Comments on: Springsteen & the Conservation Ethic: ‘You Can’t Save Everybody, But You Gotta Try’ http://blog.nature.org/2009/11/springsteen-nature-conservation-jeff-opperman/ A blog on conservation, from migratory birds to coral reefs, from rainforests to climate change to personal green technology. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:29:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Peggy http://blog.nature.org/2009/11/springsteen-nature-conservation-jeff-opperman/comment-page-1/#comment-16076 Peggy Thu, 19 Nov 2009 22:18:57 +0000 http://blog.nature.org/?p=8213#comment-16076 Anyone whose ever been to a Springsteen concert knows what you are talking about. Great analogy! Anyone whose ever been to a Springsteen concert knows what you are talking about. Great analogy!

]]> By: bob http://blog.nature.org/2009/11/springsteen-nature-conservation-jeff-opperman/comment-page-1/#comment-15960 bob Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:04:36 +0000 http://blog.nature.org/?p=8213#comment-15960 Well said, sir. Usually I only skim over these blogs, but this time I was really impressed. Keep fighting the good fight! The Boss would be proud. Makes me think of his rendition of "This Land is Your Land." Well said, sir. Usually I only skim over these blogs, but this time I was really impressed. Keep fighting the good fight! The Boss would be proud. Makes me think of his rendition of “This Land is Your Land.”

]]> By: John Kinch http://blog.nature.org/2009/11/springsteen-nature-conservation-jeff-opperman/comment-page-1/#comment-15615 John Kinch Fri, 13 Nov 2009 21:20:24 +0000 http://blog.nature.org/?p=8213#comment-15615 Jeff, I liked the connection you were making to Bruce and (freshwater) conservation. It made me think of the considerable hay that has been made of Springsteen’s working-class heroes as literary descendents of fellow New Jerseyan Walt Whitman’s “roughs.” Guthrie, Dylan, as well, fall into that lineage. Of a “river” as the stuff of poetry (spoken or sung), I have long found Whitman’s reverie in the last few stanzas of “Song of Myself” to be about the best: “I effuse my flesh in eddies, and drift it in lacy jags.” John Jeff, I liked the connection you were making to Bruce and (freshwater) conservation. It made me think of the considerable hay that has been made of Springsteen’s working-class heroes as literary descendents of fellow New Jerseyan Walt Whitman’s “roughs.” Guthrie, Dylan, as well, fall into that lineage. Of a “river” as the stuff of poetry (spoken or sung), I have long found Whitman’s reverie in the last few stanzas of “Song of Myself” to be about the best: “I effuse my flesh in eddies, and drift it in lacy jags.” John

]]> By: Susan http://blog.nature.org/2009/11/springsteen-nature-conservation-jeff-opperman/comment-page-1/#comment-15605 Susan Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:06:04 +0000 http://blog.nature.org/?p=8213#comment-15605 Hi Jeff, I love the way you incorporated Bruce into your message of conservation. I've seen the Boss numerous times in concert, and it never fails to amaze me the energy he puts out and the emotional response he gets in return from the audience. He speaks to the notion of hope and never giving up which is timeless, and touches everyone at their core. Here's to "the promised land." Susan Hi Jeff,

I love the way you incorporated Bruce into your message of conservation.

I’ve seen the Boss numerous times in concert, and it never fails to amaze me the energy he puts out and the emotional response he gets in return from the audience. He speaks to the notion of hope and never giving up which is timeless, and touches everyone at their core.
Here’s to “the promised land.”
Susan

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