Bruce Springsteen on Barack Obama

[MadBadger]

If the Boss ran for President...sorry Barack, But Id been over you in a second..lol.

Rock legend Bruce Springsteen still plays to the audience


Thoughts on politics

In the current presidential race, "there are two really good Democratic candidates for president. I admire and respect them both enough to wait and see what happens." But while he won't endorse Hillary Clinton or Barack Obama yet, he specifically praises the latter, who cited Springsteen as the person he would most like to meet in a recent interview with People.

"I always look at my work as trying to measure the distance between American promise and American reality," Springsteen says. "And I think (Obama's) inspired a lot of people with that idea: How do you make that distance shorter? How do we create a more humane society? We've lived through such ugly times that people want to have a romance with the idea of America again, and I think they need to.

"The hard realities and how things get done are important, too, but if you can effectively convince people that it's possible to make things better, they get excited."

http://www.usatoday.com/life/music/news/2008-02-27-springsteen_N.htm

[joeybee12]

1. Good for him...

...sounds like he'll campaign for either...maybe lend a song or two???

[FrenchieCat]

2. Excellent!

Really good comment from the Boss on our humanity!

[KoKo]

19. "I respect enough.......to wait and see what happens"....very fair..

[Tellurian]

71. Smart guy...

apparently not too willing to follow the rapture and throw his support away without knowing who can produce, and who just talks about producing. I'm sure he was disappointed the last election just like we were, when Kerry rolled-over in Ohio and never lifted a finger to fight for us.

[Bicoastal]

3. Springsteen: "Obama...

...Baby, he was Bo-horn to Ruuuuuun!" :)

[KoKo]

20. "I respect enough....to wait and see what happens"...what he Really said...

n/t

[Armstead]

4. Brooooooce!

He's as eloquent in prose as he is in music.

[MadBadger]

5. Advertisement for my Signature - Springsteen performing in front of 80,000 for Kerry in Madison

Shows the eloquence of Bruce Springsteen and how much of an asset he could be to our nominee

[NastyRiffraff]

6. He campaigned for Kerry in 2004

I think he'll campaign for the Democratic nominee.

[bklyncowgirl]

12. Kerry on the stump could never match Bruce's poetry--Obama just might.

I remember watching Bruce and John Kerry campaign together. Bruce sang a few songs and then gave a short but beautiful speech about what he called "the country that lives in our heart." Kerry then got on and gave his usual stump speech. I ended up screaming at my TV. "Fire your damn speechwriters, John and beg Bruce (you couldn't ever afford him) to write you a five minute speech.

Of course it never happened. Kerry's a good man but a poet, never. Obama though is a wordsmith and it would be fun to see the two of them together.

[blm]

26. And neither Bruce or Obama uncovered more government corruption than anyone else in modern history

Kerry did.

And both Bruce and Obama would remind you of that.

Bruce has been a huge fan of Kerry's for over THREE DECADES and a great friend - he knows his record as well as I do. He and Kerry talk often.

Bruce knows a truly great man and statesman when he sees one.

[MadBadger]

31. The Song Last to Die was more or less made in dedication to John Kerry

but it was about Iraq.

[blm]

32. People forget that unique individuals like Springsteen have their heroes, too.

And their heroes inspire them, and always have.

[wisteria]

45. The song specifically uses Senator Kerry's words from his 1971 testimony. n/t

[sce56]

56. Last To Die lyrics

We took the highway till the road went black
We marked Truth Or Consequences on our map*
A voice drifted up from the radio
We saw the voice from long ago

Who'll be the last to die for a mistake
The last to die for a mistake
Whose blood will spill, whose heart will break
Who'll be the last to die for a mistake

The kids asleep in the backseat
We're just countin' the miles you and me
We don't measure the blood we've drawn anymore
We just stack the bodies outside the door

Who'll be the last to die for a mistake
The last to die for a mistake
Whose blood will spill, whose heart will break
Who'll be the last to die for a mistake

The wise men were all fools
What to do

The sun sets in flames as the city burns
Another day gone down as the night turns
And I hold you here in my heart
As things fall apart

A downtown window flushed with light
Faces of the dead at five (faces of the dead at five)
A martyr's silent eyes
Petition the drivers as we pass by

Who'll be the last to die for a mistake
The last to die for a mistake
Whose blood will spill, whose heart will break
Who'll be the last to die

Who'll be the last to die for a mistake
The last to die for a mistake
Darlin' your tyrants and kings form the same fate
Strung up at your city gates
And you're the last to die for a mistake

[bklyncowgirl]

73. Beautiful and poignant song

John Kerry's words echo through the decades and are as true today as when he said them.

