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A Bruce Springsteen song that’s been selected by President Barack Obama’s reelection campaign now has a sing-a-long video to go with it.
In the video “We Take Care of Our Own,” Springsteen plays in what looks like a closed down warehouse. Black and white images of economic degradation, people of various ethnicity walking through the streets or focusing on tasks at work scroll by, with the lyrics subtitled across the screen.
“I been looking for the map that leads me home,” he croons. “I been stumbling on good hearts turned to stone / The road of good intentions has gone dry as a bone / We take care of our own / We take care of our own / Wherever this flag’s flown, we take care of our own.”
The other songs picked by Obama’s reelection team include “I Got You” by Wilco, “Roll With The Changes” by REO Speedwagon, “You’ve Got The Love” by Florence + The Machine and, of course, “Let’s Stay Together” by Al Green.
The campaign released its playlist Thursday on Facebook, in a format compatible with the music app Spotify.
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2012/02/10/springsteen-releases-video-for-obama-campaign-song-we-take-care-of-our-own/A Bruce Springsteen song that’s been selected by President Barack Obama’s... more
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Jane Scott dies at 92; longtime rock critic
Journalist Jane Scott was 45 when she was assigned to cover a Beatles show in 1964. It changed her life.
PHOTO: Jane Scott with the Who in the late 1960s.
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By Elaine Woo, Los Angeles Times
July 5, 2011
Jane Scott was a code breaker for the Navy during World War II. She owned a wind-up Victrola. And the first song she ever loved was from the big band era: a Jimmy Rushing hit for Count Basie called "Sent for You Yesterday (And Here You Come Today)." So she was among the most improbable candidates for the job she would perform with undisguised gusto for almost 40 years.
Scott, 92, who died in Cleveland on Monday after a long illness, was middle-aged when the Cleveland Plain Dealer sent her to cover the Beatles in 1964. She charged on for 38 years, covering the Rolling Stones, Led Zeppelin, Janis Joplin, the Doors, the Who, the Beach Boys, Bruce Springsteen and every other major and minor group that played her town. When she retired in 2002, she was, at 82, the oldest rock critic in the country.
"She was a legend," said Lauren Onkey, vice president of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. "Every band has a good thing to say about her no matter what their style. I think that speaks to her curiosity. She was an avid rock 'n' roll fan who … had a way of communicating with artists. She got into every show."
Scott sometimes called herself "the world's oldest teenager," who found something to love about every act she saw. That tendency may not have made her a must-read among other critics but it endeared her to many of her subjects.
Jim Morrison invited her backstage for a beer. Jimi Hendrix took her along when he shopped for a blue Corvette. She sang "California Girls" with Brian Wilson at a hotel piano bar during an interview. When Springsteen played Cleveland, he dedicated "Dancing in the Dark" to her.
"Scott was on a first-name basis not only with music fans throughout northeast Ohio, but with most of the luminaries in the rock 'n' roll universe," Plain Dealer pop music critic John Soeder wrote in her obituary. Among those luminaries was Lyle Lovett, who paid tribute to Scott in a Twitter message, writing that the rock music world had lost "one of the dearest members of its family."
It was impossible not to notice Scott at a rock concert. She was the matronly woman in the dyed satin-blond pageboy and big, red trifocals. She always had her ticket stub pinned to her outfit so that if anyone was tempted to steal it "they'd have to tear my blouse off." She carried a big purse, in which she kept earplugs and a peanut butter sandwich.
In a sense Scott's love of rock music was unavoidable. She was born on May 3, 1919, in Cleveland, where 33 years later, in 1952, deejay Alan Freed would mount what is often described as the world's first major rock concert, the Moondog Coronation Ball. After her military stint based in Washington with the WAVES, Scott, a University of Michigan graduate in English, entered journalism, eventually landing at the Plain Dealer as a society writer. She started there three days after Freed's historic concert.
She was writing a youth column for the paper in 1964 when the Beatles came to town. When she realized no one had been assigned to cover the Fab Four's appearance, she volunteered. It changed her life.
