De Kreuners doen niet mee aan extreem-linkse 0110 concerten

Koen Godderis wrote:
> Ik was vroeger een enorme fan van Springsteen, nu is dat al heel wat
> verminderd.
>
> Vroeger was ie tenminste politiek neutraal.

Bwahahahaha. Manneke, zwijgt toch over dingen waar ge overduidelijk
geen zak van weet (en dat is ALLES).

Springsteen's EERSTE album bevat het nummer "Lost in the Flood".
Waarover gaat dat:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greetin...n_the_Flood.22

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"Lost in the Flood" is a sparse, piano-driven song, seemingly about a
Vietnam War veteran. [...] The treatment of veterans in the United
States has always been a sore spot for Springsteen.
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Politiek neutraal, Koentje?

Zijn teksten gaan voor een groot dele over arme(re) mensen die het
moeilijk hebben de eindjes aan elkaar te knopen. Politiek neutraal?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Born_in....A._%28song%29

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The 1984 presidential campaign was in full stride at the time, and Will
had connections to President Ronald Reagan's re-election organization.
Will thought that Springsteen might endorse Reagan, and got the notion
pushed up to high-level Reagan advisor Michael Deaver's office. Those
staffers made inquiries to Springsteen's management, which were
politely rebuffed.

Nevertheless, on September 19, 1984, at a campaign stop in Hammonton,
New Jersey, Reagan added the following to his usual stump speech:

"America's future rests in a thousand dreams inside your hearts; it
rests in the message of hope in songs so many young Americans admire:
New Jersey's own Bruce Springsteen. And helping you make those dreams
come true is what this job of mine is all about."

The campaign press immediately expressed skepticism that Reagan knew
anything about Springsteen, and asked what his favorite Springsteen
song was; "Born to Run" was the tardy response from staffers. Johnny
Carson then joked on The Tonight Show, "If you believe that, I've got a
couple of tickets to the Mondale-Ferraro inaugural ball I'd like to
sell you."

During a September 22 concert in Pittsburgh, Springsteen responded
negatively by introducing his song "Johnny 99", a song about an
unemployed auto worker who turns to murder, "The President was
mentioning my name the other day, and I kinda got to wondering what his
favorite album musta been. I don't think it was the Nebraska album. I
don't think he's been listening to this one."
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Politiek neutraal?

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BVH