[blm]

77. It was a deliberate manipulation by Rove and corpmedia to distort Kerry's persona

GOPs feared Kerry's eloquence for decades until they gained almost complete control of the newsmedia.

[dionysus]

78. can you imagine, he would almost be done with his first term already... *sigh*

[kid a]

97. great song!

[wisteria]

44. Well said. n/t

[bklyncowgirl]

72. A agree, John Kerry's a good man who would have made a very good president.

He was not served well by his campaign, however, and I think that everyone recognizes that.

I'm sure that there are many things he'd do differently--and is passing that wisdom along to Obama.

[JerseygirlCT]

36. Have you seen a whole Springsteen concert?

There's inevitably a part where he basically holds his own rock and roll revival meeting. I can SO see Obama right in the midst of that - it would be a contest who had the most stirring cadence, maybe! (I imagine Bruce still has it all sewn up on the guitar, though).

[MadBadger]

40. He has his own Rock and Roll Baptisms, Rock and Roll Excorcism, and Rock and Roll Bar Mitzvah's.

[JerseygirlCT]

42. LOL, yup! nt

[wisteria]

43. Obama doesn't always write his own words and they don't come close to Springsteen's

in feelings and expressing of everyday people and events. Obama has style, but you can not compare the two,IMO. Of course they can both move a crowd, but I still felt more excitement and enthusiasm for Kerry in 2004. What little Senator Kerry lacked in moving speeches he made up for in many other ways.

[JerseygirlCT]

48. He's a good man. A very good man. But there's more than enough room in this

world for more of those!

[karynnj]

64. Actually, Springsteen thought some of Kerry's words good enough to be the

heart of a song.

Obama's speeches are great - but the best Kerry speeches are magic as well. A different style but very very eloquent and heart felt. His Faneuil Hall speeches that would have been the basis of a 2008 run are amazing. I saw him give the first one on Dissent and the Real Security one - in both there was a sense that nearly every line was what you would take away from it, then the next line was just as good. (These speeches sound as though he wrote them completely himself - as they sound like him.)

[bklyncowgirl]

74. I think that during the 2004 campaign Kerry was overmanaged and his true voice did not speak out

He can be a very powerful and moving speaker. That's part of the tragedy.

[karynnj]

80. His convention speech got excellent reviews when made

I think part of the problem was that unless CSPAN was your favorite channel you never heard much of Kerry's rallies - where he was a very powerful speaker. The coverage was usually the talking head summing up (badly) and a few minutes of Kerry - usually concentrating on the repeated lines attacking Bush or the introductory pleasantries - but none of the genuinely inspiration talk about the issues. Every Democratic campaign this year borrowed Kerry's framing on energy and the environment. In fact, the Republicans all took his framing of the need for alternative energy as a national security issue ("funding both sides of the war on terror" and "cutting dependence on an unstable middle east").

Not to mention, they used very tight shots of Kerry in those brief segments to avoid showing the record breaking crowds he got everywhere. Remember the momentum Clinton got from the press showing his excited joyful rallies contrasted with GHWB's comments of "two bozos"?

Not to mention that in 1992, the media praised Clinton's hopeful convention and bashed the nasty GHWB one - remember Marilyn Quayle and Pat Buchanan. In 2004, they intitally praised Kerry's positive inspiring convention, then when Bush had his convention that exceeded his dad's in nastiness - where official Republican delegates mocked the Purple Heart, they then praised Bush/Cheney and bashed Kerry for not having had a convention where they all bashed Bush rather than defined Kerry. (In truth, had Kerry had a negative convention - the Republicans would have immediately said he was too nasty and unlikable to be President and that they were unfair attacks against a President bearing the burden of leading a country at war. Their convention would then have been the deification of Bush. Kerry would have lost many who had as recently as a year before supported Bush.)

[blm]

89. I think corpmedia DELIBERATELY EDITED out much of Kerry's campaign as Dan Rather has

admitted recently that Corporate media NEEDED to protect Bush in 2004 for the favorable rulings they expected from his next term.

[monmouth]

7. I grew up with him in Freehold (Monmouth County). He's the best..n/t

[MadBadger]

9. When I'm not at school in Wisconsin, I reside in East Brunswick.

[monmouth]

13. I worked for the State Police at the Ad Bldg. right there at the Tpke....

I'm in Florida now, freezing btw...lol.

