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The Biggest Post-Convention ‘Bounce’ Did Not Belong To Either Candidate

Sep. 14, 2012 7:22am Mike Opelka

Springsteens Post Convention Bounce for We Take Care of Our Own

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The music of Bruce Springsteen reaped the biggest bounce from the political conventions of the past two weeks.

As President Obama wrapped up his big speech in Charlotte last week, the Time Warner arena was filled with Bruce Springsteen’s “We Take Care Of Each Other” (a cut from Springsteen’s “Wrecking Ball” album released in May of this year). Billboard Magazine is reporting that the song and the album benefitted from the airplay on virtually all of the major networks that night and on radio over the next few days.

According to Billboard’s tracking, the single for “We Take Care Of Our Own” experienced a 409% increase in sales as more than 2000 online downloads were registered.

Sales for the entire album spiked 37% — jumping from #199 to #121.

As our own Becket Adams previously reported, Springsteen has been a sort of anti-Wall Street crusader, wielding the album as a sword:

During a Berlin concert on Wednesday, he [Springsteen] played songs from his new album, “Wrecking Ball,” wherein he repeatedly blasted financiers and bankers.

“In America, a lot of people have lost their jobs,” Springsteen said to a sold out crowd of Berliners. “But also in Europe and in Berlin, times are tough.”

“This song is for all those who are struggling,“ he said and launched into ”Jack of All Trades,” a song that includes the lines: “The banker man grows fat, working man grows thin.”

In another song titled “Shackled and Drawn,” the Jersey boy (the original!) sings: “Gambling man rolls the dice, working man pays the bill. It‘s still fat and easy up on banker’s hill. Up on banker‘s hill the party’s going strong, down here below we’re shackled and drawn.”

You can listen to “We Take Care of Our Own” below:

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Comments (16)

tankyjo
Posted on September 14, 2012 at 10:39am
Pozer Spoingsteen?

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Detroit paperboy
Posted on September 14, 2012 at 9:45am
We take care of our own ? No you don’t, we take care of your lazy unemployable FOODSTAMPERS….hell, Obamas brother George is living in a mud hut in Kenya…..
He is really his brothers keeper alright , keeping him in a mud hut that is…….

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- SolitudeBliss
  Posted on September 15, 2012 at 11:02am
  The way our economy is going under Obama, we’ll all soon be in huts.
  
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Tigress1
Posted on September 14, 2012 at 9:25am
Obama will get a “bounce” all right. He’s going to get bounced right out of office!

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Gonzo
Posted on September 14, 2012 at 9:09am
I’m sure Bruce will take care of a bunch of needy people with his increased sales profits, right? LOL, Bruce says: no that’s government’s job.

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- tankyjo
  Posted on September 14, 2012 at 10:40am
  You are so right Gonz.
  
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biohazard23
Posted on September 14, 2012 at 8:20am
Springsteen sucks. And it’s pathetic that one of his “hits” is a song glorifying a loser of a husband and father who just up and leaves his family behind because he was born to run or some garbage like that.

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nobull14
Posted on September 14, 2012 at 8:12am
Who really cares . Blaze this is news. ?

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PA PATRIOT
Posted on September 14, 2012 at 8:03am
I am sure that Bruce Springsteen appeals to Hip Hop Black Americans.
A 62 year old white guy that yells into the microphone spewing songs about teenage girls and the “White” Jersey Shore experiences.
While he probably hangs with Snookie, he should really get together with Hank Jr.
WTP

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- kcares
  Posted on September 14, 2012 at 8:07am
  Kid Rock realized the truth and does hand with Hank Jr. He loves God and Country. Bruce is a sellout.
  Used to listen to him when I was young and dumb.
  
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kickagrandma
Posted on September 14, 2012 at 7:57am
yep, you just bounced lower into the basement, buddy boy.

You know the “bounce” is bogus, just like everything else on the left. You KNOW, like the polls that aren’t taken at all, ever, in real time with real AMERICANS….

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- SoNick
  Posted on September 14, 2012 at 10:30am
  yeah, except that unlike unreliable polls, this “bounce” is a matter of actual numbers. “According to Billboard’s tracking, the single for “We Take Care Of Our Own” experienced a 409% increase in sales as more than 2000 online downloads were registered.” Actual sales. That’s not open to interpretation. Please try again, with facts this time.
  
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Mr.Fitnah
Posted on September 14, 2012 at 7:57am
I only hate two people Bruce Springsteenis both of them.

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jackact
Posted on September 14, 2012 at 7:53am
Exactly.
Whomever has the most campaign funds wins.

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watersRpeople
Posted on September 14, 2012 at 7:37am
One candidate wants to cause women to be covered with flattery, and the other wants to cause women to be covered with cloth. Two eagles fighting over a dead carcass with talons locked barreling towards the ground.

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Stoic one
Posted on September 14, 2012 at 7:32am
AH yes capitalism is alive still…

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