Your Move, Boss
Blue Yeti ·
March 29, 2012 at 2:01am
It's exceedingly rare for a sitting politician to publicly challenge a hugely popular rock star on his own turf -- there's just not much upside in taking on an icon/local legend. But New Jersey Governor Chris Christie not only challenges Bruce Springsteen to put his talent where his songs are and support recent economic improvements in the Garden State, he also gives a pretty succinct (and mostly positive) review of Springsteen's new album in the process. Well played, sir.
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Aug '10
Re: Your Move, Boss
BleuYehti
being from missouri, springsteen never meant a thing to me,
Edited on March 29, 2012 at 2:47amevidently there are some musical chops,
but we were good with jj cale and little feat and doobie(steely dan) bros, so its a regional thing.
i am extremely hung up on the 127th concert thing and hope for exponential reduction to bring that back down to someone I could vote for in a national venue.
for me ,past the stones, 5 times to anything with consumation is obsessive.
Jan '11
Re: Your Move, Boss
flownover you must be old.
flownover: ...we were good with jj cale and little feat
Edited 2 hours ago
Nice! Very nice.
Oct '10
Re: Your Move, Boss
I will never understand the appeal of Springsteen. I consider him a bizarre regional quirk of NJ.
But I'm very impressed that Christie is so conversant about things that clearly matter to his electorate. That's a great politician.
Feb '11
Re: Your Move, Boss
I'm originally from NJ and remember Springsteen when he was just a local curiosity that no one knew what to make of. ... you could see him at Seton Hall for $2.50. He had some friends at Rolling Stone that really helped him break into the big time.
Needless to say I didn't get the religion, altho I liked his later stuff better than early stuff. But he's clearly a tedious liberal multimillionaire, which would be ok except it gets into the act sometimes. He did lose some fans when he came out in a big way for Kerry -- I'm sure he's not losing any sleep over it. Actually, I liked his 90s-in-the-doldrums stuff like Lucky Town better than stuff before or since.