Darkness On the Ledge

Anyone who's attempted to sit through the ENTIRE '75 show in London following the release of Born To Run will appreciate this word.

I'm pumped at just seeing him say the word "invitation."

I'm in love with the "Queen of the Supermarket"

"The worst song Bruce Springsteen has ever written."
- Detroit News

"At the 3:00 mark, it accidentally turns into a Meatloaf song."
- Blender

"Removes this record from consideration as one of the best releases of his career."
- Chicago Tribune

"Unintentionally ludicrous."
- San Jose Mercury News

"Unbelievably melodramatic ... sounds like someone doing a Springsteen parody."
- Orlando Sentinel

"Might be the worst song Springsteen has ever released."
- Philadelphia Inquirer

"May be the worst thing he's ever written."
- Pitchfork

Ignore the haters: this song is so bad it's good. From his new "Working on a Dream" album, we can only hope that The Boss busts this song out at the Superbowl. What "The Rising" was to 9/11, "Queen of the Supermarket" is to, well, supermarkets.

Bruce himself explains to The Guardian:

"They opened up this big, beautiful supermarket near where we lived. Patti and I would go down, and I remember walking through the aisles - I hadn't been in one in a while - and I thought his place is spectacular. This place is... it's a fantasy land! And then I started to get into it. I started looking around and hmmm - the subtext in here is so heavy! It's like, 'Do people really want to shop in this store or do they just want to screw on the floor?' So I came home, said: 'Wow, the supermarket is fantastic, it's my new favourite place. And I'm going to write a song about it!' If there's a supermarket and all these things are there, well, there has to be a queen."

Clearly, Bruce Springsteen loves to smoke a doob and then hit up the Krogers. He should have learned by now that it's a terrible idea to shop with the munchies.

The fan-made video below is what really sold me.

The Best Concert Of The Summer Is...Obama 08?

I'm going ahead and calling it now, the concert series of the summer is going to be Obama and his traveling roadshow. With Arcade Fire, Wilco, Dave Matthews, and Bright Eyes already having played shows for him in the primaries you can count on them to already be on the bill, traversing the country, exciting the kiddies everywhere. But the real Magic comes from the recent backing of Bruce Springsteen. As Bruce stated on his website on Monday "He speaks to the America I've envisioned in my music for the past 35 years...Over here on E Street, we're proud to support Obama for President." In 2004 he played 33 shows for John Kerry so I think it's safe to say you can expect a similar schedule this time around. He's also got the endorsements of Nas, Ted Leo, Common, Jay Z and REM he could call on to help. Only thing he needs now is U2 (you can't save the world without Bono, ask American Idol and Al Gore) and of course 'The Coug'. I think we're looking at a tour for the ages here folks!

"I mean, who doesn't like Bruce Springsteen?"

I've gotten in my fair share of heated arguements when it comes to Bruce "The Boss" Springsteen, but maybe (I can't say 100%) this is taking it a bit far.