{"id":648,"date":"2011-06-21T10:05:27","date_gmt":"2011-06-21T14:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/the_prophet_of_pop\/?p=648"},"modified":"2011-06-21T10:05:27","modified_gmt":"2011-06-21T14:05:27","slug":"u2-pays-tribute-to-clarence-clemons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/06\/u2-pays-tribute-to-clarence-clemons.html","title":{"rendered":"U2 Pays Tribute to Clarence Clemons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><strong>Hit &#8220;Like&#8221; to share this with your friends!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Bruce Springsteen gets a lot of credit for being &#8220;The Boss.&#8221; \u00a0His local workman-like persona has defined the heart of American rock music for a couple of decades now. \u00a0The Boss has never left behind his fabled E Street Band, and a fixture in that band was the &#8220;Big Man&#8221; Clarence Clemons. \u00a0When the Big Man passed away yesterday it left a void in rock that few musicians could claim. \u00a0Clarence spoke through his saxophone louder than most can with their voices, with his soulful arrangements often taking Bruce Springsteen&#8217;s songs to the next level. \u00a0There are a lot of people who play the sax, but not a lot of them who play like Clarence Clemons<\/p>\n<p>U2 would agree.<\/p>\n<iframe title=\"HD - U2 Live! - Moment Of Surrender with Jungleland - 2011-06-18 - Anaheim, CA\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/IS5HzSYgq2Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/theprophetofpop\" target=\"_blank\">Follow the Prophet of Pop on\u00a0<strong>Twitter<\/strong><\/a> and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/prophetofpop\" target=\"_blank\">on\u00a0<strong>Facebook<\/strong>!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hit &#8220;Like&#8221; to share this with your friends! 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