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Inside 40 years of Bruce Springsteen's 'Born in the U.S.A.' with 'All Songs Considered'
To mark its 40th anniversary, NPR’s All Songs ... us what the song is really about. “The refrain makes it feel like a celebration of America,” he acknowledges, “Yet there's more to ‘Born ...
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From YMCA to Born in the USA: Rock’s most misunderstood songs
As matters relate to Born In The USA, I reckon it’s worth considering how this most iconic of songs might have been received had it appeared in downtrodden form on the album Nebraska.
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Bruce Springsteen, Accidental Patriot
Every single track on Born in the U.S.A. channels regret, fear, pain, loss, aging, and/or frustration — in its lyrics. Yet those songs filled stadiums. The album octupled Springsteen’s store ...