Comments on: Did Springsteen help bring down Berlin Wall?

By: Michael Jackson targeted by the Stasi « The View from Berlin

Michael Jackson targeted by the Stasi « The View from Berlin — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 22:25:39 +0000

[...] the end, the government decided not to pursue this gentler plan. Fortunately for the regime, Bruce Springsteen was performing elsewhere in East Berlin on June 19. Despite his own incendiary statement in front of 160,000 fans [...]

By: Conscientious Observer

Conscientious Observer — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 14:39:23 +0000

It wouldn’t surprise me if The Boss played a part in indirectly bringing down the Wall. As he is an artist he knows how to touch people through his music, irrespective of language. Of course in the end it was the German people who brought down the wall - the people influenced the politicians to lift the constraints. Let us hope this type of influence can spread to current war-torn countries.

By: j

Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:39:02 +0000

To suggest this is really stupid. No the politicians and religious figures involved had no effect. It was the boss. Clearly.

By: Barbara Legere

Barbara Legere — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:31:05 +0000

My favorite Springsteen site, “Blogness at the Edge of Town”, directed me to your article today. Bruce moves people, he lights a fire of passion for good, for justice, for what’s right - so it doesn’t surprise me at all that his concert-goers felt like tearing down the wall after seeing him perform! But mostly, as Bruce would say himself, its about the music, the rock and roll. I agree with the comment above mine. I’ve read “For You”, in fact I’m one of the many fans who contributed a story. There’s really no one else like Bruce. Whoever is reading this is either nodding their head in agreement or shaking their head thinking “I don’t get it…”. Thanks for this article!

By: Rob Lowson

Rob Lowson — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 14:06:41 +0000

In reading “For You,” at first it’s hard to believe that one performer could possibly have touched this many people this deeply — lifted them from depression, kept them from suicide, helped them through divorce or the death of a parent, or worse, a child. But story after story reveals just how much Springsteen’s music and his almost superhuman presence on the concert stage have penetrated people’s lives and, in as much as it is possible for music to do so, made them whole. Foryoubruce.com