Bruce Springsteen Tears Into Bankers During Concert in Berlin
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Did you read that Blaze article yesterday about Jack White embracing free-market capitalism? At the time, we noted that it was rare to see something like that from a popular musician. Why? Because many mainstream rock stars make it a point to rail again business, profits, etc.
Take, for example, Bruce Springsteen. During a Berlin concert on Wednesday, he 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.”
Keep in mind the fact that he performed these songs in the EU: the 17-nation union struggling financially to stay afloat. Needless to say, he found a receptive audience.
But wait! There’s more!
In one song (“Easy Money”), “Uncle Bruce” denounces the “fat cats” who will “just think it’s funny … when you’re whole world comes tumbling down” while in “Death to My hometown”, he goes after the “greedy thieves and robber barons” who “destroyed our families, factories and they took our homes,” Reuters reports.
“The financial world has caused us all a lot of our problems and Springsteen has always been a critical spirit — that’s what I like about him,” said Kathleen Wapp, a 42-year-old doctor’s assistant from Wolfsburg who attended the show, according to Reuters. “I like the way he’s not afraid to put a critical light on the key issues.”
“I think it‘s great the way he’s taking on the banking industry – he’s got it dead right,” Matthias Beck, 46, a carpenter from Leipzig, told Reuters.
“There’s hardly anything good about banks. They take advantage of the little people, and it‘s always hard to find someone who’ll take responsibility when it all goes wrong.”
So does “The Boss” have any practical solutions for the global economic crisis? In the song “Wrecking Ball”, he suggests that you “hold tight to your anger.”
(H/T: BI)
This story has been updated.
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Comments (129)
Obamammy
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:46pmBruce Springsteen…..
Who?
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 8:33pmcapital controls
whaaaat?
Report Post »Ben__Franklin
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:19pmYou know Bruce Spingsteen, the multi-millionaire Dried-Up-Rocker that just got even fatter than the bankers with more concert ticket sales. You know the typical rich hypocrite that hates other peoples wealth but not his own…..hmmmm sounds like another Limousine Liberal. Bruce’s hit song should have been “I made it rich in the USA” because he does not sound to be proud to have been born here.
Report Post »FreedomWitness
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:53pmWhy?
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 10:33pmThis just in….Mitt Romney is BFF and investing buddies with top Goldman Sachs Executive. In addition to being close personally, Romney has invested as much as $250 Million with this guy. Makes you feel all warm and fuzzy inside don’t it?
https://www.finalternatives.com/node/20606
Wait, isnt this the SAME Goldman Sachs that cooked Greece’s books in order to get into the EURO? The same Goldman Sachs that 10 years later, Greece is paying billions of dollars in interest to? Goldman Sachs doesnt care if they destroy a country and turn a whole sphere socialist – as long as they get make a buck
Report Post »Jaycen
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 12:35amBruce Springsteen is a Socialist who hates America and freedom? I’m so surprised. That’s not the douche I know. No, no…wait a second. That‘s exactly the guy I’ve heard about. Yep.
Report Post »jhaydeng
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 7:57amBruce has sucked from day one! Ever see his house in NJ? I understand it’s pretty remarkable, but he probably got it from bartering for a loaf of bread! Hypocrit!
Report Post »Secret Squirrel
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 11:30am.
Report Post »Hey Bruce!
How about donating your check to charity?
I didn’t think so.
Baja
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:35pmLittle Brucie, you and your music SUCK!!
Report Post »You look like you’re trying to birth a 270 degree, cross bowl, water breaking spanner from your alimentary canal while sucking on a mouthful of marbles.
Meyvn
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 8:00pmYou are most accurate.
