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Re: babel-digest V2 #292
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- Subject: Re: babel-digest V2 #292
- From: "Fiona Webster" <fi>
- Date: Sat, 23 Aug 1997 17:25:53 +0000
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Sorry for this off-topic discussion, but Mike says:
> Landau, according to Goodman, shaped Springsteen's LP
> into a tribute to the Reagan values that were then prevalent in the U.S.
Uh... what makes you say that, given that it's *not* a tribute
to Reagan values? Have you listened to the lyrics of "Born
in the USA" lately?
> I attended a local hospital benefit here right after Desert
> Storm. Springteen's song was used as soundtrack to an overdone
> patriotic slideshow I could barely keep from laughing out loud
> at.
That just means the people putting on the benefit were clueless.
--Fiona