"After that," she recalled in a 2002 interview with the Washington Post, "I knew the kids didn't want to read about the tennis team over at Amherst High School.... The Beatles were theirs, and the beautiful thing was their parents hated it. That's the most important point. Their parents hated it!"
She was already 45 then, but she did not try to conceal her age. She did not start wearing mini-skirts, leather or tattoos. If anyone gave her any guff, she gave it right back.
"One day I got a snotty remark at a concert," Scott, who never married or had children, told the New York Times in 1999. "I said: 'Don't you dare call me mom. I'm old enough to be your grandmother."
She wrote from the perspective of a fan, which was a weakness by some accounts. Most critics would probably not welcome a message like the one she received from one of her fans, Glenn Frey of the Eagles, when she turned 80. "Jane," Frey said, "you never met a band you didn't like."
Scott made no apologies. "If you want to write for yourself, go write a diary," she said of her critics in a 2002 interview with the American Journalism Review. "I am the eyes and ears of the people who can't get [to the concert] or can't afford it."
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E Street sax man Clarence Clemons dies
http://www.cnn.com/2011/SHOWBIZ/Music/06/18/clarence.clemons.obit/index.html?hpt=hp_t1
E Street sax man Clarence Clemons dies
By the CNN Wire Staff
June 18, 2011 11:19 p.m. EDT
Clemons was an intermittent member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, starting in 1972.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
NEW: Clemons played on such classic hits as "Born to Run" and "Thunder Road"
Bruce Springsteen says the loss of Clemons is immeasurable
Online tributes to the musician pour in
Clemons suffered a stroke earlier this week and never recovered
(CNN) -- Legendary rock saxophonist Clarence Clemons died Saturday of complications from a stroke, bandmate Bruce Springsteen said. He was 69.
Clemons had played sax in Springsteen's E Street Band off and on since 1972.
"Clarence lived a wonderful life. He carried within him a love of people that made them love him. He created a wondrous and extended family. He loved the saxophone, loved our fans and gave everything he had every night he stepped on stage," Springsteen said in a statement.
"His loss is immeasurable and we are honored and thankful to have known him and had the opportunity to stand beside him for nearly 40 years. He was my great friend, my partner and with Clarence at my side, my band and I were able to tell a story far deeper than those simply contained in our music. His life, his memory, and his love will live on in that story and in our band."
Clemons played on such classic hits as "Born to Run" and "Thunder Road" and is widely credited with helping to shape Springsteen's sound.
He passed away at a hospital in Palm Beach, Florida, where he had stayed ever since suffering a stroke last Sunday, said a spokesperson for Springsteen and the E Street Band. He was surrounded by members of his family, including his wife, Victoria, according to the spokesperson.
Standing at more than 6 feet tall, Clemons was affectionately known as the "Big Man" to fans. He published his autobiography "Big Man: Real Life & Tall Tales" in 2009 and suffered some health problems in recent years.
In addition to his career as a musician, Clemons also worked as an actor, appearing in the TV shows "The Wire" and "The Simpsons" as well as the films "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" and "New York, New York."
Tributes to the musician began to pour in on Springsteen's Facebook page Saturday night.
"RIP CC, you were the heart and soul of the E Street Band. Thank you for all the music, you got me through some dark days. Blessings on your journey," one post read.
"I just can't imagine that space on stage not being occupied by the big man. We are all better people having been moved by your huge music. Now go play with Louis, Miles and the rest and have a blast," read another.
CNN's Denise Quan contributed to this report.
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Clarence Clemons, longtime saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, has suffered a "massive" stroke. Clarence Clemons reportedly fell ill at his home in Florida on Sunday.Clarence Clemons, longtime saxophonist for Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, has... more
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"'Born in the U.S.A.' is rife with hard rock irony laid over the baby boom's endless nostalgia for its rock and roll youth. 'Glory Days' and 'My Hometown' are too, and Springsteen has always been happy with how they were received. So, why did the national IQ drop so hard on 'Born in the U.S.A.'? On the song's release, the public almost immediately took what they wanted from it and never looked back. Its 'misinterpretation' is now its history.""'Born in the U.S.A.' is rife with hard rock irony laid over the baby... more
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The Daily iPad app featured a rather interesting, but funny illustration of Obama as Bruce Springsteen along with the headline, "I WAS BORN IN THE U.S.A."The Daily iPad app featured a rather interesting, but funny illustration of Obama as... more
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Bruce Springsteen in Phila, PA
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Review of The Promise by Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band.
