"Read Al Franken’s new book!” Bruce urges crowd (Summer closes with Bruce bringing down the house)

Bergen Record ^ | Monday, September 1, 2003 | JIM BECKERMAN

[TomServo]

All of you folks attending Springsteens Shea stadium concert should make sure you pick up Frankens book at the front door...

[facedown]

He then recommended that the audience read humorist Al Franken's "Lies and the Lying Liars who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right" before he launched into "Land of Hope and Dreams."

Bruce is not known for his intellect.

[KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle]

Bruce... in the immortal words of Frank Zappa: "Shut Up and Play Yer Guitar!" :)

[nutmeg]

No $$ from my pocket will ever go to Springsteen nor to Franken!

[jwfiv]

Well, now..I thought my opinion of that ignorant pretender could go no lower...whatta maroon...such a bore.

[Pharmboy]

After his third album, Bruce has devoted himself to socialism and negativity to America. I think that guilt rather than intellectual depth drives him.

With that being said, I believe that "Thunder Road" is in the top 5 all-time rock and roll songs ever written.

[4mycountry]

Al Franken's "Lies and the Lying Liars who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right"

Pardon me, but that has to be the most stupid not to mention redundant title ever.

[BobbyK]

I saw the light after the 51 shots or whatever that song,
Bruce has shown the side I hadn't caught before.
He's staying true to form then.
What a waste.

[bandleader]

I'm sorry to admit that I am just as UNIMPRESSED by his politics as I am by his dubious musical skills.From what I've discerned,an audience is superfluous inasmuch as he plays to himself with little or no regard towards his audience!!

[blackangus]

And "Public" Radio is similarly pushing Al Franken and his book! Should we expect a skunk to change its stripe? All part of the liberal whining.

[Petronski]

BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: Irrelevant since 1987.

[ConservativeStandUP]

I'll listen to Bruce Springsteen on Social Policy Matters about the same time I'll listen to Martin Sheen on Defense Issues. His music is great, but he is out of his depth.
As I am so fond of shouting at these concerts--"Shut Up and Play! My buzz is fading!!"

[ConservativeStandUP]

I'll listen to Bruce Springsteen on Social Policy Matters about the same time I'll listen to Martin Sheen on Defense Issues. His music is great, but he is out of his depth.
As I am so fond of shouting at these concerts--"Shut Up and Play! My buzz is fading!!"

[Paul Atreides]

Well, it is by Al Franken, one of the most stupid and redundant people ever.

[ConservativeStandUP]

Don't ever Double Post again you dirty JERK! It makes us mad!

[Paul Atreides]

He started going downhill when he did that AIDS song for the movie Philadelphia.

[F16Fighter]

"The question of whether we go to war in Iraq is not a liberal or a conservative question," The Boss said in one of several "public service announcements" during his ebullient show. He then recommended that the audience read humorist Al Franken's "Lies and the Lying Liars who Tell Them: A Fair and Balanced Look at the Right" before he launched into "Land of Hope and Dreams."

What an embarrassment -- Springsteen, the "artist," has become an political advertising shill for the Left.

Hopefully, audiences will either dismiss the Franken request as either a joke, or merely consider it penance for the "honor" of basking in the presense of the "god-like" Springsteen.

If the audience is anything like me, they're just content to concentrate on the entertainment value of the band and the selection of music pre-'85. IMO Bruce hasn't created anything worthwhile since including the exploitive anthem, 'The Rising.'

[bmwcyle]

Bruce and Al are brain dead drugged out little boys.

[F16Fighter]

Petronski: "BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: Irrelevant since 1987."

Paul Atreides: "He started going downhill when he did that AIDS song for the movie Philadelphia."

You're both right.