May 01, 2005

Another Politically Correct Moment from Springsteen

Sorry I've been out of the loop...it's been a hectic weekend, and I've been away from the computer until now.

I'm not sure I'm sorry, however, when I see things like this:

[Bruce] Springsteen chose to be fairly economical with his comments between songs, although he did call for "a humane immigration policy" before playing the new "Matamoros Banks," lambaste the "dinosaur" mentality of the Bush administration (before "Part Man, Part Monkey") and talk about drifting away from the Catholic church (as a prelude to the new "Jesus Was An Only Son" ), among other ramblings. He ad-libbed a "That's right" after one audience member yelled "(Expletive) the president" at one point.

Showing off his high school education obviously isn't a problem for Springsteen pretty much every time he opens up his mouth. Playing "Part Man, Part Monkey" after discussing his displeasure with President Bush is like, so eighth grade.

Celebs like Springsteen yearn for the Clinton days in the White House, when glitterati like them were invited to state dinners and even to sleep over in the Lincoln Bedroom. Now that W is in charge, guests seem to be relegated to personal friends and important political contacts such as Tony Blair. Celebs don't like to be ignored. They think they're more important than the president and his comtemporaries.

It's news items like this that make me glad I was never a fan of Springsteen in the first place!

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