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Posted on Jul 1, 2008
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St. Bruce?: Author Symynkywicz wouldn’t necessarily put Springsteen on par with more strictly religious historical figures, but he casts the Boss’ lyrics in a reverent light in his new book.

Unitarian Universalist minister Jeffrey Symynkywicz is quite the Bruce Springsteen enthusiast, apparently. The Boston fan has studied Bruce Springsteen’s lyrics as though they were Scripture, and the end result is Symynkywicz’s new book—wait for it—“The Gospel According to Bruce Springsteen.”


The Los Angeles Times:

A Harvard Divinity School graduate, Symynkywicz stresses that he’s not out to peddle the First Church of Bruce. His admiration for Springsteen is rooted more in the inspirational and empathetic than the theological.

“What’s inspiring about him is that he has so much to say about different life stages that we all go through,” Symynkywicz said from his church in suburban Stoughton, Mass.

“When we discern that Springsteen is ‘there’ for us—when we feel as though he is addressing us directly and personally in his songs,” Symynkywicz writes, “his work seems to put down strong roots in our own experience. His music helps us to make sense of the sometimes tangled, often disparate threads of our lives.”

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By The Rude Bellman, July 7, 2008 at 5:22 pm Link to this comment
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I am a fan of Springsteen but was very disappointed that most of the passes for the “pit” at his concerts were handed out to the wealthy, the connected and friends of the band. 

All floor tickets are printed “General Admission” so that all fans had an equal opportunity to get close to the stage.  Fans lined up for hours to get wristbands for a lottery in order to get in the section closest to the stage.  Only a small percentage gained access.  This was supposedly to make things fair for all the fans.

Once inside, though, it was soon discovered that several hundred wristbands were held back for insiders and fans were left wanting.

I love Springsteen’s music but the utter hypocrisy of the ticketing situation of this past tours overwhelms the meaning of the message for me.

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By Robert Haller, July 3, 2008 at 3:07 pm Link to this comment
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When BS starts singing songs which touch on the issues raised in NineElevenBuildingSeven.mp3 then, and only then, can we take him seriously.

‘til then, it’s all just more diversion/distraction from the ongoing covert domestic subversion of the Constitution (or, as Roger Waters called it, “Amused To Death”)...

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By samosamo, July 2, 2008 at 4:46 pm Link to this comment

Bruce has some good tunes and lyrics filled with meaning but so do a lot of other celebrities.

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