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  • Starbucks Bans the Boss (Springsteen, Kerry supporter)

    05/06/2005 10:22:41 AM PDT · by Ramonan · 33 replies · 1,530+ views
    Yahoo News ^ | May 6, 2005 | Charlie Amter
    The Boss is paying the cost for some racy lyrics and anti-corporate politics. Starbucks says it will not stock Bruce Springsteen's just-released Devils & Dust, in part because of one track's graphic imagery. The song in question, "Reno," depicts an encounter at a Nevada brothel, including a reference to oral sex and the line: "Two hundred dollars straight in, two-fifty in the a--." But that alone didn't trigger the barrista's Boss ban. "There were a number of factors involved...[Lyrics] was one of the factors, but not the only reason," Ken Lombard, president of Starbucks Entertainment, tells Reuters. According to Newsweek,...