Bruce Springsteen refused Chris Christie's request that he paly at his innaugeration

[karynnj]

New Jersey governor-elect Chris Christie is a die-hard Bruce Springsteen fan. He's been to 122 Boss concerts, and was very much hoping that his 123rd would be his inaugural. So he asked Bruce and his band if they would play. But Bruce, a die-hard Democrat, turned the Republican Christie down. Even though he's played for Barack Obama and John Kerry, he claims he "doesn’t want to get involved in state politics." Ouch

http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/12/chris_christie_snubbed_by_the.html

122 concerts and he likely never really listened to the lyrics! I loved Springsteen's comments before his Madison, WI concert appearance with Kerry. His values are good Democratic values. If, true, I am shocked Christie ever thought it a possibility.

I wonder if anyone told Christie that he not only performed for Kerry and Obama - after years of staying out of politics, but that he gave Kerry a guitar when he saw him after the election. Not to mention paying him the honor of using his 1971 words in a song. Something tells me, if Christie's words or actions are ever referenced in a Springsteen song - they won't be positive.

[HuckleB]

1. Good on The Boss!

[MH1]

2. Christie probably thinks of "Born in the USA"

as a chest-thumping, rah rah patriotic song.

Go Bruce!

[TheMightyFavog]

3. Didn't Reagan try to used that song for his campaign?

Springsteen went out of his way to nix that.

[karynnj]

4. Was it Reagan or GHWB that started to use that, but was told to stop

by Springsteen's people.

In 2994, Christie, who is from my county wrote an op-ed in the local paper that criticized musicians for singing for political events, because it "hurts" their fans who disagree. He spoke of how the then up coming Springsteen NJ appearance was one he would not attend - for fear he, a Bush appointed prosecutor, would end up on the jumbotron. (The idea that the cameraman would have any idea who he was or would have thought him a good person to film is laughable)

Go, Bruce! is right.

[Bitwit1234]

5. OH OH he might send his Mafia cousin's after the Boss