Report Post »oneshiner
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 11:11pmThis guy has been on my NO see or hear list for years. When he showed his true colors of a liberal, I no longer had use for him and avoid anything about him (except to say a few bad words)
Report Post »FoxholeAtheist
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 11:36amAt least he’s not a draft dodger who walked around for a week in his own mess because he was too much of a COWARD to go to Vietnam. At least he’s not a PEDOPHILE: http://www.roctober.com/roctober/behindthemusic1.html
Report Post »billmaherscombover
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:33pmHe sings about the working man but they call him the Boss. Hypocrite.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 8:36pmRepublicans say they love free market but they dont see the facism right in front of their eyes. Hypocrites
Report Post »Snake
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:32pmBruce Springsteen SUCKS! He always has and always will. Why anyone would ever listen to his dribble sound that falls out of that ******** mouth I have no idea!
Report Post »Guerrino_P
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 11:05amHey Snake, I bet you love Ted Nugent.
Report Post »KingCanon
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:30pmA Lear-Jet Liberal for sure!
Report Post »Rajabear1
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:28pmUmmm, last I heard, Bloomberg is attempting to install a new law that contradicts your little ‘message’, dumbsh*t. In fact, if you really take a look, tends to be the people that get their food for free off of the ‘working class’ (well, the ones who actually pay taxes) that are the fattened cows.
Report Post »Hey, wait a minute, isn’t this socialist puke one of the elite that are playing the game of land ownership and raking in money from the tax payers for not developing it or something to that effect? Isn‘t he one of the elite that plays the shell game of skipping around all over in order not to pay his ’fair’ share and having all kinds of tax shelters? Why, oh why, is he not donating all he has above 1 million in property and cash to the government to distribute to all the ‘workers’? He does trust the government with that task, doesn’t he?
That’s what I thought, puke.
Henrys_Ghost
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 9:08amWell it is rumored that he “claims” to be a bee farmer along with another “working stiff” Jon Bon Jovi in order to avoid their property taxes New Jersey.
Report Post »denkat56
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:28pmhey bruce where s all your money kept at. if your so worried about the working man how much do you charge for tickets, and how much do you give back to the working man. you know charities, and the needy people. instead of griping , help remedy the problem.
Report Post »ericthebarbaric
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:27pmFirst of all, Springsteen can’t carry a tune without a bucket. He’s a screamer! Secondly, he’s in no position to be lecturing us on Fat Cats.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:26pmI was in ‘the boss’s’ neighborhood last summer; what a two-face, richie rich joke! You would laugh at the luxury this puny little lib lives in! Keep up the crap, Bruce. You’re a fake, pal.
Report Post »lukerw
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:37pmMaybe… a Course upon Capitalism… is in order, for him!
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 8:13pmSure, but can Bruce read?
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 8:32pmThe banks operate in the free market? Learning more and more everyday
Report Post »Laus Deo
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:21pmBruce, your songs suck and you blow. End of story.
Report Post »Make them stop
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:26pmyeah, I have to agree with that!
Report Post »vox_populi
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:28pmMust be why he’s such an unknown artist, amirite?
Report Post »Paul
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:28pmI thought I was alone !
Guess not, Thank You, perfectly put.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:32pmCarpe Scrotum!! LOL!!!
Report Post »Paul
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:36pm@vox_populi
Yea you are right.
Report Post »Laus Deo
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:51pmHow sweet, the 2 lefty scrotes hugged. Your opinion(s): he is a good or great artist.
My opinion: he fellates.
Report Post »Rajabear1
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:59pmAgreed! I didn’t like him even when he was supposedly relevant. Neither did any of my friends. We just figured he was an eastcoast thing or something.
Report Post »Paul
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:34pmLets make this simple, he has no talent, no brain, and screams like a bar room W-ore…
When I said “you’re right” that was being sarcastic to vox.
HE SUCKS.
Report Post »Laus Deo
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 10:09pm..my bust.
Report Post »Paul
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 10:23pm@Laus
Don’t worry about it, we are on the same side, the “Good” side…
“Paul
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:28pm
I thought I was alone !
Guess not, Thank You, perfectly put.”
