stars. Get the point? They don't sing and you don't opine politics. It's not hard, you dim-witted moron.
In the documentary "Hail, Hail Rock 'n' Roll", Keith Richard came off as an articulate genius next to Springsteen.
Well, I have to agree with hinm about the idiots talking on TV. Most are indeed idiots.
I know someone who went to one of his shows in Milwaukee last week and the venue had thousands of empty seats.
You are mistaken. They both sucked s**t when I was in college...25 years ago...nothing's changed...
Hey, Springsteen! Shut And Pretend To Sing!
I never liked him and his phony blue-collar crap. Does he still do concerts, and if so, why hasn't he suffered the Dixie Chicks' fate with his blue-collar fans?
"They should let Ann Coulter do it instead?" he mused, with a chuckle. Then he said, "You can turn on the idiots rambling on, on cable television, every night of the week -- and they say musicians shouldnt speak up? Its insane, its funny," he said, laughing.
He called politics "an organic part of what Im doing. ... Its called common sense. I dont even see it as politics at this point.''
As for the Iraq war, he commented, "You dont take your country into a major war on circumstantial evidence -- you lose your job for that. Thats my opinion and I dont have a problem voicing that. Some people have a problem with that, others dont."
The questions were brought to him...he didn't throw the comment out.
He's never hid his politics. He was writing anti-Reagan songs and making speeches to that effect sine the early 80s.
Be like bringing a slingshot to a tank fight.
http://www.grunt.com/scuttlebutt/marine-corps-bs/videos.asp
Click on Rifle vs Tank (Windows Media)4th down, left side.
Even Alice Cooper said.. why should we listen to people who sleep all day and make money for nothing.. LOL
Pity, if New Jersey REALLY wants a musical role model they only need look to this man....
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