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Bruce Springsteen famously lamented on Ronald Reagan's election November 5, 1980, a concert which has been released along with his box set of The River:

But it would be right before “Badlands” that Springsteen got to the heart of the matter: “I don’t know what you guys think about what happened last night, but I think it’s pretty frightening….you guys are young, there’s gonna be a lot of people depending on you coming up, so this is for you….” There’s an audible gasp, and loud applause, as well as murmurs that sound disapproving, or maybe just surprised that Bruce would be so publicly outspoken–this is the same man that headlined two shows against nuclear energy without making a public statement. With that, the band marches into “Badlands.”