Bruce Springsteens Most Misunderstood Song

Bruce Springsteens Most Misunderstood Song, Thirty years ago, the Boss released a fist-pumping classic that was embraced as a patriotic anthem., Bruce Springsteens “Born in the U.S.A.” was born into our collective conscious 30 years ago on June 4, 1984, when the landmark album of the same name was released to almost instant hysteria. Even as the track enters middle age, it remains a problem child of a song. Is “Born in the U.S.A.” a patriotic anthem, bitter protest tune, or both? When it gets played at leftist rallies as well as pretty much every Fourth of July fireworks show in America, is someone still not getting what Springsteen himself called “the most misunderstood song since Louie, Louie”? Why is there still a struggle to claim this song in particular, waged between the ghost of Tom Joad and the specter of George Will?Continue Reading...