From the momentPearl Jambroke through to the mainstream in 1992, it seemed that they -- and especially frontman Eddie Vedder -- wanted nothing to do with being at the center of the cultural zeitgeist. Sure, they worked hard to get there, but this was in the midst of the alternative rock...
The gap between the super rich and everyone else has only widened. It is with the heavy weight of that knowledge upon us, that I listened to this song of hope and change today. Sometimes it seems that the “darkness at the edge of town” that Springsteen sings abou...