{"id":9695,"date":"2012-03-03T19:30:58","date_gmt":"2012-03-04T03:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/?p=9695"},"modified":"2012-03-04T07:34:58","modified_gmt":"2012-03-04T15:34:58","slug":"springsteen-on-springsteen-week-on-jimmy-fallon-show","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thelefortreport.com\/blog\/2012-03\/springsteen-on-springsteen-week-on-jimmy-fallon-show\/","title":{"rendered":"Springsteen on Springsteen Week on Jimmy Fallon Show"},"content":{"rendered":"

We know there are Springsteen<\/strong> haters out there. We are not amongst them.\u00a0 After being completely won over by his Born to Run<\/strong> tour when it came through Santa Barbara (at Robertson Gym<\/strong>) in 1975<\/strong>, we have been huge fans of Springsteen throughout the years.\u00a0 Sure there have been some questionable moves and moments (and some repeated themes) mixed in with the brilliance, but at day’s end he’s only human, and there can be no denying that Springsteen has a heart of gold and has made some gospel music for these ages.\u00a0 Ireland has U2<\/strong>, and we’ve thankfully got Bruce<\/strong>. Yeah, he may not be your current hipster-slacker fave, but these times call for reason and humility, which Springsteen has never lacked.\u00a0 So now, just when we need it most, Springsteen has penned invaluable songs and a new album as gifts and galvanizing rallying points for this needlessly polarized nation (Limbaugh<\/strong>: lest you shape up, boy, you are going straight to hell).\u00a0 In these songs Springsteen seeks merely<\/em> to implore us to remember and rally around the historical essence of this nation:\u00a0 compared to other powers, we have always taken great pains to care for our own.\u00a0 Will we still do that, or will the dividers and special interests take over?\u00a0 Time will tell, but Springsteen isn’t waiting around to find out. Paramount amongst the new songs off his new album are We Take Care of Our Own<\/em><\/strong> and Wrecking Ball<\/em><\/strong>, both of which were performed on the Jimmy Fallon Show, <\/strong>kicking off Bruce Springsteen Week<\/strong> on Monday night (in honor of Springsteen’s new album, Wrecking Ball<\/strong>, which hits this week).\u00a0 Jimmy Fallon<\/strong> has, through his repeated emphasis of and homages to great music, become our favorite late-night host (due respect to Dave<\/strong> and Kimmel<\/strong>).<\/p>\n

SHORTCUT:\u00a0 If you’re stretched for time, just watch the two songs immediately below and the last one at the very bottom.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Check out Bruce and the band (including Tom Morello<\/strong>) below as they perform We Take Care of Our Own<\/strong><\/em> and Wrecking Ball<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 Suffice it to say, after watching these performances, we were wrecked<\/strong>.<\/p>\n