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Born in the U.S.A. is an album painted in big, broad strokes. But it was still too subtle for some--namely politicians who tried to tap the title track as a jingoistic anthem when it is in fact a bitter diatribe by a Vietnam War vet whose country forgot him. The rest of the album is a glorious grab J
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Amazon.com essential recording Born in the U.S.A. is an album painted in big, broad strokes. But it was still too subtle for some--namely politicians who tried to tap the title track as a jingoistic anthem when it is in fact a bitter diatribe by a Vietnam War vet whose country forgot him. The rest of the album is a glorious grab bag of radio-ready populist anthems--his best display of pure pop songwriting ever--including "No Surrender," "Dancing in the Dark," "Bobby Jean," and "Glory Days" alongside more circumspect numbers such as "My Hometown" and "I'm On Fire." It's not true that there's no arguing with success, but in this case Springsteen's widespread acclaim was warranted. With Born in the U.S.A., all those predictions from a decade earlier--that Springsteen was the future of rock--had come true. --Daniel Durchholz
"Olin kesällä Brucen keikalla ja pappa jaksoi heilua vielä yli neljä tuntia. En tiedä onko tämä herran paras levy, mutta ainakin se sisältää todella monta hyvää biisiä. Pieni kaupallisuus on aistittavissa, mutta itseäni se ei haitannut, koska etenkin nimikkobiisi yksinkertaisesti on aivan törkeän kova veto!"
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""Springsteen wrote most of these songs in a fit of inspiration that also gave birth to the harrowing Nebraska. "Particularly on the first side, it's actually written very much like Nebraska," he said. "The characters and the stories, the style of writing — except it's just in the rock-band setting." It was a crucial difference: The E Street Band put so much punch into the title song that millions misheard its questioning allegiance as mere flag-waving. The immortal force of the album is in Spr"
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