Bruce Springsteen! We need you now, more than ever.

Lane Taylor

Oct 30, 2020·4 min read

Could Bruce Springsteen save America? I love good music. Most genres. I really love it when it touches something inside which I can’t verbalize. I am not a musician. So, I will continue with the disclaimer, I am not a musician nor am I qualified as a critic. Not here for that.

What I need to say is, I am so fucking sad and feel so alone right now. Sorry. I am 72 years old. I was young once. Been awhile. (Funny thing, I still have the same interior life I had in 1973) I don’t believe anyone my age will object to me re-creating 1973.Where was I? I’m pretty fucked up right now. Maybe, because it’s Halloween and a full moon. Maybe it’s due to some old memories, of decent times, civil times. Maybe I am realizing something I never thought about before. Is it possible, Bruce Springsteen could save America?

Anybody there? For me, Bruce Springsteen is the embodiment of the American Dream. I am always humbled by Bruce Springsteen. I would sell my soul to be Bruce Springsteen in one concert. I don’t mean, being like or, as, him. I mean, being HIM. Wearing his clothes his boots, his sweat, his smell. The absolute joy and pure American spit of that concert. I would sell my soul for that.

Back to my original idea. There is something so solid and unifying about Bruce Springsteen’s lyrics and music. To me, he would be a powerful voice, and shout into the abyss. That’s where we go…