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Lots of awesome photographs came out of that album & tour. The album cover, and tour photographs. From the website:
On Tuesday, thousands of Bruce Springsteen fans will head to stores or log onto online retailers to pick up copies of "The Promise: The Darkness on the Edge of Town Story," a six-disc boxed set crammed with previously unreleased material, rarities and concert footage. "The Promise" ships with an 80-page booklet modeled on the notebook Springsteen used during the "Darkness" sessions, and promises to bring Springsteen fans closer than they ever have been to the E Street Band at the height of its power — and to an inimitable rock star growing up under the stagelights.
More at the website.Lots of awesome photographs came out of that album & tour. The album cover, and... more
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One of the all-time collaborations in rock music, and a classic for her as well as him. THere's also a parody version I saw on a late nite teevee show, Because It's White:
Because it's white
I love to drink it.
But I forget who sings it.One of the all-time collaborations in rock music, and a classic for her as well as... more
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National Public Radio is streaming 15 songs from The Promise, an album of somgs recorded during the Darkness At The Edge Of Town sessions.National Public Radio is streaming 15 songs from The Promise, an album of somgs... more
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“Darkness on the Edge of Town” was a pivotal Bruce Springsteen album released in 1978 at a key time in the E Street Band’s history. Now the documentary, “The Promise: The Making of ‘Darkness at the Edge of Town,’” is at the center of an all-out marketing campaign that would seem the antithesis of Bruce Springsteen’s mantra.
Still, it’s a fascinating, informative and honest look at Springsteen and the creative process.“Darkness on the Edge of Town” was a pivotal Bruce Springsteen album... more
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Bruce Springsteen had ‘affair’ with New Jersey housewife: court papers
NY Post
By JAMES FANELLI
April 4, 2010
Bruce Springsteen’s “Human Touch” made her melt.
Ann Kelly, 45, was a housewife living with her mortgage-broker husband and two children in a $600,000 home in a leafy New Jersey suburb.
The Boss Bruce Springsteen Caught Cheating With New Jersey Housewife Ann Kelly…Photos – VIDEO...http://ctpatriot1970.wordpress.com/2010/04/05/the-boss-bruce-springsteen-caught-cheating-with-new-jersey-housewife-photos-video/
But when the married Springsteen entered her life in 2005 — showering her with concert tickets, serenading her during rehearsals and confessing she was on his mind while he toured — the Jersey girl got lost in a “Tunnel of Love,” court records alleged.Bruce Springsteen had ‘affair’ with New Jersey housewife: court papers... more
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A while back on my blog, I wrote a piece about Mistresses Anonymous, the organization started by Sarah Symonds of the Gordon Ramsey indiscretion. Seems like all the women in the boat of having had an affair with a celebrity married man, come out swinging vis-a-vis the media. At least Sarah chose to use her position for good by starting Mistresses Anonymous, clearly an honorable thing to do. She has also become the go-to bloviator for every current infidelity plaguing our airwaves from Tiger Woods to Jesse James. While Sarah is out stumping for the Elin Nordegren, Sandra Bullocks and Elizabeth Edwards of the world, who is going to be the spokes-model for these horn-dogs like John Edwards and now Bruce “The Boss” Springsteen? No one would dare come out in support of those Gross Baboons. Surely they have seen the error of their ways, having run off to sex rehabs in search of a better Q Rating with the hopes of resuming their careers. Is that not honorable? Well, then, I will take on the task. Starting with revising the 12 Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous. Herewith:
The Twelve Steps of Horndogs Anonymous
1. We admitted we were powerless over poontang—that our lives had become
unmanageable. Well, you try juggling 13 skanks and tell me otherwise.
