Bruce Springsteen, Elections, and Songs of Hope
Jay-Z, Barrack Obama and Bruce Springsteen. Columbus, November 5, 2012. A few days ago, I read an article posted on the Rolling Stone website. Springsteen producer Ron Aniello was talking about Bruce's latest album, High Hopes . Talking about how the project began, Aniello said, "I remember that Bruce called me on my birthday, so it was December 9th, 2012. He said to me, 'I have some songs. I want to get together.'" Aniello went on to talk about how Bruce tends to work, and how the process unfolded. I keyed in on the date. On November 4, 1980, Ronald Reagan was elected to his first term as President of the United States. The next evening, Bruce introduced Badlands by saying, "I don't know what you guys think about what happened last night but I think it's pretty frightening. You guys are young, there's gonna be a lot of people depending on you coming up so this is for you." The song performance, without the spoken introduction...