Did you like the song, "Born in the USA"

[NewbieJr 541]

[drobeski 3,061]

you won the gold newbie

[patweisers44 865]

Springsteen is one of the greatest songwriters of his era. Born in the USA isnt one of my favorite springsteen songs. I like a bunch of his songs and there is a good deal i dont care for.

 

I have never once looked at him or his music differently for his political opinion, etc. I can take it or leave it on its own merit.

[Recliner Pilot 61]

It's like I have a crystal ball.

That's some crystal ball, Chicken Legs.

 

Your first post in this thread was after I posted my opinion.

 

You buy that thing from Kutulu?

[FeelingMN 273]

Never really got into Springsteen but can see why people dig him. I respect the songwriting as he seems to have some substance but his music never really spoke to me. Maybe I'll give him another listen at some point.

 

Songwriters I like better are Bob Dylan, Paul Simon, Eddie Vedder, Jeff Tweedy.

[Geezil 24]

Would have this thread gone to 4 pages if Peenie was a white male?

 

Nope.

 

Carry on you hypocrites.

[NewbieJr 541]

Would have this thread gone to 4 pages if Peenie was a white male?

 

Nope.

 

Carry on you hypocrites.

If Peenie was a white male, she'd have already known all about Springsteen and there would have been no thread. hth

[naomi 360]

 

• interesting thread topic starts.

• the usual suspects play political little d!ck back and forth for three pages

• the next 3 pages will be dedicated to the same political little d!cks defending themselves for bad posting that's "not their fault"

• popcorn and hilarity is once again lost. back to work for TD.

 

 

 

 

It's getting to the truly asinine point. I start resenting my compulsion to check in here afterward.

 

eta: It's not even really "political d!ck" though...that's just the means. Contentious toddlers on a playground who don't have a point are as engaging. Perhaps more.

[BunnysBastatrds 2,598]

pearl jam ring a bell for you dumbo ? probably 90% of the music industry is left leaning, who cares ...other than you ?

 

 

I don't listen to them anymore. Ten was my favorite album for twenty years. A few years ago they did the Jazz Festival here. May have been the same year as the oil spill or the year after, Anyway, the played on the main stage which was sponsored by Shell Oil. They pretty much paid their $300,000 concert fee. After the first song, Veder started going off on the oil companies. Most people in the crowd started booing and were telling him to shut the fawk up and sing. Me included. A few songs later he starts in again on the hand that feeds him. So they turn off his mic and warn him that they'll shut the show down. What does this do? He throws a hissy fit and walks off the stage not even half way through the show. The main acts get an hour and a half. They barely played thirty ninutes. Only heard one song from Ten and a bunch of their new crap.

 

What pissed me off the most was not his politics or where he stands. What pissed me the fawk off was this freaking decided that he would show the oil company how cool he was that he'd quit a third of the way into the set and fawk the fans. I really believe he was that faking stoopid that he didn't realize he was screwing us. not the sponsor, Shell Oil. Dbag.

 

I'm not really into Springsteen's music. He does have a nice ass though.

[NewbieJr 541]

 

 

 

I'm not really into Springsteen's music. He does have a nice ass though.

He's no Loverboy

[Recliner Pilot 61]

It's like I have a crystal ball.

Has it told you who will win the Super Bowl yet?

[drobeski 3,061]

 

 

I don't listen to them anymore. Ten was my favorite album for twenty years. A few years ago they did the Jazz Festival here. May have been the same year as the oil spill or the year after, Anyway, the played on the main stage which was sponsored by Shell Oil. They pretty much paid their $300,000 concert fee. After the first song, Veder started going off on the oil companies. Most people in the crowd started booing and were telling him to shut the fawk up and sing. Me included. A few songs later he starts in again on the hand that feeds him. So they turn off his mic and warn him that they'll shut the show down. What does this ###### do? He throws a hissy fit and walks off the stage not even half way through the show. The main acts get an hour and a half. They barely played thirty ninutes. Only heard one song from Ten and a bunch of their new crap.

