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So, you're judging Bruce on his football foray alone? Not on his career?
This is all I needed to hear from you: when he went political in 2004, no one here was surprised. Just disappointed.
Uh, hello. he's been political his whole career. From start to finish. Why did you bring your stepson there? Didn't YOU realize that Bruce has always thoughT the rich stick it to the poor, that the union man gets no respect, that Vietnam was a sham, that military commanders use their grunts without regard, that the justice system leaves much to be desired, that premarital sex ain't such a bad thing, that police shouldn't blow 28 holes into unarmed men, etc.. His music is shot through with these themes from beginning to end. I mean, why are you surprised?
I'm not trying to get in the midde of anyone's argument, but...you are correct only to a point. Springsteen has been very political since the Born in the USA (the most mis-understood album of all time...college kids all over pumping their fists to a song extremely critical of the country), but his first four albums are totally apolitical. If he had his current politics back then, he hid it very well. He was a good time rock n roller....at the risk of dating myself, I was going to his shows in the mid-seventies, and there was nothing remotely political about his music then.