December 18, 2009
Where I'm From
NP: Rush, Rush
I had posted about the Kennedy Center honors once already, but there's a bit in this recap that's too good for me to pass up:
Jon Stewart came onstage to begin the tribute to Springsteen, and defended his credentials, saying that even though he isn’t a musician or a critic, “I am from New Jersey.” The Daily Show host talked about going to see Springsteen in 1978 at the Capital Theater in Passaic, New Jersey, during the Darkness at the Edge of Town tour and explained how, growing up in central Jersey, he instantly connected with the music. “When you listen to Bruce’s music, you aren’t a loser,” he said. “You are a character in an epic poem about losers.”
As someone who grew up socially awkward in New Jersey, this strikes me as just marvelously eloquent.
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