[MadBadger]

15. One right off Exit 9?

[monmouth]

22. That's the one. This was back in the mid 60's....

[StrongBad]

25. I grew up in Middletown

Steve Van Zandt is from there...

[monmouth]

69. And Clarence is down here in Riviera Beach. True story: When I

lived in Manasquan, my then husband was fire chief. Bruce and group left from the airport in Wall (Ed Brown's) and somehow they forgot Clarence, he was late getting there or something. Anyway, one of the guys (fireman)was a real Clarence fan and drove him into New York that night so he could meet up with the rest of E Street. Clarence tried to pay him, etc. and the guy said he was just happy to have spent the time with him.

[monmouth]

70. I thought Steve was exceptional in the Sopranos. Very talented guy.

[JerseygirlCT]

76. His brother was always the actor and director around our parts

I never worked with him, but worked with lots of people who had.

[JerseygirlCT]

38. One of my best HS friends' older sister went to school with him

there, I think. (He's got a few years on me.) I spent a fair amount of time in Freehold when I was in HS...

Isn't it funny, that if you're from anywhere in Monmouth county, you're likely to have a few brushes with Bruce stories?

[monmouth]

68. For Bruce fans go to: www.welcometofreehold.com. On the right

hand side down a little there are numerous great Bruce sites, pics of his Asbury Park days, etc. Under "Oral Histories of Freehold" I wrote a piece called "My Mother's Front Porch" you might enjoy about Memorial Day.

[JerseygirlCT]

75. Thanks, I will! nt

[whatchamacallit]

8. The Boss rules!

[Scurrilous]

10. K & R

:kick:

[Guava Jelly]

11. Can we make him a Superdelegate?

For some reason this made me think of another poet
Bob Dylan ..The times they are a-changin'.


Come gather 'round people
Wherever you roam
And admit that the waters
Around you have grown
And accept it that soon
You'll be drenched to the bone.
If your time to you
Is worth savin'
Then you better start swimmin'
Or you'll sink like a stone
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come writers and critics
Who prophesize with your pen
And keep your eyes wide
The chance won't come again
And don't speak too soon
For the wheel's still in spin
And there's no tellin' who
That it's namin'.
For the loser now
Will be later to win
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don't stand in the doorway
Don't block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There's a battle outside
And it is ragin'.
It'll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin'.

Come mothers and fathers
Throughout the land
And don't criticize
What you can't understand
Your sons and your daughters
Are beyond your command
Your old road is
Rapidly agin'.
Please get out of the new one
If you can't lend your hand
For the times they are a-changin'.

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'.
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'

[MadBadger]

14. Why shouldnt The Boss be a SD?

[Guava Jelly]

18. Damn Straight!

Better him than a bunch of Party hacks.

[KoKo]

21. It's incredible he could be so "Impartial" on this race ...wating to see what happens.

[blm]

27. He's being polite. He's a Kerry man through and through, even longer than I have been.

It's quite clear where Bruce's heart is on this race.....Obama.

[KoKo]

95. I think Bruce is "holding it" on this one though. He was for Kerry like

myself and others were out of desperation....maybe not wholehearted convicition...He's holding back now..and well he should. I am, too.

[blm]

96. You don't know Bruce - he's WITH Kerry in the way that I have been - he's informed and

sincerely dedicated to HONEST government.

Bruce knows Kerry's record and has supported him for DECADES. The idea that he saw his support out of desperation is LUDICROUS - he USES INFORMATION not media spin to inform his views.

If more people would READ the information available in the National Security Archives there would be FAR MORE Kerry fans than the media and the fascists could handle.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

46. Now that's an idea - good one.

[rosetta627]

16. "people want to have a romance with the idea of America again"

So well said.
That guy oughta write songs or something.
:)

On edit: Fixed a typo.

[Cha]

53. The Perfect Storm to have

that opportunity to have a romance with America again. And,no doubt, Obama knows it's not about him but those who have come before and the last 8 year nightmare.

[KoKo]

17. THANK YOU....BRUUUUUUUCE! for being as Impartial as you could about this...

If asked I would have said the same thing this year...as he did. But, then I neither have his talent, fame or fortune...but it's good to know he hasn't forgotten his principles.

