Springsteen at the SuperBowl
When did 10th avenue Freeze Out become some kind of American Anthem? Am I missing something? I thought that was a pretty subversive song, not like "Lost in the Flood", but not something we could hang our national consciousness on. But I'm not convinced this is a bad thing.Born to Run, not as the encore, but as song #2. Is it just me or does Bruce look a little uncomfortable with the song these days? He didn't seem to relish the whole "...at night we ride to mansions of glory in suicide machines..." line that spoke to my soul what, 34 years ago.
Now don't get me wrong. If there's a musician whose success I don't for one second begrudge, it's Springsteen. He did it honest, and goddam it he always stuck to his story. But I can only imagine how hard it is to try to sell an insurgent message of anger and alienation when you've been wealthy and successful for decades. I like Bruce, but to be honest I like "Asbury Park" and "Nuns run Bald, thru Vatican Halls, Pregnant, Pleading Immaculate Conception" a whole lot more than I like "The Rising".
The ovation makes me smile. I guess I feel like maybe I own a little of his success, and I appreciate the way he's done it. But there's a bittersweet sadness. Just in case you were uncertain, the things we we really thought we believed when Bruce showed us a way to shout them? They no longer occupy a place in our hearts, only in our scrapbooks.
I guess it's important to get that, but it makes me sad to have to know...
posted by mikey @ 5:11 PM
2 Comments:
It's funny...I noted that he played mostly songs from his earlier albums, except the last one. Nostalgia plays, I guess, for the Superbowl; it's inoffensive.
And is it just me, or was the audio mix for the TV audience (can't comment on the live audience, cause I wasn't there) really shitty? What happened to the lead vocal?????
Good pyro work though.
And for an old guy, the Boss can still move.
bet he wishes that camera guy was a little more nimble tho...
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