"President Bystander"---The Boss' dedication to Bush

[SoFlaJet]

Springsteen Expresses New Orleans' Pain


NEW ORLEANS (AP) - New Jersey's favorite son was adopted by New
Orleans on Sunday, as Bruce Springsteen - through speeches and song
- vocalized the anger, frustration, pain and resilience of this
hurricane-battered city at the annual Jazz & Heritage Festival.
Decrying what he called ``criminal ineptitude'' in Hurricane
Katrina's wake, Springsteen jabbed at the political powers he
deemed responsible for New Orleans' slow recovery.
Perhaps the most pointed moment came as he prepared to sing an
old song that he had rewritten lyrics to for New Orleans. Noting
that he visited the city's ninth ward, perhaps the most devastated
area in the city, Springsteen said: ``I saw sights I never thought
I'd see in an American city,'' and added: ``The criminal ineptitude
makes you furious.''
With that, he launched into a song titled ``How Can A Poor Man
Stand Such Times and Live?'' and dedicated the song to ``President
Bystander.'' Its lyrics included the lines: ``There's bodies
floatin' on Canal and the levees gone to hell ... them who's got
out of town, and them who ain't got left to drown, tell me, how can
a poor man stand such times and live?''

[dipsydoodle]

1. Springsteen

is one of a line which maybe started with Woody and progressed through his mate Seeger. They are/were the guys who were could express the plight of others through the power of the words of their songs. Long may the line continue.

[tanyev]

2. There's a reason they call him The Boss.

:applause:

[jazzjunkysue]

3. I just became a Springsteen fan.

Bravo, Bruce!