The world dropped a collectively load in its sweatpants today when it was revealed that Robert DeNiro actually stole his most famous line in Taxi Driver.  From Bruce Springsteen.

De Niro made the admission to Springsteen’s bandmate Clarence Clemons – who coached the actor to play the saxophone for movie New York, New York.

Clemons tells the New York Daily News, “(He) had been to one of our concerts and the audience was yelling out ‘Bruce!’ In those days, Bruce would stop onstage and say, ‘You talkin’ to me?’

“De Niro was kind of channeling him.” [DailyExpress]

I’m not that disillusioned, if only because I never assumed it was something DeNiro wrote in the first place.  He’s an actor.  Actors are good at dressing up like other people and saying things other people say.  It’s just strange that this is only coming out now.  It’s probably because people never ask the black saxophone player what he thinks.  He’s just supposed to sit there and laugh at all of Jay Leno’s stupid jokes.  Ha, hunting with Dick Cheney, good one, Jay.

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The news has been floating around for some time that Bruce Springsteen would be writing the music for Darren Aronofsky’s The Wrestler – which recently won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival.  Today, thanks to JoBlo, you can listen to the song (after the jump).  I’ve taken the liberty of transcribing the lyrics:

When the ocean mezz hammy, inna feelza anna perd…
In a one-legged dog, menna flooze inger plow…
Thenna yousee meeee-eee, inna strangle ‘er calf
Thenna yousee meeee-eee, meng kited in floats
Thenna yousee meeee-eee, manna blooditsa floor, inal ldydy….
Tell me friend, can mexo weasel throw.
Tell me kangaroo maxo penny grow.

That’s why they call him The Boss.

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