Born in the U.S.A. Technique

In a sense, "Born in the U.S.A." 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. Thi...

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"...

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 blu...