Springsteen: Don’t show me the money

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We’re not sure how many people took the time on Saturday night to watch (or TiVo) the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony on VH1. You may well have missed Bruce Springsteen recounting his reaction to first seeing U2’s iPod ad—the best moment in his, at turns, hilarious and eloquent speech inducting the iconic Irish rockers into the Hall. So he’s sitting in his pajamas on the couch one night back in the fall, “doing one of my favorite things … tallying up all the money I passed up in endorsement deals over the years and thinking of all of the fun I could have had with it.”

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