Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site rochester.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!rochester!nemo From: nemo@rochester.UUCP (Wolfe) Newsgroups: net.jokes Subject: Re: Re: Reagan....and Bruce Springsteen??? Message-ID: <2342@rochester.UUCP> Date: Thu, 18-Oct-84 16:15:30 EDT Article-I.D.: rocheste.2342 Posted: Thu Oct 18 16:15:30 1984 Date-Received: Fri, 19-Oct-84 06:57:15 EDT References: <3937@decwrl.UUCP> Organization: U. of Rochester, CS Dept. Lines: 19 > Re: Reagan....and Bruce Springsteen???_________________________________________ > > Springsteen got Reagan back. At Pittsburgh's Civic Arena, he said > something like "The President says he likes my records. Here's one I don't > think he's listened to." Then he played "Johnny 99", a song about an unem- > ployed autoworker. > Way to go Bruce! Don't let that hypocrite usurp *our* hero! > <_Jym_> ^-Reagan We heard a interview of the Roches (the three-woman band from NYC) in which they stated that they had been approached after a concert in Wash, DC by some of Reagan's PR men. They wanted to use one of their songs for a sort of youthful touch in the campaign. The Roches were flattered and wanted to know how much they were going to pay (before they refused, of course). Turns out the Reagan boys figured that the band would be honored to donate its use for free. Not only were they cheap, but they couldn't have ever heard the song before, since it was satire on the state of the USA, etc. I wonder how many other conclusions these guys jump to without even looking! Nemo