1 But can Al Gore carry a tune.

2 Bruce has gone the same direction as his music...downhill.

3 I'm from Jersey and even I think Springsteen sucks.

4 it's funny how a protest song, born in the usa, became such an optimistic and pride-swelling song to listen to. I'm a cool rocking Daddy in the U.S.A....

5 I have good friends who are decades-long fans of Springsteen, and, if anything, lean to the left. Even they are appalled by his categorization of Gore's latest rant as "one of the most important speeches I've heard in a long time." As one of them said, "not one of, but possibly THE dumbest comment I've heard in a long time." It is important to remember that we all endow our heroes or favorites with qualities that they often prove not to possess. While not a Springsteen fan, I recognize his musical talents. That does not empower him with any particular philosophical or moral acumen. That he believes it does indicates he has bought into the "star-making machinery" in a way he professes to detest. Rather than "shut up and sing," I would prefer that he continue to pontificate--exposing himself for the mental lightweight he is. Better that those who see him as a prophet realize he is merely a guitar player with a pretentious impression of his own importance and insight.

6 The opinions of celebrities only count more than those of the average person because the press reports their mouth farts and the public, perhaps, thinks that those personal attributes that give rise to celebrity somehow confer authority in matters of politics and public affairs. However, it must be the case that not that many people are swayed by political celebrities, because we'd all be voting for Democrats were that the case. Me, I like Springsteen's music, just as I am highly entertained by Susan Sarandon's acting, without agreeing for a minute with their politics. "The Rising," by the way, is an awesome album. Listen to "Into the Fire," think about the firefighters who died in the Towers, and consider whether you need to reconsider your assertion that he hasn't done any good work since Reagan's first term.

7 I remain a Bruce fanatic and will defend his later work, but I'd agree that even as lefty as he is, Bruce should know better than the Gore madness. I still maintain that Bruce is as responsible as anyone for the misunderstanding of Born in the USA, given how he wrapped the album, video and tour in the flag. But the song was also something of a watershed in terms of rehabilitating popular culture's view of Vietnam vets as mostly good guys who got crapped on by their country rather than as war criminals or nut jobs. (Heck, that may even have helped a certain vet get elected to the Senate in 1984.)

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