 

What pissed me off the most was not his politics or where he stands. What pissed me the fawk off was this freaking ###### decided that he would show the oil company how cool he was that he'd quit a third of the way into the set and fawk the fans. I really believe he was that faking stoopid that he didn't realize he was screwing us. not the sponsor, Shell Oil. Dbag.

 

I'm not really into Springsteen's music. He does have a nice ass though.

I saw them live a couple times they put on great shows, ofcourse he went into his usual anti bush tirade but didn't give a fock, that was the go take a leak and smoke a joint cue.

[NewbieJr 541]

Has it told you who will win the Super Bowl yet?

Oooh, someone took this particular beatdown pretty hard. Quoting posts from 9:27 this morning. You're dwelling, Buck Tooth. No one cares anymore. Once again, you showed that you follow the Faux News Handbook. This was determined years ago. No one learned anything new today. So move on and wait for the next time I decide to pummel you.

[Recliner Pilot 61]

Oooh, someone took this particular beatdown pretty hard.

 

 

Why would I take the beatdown you endured hard?

 

Your Crystal Ball "predicted" something that happened way before it made the prediction.

 

Ouch!

[NewbieJr 541]

I'm sowwy

[JT 137]

The song was misinterpreted from the start, appropriated by politicians to be a flag-waving tribute to life here in the Good Ol'. Sprinsteen refused to participate. You'd think even a quick listen to the lyric would have made them see it wasn't what they wanted it to be.

 

I think it's a well written lyric, but the recorded version that became the big hit is by far my least liked. He's done it in live shows through the years and NEVER does the popular, radio version.

 

I like Bruce. Old enough to remember him getting his start, the Stone Pony, when Little Steven was still Miami Steve. His most recent stuff doesn't excite me. I thought THE RISING to be one of the more overrated albums ever. Much more interested in the singer/songwriter collections like DEVILS & DUST, NEBRASKA, etc. See no value whatsoever in his most recent album. It's the one musicians produce when they're either out of new ideas; at odds with the record company; or both.

 

I'll be happy when he decides the days of playing rock star are over and returns to what, imo, he does best these days. Solo, stripped down songwriting.

[BunnysBastatrds 2,598]

I saw them live a couple times they put on great shows, ofcourse he went into his usual anti bush tirade but didn't give a fock, that was the go take a leak and smoke a joint cue.

 

 

I saw them live at Tipitinas when Ten came out. Small venue. One of the best shows I ever went to. I also saw them at Lolapoloza the year the Red Hot Chilli Peppers headlined. The best was a gig they did with Sound Garden back in the 90's in Houston. They both did their sets and then came out and did a Temple Of The Dog set. Fawking incredible.

 

 

This always cracked me up. At the minute mark, Hamburger man gives the opinion I've always held about Bruce.

 

 

Might be NSFW-F word

[IAMWood 6]

I was a freshman in college when the song came out.

EVERY-BODY loved that song.

everyone had posters of bruce springsteen in their dorm.

i wasn't a fan of the song.

i was more a prince/madonna/michael jackson/rap follower.

yesterday, for the first time in my life i listened to the lyrics of the song.

i really liked it! the song was far deeper than i had thought.

it was just so annoying to me back then.

 

did you like the song and what do you think the song was about?

 

imo, it is sort of the anti-american dream song with ironic patriotism.

Springsteen is/was great songwriter.

Born in the USA, grew into a pop sound. I liked it back then, but it was over played. I listened to the lyrics when it came out, I bought the album and all the lyrics were printed on it. I was like 12. You old.

 

[FeelingMN 273]

I don't listen to them anymore. Ten was my favorite album for twenty years. A few years ago they did the Jazz Festival here. May have been the same year as the oil spill or the year after, Anyway, the played on the main stage which was sponsored by Shell Oil. They pretty much paid their $300,000 concert fee. After the first song, Veder started going off on the oil companies. Most people in the crowd started booing and were telling him to shut the fawk up and sing. Me included. A few songs later he starts in again on the hand that feeds him. So they turn off his mic and warn him that they'll shut the show down. What does this ###### do? He throws a hissy fit and walks off the stage not even half way through the show. The main acts get an hour and a half. They barely played thirty ninutes. Only heard one song from Ten and a bunch of their new crap.

