Tom Morello joined Bruce to do an electric "Ghost of Tom Joad"-- after Springsteen quoted Woody Guthrie. Tom still has "arm the homeless" on his guitar. Perhaps Bruce fan David Brooks took his bathroom break then. Last time I met Bruce backstage it was during his Tom Joad tour. Here's the same Bruce/Morello pair doing a shorter version earlier:
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This is reminiscent of the time the Reagan campaign attempted to appropriate "Born In The USA," only to have Springsteen tell them not to. They heard the chorus, but apparently deaf to the rest of the lyrics and the point of the song. Brooks's column evinces a similar selective or deliberate deafness. Put more simply: is he stupid or crazy?
So millionaire many times over Bruce Springsteen is more sincere singing about the poor than David Brooks is writing about Bruce?
I think you have a skewed world view of the Boss.
Yes, Bruce Springsteen is more sincere and authentic when discussing poverty than is David Brooks.
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