Bruce Springsteen had a few words to say about Wall Street vs Main Street, health care and poverty.

[beam me up scottie]

Like Bernie he sees what's happened to our country and has been an outspoken advocate for those among us who are almost too beaten down and tired to fight anymore.

With the E Street Band and some help from Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello, they totally rocked 'The Ghost of Tom Joad'.

For all my fellow Bernistas, enjoy:

[Ken Burch]

1. And this:

[beam me up scottie]

6. I get chills listening to him.

And sometimes he moves me to tears, like his song 'My Father's House'.

[dana_b]

2. I love that song and Tom really adds

to it since RATM used to do this song all the time.

[beam me up scottie]

3. Hell yeah, some awesome guitar riffs during that performance!

I love RATM's version too.

[Fuddnik]

4. Awesome....Saw them perform that last year in Tampa.

The only difference, Morello played part of that guitar set with his teeth.

[beam me up scottie]

5. He did that at Ferguson Rocks too!

Incredible, I am so jealous!

[Major Hogwash]

7. Nice. Good music to vote by.

[beam me up scottie]

10. Indeed it is!

Bruce and Bernie both give a damn.

[Major Hogwash]

14. I dig some classical tunes as well.

I prefer to listen to Wagner's "Ride of the Valkyries" when I fill out my ballot.
Just because it lets them know I'm coming.

[beam me up scottie]

19. Lol! Me too!

My favourite kind of music is any music that makes me feel.

[loyalsister]

8. A Springsteen soundtrack

would suit Bernie's campaign perfectly. You could string various lyrics together to create a perfect song.
"Poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king, and the king ain't satisfied until rules everything."

"Well the dogs on - wall - street howl cuz they understand if I could take one moment into my hands Mr. I'm not a boy, no I'm a man and I believe in the promised land"

"Dockworkers dreams mix with panther schemes to someday own the rodeo"

More?

[beam me up scottie]

9. Excellent idea!

I got a job working construction for the Johnstown Company
But lately there ain't been much work on account of the economy
Now all them things that seemed so important
Well mister they vanished right into the air
Now I just act like I don't remember
Mary acts like she don't care

-The River

Now Main Street's whitewashed windows and vacant stores
Seems like there ain't nobody wants to come down here no more
They're closing down the textile mill across the railroad tracks
Foreman says these jobs are going boys and they ain't coming back to your hometown

- Your Hometown

From the Monongahela valley
To the Mesabi iron range
To the coal mines of Appalachia
The story's always the same
Seven hundred tons of metal a day
Now sir you tell me the world's changed
Once I made you rich enough
Rich enough to forget my name

- Youngstown

[unblock]

11. poor man wanna be rich, rich man wanna be king, and the king ain't satisfied until rules everything

interestingly, trump would like that line, for a completely different reason....

... he's so vain, he probably thinks that line is about him....

[LiberalArkie]

12. So very good, Thank you

[beam me up scottie]

13. Welcome! Another favourite to go with the theme, Dire Straits' Telegraph Road:

vimeo.com/6995355

I used to like to go to work but they shut it down
I got a right to go to work but there's no work here to be found
Yes and they say we're gonna have to pay what's owed
We're gonna have to reap from some seed that's been sowed
And the birds up on the wires and the telegraph poles
They can always fly away from this rain and this cold
You can hear them singing out their telegraph code
All the way down the telegraph road

[Enthusiast]

15. Kicked and recommended! Thank you, beam me up scottie!

[postulater]

16. That's gotta be on Bernie's playlist for before rallies.

[beam me up scottie]

18. Right???

[madokie]

17. K&R

for later watching

[wiggs]

20. Great song! Just saw him in Oakland two days ago! Yes...he's not only

a defender of the working man, he always touts a local food bank and supports their fundraising at the concert.

Will say: saw tons of Bernie signs in Oakland and Berkeley. Friends of my kids up there are voting Bernie.

Great concert, of course. Great.

[beam me up scottie]

21. Awesome, I've seen him twice, worth every penny.

He never fails to connect with his audience, always makes you feel like you matter.

[wiggs]

32. don't tell anyone...I'm going again on saturday, my 4th, in LA. nt

[Squaredeal]

22. I have such a hard time listening to Bruce anymore...

...ever since he became friends with our illustrious governor from NJ, who reportedly has attended 136 of his concerts. I just can't appreciate Bruce's music any longer
because it brings a sour taste to me now. I change the radio station whenever I hear a song of his that I had once liked.

[Divernan]

23. Bruce:"If Woody Guthrie were alive today,he'd have a lot to write about."

Now Tom Said; "Ma, whenever ya see a cop beatin' a guy
Wherever a hungry new born baby cries
Wherever there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air
Look for me ma
I'll be there
Wherever somebody's strugglin' for a place to stand
For a decent job or a helpin' hand
Wherever somebody is strugglin' to be free
Look in their eyes ma,
You'll see me

[beam me up scottie]

24. "High times on Wall Street and hard times on Main Street"

Man does he ever get it.

[Divernan]

25. Most Americans so ill-educated, haven't read Grapes of Wrath

Never heard of John Steinbeck or Tom Joad.

And the dumbing down of many American voters/non-voters continues

[beam me up scottie]

27. That's a shame, I started reading Steinbeck when I was a kid.

Long before he was required reading in my high school English Lit classes.

[senz]

28. Me too, one of the few authors I sought out on my own

back in what they now call middle school. His characterizations were so vivid. Sometimes literature can save your sanity.

[beam me up scottie]

31. I had read everything he ever wrote by the time I graduated.

And re-read everthing since then.

[hamsterjill]

26. I love me some Bruce and E Street!!!!

Has Bruce officially endorsed Bernie?

[senz]

29. Thank you for this, bmus.

It's perfect for a very important voting day.

[beam me up scottie]

30. You're welcome, senz!

He's an incredible artist and we need more music in this forum.