Springsteen and Morello
Overall I am a kind of “hey, cool. Bruce Springsteen whipped out a protest song of the moment “Streets of Minneapolis”. But the song is almost beside the point, I want it to go number one even as I tend to be dour and understand Bob Dylan’s “I don’t want to do finger pointing songs” — we move outside the land of subtlety. But as per Springsteen — there really isn’t anything subtle you wish to say, and blunt statements are required — the Times really do challenge that notion that, oh Repressive Times at least create great art. Nah, the art sucks, even when it is what is required. I see that problem when politicos — Mussolini and Trump — have as part of their appeal complete buffoonery. So Satire -wise, I see the performance a few months ago from Jesse Welles the song “Join ICE”, and we got a problem. It could just be lifted unironically for an ICE recruitment pitch, which are not subtle and have identical messaging.
Is Springsteen’s quick hit good? My gut tells me no, but it allows an audience to tell “ICE out now! “. Name checking Noem and Milker, who in a decade will be history books as we have new jackasses to take their place. I suffer the trauma of the Bush era’s Neil Young horror show.
Interesting to see Tom Morello, he of Rage Against the Machine fame, as the mc and a performer hosting Springsteen. I would think Morella at least postures Springsteen as, like, Democratic Party shill (not “Raging” enough) — but, maybe we’re in a land of “close enough” as too the old question for Morello as he fails against en toto The Corporations and Capitalism — sure made millions from your Sony contracts, huh?