Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site lasspvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!amd!dual!zehntel!ihnp4!houxm!vax135!cornell!lasspvax!rokhsar From: rokhsar@lasspvax.UUCP (Dan Rokhsar) Newsgroups: net.music Subject: Springsteen, Reagan and Tom Waits Message-ID: <86@lasspvax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 16-Oct-84 10:36:39 EDT Article-I.D.: lasspvax.86 Posted: Tue Oct 16 10:36:39 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 19-Oct-84 05:31:51 EDT Lines: 13 1) Springsteen has recorded the Tom Waits song "Jersey Girl" as the flip side of the single "Cover Me" 2) According to USA Today (which is great for sports statistics and interviews with musicians, etc), at a recents Springsteen concert, the Boss led into his song "Johnny 99", about unemployment, frustration, etc. by mentioning Mr. Reagan's use of Springsteen's popularity, and asking the crowd "I wonder what his favorite album is...he sure hasn't been listening to this one lately...there's a promise being broken..." Say it, Bruce! Dan Rokhsar