Just remember he came out full force for John Kerry in '04 and gave him songs and support to use. If he's being equivocal in this one...means he's a cautious as many of his fans.

:toast: BRUUUUUUUUUUUCE!!!!!!!

[psychopomp]

23. I know that he is a terriffic songwriter

but I had no idea that he is such an eloquent speaker. :toast:

[MadBadger]

24. I'm willing to bet Bruce was an Edwards man

and Im glad he didnt say anything if he was...that would have been strange for me.

[blm]

28. Nope. He wasn't. Not against Edwards, just not for him.

.

[karynnj]

86. Nope - He was for Kerry in 2004 and afterwards

That was a very deep commitment - and from comments each have made - there's a tremendous amount of mutual respect.

[BeatleBoot]

29. He will write a song about November - Promise versus Reality

And Reality always wins.

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

30. That's why you da boss!

[MadBadger]

33. damn straight.

[JerseygirlCT]

34. Right now. He's playing in Hartford right now.

And I didn't get tickets, damnit.

[MadBadger]

35. Did you get tickets for the first show at hartford?

[JerseygirlCT]

39. No! Not that either. Totally unfair, I tell you.

I was hoping to make this my younger son's introduction to Bruce. Oh well, next time.

[MadBadger]

41. Are there any seats left at the three Giants Stadium shows in the Summer?

[JerseygirlCT]

47. I don't know - I wouldn't count on it, though...

IME, they disappear in minutes, not hours!

Hey, I did get Jackson Browne tix for April, so I'll have to wait for that. Can't believe my first Springsteen concert was nearly 30 years ago, though. That makes me old, doesn't it?

[karynnj]

87. I doubt it - my husband and I have tickets

I think for NJ - but only because my 17 year old was the one at the computer with 3 windows open set up to grab each of the three days in hopes that we could get in 1 (1 was sold out so fast, she didn't get it and she abandoned the third when she confirmed the 2nd.) My hushband and I were lucky that we were driving to pick up a kid from college - she was way faster and better than us.

[JerseygirlCT]

92. LOL, I know. It takes some serious coordination these days to

get tickets. If you can't type quickly enough, or forget your damn passwords, you're often screwed!

It seemed easier when it was just a matter of waiting on the phone, didn't it? Although I'm happy not to have to wait out overnight!

[karynnj]

94. It really does take coordination and typing skills that I lack

It's funny that we never thought to ask her earlier, as we lost some events even though we had the account set up to ease the paying part. I agree with you on the staying overnight part - though in a way it does reward the most obsessed fans. (My oldest and her friends did take sleeping bags to wait in line in winter to get passes for Saturday night live a few times when she was a senior in high school. It was a cool experience for them and their year older friend then already at a NYC college.)

[Hissyspit]

66. I saw him in Boston in November. Drove through Hartford to get there.

So interesting how the old songs were given new meaning about the current social context when put into the song listing order with the new songs.

Although I'm sure much of it went over many people's heads.

http://www.backstreets.com/setlists.html

February 28 / Hartford, CT / XL Center

Notes: We'll admit it, for the first night back after more than two months off, we were expecting a standard show, maybe a little halting, as Springsteen and the E Street Band got their feet back under them. But from the beginning -- as Bruce hollered "Is there anybody alive out there!" and went not into "Radio Nowhere" but "So Young and in Love" to start -- he and the band were immediately up to speed, and Hartford was a hot, high-energy show. In mid-season shape from the moment they took the stage, they were also clearly determined to offer something new for this second swing around North America, with three top-tier tour debuts from Tracks. In addition to that surprise opener, "Loose Ends" was very well received, with Bruce and Steve sharing extended vocals at the end. The third premiere was played appropriately enough "for Janey," it was "Janey Don't You Lose Heart." Nils' first recorded vocal with the E Street Band, tonight the song put the spotlight on him once again, a great moment as he took over to sing the second verse.

Patti Scialfa was absent tonight, as was Danny Federici, with Charles Giordano continuing to fill in on organ as he did in Europe (tonight was his U.S. debut with the E Streeters). After telling the crowd that Patti sends her love, Bruce went on to say that Danny does too, offering a long-awaited update to fans who've been wondering about the Phantom: "He's doing all right. Hopefully he'll make it out for a few shows on this leg of the tour." Bruce also took the moment to recognize Charlie and give him a bow.