2. Came to believe that our careers, which is a Power greater than ourselves, could restore us to
sanity. Or a least some assemblance of a life that would not end up on Page Six.
3. Made a decision to turn our will and our lives over to the care of our publicists, because God was nowhere to be found here.
4. Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of the hookers and skanks for making us do the nasty and loving it.
5. Admitted to God, to ourselves, to our publicists, agents and managers the exact nature of our wrongs. Sobbing.
6. Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character, since there was unfinished business deals that had to be honored, and we needed to show our face with out covering it.
7. Humbly asked Him to remove our name from Associated Press, Google, Bing, well, any search engine really.
8. Made a list of all persons we had “harmed”, and became willing to pay them off in order to shut their pie holes….damn that Gloria Allred.
9. Made direct amends to our wives, their mothers, our mothers, everyone’s mothers wherever possible, except when to do so would come off ingenuous.
10. Continued to take personal inventory of our possessions since our wives’ mothers were packing up their stuff in order to save face.
11. Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with our publicists, managers and agents, because these people would always tell us what we want to hear, no matter what.
12. Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried to see if there was anyway to salvage the relationship before their scumbag lawyers convinced them to take us for all we are worth, which in theory is nothing, but in reality could be up as high as 350 million dollars. And surely, we would practice these principles in all our upcoming affairs.
http://imeanwhat.com/lastfiveminutesoffame/mistresses-anonymous-vs-horndogs-anonymousA while back on my blog, I wrote a piece about Mistresses Anonymous, the organization... more
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Bruce Springsteen was so smitten with a married housewife that he would stand and watch her while she worked out at the gym, it has been alleged.
The singer who is married himself, also told mother of two Ann Kelly that she had a nice bottom, and later serenaded her at a rehearsal for one of his concerts, it is claimed.
The details of their alleged affair have been revealed in court documents which named Springsteen, known as The Boss, as the other man in a divorce.
Springsteen, 60, was accused of having an affair with redhead Mrs Kelly, 45, by her husband Arthur when he filed for divorce a year ago.
The singer, who has been married for 18 years to singer Patti Scialfa, denied any involvement.
Ann Kelly: Getting a divorce
He dismissed the allegations of adultery as 'unfounded and ugly rumours'. Now court papers obtained by the New York Post show just how detailed the claims were.
The affair is alleged to have begun in 2005 at the Atlantic Club gym in New Jersey where the pair worked out.
Mr Kelly, a businessman, claimed that the singer was quickly taken with his wife. In the court papers he said his wife told him that Springsteen would stand behind her treadmill and once told her she had the 'nicest a**' in the gym.
He also claimed that his wife was invited to watch the singer rehearse for a concert, where it felt like he was 'serenading' her. She also said Springsteen told her he thought about her while he was away on tour.
Mr Kelly, 46, claimed his wife told him that 'it made her feel good' that a star like Springsteen was interested in her.
Mr Kelly, of Asbury Park, New Jersey, said in the court papers that while he had open heart surgery in 2008, his wife chose to have dinner with Springsteen.
But he said the breaking point in their 17-year marriage came after Mr Kelly was told his wife had been seen kissing Springsteen.
Mrs Kelly has always denied a sexual affair with the singer.
The Post newspaper revealed that as part of the divorce settlement her husband agreed to drop the adultery claims from his petition. The divorce is expected to be finalised this week.
Springsteen, who has three children with Miss Scialfa, is one of the world's top musicians, with hits including Born to Run and Glory Days.
Mrs Kelly refused to comment on the allegations made in the court papers and a spokesman for Springsteen also had no comment.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1263542/Bruce-Springsteen-lusted-housewife-trained-gym.html#ixzz0kAL1aWnw
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1263542/Bruce-Springsteen-lusted-housewife-trained-gym.html#ixzz0kAKkvu7pBruce Springsteen was so smitten with a married housewife that he would stand and... more
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