[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.

[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.

[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.

[muslims=borg]

Another rich communist.

[alisasny]

I was there last night with my husband and our 6 closest friends. We had a blast : ) Frankly I did not hear his commentary at all.

[Cogadh na Sith]

I can proudly say I've always hated that f&^%ing guy.

[jaz.357]

Yo Bruce,,,Get off the feild. The NEW YORK FOOTBALL GIANTS are ready to kick off!"GO GIANTS"!!!

[sully777]

I saw "The Boss" at Veterans Stadium in 1985. We came for a four hour musical show. What Bruce gave us was a lecture about poverty/homelessness in evil, greedy America before intermission. He concluded by insisting we contribute to some left-wing charity with the money we had left over from our extremely expensive tickets. Bruce claimed he would contribute $10,000 himself. WOW! Ten Thousand dollars man, like I mean Bruce, I know you're generous but can you really afford it? Don't want to put you out buddy. What was that Bruce? It's a tax write-off. Oh never mind then. Knock yourself out. But can I deduct my concert ticket? No? Crap!

He left the stage and the crowd was in a state of murmur. I've been to many concerts and never heard murmur before.

Bruce came back for the finale after a one hour intermission. Total performance time 1 1/2 hours+ 1/2 hour lecture+ 1 hour intermission= 3 hours wasted of my time that could have been spent working paying for all the useless social experiments in the world.

One final thought: I think his music has suffered tremendously over the years since The River. The Rising sounds like a good title for a Stephen King book!

[M-cubed]

BOSS backwards is SSOB...Stupid Son Of a Bitch!

[Paul_B]

Interesting that the writer saw fit to place the policial commentary, a tiny part of the article, at the very top. It was so germane to the story that it never was mentioned again.

[Jackknife]

JEEEEEEEEEZ! Yet another braindead entertainer espousing their mind-numbing political reparte`. 'They call me BWOOOOCE'!