{"id":807646,"date":"2020-05-20T11:24:36","date_gmt":"2020-05-20T17:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=1003157"},"modified":"2020-05-20T11:24:36","modified_gmt":"2020-05-20T17:24:36","slug":"bruce-springsteen-on-lockdown-life-the-legacy-of-little-richard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/music-news\/bruce-springsteen-on-lockdown-life-the-legacy-of-little-richard\/","title":{"rendered":"Bruce Springsteen on Lockdown Life, the Legacy of Little Richard"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bruce Springsteen<\/a> played DJ again Wednesday morning on SiriusXM\u2019s E Street Radio as part of his ongoing Bruce Springsteen \u2014 From His Home to Yours<\/em> series. His selections included Glen Campbell\u2019s \u201cTimes Like These,\u201d The Magnetic Fields\u2019 \u201cAndrew in Drag,\u201d Bob Dylan\u2019s take on \u201cSome Enchanted Evening,\u201d and his own song \u201cLand of Hope and Dreams.\u201d<\/p>\n

Before playing Tom Petty\u2019s \u201cThe Waiting,\u201d Springsteen vented some frustrations. \u201cThe toughest thing about the lockdown is not knowing what the future holds,\u201d he said, \u201cthe feeling of your whole life being placed on hold, time seeming to move quickly, but slowly.\u201d<\/p>\n

Springsteen originally planned<\/a> on releasing a new E Street Band album this year and supporting it with a tour, his first since 2016, but he\u2019s been locked away in his New Jersey home these past few months. \u201cEmpty and unused time, I don\u2019t care for \u2014 especially at 70,\u201d he said. \u201cI\u2019m counting my days and, my friend, I\u2019ve got things<\/em> to do that involve me and you. My son is 25 and he\u2019s worried about the time it\u2019s taking out of his life!\u201d<\/p>\n

He then compared himself to Muhammad Ali in the late Sixties, when the boxer\u2019s refusal to serve in Vietnam took him out of the boxing ring for nearly four years. \u201cHe was at his prime,\u201d Springsteen said. \u201cI\u2019m in my late prime, [and he was] at his prime, and the years he could have spent boxing were taken away from him.\u201d<\/p>\n