European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 29, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Singer Jackson Browne lashes out a he american government on his new album lives in the balance but a says i m not a rate afr i m really not Rock n Roll with a message by Jackie Field special to stars and stripes caught Between the longing Lor love and the s Trug the for the Legal tender where the sirens sing and tha Church Bells ring and the junk Man pounds his fender where the veterans dream of the Light fast asleep at the traffic Light and the children solemnly Wail for the ice Cream Vendor out into the Cool of the evening strolls the pretender he knows that All his Hopes and dreams begin and end thera. The pretender. 1976 Jackson Browne who s Best known As Alove Balladeer has become a social critic on his new album but he wants i tans to know that his Hopes and dreams Are Slilo for America. This was evident Friday night at Ludwigshafen s Eber Halle. The St Laos Browne s opening concert on his current Lour through Germany. He belted out his songs with so much Energy and be Elm Hal he completely Capri valid the audience. Browne performed All the songs on his latest album lives in the balance the album is considered political by Many since the lyrics contain criticisms of presi Donl Reagan and his adminis Lvalion. My earlier song were about relationships and Moseti in an internal Way he said. But recently the news crept into my writing things More to do with social events that concern  Page 16 the stars and stripes is he trying to inf hence his audience if i think strongly enough about something to write a song he said i would t not put it out because it s controversial. I Hope i m talking to some people who disagree with me because you Don 1 want to talk Only to people who agree Wilh what you  for America and lives in