 

What pissed me off the most was not his politics or where he stands. What pissed me the fawk off was this freaking ###### decided that he would show the oil company how cool he was that he'd quit a third of the way into the set and fawk the fans. I really believe he was that faking stoopid that he didn't realize he was screwing us. not the sponsor, Shell Oil. Dbag.

 

Chris Granger, The Times-PicayunePearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder plays on the Acura Stage at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on Saturday.

 

It's hard to imagine now, but during grunge rock's early '90s heyday, Pearl Jam was often dismissed as pretty-boy pop poseurs. On Saturday at the New Orleans Jazz Fest, Eddie Vedder and company delivered an exhilarating set that reiterated why they now rank among rock's finest live bands.

 

Wearing a short-sleeve plaid shirt over a "Mr. Bill Show" T-shirt, Vedder was the genial everyman rock star, his voice undiminished. Facing one of the largest, densest and youngest crowds to assemble at the Acura Stage in recent memory, he addressed fans in the distance: "I can't get closer, but we can play louder."

 

From my vantage point 100 yards deep on the field, Pearl Jam was plenty loud, and plenty clear. Every nuance of the musicians' interplay, from Jeff Ament's robust electric upright bass on "Nothing Man" to the nimble give-and-take of guitarists Stone Gossard and Mike McCready, was audible. There was much to savor in those details.

 

The thrills came early and often. After getting their bearings with the opening cover of The Byrds' "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n Roll Star," they bore down on "Corduroy," powered by drummer Matt Cameron. Multiple sunburst refrains broke open in "Given to Fly." They beefed up a raging "Even Flow" with bonus guitar solos, but still maintained the spirit of the original arrangement.

 

Gossard and McCready swapped well-constructed riffs on "Down" and elsewhere. Gossard windmilled through the big finish of "Better Man." McCready nailed his solo in an epic "Alive," then extended it as Vedder hopped off stage to meet-and-great the folks down front.

 

Vedder recalled how, in November 1993, a Decatur Street brawl earned him a trip to Orleans Parish Prison. "There's a lot of people here. I can't be the only one who's had the great pleasure of spending a night in a New Orleans jail."

 

That night he learned that, if you have enough money for your bail and someone else's, "you'll never see a happier 85-year-old toothless man."

 

His stint in the pokey aside, Vedder noted, the band has enjoyed some good times here. The 1994 album "Vitalogy" was partially recorded at Daniel Lanois' former Kingsway Studio on Esplanade Avenue. In honor of that visit, they knocked off that album's squalling "Tremor Christ."

 

Vedder greeted members of the Louisiana National Guard and other troops watching the show in Iraq and Afghanistan via a live video and audio feed. He thanked them for their "valiant work in extreme conditions...I wish you'd break down and have a beer. You've earned it."

 

The singer mounted his soapbox only once: To chastise British Petroleum for the oil polluting the Gulf of Mexico. Vedder suggested the children of company executives should vacation on the Louisiana coast this summer. "Send your sons and daughters, BP, to clean up your f----- mess." (Imagine the awkwardness had the blown oil rig in the Gulf belonged to Jazz Fest title sponsor Shell.)

 

With that, Vedder and his bandmates got back to business with early anthem "Daughter." On Pearl Jam's more recent, uneven, albums, hooks and melodies are sacrificed for a full-bore attack. At Jazz Fest, they flirted with that punkish spirit on "Comatose" and "Supersonic." A final thrash through the MC5's "Kick Out the Jams" brought it all home.

 

Their only misstep was a sin of omission -- they omitted the last 20 minutes of their allotted set time. But the previous hour-and-40 minutes left little doubt that Pearl Jam, at peak form, has few peers.

