The Boss
 

Good article on Bruce in the Jan/Feb issue of Zoomer magazine.He's turned 70 and reflecting on his life.Good read.Pics by Bryan Adams.

Thanks Steve....can now post my big pics....lol!

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I liked his 70's to early/mid 80's music.

He lost me when I learned about his politics though.

I know what you mean....like Kid Rock, Ted Nugent, Gene Simmons.
Brian

Only opposite. I haven’t listened to him since he decided to play “41 shots” at Madison Square Garden after a police involved shooting. There were 50 NYPD Detectives providing security for him. We walked out.
Buddy

I will never understand why a musical artist's personal politics has anything to do with listening to their music - especially when you consider the catalog of incredible music you have to exclude because somebody's values don't line up with yours.

You, seriously, can't sit down and have a beer and listen to 'Racing In The Street' or 'The Rising' anymore because he stumped for a political candidate you didn't like? IMHO life's too short to carry around that kind of hate and deny yourself one of life's small pleasures.

I think Ted Nugent is a complete fool if I judge him on his personal politics. But I will crank 'Cat Scratch Fever' to 10 when I hear it :)

"Trust the art , not the artist" , somebody once said.

'American Skin 41 Shots' is actually written from both sides of the perspective. If you listen to the song the chorus itself says "is it a gun? is it a knife? is it a wallet? this is your life..." which is the cop's side of the argument - and truthfully so - "I do not know what is in that guy's hands and I have only milli-seconds to act or I might be dead."

That's what Springsteen was trying to capture in that lyric. But everybody just wanted to see the whole song in its entirety as an indictment of police behavior, when a defense of a decent cop's behavior is right there in the song too. It's really unfortunate how it got mis-interpreted.

Nugent is a little too liberal for me. I don't know about the other two's beliefs.

I listen to music of those I don't agree with. I do not support them though. I don't think I've bought music in about 30 years. When did the Division Bell come out?

I don't shop at Dick's Sporting Goods. I don't but Nike products. Ect...