I love Bruce Springsteen. I think his last album, “The Rising,” remains the most moving work of art about September 11. So it is with a heavy heart that I must report Springsteen’s new album is titled “We Shall Overcome: The Pete Seeger Sessions.” My heart isn’t heavy because Pete Seeger was an unrepentant Stalinist. My heart is heavy because when Springsteen takes up his acoustic guitar and starts acting like a train-hoppin’ boho hobo, he gets dour and boring and self-congratulatory. We’re all going to have to overcome this together.
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