 

Music writer Keith Spera can be reached at kspera@timespicayune.com or 504.460.4763.

 

[BunnysBastatrds 2,598]

 

I don't listen to them anymore. Ten was my favorite album for twenty years. A few years ago they did the Jazz Festival here. May have been the same year as the oil spill or the year after, Anyway, the played on the main stage which was sponsored by Shell Oil. They pretty much paid their $300,000 concert fee. After the first song, Veder started going off on the oil companies. Most people in the crowd started booing and were telling him to shut the fawk up and sing. Me included. A few songs later he starts in again on the hand that feeds him. So they turn off his mic and warn him that they'll shut the show down. What does this ###### do? He throws a hissy fit and walks off the stage not even half way through the show. The main acts get an hour and a half. They barely played thirty ninutes. Only heard one song from Ten and a bunch of their new crap.

 

What pissed me off the most was not his politics or where he stands. What pissed me the fawk off was this freaking ###### decided that he would show the oil company how cool he was that he'd quit a third of the way into the set and fawk the fans. I really believe he was that faking stoopid that he didn't realize he was screwing us. not the sponsor, Shell Oil. Dbag.

Chris Granger, The Times-PicayunePearl Jam singer Eddie Vedder plays on the Acura Stage at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on Saturday.

 

It's hard to imagine now, but during grunge rock's early '90s heyday, Pearl Jam was often dismissed as pretty-boy pop poseurs. On Saturday at the New Orleans Jazz Fest, Eddie Vedder and company delivered an exhilarating set that reiterated why they now rank among rock's finest live bands.

 

Wearing a short-sleeve plaid shirt over a "Mr. Bill Show" T-shirt, Vedder was the genial everyman rock star, his voice undiminished. Facing one of the largest, densest and youngest crowds to assemble at the Acura Stage in recent memory, he addressed fans in the distance: "I can't get closer, but we can play louder."

 

From my vantage point 100 yards deep on the field, Pearl Jam was plenty loud, and plenty clear. Every nuance of the musicians' interplay, from Jeff Ament's robust electric upright bass on "Nothing Man" to the nimble give-and-take of guitarists Stone Gossard and Mike McCready, was audible. There was much to savor in those details.

 

The thrills came early and often. After getting their bearings with the opening cover of The Byrds' "So You Want to Be a Rock 'n Roll Star," they bore down on "Corduroy," powered by drummer Matt Cameron. Multiple sunburst refrains broke open in "Given to Fly." They beefed up a raging "Even Flow" with bonus guitar solos, but still maintained the spirit of the original arrangement.

 

Gossard and McCready swapped well-constructed riffs on "Down" and elsewhere. Gossard windmilled through the big finish of "Better Man." McCready nailed his solo in an epic "Alive," then extended it as Vedder hopped off stage to meet-and-great the folks down front.

 

Vedder recalled how, in November 1993, a Decatur Street brawl earned him a trip to Orleans Parish Prison. "There's a lot of people here. I can't be the only one who's had the great pleasure of spending a night in a New Orleans jail."

 

That night he learned that, if you have enough money for your bail and someone else's, "you'll never see a happier 85-year-old toothless man."

 

His stint in the pokey aside, Vedder noted, the band has enjoyed some good times here. The 1994 album "Vitalogy" was partially recorded at Daniel Lanois' former Kingsway Studio on Esplanade Avenue. In honor of that visit, they knocked off that album's squalling "Tremor Christ."

 

Vedder greeted members of the Louisiana National Guard and other troops watching the show in Iraq and Afghanistan via a live video and audio feed. He thanked them for their "valiant work in extreme conditions...I wish you'd break down and have a beer. You've earned it."

 

The singer mounted his soapbox only once: To chastise British Petroleum for the oil polluting the Gulf of Mexico. Vedder suggested the children of company executives should vacation on the Louisiana coast this summer. "Send your sons and daughters, BP, to clean up your f----- mess." (Imagine the awkwardness had the blown oil rig in the Gulf belonged to Jazz Fest title sponsor Shell.)

