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“The America that I love, the America that I have written about, which has been a lighthouse of hope and freedom for 250 years, is currently in the hands of a corrupt, incompetent and treacherous government”, “, explained Bruce Springsteen On May 14th on a stage in Manchester, Great Britain. At the opening show of his newly christened “Land of Hope and Dreams Tour” with the E Street Band, Bruce Springsteen formulated his criticism of Donald Trump in patriotic words. “The America that I have been singing about for 50 years is real. And despite all of its mistakes it is a great country with great people. And we will survive this time.”
Patriotism against Trump: stage as a platform
As discussed in the latest episode of “Rolling Stone Music Now”, Springsteens were on stage, accompanied by suitable songs (“Land of Hope and Dreams”, Bob Dylans “Chimes of Freedom”), probably a masterpiece in terms of opposition messages. His insistence on the existence of another, better version of the country should give many stumbling democrats to think. Especially in view of the attention that his words have caused by Donald Trump. To hear the entire episode in which the word war between Trump and Springsteen and much more is analyzed, click here. To get to the podcast provider of your choice, stop Apple podcasts or Spotify to.
Donald Trump strikes truth social
Two days after Springsteen’s statements, Trump referred to his critic on Truth Social as a “dry rocker plum”, whose “skin is completely stunted”. And warned him “to keep his flap until he is back in the country”, with the ominous addition: “Then we will all see how things will go on for him!” The threats escalate at 1:34 a.m. On May 19, the evening before his planned phone call with Vladimir Putin about Ukraine, he wrote: “How much did Kamala Harris Bruce Springsteen pay for his bad stead during her presidential campaign?” “I will ask for a comprehensive investigation of this matter.”
Trump’s all -round against other celebrities
Trump also called for an investigation into Taylor Swift,, Beyoncé,, Oprah Winfrey And somehow even against Bono. The how Andy Greene from Rolling Stone In the new episode, “didn’t play a role in the elections at all”. As in the episode, Trump misunderstood that. Elective campaigns are actually obliged to pay the fair market value for production costs in order to avoid not open donations. (As Rolling Stone This week the White House responded to the unfounded threats, counter A spokesman: “The accountability for a group of people who behave as if they were above the law may be for Rolling Stone be uncomfortable. But it is refreshing for the American people. “)
Of course, it was not just Springste’s eloquent formulation of his rejection that Trump irritated. As his inclusion of Swift, Beyoncé and Winfrey points into his threats, he is a creature of fame and show business, which reacts extremely sensitively to the power of the celebrities. He won two elections. But it is still confronted with the annoying fact that pop culture is far from being fully maga -ized.
Support from the music scene for Springsteen
The episode also deals with the question of why musicians have been relatively quiet about the Trump government since January. And suspects a combination of an atmosphere of fear, the feeling that the resistance messages in the style of 2017 failed, and the fact that it is still more socially acceptable for younger artists to criticize Democrats from left as Trump. Nevertheless, artists like Neil Young and Eddie Vedder have supports him. MJ Lenderman covered “Darkness on the Edge of Town” in an obvious expressions of solidarity.
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