The following is the final installment of an exploration into the 80′s pop classic, Born in the USA, one of the most misunderstood albums of the twentieth century. “I hate this song,” I remember her telling me in a bar. “It’s so cheesy.” I suppose she was right, in the sense that, like...
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A few months ago, in the Umpteenth Times, I wrote a piece describing Springsteen’s “My Hometown” as a portrait of small town America decaying into a lifeless, almost abandon landscape, where its inhabitants left long ago for more prosperous opportunities. Before that, I wrote a piece for Operation Itch (http://operationitch.wordpress.com/2008/12/10/the-“anti-anthem”-yesterday-and-today/) describing the song, “Born...
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ASBURY PARK—Early this morning, the Lebanese Embassy in New York released a statement claiming that a birth certificate for a child named, “Walid Saad,” actually belongs to legendary rocker, Bruce Springsteen, causing the rock establishment, as well as millions of faithful fans, to question whether or not the singer’s longtime claim of being “Born...
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