Moe Lane

Santa Claus Is Comin’ To Town, Bruce Springsteen

…Yeah, well, sorry, but it is the Christmas season.

Badlands, Bruce Springsteen

The odd paradox of Bruce Springsteen is that he got ahead in this world by singing legitimately powerful and heartfelt songs about… how people like Bruce Springsteen can’t get ahead in this world.

Oops.  On the other hand, what is he supposed to do?  Give back the money and awards?  I wouldn’t.

Glory Days, Bruce Springsteen

Heh. We’re done with the Springsteen retrospective, but I gotta wonder whether these guys ever look around and wondered what happened. I mean, they sort of had the opposite thing happen to them than they usually sang about.

Born In The U.S.A., Bruce Springsteen

You could write a doctoral dissertation – or, at least a masters’ dissertation – on the multilayers of irony that are represented by this song, how it was entertainingly subverted by the Right, and how its history is in itself a humorous subversion of said song’s underlying message.  In fact, probably somebody already has; I only hope that it’s vaguely readable.  I get the impression that many aren’t.

I’m On Fire, Bruce Springsteen

Dag, but we all got older, huh?

Moe Lane

PS: Don’t think of it as a week-long revisiting of Springsteen; think of it as a long-term plot to convince Gov. Chris Christie’s staff that they want to have him do an phone interview with me for RedState.  Which he totally should: all the cool governors do phone interviews with us…

Jungleland, Bruce Springsteen

Yeah, it’s going to be that sort of week.

To heck with it: if I wanna play Springsteen songs all week, I blipping well will.

No Surrender, Bruce Springsteen

RIP, Clarence Clemons.

Thunder Road, Bruce Springsteen

I wanted ‘Blinded By The Light,’ but all the YT album versions sucked.

There was never any question on this one.

Rosalita (Come Out Tonight), Bruce Springsteen

Get better soon, Big Man.

…Huh.  No MP3 version?  Off of this album, at least.

Also: BRRRRRRUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCE.

No Surrender, Bruce Springsteen

My friend and colleague Baseball Crank wrote a very good piece on Bruce Springsteen, and why conservatives still love him in spite of his unfortunate political opinions. I agree with the article, but it was kind of redundant:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I3J-JGO24bo

I mean, really. It’s the Boss. He’s just that good.

Moe Lane

PS: The best part of that video starts at about 1:11. There’s something about a crowd of 100K happily laughing at their inability to sing along with each other.