This one was for you ;-)
Report Post »jackact
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:20pmThe moron, with co-idiot Jon Bonjovi, raised millions to get Jon Corzine elected Gov. of NJ.
Report Post »What a total hypocrite.
Bruce, you stopped being a ‘working man’ after you banked your first million dollars many decades ago.
Get off the soapbox schmuck.
disenlightened
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 8:10pmAlso, he and Bon Jovi are fraud-farmers, taking farm subsidy handouts from the government for not farming the huge tracts of lands they own.
Report Post »slr4528
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 11:12pmStossel did a report showing how the fraud farmers Springsteen and Bon Jovi don’t pay any taxes due to farm loopholes. Springsteen just plays emotional games to gin up the crowd. This guy has NO clue as to what life is like for the middle and lower income families. What a pig. I wish someone would really call out this creep like Stossel did. Perhaps Stossel needs to repeat his show!
Report Post »saranda
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:17pmFor any of you still thinking Born in the USA was a patriotic song you need to pay attention. The Boss has been this way his entire career.
Report Post »jeanr
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 8:17pmThat’s one of my favorite GB moments when it dawned on him that Born in the USA was critical of American corporations and government…15 years after it was released! Way to pay attention Glenn.
Report Post »oneshiner
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 11:18pmCouldn’t tell you any of the songs he did, because I could never understand the words. What I do understand is my aunt’s favorite description of a bad person: He’s a Jack-Donkey. ‘nough said?
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:16pmIt’s not anti-free market to dislike the banks….The BANKS ARE NOT FREE MARKET
Not with all the government intervention, central banking, fractional reserve system, and inflation! There is almost NOTHING free market about banking these days….Are banks competing for your deposits? Heck no. The government has turned this thing upside down and the banks are happeir when you are SPENDING money and borrowing.
I know there are extremists that take the message too far, but look people, this is a huge problem and we NEED TO DEAL WITH IT.
Report Post »vox_populi
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:25pmCorporations aren’t free market, either, but the Right loves to defend them, too. Remember: the “free market” line is mostly just to put a positive spin on defending privilege, not to actually adhere to a more strict reduction of State interventionism.
Report Post »Canada_Goose
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 12:05amThe bankers almost brought down the both the American and global free markets. Ironically they were bailed out by the government (the tax payers) and the Blaze community still defends them. Perhaps the US should have been more like Iceland and just let the banks fail and in turn bring on a whole lot more pain on its citizens.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 12:48amHey Goose,
Can you think of any other place to lay some of the blame, other than the banks?
And knowing that you will automatically gravitate to your pat answer, lets leave GW out of it for right now.
Report Post »resme
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 1:31amAmen, Banks are hardly free market. There is little to no competition with banking today.
Switch to a local credit union, Screw corporations getting benefits from government.
Report Post »Canada_Goose
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 11:27am@Billy
The government is to blame to the extent that it deregulated the banking sector to make the financial collapse of 2008 more likely to happen through the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999 which repealed Glass-Steagall Act and the Commodity Futures Modernization Act of 2000 which deregulated derivatives.
And of course you can’t leave out the insurance companies like AIG for insuring the crappy MBSs sold by the banks which in turn enabled the rating agencies to slap their AAA rating on them.
Mr. Bush is to blame to the extent that he was happy to push home ownership for everyone thinking it would help him politically and he actually eased the rules for Fanny Mae making it easier for it to securitize subprime mortgages.
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 1:20pm@GOOSE
‘Cue up loud buzzing sound’……..“BZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ”
I’m sorry Goose, that is not the correct answer we were looking for.
You were getting close, but then you spoiled it with your typical liberal talking point lies.
Try again.
Report Post »Canada_Goose
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 4:45pmPlease enlighten us oh wise Billy with your insight as to what caused the biggest financial meltdown since the great depression.
