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August 14, 2003 by Dave!

Last night I went to see Bruce Springsteen play at US Cellular Field (that’s Comisky Park to most of you out there). I have to say that I never would have called myself a Springsteen fan, even though he’s a decent songwriters. I mean, have you really listened to Born in the USA? It’s hardly the patriotic anthem some dumbass jingoistic republicans* make it out to be… it’s actually a very critical song of America. Come to think of it, have you ever read the lyrics to Dancin’ in the Dark? Most people probably remember it from the silly video where Courtney Cox is pulled up on stage. But check out the lyrics… it’s a bitter song about lonliness and desparation.

But I digress…

Springsteen played for over three hours, with no opening act. He came out and did a half a dozen songs without stopping… which is pretty impressive. But what really got me was the sheer level of emotional (if not physical) intensity that the entire band, and especially Springsteen, put into their performance. They just plain rocked. And in a world where fans are now suing performers for lousy shows with overpriced tickets, it’s pretty refreshing to come away from a concert not only feeling that you go your money’s worth, but that the performer cared about their music deeply, and wanted to share that passion with you.

*Ronald Reagan invoked Springsteen and his song “Born in the U.S.A.” while campaigning in 1984. But Springsteen didn’t like being quoted by Reagan, saying that instead of it being “morning in America,” as Reagan claimed in his TV ad, he’d seen places where “It’s midnight, and like, there’s a bad moon risin’.”

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