![]() ![]() Obama, he said, spoke “to the America I’ve envisioned in my music for the past 35 years, a generous nation with a citizenry willing to tackle nuanced and complex problems, a country that’s interested in its collective destiny and in the potential of its gathered spirit”. Your burnin’ wind fills my arms tonight Sky of longing and emptiness (a dream of life) Sky of fullness, sky of blessed life (a dream of life) Come on up for the rising.ĭuring that 2008 election campaign – almost quaint in its civility by today’s standards – Springsteen made it abundantly clear why Obama was his preferred choice for president over Republican candidate John McCain. The Rising seemed to capture perfectly the calamity of 9/11, but also, perhaps, the “audacity of hope” and spiritual renewal the first African-American president in US history promised. Framed by the Doric columns of the Lincoln Memorial and a gospel choir, this great chronicler of American life was performing the musical opening for president-elect Barack Obama’s inauguration. Nearly 12 years ago, Bruce Springsteen stood before an estimated 400,000 people on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., acoustic guitar slung over his shoulder, to sing The Rising, his achingly sad, faith-filled anthem to the firefighters who gave their lives during the Septemattacks. Normal text size Larger text size Very large text size
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