<VV> Boss & Fender skirts (NO CORVAIR BUT LOTS OF GM!)

[Marc Marcoulides]

I cant think of anyone who puts together lyrics "custom made" for us car guys as the boss does

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>From: Alan and Clare Wesson <alan.wesson at atlas.co.uk>
>Sent: Jun 29, 2009 1:11 PM
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>Subject: Re: <VV> Boss & Fender skirts (NO CORVAIR BUT LOTS OF GM!)
>
>Just got home - concert was great! Here is a brief summary of replies to 
>what people said:
>
>a) I like his music, not his politics or his self-importance (which I agree 
>not only exists but is increasing). There again, it seems to be a feature of 
>many Hollywood stars nowadays (cf. DiCaprio, Paltrow et al). And I can't 
>boycott every film that comes out of Hollywood. Yes, he has a problem in 
>that he is a blue-collar socialist type, and the current liberal fashion is 
>for latter-sipping centre-left technocrats - but that's his problem, not 
>mine. I just like the music, like I said.
>
>b) There is no funny-smelling smoke at Boss concerts. If you haven't been to 
>one personally you won't realise it, but there is hardly anyone there under 
>the age of 50. And they are VERY respectable, but rather middle-class and 
>sandal-wearing. I took a pic with my Blackberry at the last one I went to, 
>and the most notable thing about it is that over 50% of the heads in front 
>of me in the crowd are bald...
>
>c) Most of his fans (me included) have been following him since Born to Run 
>in 1975 (O.K., I came on board in 79, so I have only been listening to him 
>for 30 years). That's why we are all so old. I was introduced to him by a 
>friend who lives in Mountainside, NJ - she was on an exchange trip to our 
>university in 1979, and became my wife's best friend there. She introduced 
>us to this son of Jersey and his music, and although she moved on to Michael 
>Jackson a few years later, we never made that trip with her. We still visit 
>her whenever we are near Mountainside, though.
>
>d) The reasons I liked his music then and like it now (he is still singing a 
>lot of the 70s stuff) are twofold: a) he sings about driving around the USA, 
>which is what I like doing; b) he sings about American cars, which are what 
>I like (Rick Norris got my favourite Boss tune wrong - it's not Born in the 
>USA but Racing in the Street, with Cadillac Ranch a close second).
>
>The video to I'm on Fire shows him under a Camaro (supposedly working on it, 
>but I think not...) and driving a T-bird - a bit corny I know (skip the 
>first minute), but it's very old (1985), the song is great - and cars are 
>cars:
>
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LigOJstIDk
>
>Here's the first verse of Racing in the Street:
>
>I got a sixty-nine Chevy with a 396
>Fuelie heads and a Hurst on the floor
>She's waiting tonight down in the parking lot
>Outside the Seven-Eleven store
>Me and my partner Sonny built her straight out of scratch
>And he rides with me from town to town
>We only run for the money got no strings attached
>We shut `em up and then we shut `em down
>
>So there you have it - the reason I like the Boss is because he sings about 
>American cars and driving them. Especially Chevs.
>
>Cheers
>
>Alan
>
>P.S. And better still, as far as I know, he hasn't bought a Prius! As his 
>followers are largely working class, blue-collar guys, he has to be very 
>careful about being too overtly green and latte-sipping, so although he is 
>Obama's ambassador on earth, I haven't heard him making any anti-car 
>statements, for fear of alienating his core supporters. And he certainly 
>sang a lot of the old car-related songs last night, even if he hasn't 
>written any new ones for a while... 
>
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