msymmes
(Toronto, CA) | | Posted: May 22, 2013 - 11:21 | |
As a Canadian I don't see it that way. I don't think Bruce sees it that way either.
Misterfixit wrote:"You were born to run" says a lot of things in a simple sentence. For the Jingoists amongst us American it says everything. "America first and foremost, ruler of the world, the top, the ultimate, AMERICA!". I am sure that the nay-sayers and the leftie lickspittles will find fault with this statement. So be it and so mote it be. America is still the one and only hope for the world.
End of political rant.
|
|
msymmes
(Toronto, CA) | | Posted: May 22, 2013 - 11:18 | |
Rock n roll is an act. It's performance. It's art. It's politics.
Can't think of a rock n roller that wasn't acting out their thoughts/dreams.
PA1749 wrote:Springsteen always sounds like he trying to force his emotions. It comes off as a rock n' roll act to me. I never bought it or liked it.
|
|
leafmold
| | Posted: May 22, 2013 - 11:17 | |
Misterfixit wrote:"You were born to run" says a lot of things in a simple sentence. For the Jingoists amongst us American it says everything. "America first and foremost, ruler of the world, the top, the ultimate, AMERICA!". I am sure that the nay-sayers and the leftie lickspittles will find fault with this statement. So be it and so mote it be. America is still the one and only hope for the world.
End of political rant.
Oh please. This song is just about the angst and longing of youth. Nothing political about it. |
|
msymmes
(Toronto, CA) | | Posted: May 22, 2013 - 11:16 | |
Probably true.
Orodrigues wrote:The most beautiful rock song ever made!
|
|
PA1749
(Room 106) | | Posted: May 22, 2013 - 11:16 | |
Springsteen always sounds like he trying to force his emotions. It comes off as a rock n' roll act to me. I never bought it or liked it.
|
|
Orodrigues
(Resende (RJ), Brazil) | | Posted: May 22, 2013 - 11:15 | |
The most beautiful rock song ever made!
|
|
msymmes
(Toronto, CA) | | Posted: May 22, 2013 - 11:15 | |
A 10 but possibly not his best work.  |
|
camatcba
(Lumberjack Software Hack Node) | | Posted: May 22, 2013 - 11:13 | |
 i WAS HOPING I'D NEVER HAVE TO HEAR THIS SONG AGAIN. |
|
ottovonb
| | Posted: Mar 20, 2013 - 16:45 | |
Misterfixit wrote:"You were born to run" says a lot of things in a simple sentence. For the Jingoists amongst us American it says everything. "America first and foremost, ruler of the world, the top, the ultimate, AMERICA!". I am sure that the nay-sayers and the leftie lickspittles will find fault with this statement. So be it and so mote it be. America is still the one and only hope for the world.
End of political rant. From all I've read the ancient Romans felt the same about their culture, as did the Byzanntines, as did the British, as did the Soviets, as did the Nazis, on and on. Empires, they come and they go and somehow civilization in general gets by without them and builds new ones upon the old. Hubris goeth before the fall, I think that's worth bearing in mind. And now, how about let's get back to the music eh? |
|
ottovonb
| | Posted: Mar 20, 2013 - 16:38 | |
Huey wrote:Very tiring...hate it. I much prefer the arcade fire before this. 4. Ha! Touché! Well played my friend. |
|
Huey
(Netherlands) | | Posted: Mar 20, 2013 - 16:36 | |
Very tiring...hate it. I much prefer the arcade fire before this. 4.
|
|
Misterfixit
(Nashville) | | Posted: Mar 20, 2013 - 16:35 | |
"You were born to run" says a lot of things in a simple sentence. For the Jingoists amongst us American it says everything. "America first and foremost, ruler of the world, the top, the ultimate, AMERICA!". I am sure that the nay-sayers and the leftie lickspittles will find fault with this statement. So be it and so mote it be. America is still the one and only hope for the world.
End of political rant.
|
|
ottovonb
| | Posted: Mar 20, 2013 - 16:33 | |
Perfect ear floss to dislodge that sticky Arcade Fire residue still clinging from a few minutes ago.
Thank you oh merciful R&R god.
Thank you.
|
|
oídos_abiertos
(SoCal) | | Posted: Dec 16, 2012 - 14:32 | |
The Boss rocked the 12-12-12 show, as did The Who, The Rolling Stones, Pink Floyd, etc. Old rockers still rockin' it!  |
|
martinc
(Ottawa Canada) | | Posted: Nov 16, 2012 - 07:47 | |
Saw him a couple of weeks ago. Had not seen him since the mid 1980s. It was 3.5 hours of great music and entertainment. His voice was strong, guitar playing still top notch (though he didn't play as much as I'd like) and the band was tight and included 17 musicians. Sometimes in all the Bruce hype you can loose sight of the artist that he is. Live he brings that home. His repertoire is so deep he played this long and didn't play Born in the USA and they were tons of songs I still had hoped he would have played.