 

With that, Vedder and his bandmates got back to business with early anthem "Daughter." On Pearl Jam's more recent, uneven, albums, hooks and melodies are sacrificed for a full-bore attack. At Jazz Fest, they flirted with that punkish spirit on "Comatose" and "Supersonic." A final thrash through the MC5's "Kick Out the Jams" brought it all home.

 

Their only misstep was a sin of omission -- they omitted the last 20 minutes of their allotted set time. But the previous hour-and-40 minutes left little doubt that Pearl Jam, at peak form, has few peers.

 

Music writer Keith Spera can be reached at kspera@timespicayune.com or 504.460.4763.

 

 

 

There are so many holes and flat out lies in that story. That's funny sh!t right there. The played for less than forty minutes. Bands don't get two hours. Springsteen doesn't even get two hours. The main sponsor is Shell and they barely mention it. . Funny how they don't say why they left early. He was told to shut up and he decided that his opionion was more important than his fans. Times Picayune is a rag. They got bought out a few years ago because of crap like this. Funny. Thinks for posting it. I know a few who will be amused bby it.

 

 

http://pearljam.com/setlists/1025/all/20586/new_orleans_jazz_and_heritage_festival

 

 

They didn't even get to 1/2 Full.

[nzoner 939]

 

 

There are so many holes and flat out lies in that story. That's funny sh!t right there. The played for less than forty minutes. Bands don't get two hours. Springsteen doesn't even get two hours. The main sponsor is Shell and they barely mention it. . Funny how they don't say why they left early. He was told to shut up and he decided that his opionion was more important than his fans. Times Picayune is a rag. They got bought out a few years ago because of crap like this. Funny. Thinks for posting it. I know a few who will be amused bby it.

 

 

http://pearljam.com/setlists/1025/all/20586/new_orleans_jazz_and_heritage_festival

 

 

They didn't even get to 1/2 Full.

Last time I saw Bruce live two years ago he played a little over three hours.

[BunnysBastatrds 2,598]

Last time I saw Bruce live two years ago he played a little over three hours.

Jazz Fest is different. They run on a schedule and want the grounds to start clearing out by 6:30. It's a festival with many stages. Not a regular concert.

 

He's playing this year again. I'll pass.

[BudBro 183]

He's no Ted Negent, that's for sure.

i have stranglehold as my ringtone on my phone. it makes every incoming call a joy to receive.

[Recliner Pilot 61]

Last time I saw Bruce live two years ago he played a little over three hours.

[peenie 1,962]

Springsteen is/was great songwriter.

Born in the USA, grew into a pop sound. I liked it back then, but it was over played. I listened to the lyrics when it came out, I bought the album and all the lyrics were printed on it. I was like 12. You old.

 

you were 12 i was 17. if i'm old, you're old. besides, i bet i look younger than you.

[peenie 1,962]

If Peenie was a white male, she'd have already known all about Springsteen and there would have been no thread. hth

 

i'm from nj, of course i knew about springsteen! i knew the song but at the time i mostly liked dance music or music with bass in it.

 

i knew the chorus of course, you couldn't hide from the song if you wanted to. i just didn't really listen to the words and think about the meaning. i just sang the song without really imagining what the words meant.

[jerryskids 7,085]

I just never really likes his music, well before I cared about politics. Pretty mundane and lame with an awful voice.

Bubble gummish. Average musicians......He has a couple good songs, but that one is pretty lame, from a musician standpoint.

I started reading this thread but gave up, so I'll just say I basically agree with this. I enjoy his music more before this album -- Jungleland, Thunder Road, Rosalita, some more obscure stuff.

 

I've always been more about music than lyrics, and his earlier work was far more interesting musically.

[BunnysBastatrds 2,598]

I started reading this thread but gave up, so I'll just say I basically agree with this. I enjoy his music more before this album -- Jungleland, Thunder Road, Rosalita, some more obscure stuff.

