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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Is Springsteen’s quick hit good?\u00a0 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Interesting to see Tom Morello, he of Rage Against the Machine fame, as the mc and a performer hosting Springsteen.\u00a0 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?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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