Working the stage and the crowd hard, Bruce added a few new thoughts to the often downbeat "Livin' in the Future" rap: "I feel some changes coming... I feel a new wind!" The set-closing five-pack remains intact, with some nice refinements to "Long Way Home" carrying over from its evolving arrangement on the European tour. Nils and particularly Steve get to step up on vocals at the end, to great effect. "Dancing in the Dark" dropped out of the encore to make room for an epic doubleshot, "Backstreets" into "Kitty's Back," where Charlie really got a chance to shine. And opening night -- not a warm-up by any means -- came to a familiar close with "American Land."

"This show just put a big dent in my bank account," a friend of mine told me afterward. How come? "Before, I was on the fence about how many I was going to see this time," he said. "After 'Loose Ends' I realized, dammit, I'm gonna have to see 'em all."

Setlist:
So Young and in Love
Radio Nowhere
Lonesome Day
Gypsy Biker
Magic
Reason to Believe
Loose Ends
She's the One
Livin' in the Future
The Promised Land
Waitin' on a Sunny Day
Janey Don't You Lose Heart
The River
Devil's Arcade
The Rising
Last to Die
Long Walk Home
Badlands
* * *
Girls in Their Summer Clothes
Backstreets
Kitty's Back
Born to Run
American Land

November 18 / Boston, MA / TD Banknorth Garden
Notes: The first night in Boston, "Home of the World Champion..." Bruce began, putting on a dejected face as the crowd went nuts for the Sox, "ah, you know the rest." That was his only sullen moment of the night -- it was a high-energy show start to finish, with a typically great Beantown crowd to match. "She's the One" was especially intense, Bruce channeling his energy at the end into a high toss of his guitar to tech Kevin -- right over Garry's head. Good thing Kevin's got hands, and good thing Garry's not a couple inches taller. A special moment came a few songs later, before "I'll Work For Your Love": "I'm kind of like a captain of a ship," said Bruce, "We've got a little proposal going on!" At the front of the pit was a guy with a sign that read "We met 15 years ago, I'm proposing tonight!" The lucky lady was held aloft during the song as Bruce blessed their union. "Alright, kids, remember... you gotta work, work!" (And to stress that point, he went into "Tunnel of Love" next.) He also added, "Next time try a candlelight dinner, bottle of wine, the usual." Clarence was spot-on all night, especially on... wait for it... yep, "Jungleland," in the encore. The Big Man nailed his spotlight moment. The only real curveball in the set, "Jungleland" went out to Bruce's friend Bob Coles, as well as a whole host of "mamas" in the crowd, including Max's mom and George Travis's too, who's 93! Also in the house, hometown fave -- and frequent Springsteen guest, though not tonight -- Peter Wolf. Maybe tomorrow?
Setlist:
Radio Nowhere
No Surrender
Lonesome Day
Gypsy Biker
Magic
Reason to Believe
Jackson Cage
She's the One
Livin' in the Future
The Promised Land
I'll Work For Your Love
Tunnel of Love
Working on the Highway
Devil's Arcade
The Rising
Last to Die
Long Walk Home
Badlands
* * *
Girls in Their Summer Clothes
Jungleland
Born to Run
Dancing in the Dark
American Land

[BadScooter]

85. Bruce in Montreal

Will see him this sunday here in Montreal, and if he keeps this setlist, he will make this boy very happy!!!

So young and in love ?

Loose ends ??

In the same show???

Hartford, you may have lost my beloved Whalers, but last night, you had all the luck in the world!

[THUNDER HANDS]

37. it's fairly obvious a guy like him would support obama

being the sexist that he is.

:sarcasm:

[JerseygirlCT]

50. You know, I'm embarrassed to say

That though something kept tickling me, it wasn't until last week or something that your name clicked. Duh!

Of course, now I'll have Jungleland playing in my head, so thank you for that!

[MadBadger]

54. Oh My! I didnt even think about that

[JerseygirlCT]

55. I can't tell you how glad I am to hear that!

Now I don't feel so bad, as I'm obviously in good company!

