tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785248711810287089.post8395524196090235293..comments2023-10-26T14:24:47.978+01:00Comments on (Old) Musings of a Quaker Witch: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr; the music of the Civil Rights Movement; and Bruce SpringsteenMorganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05201286586062722169noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785248711810287089.post-74893689674997801992010-01-21T19:40:48.666+00:002010-01-21T19:40:48.666+00:00Springsteen is a little like Dylan — he can't ...Springsteen is a little like Dylan — he can't quite exactly <i>sing</i>, but whoa can he ever <i>bard</i>. And that music really is important, both as part of history and for the power it still has, because the work of change isn't done.<br /><br />As far as I know, nobody complained about Pete Seeger "appropriating" the music of the civil rights movement, because he was so clearly part of the movement. Bruce Springsteen is in a sense Pete Seeger's successor (one of many) in that work, more visibly active than Pete now with a body and a musical style 30 years younger. His credentials as being within the movement rather than an appropriator are no less good, and if people haven't figured that out yet, they will soon.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1785248711810287089.post-29821174760846617522010-01-20T23:50:45.360+00:002010-01-20T23:50:45.360+00:00Some of my "grandest" spiritual experien...Some of my "grandest" spiritual experiences have been at Bruce Springsteen concerts :) The Rising album continues to be deeply spiritual to me even close to 10 years after first hearing it. I love the seeger session stuff, and, well, everything. I think there is amazing value in someone like Bruce, or Bono, or anyone with a voice people listen to bringing their messages to us. I'm going to see if my dad has a copy of the Live in Dublin cd. Thanks!Alysshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04820396354932192545noreply@blogger.com