 

I've always been more about music than lyrics, and his earlier work was far more interesting musically.

The E Street Band is the only thing I've ever been interested in....musically.

[SUXBNME 1,594]

 

This one.

 

Sorry, but I can't stand the acoustic version.

 

Springsteen is prolly a communist, but some of his music really moves me.

[peenie 1,962]

 

my inner white girl is released with this song!

[SUXBNME 1,594]

but in a serious note, Springsteen is one of the most overrated artists in history. He just is, it's the Jersey shore effect pretty much, sometimes garbage gets hyped, and sometimes simple minds buy into it, Its the same effect as 80s hair band music, complete garbage but simple folks dig it.

You are so smart on some things, yet so focking stoopid on others.

Ask your boys in Prospect Hill (how they doing, anyways? ) some questions...

Can the singer come anywhere close to hitting the octave range of a Sebastian Bach, Miljenko Matijevic (Steelheart), or David Coverdale? NO. Hair bands, all.

Can the guitarist come anywhere near close to the technicality of a solo from George Lynch, Warren DeMartini, Reb Beach, Vivian Campbell or Vito Bratta? NO. Hair bands all

 

Bottom line is that 80's Hair metal had the most musically talented focks in every aspect of ANY genra evah. Now go suk a dik and like it.

 

or

[FeelingMN 273]

There are so many holes and flat out lies in that story. That's funny sh!t right there. The played for less than forty minutes. Bands don't get two hours. Springsteen doesn't even get two hours. The main sponsor is Shell and they barely mention it. . Funny how they don't say why they left early. He was told to shut up and he decided that his opionion was more important than his fans. Times Picayune is a rag. They got bought out a few years ago because of crap like this. Funny. Thinks for posting it. I know a few who will be amused bby it.

 

 

http://pearljam.com/setlists/1025/all/20586/new_orleans_jazz_and_heritage_festival

 

 

They didn't even get to 1/2 Full.

 

"I'd like to make a toast to the fine folks at BP," Eddie Vedder said, raising a bottle of wine at last night's show in New Orleans. "Send your sons and daughters to clean up your mess." While Pearl Jam rocked the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico crept closer to the Louisiana coast. Even Vedder's wardrobe spoke to the environmental crisis: he wore a Mr. Bill Show T-shirt — the character's creator, Walter Williams, actively supports protecting Louisiana's endangered wetlands.

 

Jazz Fest has often showcased Rock and Roll Hall of Famers from the '60s and '70s, so Pearl Jam's booking was controversial among the festival's faithful. The band's wall-of-guitar sound stands in stark contrast to this year's other marquee act, Simon & Garfunkel, who played the weekend before. Simon & Garfunkel brought back nostalgic hits, while Vedder mocked big oil and celebrated members of the 256th Infantry Division, who were watching a live feed of the show in Iraq. Guitarist Mike McCready paced urgently, and Vedder climbed off the stage to offer a drink to those in the front row, then left it again during a powerful "Alive" to meet the fans a second time. Pearl Jam slammed the show to a close with the MC5's explosive "Kick Out the Jams."

 

 

New Orleans was the start of the band's spring tour schedule, and they launched it with their cover of the Byrds' "So You Want to Be a Rock'n'Roll Star." The set reached back to Ten for "Alive," "Even Flow" and a raging, set-closing "Why Go," and included three from last year's Backspacer: "Got Some," "Unthought Known" and "Supersonic."

 

The band exited the stage after just over an hour, but soon returned to start a six-song encore with "Tremor Christ." The song gave Vedder the chance to muse about the band's time in New Orleans. "Outside of going to jail, we've had some good experiences here," he said. Parts of Vitalogy, including "Tremor Christ," were recorded in the Crescent City in 1994, and he was arrested for getting in a drunken bar fight in 1993. "Looking at all of you, I can't be the only one here who's spent the night in the New Orleans jail," he joked.