[Perky]

79. Magic Rat, You do know that the Boss sings about you right?

Bruce Springsteen - Jungleland Lyrics

The rangers had a homecoming in Harlem late last night
And the Magic Rat drove his sleek machine over the Jersey state line
Barefoot girl sitting on the hood of a Dodge
Drinking warm beer in the soft summer rain
The Rat pulls into town rolls up his pants
Together they take a stab at romance and disappear down Flamingo Lane

Well the Maximum Lawman run down Flamingo chasing the Rat and the barefoot
girl
And the kids round here look just like shadows always quiet, holding hands
From the churches to the jails tonight all is silence in the world
As we take our stand down in Jungleland

The midnight gang's assembled and picked a rendezvous for the night
They'll meet `neath that giant Exxon sign that brings this fair city light
Man there's an opera out on the Turnpike
There's a ballet being fought out in the alley
Until the local cops, Cherry Tops, rips this holy night
The street's alive as secret debts are paid
Contacts made, they vanished unseen
Kids flash guitars just like switch-blades hustling for the record machine
The hungry and the hunted explode into rock'n'roll bands
That face off against each other out in the street down in Jungleland

In the parking lot the visionaries dress in the latest rage
Inside the backstreet girls are dancing to the records that the D.J. plays
Lonely-hearted lovers struggle in dark corners
Desperate as the night moves on, just a look and a whisper, and they're gone

Beneath the city two hearts beat
Soul engines running through a night so tender in a bedroom locked
In whispers of soft refusal and then surrender in the tunnels uptown
The Rat's own dream guns him down as shots echo down them hallways in the
night
No one watches when the ambulance pulls away
Or as the girl shuts out the bedroom light

Outside the street's on fire in a real death waltz
Between flesh and what's fantasy and the poets down here
Don't write nothing at all, they just stand back and let it all be
And in the quick of the night they reach for their moment
And try to make an honest stand but they wind up wounded, not even dead
Tonight in Jungleland

[THUNDER HANDS]

81. I know, that's my favorite song, it's where I get the name from

:)

[Perky]

83. I was meaning to ask you about that :)

[0007]

90. I figured that was the reason. Nice song. Nice name.

[DavidDvorkin]

49. Obama should consider using "Born in the USA"

at the convention, after he's nominated.

[JerseygirlCT]

51. LOL, you mean as opposed to McCain?

I'm hoping you don't mean in the way the GOP attempted to use the song back in the 80s...

[DavidDvorkin]

57. No, as a way of emphasizing that Obama is American

The lines about killing the brown man (or however it goes) could be a problem, but no one pays attention to anything beyond the opening lines anyway.

[MadBadger]

58. You do know the true Meaning of BITUSA...right?

See Ronald Reagan vs. Bruce Springsteen circa 1984

[MadBadger]

52. Funny, Funny, Haha?

[workinclasszero]

59. Gotta love the Boss!

Badlands you gotta live it every day
Let the broken hearts stand
As the price you’ve gotta pay
We’ll keep pushin’ till it’s understood
And these badlands start treating us good

[MadBadger]

61. WOH WOH WOH WOH

[workinclasszero]

62. YES!! LOL (nt)

[MadBadger]

63. Guitar Solo--Clarence--Crowd Chanting.

[workinclasszero]

65. Saw the Boss in 84 I think it was...

LA Colosseum. The place was wall to wall people. All the stands filled and the field as well.

The sweet smell of grass waifed over the crowd. The concert lasted 2 and a half or three hours at least. I didn't hardly sit down the whole time. My ears were ringing afterwords and I was hoarse from yelling all that time!

A good time was had by all. :)

[grantcart]

60. k and r

[PretzelWarrior]

67. WOOT! WOOT! seeing the BOSS in concert in Portland March 28

and soooo looking forward to it.

[Major Hogwash]

82. I'm waiting for the Doors to endorse Obama. Springsteen's okay, but he's from Jersey.

LoL

[JerseygirlCT]

93. You have a problem with Jersey?

You don't want to go there with this group, I suspect, lol!

[Perky]

84. This would make on helll of a General election Campaign Theme Song>>>>

Bring em Home


If you love this land of the free
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring them back from overseas
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

It will make the politicians sad, I know
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
They wanna tangle with their foe
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

They wanna test their grand theories
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
With the blood of you and me
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

We'll give no more brave young lives
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
For the gleam in some fool's eyes
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

The men will cheer and the boys will shout
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
And we will all turn out
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

The church bells will ring with joy
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
To welcome our darlin' girls and boys
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

We'll lift their voice and sound
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Yeah, when Johnny comes marching home
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

If you love this land of the free
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring them back from overseas
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

If you love this land of the free
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home
Bring them back from overseas
Bring 'em home, bring 'em home

[MadBadger]

91. Not a campaign theme song, but for something for Bruce to play on the stump.

I absolutely love City of Blinding Lights as the campaign song.

[ORDem]

88. K&R n/t

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