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Bruce Springsteen
Sold On
Song [No Label]
Live at LSO St Luke's, London, UK, May 9, 2006.
I was expecting another 12 songs or so of dust bowl styled ballads, aching,
bitter, crestfallen and angry as was the case of Bruce Springsteen’s
last few solo albums. But folk singer Pete Seeger is one optimistic soul
and Springsteen, since his campaign for U.S. presidential hopeful John
Kerry, has bounced back from that "defeat" with a new album,
The Seeger Sessions, that is defiantly happy, hopeful, and sun-shiny bright.
Just listen to the thumping power of Bruce and the Seeger Band on Oh Mary
Don’t You Weep. It’s a rabble rouser in a positive way.
He has chosen the
BBC’s Sold On Song to stage this fight back against the New Right.
The venerable station has the reach and integrity to spread his message.
There isn’t a trace of bitterness or defeat when he sings Blind Alfred
Lee’s How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live? He links this
song to last year’s Katrina Hurricane that hit New Orleans. Instead
it is about gathering strength from the disaster and coming back to see
the worthiness of your dreams. Springsteen dedicates this to his "President
Bystander" who screwed up the relief efforts royally.
Note the positive
spin on Sis Cunningham’s My Oklahoma Home. Instead of lamenting the
lost of his home, Springsteen turns it into a gospel revival. And Jacob’s
Ladder is played as a dixieland celebration for every step taken, every
rung climbed to defy gravity.
Music fans not too
keen on politicking should note that music comes first at this show. There’s
a great mix of blues, gospel, Irish folk tunes, all mixed to bring out
the best from his musicians. There are horns, accordians and stinging
guitar solos to color these songs. Springsteen never sounded better. His
voice is powerfully convincing when he tells us "we shall overcome".
Pete Seeger of whom
the new album is a tribute to, was himself victimised. Seeger and The
Weavers were "blacklisted" for unAmerican activities back in
the ‘50s during the period of the intense Cold War. He was not cleared
until 1962. There was a boycott of his music until the late ‘60s.
But he soldiered on with his folk revival making hits of such songs as
If I Had A Hammer, Where Have All The Flowers Gone? And Turn, Turn, Turn.
In a similar way,
Springsteen has put aside his disappointment and is back as a savvy revivalist
recalling the songs of Pete Seeger and his era. Springsteen has no time
for bitterness, anger or hate. If the anti-war movement is to gather support,
it must first find its confidence and enthusiasm.
My only caveat for
Springsteen is this. You don’t know how lucky you are. If you live
in a totalitarian state where everything - from political parties, labor
unions, the intelligentsia, religious groups, the civil service, the media,
business, to arts and culture - is totally controlled you may think differently.
You wouldn’t have a chance to organise. They would know through wiretaps,
close monitoring of all your activities to put legal roadblocks to stop
you. In a totalitarian state, the only freedom you have is the freedom
to shop.
This is a wonderful
document of the current show Springsteen is bringing to Europe and America
for all his fans in places he won’t be visiting. We have to thank
the BBC for that.
- Professor
Red 
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| Track
01 |
Intro
(1.3MB) |
| Track
02 |
John
Henry
(9.4MB) |
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03 |
Oh
Mary Don’t You Weep
(11.4MB) |
| Track
04 |
How
Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live?
(5.0MB) |
| Track
05 |
Mrs
McGrath
(7.7MB) |
| Track
06 |
My
Oklahoma Home
(12.9MB) |
| Track
07 |
Jacob’s
Ladder
(10.8MB) |
| Track
08 |
We
Shall Overcome
(7.6MB) |
| Track
09 |
Pay
Me My Money Down
(10.4MB)
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| Track
10 |
Outro
(726k)
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There
were 200 prize-winners at this special concert. Broadcast on BBC Radio
2, May 13, 2006.
Click
here to order Bruce Springsteen's new album, We Shall Overcome - The
Seeger Sessions.
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