 

The band's attempts to engage the soldiers watching in Iraq were slightly stymied by a sound delay, but the frontman was determined to deliver the full rock & roll experience from oceans away. "I wish you'd have a beer," Vedder said at one point. "You've earned it."

 

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pearl-jam-jolt-new-orleans-jazz-fest-with-powerhouse-set-20100502

 

Alive and Kick Out The Jams are both on youtube. So is his BP rant where they go right in to Daughter.

 

Wonder what you have against Vedder.

 

[BunnysBastatrds 2,598]

 

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/pearl-jam-jolt-new-orleans-jazz-fest-with-powerhouse-set-20100502

 

Alive and Kick Out The Jams are both on youtube. So is his BP rant where they go right in to Daughter.

 

Wonder what you have against Vedder.

 

I was there. I spent my money on a band I loved and couldn't wait to see. Just like many others. They fawked us, the fans. I had no problems with them. Ten was and still is my favorite album of all times. I don't give a fawk what you think. Veder sold us out and that's a fact. I lost all faith in bands I love after their bullshit. Spend 70 bucks on a ticket. Wait hours after spending 5 bucks a beer to have a dipshit get booted from the stage because he couldn't keep his politics in his pants when the sponsor is his supposed nemesis.

 

Love that you are a fan. Just don't lose the fact that they are dooshbags that want to make statements based on their beliefs. He walked off the stage and left us hanging trying to tell Shell to go fawk themselves. He stick it to us, not Shell.

[FeelingMN 273]

I was there. I spent my money on a band I loved and couldn't wait to see. Just like many others. They fawked us, the fans. I had no problems with them. Ten was and still is my favorite album of all times. I don't give a fawk what you think. Veder sold us out and that's a fact. I lost all faith in bands I love after their bullshit. Spend 70 bucks on a ticket. Wait hours after spending 5 bucks a beer to have a dipshit get booted from the stage because he couldn't keep his politics in his pants when the sponsor is his supposed nemesis.

Love that you are a fan. Just don't lose the fact that they are dooshbags that want to make statements based on their beliefs. He walked off the stage and left us hanging trying to tell Shell to go fawk themselves. He stick it to us, not Shell.

All accounts I've seen have them playing over 90 minutes and putting on a good show. Just have a hard time thinking he got the boot because of his beliefs.....because the dude talks about his beliefs at every focking show.

 

Here's the song you said they didn't even play.

 

[Phurfur 70]

Southside Johnny & The Asbury Jukes

[NewbieJr 541]

^{One thing I will say, I don't care if an entertainer is conservative or liberal, I hate it when they use their platform as entertainers to preach their beliefs. No one gives a fock. If I pay to hear you sing, so sing. There are plenty of outlets we all have if we want to hear political opinions. Not one person in the audience wants to hear yours.}

[FeelingMN 273]

^{One thing I will say, I don't care if an entertainer is conservative or liberal, I hate it when they use their platform as entertainers to preach their beliefs. No one gives a fock. If I pay to hear you sing, so sing. There are plenty of outlets we all have if we want to hear political opinions. Not one person in the audience wants to hear yours.}

Kinda like dudes who chase other dudes around asking for a picture. There's a time and place for that kinda thing.

[NewbieJr 541]

Kinda like dudes who chase other dudes around asking for a picture. There's a time and place for that kinda thing.

Exactly!

[Recliner Pilot 61]

Kinda like dudes who chase other dudes around asking for a picture. There's a time and place for that kinda thing.

Ouch!

 

[nzoner 939]

I started reading this thread but gave up, so I'll just say I basically agree with this. I enjoy his music more before this album -- Jungleland, Thunder Road, Rosalita, some more obscure stuff.

 

I've always been more about music than lyrics, and his earlier work was far more interesting musically.

Jungleland is a classic.

 

The song from that same album that gets played at full volume for me is She's The One.if you've never seen their performance of it from the Live in Madrid DVD check it out,at 1:35 on when the music goes up a few notches the beat and energy is :thumbsup: