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Rewind: The Week in Rock Daily

11/7/08, 6:15 pm EST

Photo: HONDA/AFP/Getty

  • Obamania culminated with Barack being elected the 44th President of the United States, thanks (maybe) to some last-minute stumping by Bruce Springsteen in clutch swing state Ohio. Pretty much everyone voted (except David Byrne), then the music world celebrated.

  • Jack Bruce of Cream started a rock feud with Led Zeppelin about 35 years too late, calling the band “crap,” saying Jimmy Page “ain’t no Eric Clapton” and topping it all off by accusing Robert Plant of being “the wrong kind of fertilizer.” Pwned!
  • Bruce Springsteen’s fansite revealed that New Jersey’s rock god is working on the follow-up to 2007’s Magic and that it should be released by January 2009. That’ll give Bruce some new material to play at the inevitable Obama inauguration all-star concert.
  • We still had way too much time on our hands as we tested out the new Wii Music game, explored the 50 Best Rock & Roll Video Games of All Time and talked Guitar Hero: World Tour with the Prince of Darkness, Ozzy Osbourne. Our thumbs have never been more blistered.

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Joe | 11/7/2008, 7:00 pm EST

Uhm, Bruce could have joined hands with Joe Perry and Ted Nugent while espousing his undying support for John McCain and Obama still would have won. To call it a solid victory was an understatement. This was a blowout. And for good reason.

Anonymous | 11/8/2008, 3:12 am EST

seriously its a good thing that Obama won the election on Tuesday but how did he get to be the very first African-American president in this country?Unbelievable so very exiting for him to go to the White House at January 20th 2009…..But how did he do it is it so hard for or for me?Its just soo very weird,how does he do it?

Denton | 11/8/2008, 3:25 pm EST

I thought Bill Clinton was the first black president. That’s what Toni Morrison said.

Besides, Obama is only half-black. What’s the big deal?

Blowout? | 11/8/2008, 5:06 pm EST

57,000,000 people voted for someone other than Obama; hardly a blowout.

Mike/Houston,TX. | 11/8/2008, 11:07 pm EST

Hmmm…JOHN MELLENCAMP would be a much better choice to play at the Presidential Inauguration than Springsteen cos John’s been singing for/aboutand championing African-Americans a lot longer…Springsteen exploits current affairs through his music more often than not.

Joe | 11/9/2008, 3:12 pm EST

Compared to the tight “races” of 2000 and 2004 it was quite a blowout, both in the popular vote and the electoral college.

Stupid Blowout? | 11/10/2008, 1:18 pm EST

uh,,,,yeah, dumbass, it is a blowout. In a country of over 300 million, of wich over 100 million are able to vote, McCain lost, big time.

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