Report Post »LeQuoix
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:16pmI love it when RICH entertainment people sell themselves as part of us. When they take in lots of money at their concerts and make themselves RICHER……. When they tell us about all the bad rich bankers and CEOs from their place high on stage…. it makes me want to fall at their feet and beg for their autographs. They are so wise. I am merely a laymen in need of their supreme intellectual prowess. What would we do without Bruce and Bono and Striesand and Penn and Whoopie and all the other wise RICH entertainment people to teach us how bad our lives are……. Thank you to them all…….I need to puke now
Report Post »barber2
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:15pmBlame it on the bankers ? Hmmm. Reminds me of all of that hateful anti-semitism which sparked the programs of WWII. Ah, that anti “ rich banker” propaganda stuff ! Some things never change : Human nature. Envy. Manipulative politicians . And hate. Here it comes again. Thanks to our current Democrats..
Report Post »vox_populi
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:27pmBlaming banks for certain economic issues is now akin to anti-Semitism?
So blaming the government means you hate Catholics or something, right?
Report Post »barber2
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:48pmVox: The evil Jewish rich banker/ Shylock stereotype has been around for ages. Germany pre WWII was amass in economic trouble and the Nazis used that to inflame / unite their bad. Haters always use this tactic to target . The Democrats’ Affordable ( not ) Housing Act/ ACORN discrimination tactics put banks in a bind. The banks and our capitalist economy lost. Thanks to our current Far Left Democrats which you must also be.
Report Post »soybomb315
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:52pmi guess it is no longer PC to distrust the central bank system of banking. Dang – another disease in our society that we are not longer allowed to fix
Report Post »Therightsofbilly
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:14pmThis guy had one decent song 37 years ago.
Why is he still bothering us?
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 3:45amI blame Mopar (the hemi-powered drones). They built a better mousetrap.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:12pmSpringsteen is usually talking out of his ass, and I‘ll be damned if he doesn’t strain to get the notes out looking like he’s singing out of his ass.
Report Post »DIR
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:45pmIt’s nasty, for sure, when he sings out of his rear end, however, you should see it, just before, when he first clears his throat. The stink the mess! He’s just nasty and disgusting like most other libs. This does not change the fact the some banks/bankers suck as do most entertainers. Wereas banks our concerned attitude and service are often, but not always, pitiful. Bruce on the other hand, I believe, is making a social statement.
Report Post »Stone Cold Truth
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:12pmThe bankers are pretty thin in North Korea. I hear it‘s been called a workers’ paradise. Check it out, Bruce.
Report Post »loopy1
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:09pmI understand that one of the sanctions the UN is placing against Iran is the disruption of their banking system. Maybe this would be a good place for all the “genius”bank haters to put their whole bodies where their mouth’s are.
Report Post »cookcountypatriot
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:09pmwho takes care of your hundreds of millions you progressive white slave?? a bank….stfu and sing you old worn out pos
Report Post »BlackCrow
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:09pmAnother stinking millionaire hypocrite lib tard. He has been for years and a leopard can’t change his spots.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on June 1, 2012 at 5:48amYou’ve got that right. I was once a big fan, I wouldn’t spend a dime on the communist bastard today.
Report Post »SonOfThunder
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:09pmWho cares about this hasbeen! Retire you leftie wacko Obama candle lighting Marxist.
Report Post »JACKTHETOAD
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:08pmBorn To Lie.
Report Post »BlesstheJews
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:06pmHey Brucie, you’re paid to sing. So STFU and sing.
Report Post »Paul
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:41pmDon’t mean paid to scream the same c-rap over and over again ?
Report Post »abbygirl1994
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 7:02pmGee I wonde where Springsteen keeps his money??
Report Post »atrain
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 8:01pmProbably in Banking stocks.
Report Post »lugger2010
Posted on May 31, 2012 at 9:49pmIn the same off-shore accounts the his comrades Jon Bon J#@k Off, Bono,Neil Young, Eddie “the Flea bag” Vedder, Lady Gag Me, Hollywood, all the Limosine-Liberal Media low-lifes.
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