Barack Obama Picks A Bruce Springsteen Song As His Acceptance Speech’s Running Mate
Judging by the search queries we’ve received over the past five minutes, a lot of people are curious about the song that played right after President-elect Barack Obama exited the stage after his acceptance speech at Grant Park in Chicago. Well, it was Bruce Springsteen’s “The Rising,” from his 2002 album of the same name. Springsteen wrote the song after Sept. 11, and it was frequently played at the end of Obama’s campaign rallies; the Boss himself has performed the song at the Obama benefits he played over the course of last month. This performance was taken from a 2002 show he performed at the Asbury Park Convention Center–yes, that Asbury Park–that was simulcast on NBC’s Today. (And the instrumental that preceded “The Rising,” according to The Caucus, was a piece of John Williams’ score from the 2000 film The Patriot.) [YouTube]
