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Born in the USA
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Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band
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Born in the USA Technique
Great lyrics move us like the world's best poems. Take a close-up look at the art.
Songwriting
In a sense, "Born in the USA" was two different songs: the one Bruce Springsteen wrote and the one Bruce Springsteen's fans heard. The song Bruce Springsteen wrote was all about bitter irony. This...
Music
Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band rode to stardom in the late 1970s largely on the back of a series of richly textured, sonically complex hit songs. Tunes like "Born to Run" and "Thunder Road...
Calling Card
For more than thirty years now, Bruce Springsteen's calling card has been what we might call "workingman's rock and roll." Springsteen has always imagined himself as a spokesman for the ordinary bl...