|
|
(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Oct 14, 2012 - 21:14 | |
love this classic song...Springsteen to campaign for Obama in Ohio Springsteen has been a supporter of Obama’s, endorsing him in April 2008 and playing at several rallies in Obama’s first campaign. The president uses Springsteen’s song, “We Take Care of Our Own,” in his 2012 campaign song playlist at rallies... |
|
BlueHeronDruid
| | Posted: Oct 14, 2012 - 21:12 | |
Dancing. Like nobody's watching. Which is to say, spaz.  |
|
Jazbo
(Beautiful Valparaiso IN.) | | Posted: Sep 13, 2012 - 07:58 | |
Still rock' n hard today...........saw him last week in Chicago....... 10
|
|
cShaggy
(..in the general vicinity..) | | Posted: Sep 13, 2012 - 07:55 | |
..dunno why, but i've never been overly impressed by Bruce..this
tune is Large & he has undeniable hits..maybe it's the too-tight
jeans or something..
..still this one has something..
|
|
(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Jun 10, 2012 - 18:14 | |
Bruce Springsteen: last of the protest singers
by Ed Vulliamy
The Guardian
June 9, 2012
Last week in Berlin, he did it again – only this time his message, like his new album, Wrecking Ball, concerned a matter of more universal and mainstream concern: the looting of our economies and lives by banks brazenly gorging on our money. He railed against "greedy thieves" and "robber barons", saying from the stage that "in America a lot of people lost their jobs and I know that in Europe and Berlin also times are tough". He sang: "The banker man grows fatter, the working man grows thin …/ … Now sometimes tomorrow comes soaked in treasure and blood / Here we stood the drought, now we'll stand the flood … / ...If I had me a gun, I'd find the bastards and shoot 'em on sight / I'm a Jack of all trades, we'll be all right". Cop an earful of that!...
|
|
jberko
(Franklin, TN) | | Posted: Jun 10, 2012 - 18:11 | |
Over rated. Wayyyyy overated.
|
|
KristianGregory
| | Posted: Apr 08, 2012 - 05:31 | |
big_gare wrote:Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuce! :-) This song, in my humble Canadian opinion, would make a great 2nd American National Anthem! Would be an odd choice for a national anthem considering how critical Brucey is of America in many of his songs |
|
big_gare
(Langley, Bee Cee, Canada) | | Posted: Mar 07, 2012 - 13:13 | |
Bruuuuuuuuuuuuuce! :-) This song, in my humble Canadian opinion, would make a great 2nd American National Anthem!
|
|
LYS
| | Posted: Mar 07, 2012 - 13:13 | |
|
stevesaw
(Northern VA USA) | | Posted: Dec 03, 2011 - 07:33 | |
1976ish - He played at my college - in the gym. I had barely heard of him. Many many many concerts later, this is still one of the top ones I've seen. And I'm not a huge fan, it was just simply an amazing, powerful, concert.
|
|
apd
(Toronto, On) | | Posted: Dec 03, 2011 - 07:31 | |
bump - god, I wish I had a copy of this album cover. Genius. sandpebble wrote: |
|
treatment_bound
(Duluth to Madison) | | Posted: Oct 31, 2011 - 14:24 | |
p2h2d2 wrote:Fall 1977 freshman in southern college, a fellow named Hooter Jones from Short Hills, NJ played this album and exploded my diet of southern rock. Thanks Hooter
Who got "Blowed Up"? These guys:  or these guys:  or maybe these guys:  |
|
On_The_Beach
(The Blue Planet) | | Posted: Sep 30, 2011 - 23:32 | |
Any life this song may have once had has long since been beaten out of it by constant overplay, even here on RP. How about "Meeting Across the River" for a change, or any of the lesser-played songs from The River or Tunnel of Love? Let's give this tired war horse a rest.
|
|
catnip
(mostly wearing lard) | | Posted: Aug 30, 2011 - 13:48 | |
fredriley wrote:There's a fine line between 'classic' and 'cliché', and sadly, for me, this number falls the wrong side of the line.
This is too true. The song has been played to death (and beyond) and I must admit to not particularly liking it.
However I think you probably still have to admire it: if there were one song which perfectly epitomises rock, this may be it. The storyline, the structure, the surge in the middle, the repeated chorus- they're all there, in a way that some songs will always imitate but never manage to get quite right.
So can we have a classic and a cliché at the same time? This will get my vote for that.
As to whether it should be played here, well, up to you. Muting is an option, but an occasional outing is not the end of the world... |
|
rdo
(DC) | | Posted: Aug 30, 2011 - 13:33 | |
fredriley wrote:There's a fine line between 'classic' and 'cliché', and sadly, for me, this number falls the wrong side of the line.
I agree. There is no room for this song here. Life is too short. (another cliche I hate) |
|
Share this song
Tweet this song
