The River
September 21, 2006I’ve been a big Bruce Springsteen fan all my life, since I was in kindergarten and my oldest brother played Born to Run all the time. As I’ve aged (not to say matured), I’ve come to appreciate the subtleties of Springsteen’s lyrics at least as much as the in-your-face simplicity of his music. His attention to (white) working class experience reflects a set of political commitments that run deeper than just shilling for Kerry in 2004, and I have significantly more respect for him politically than I do for any other gazillionaire rock star Democratic Party cheerleader. (more…)
