Springsteen did well to point out some issues in his SBLV ad for Jeep, but it really came off as a cop-out to me – for somebody I previously viewed as fairly legitimately authentic. Maybe illustrating some fundamental societal issues in search of a Jeep makes sense in a commercialized world where money is king. Continuing to act like nobody’s the bad guy in this country anymore is just stupid.
I’ll stay with this track from the Nebraska album, when it comes to my current feelings on Bruce’s view of American society:
Bombers over a half-empty bowl couldn’t more vivdly exemplify the sorry state of our society and culture: Big crowds, Big Money, Big Wars, Big Pandemic, Big Airplanes and lots of Death to go along with everything.
Fuck you Springsteen. I’m callin’ you out for not callin’ them out.