The First Dance at my wedding reception was to Bruce Springsteen’s version of “Jersey Girl.” And as hard as I try to walk away from his music over his politics, I just can’t do it. The Sirius XM tuner slips past E Street Radio, some stunning live track rips through my speakers, and I’m sucked in again.
“Curse you, Bruce!” I think as I’m shouting along to “Badlands,” stomping my foot to “American Land” or tearing up to “This Hard Land.”
Yet when I consider the bile Springsteen spewed at President Donald Trump while standing on foreign soil, and die-hard fan Lee Habeeb’s heartfelt letter to The Boss in response, I think of the promise Springsteen made with his audience half a century ago now. Or more accurately, the promise his fans read into his music.
As he sang, “You be true to me and I’ll be true to you.”
Bruce sings about the…
