Saturday, December 15, 2007

Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA



Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA

1. Bruce Springsteen Born In The U.S.A.
2. Bruce Springsteen Cover Me
3. Bruce Springsteen Darlington County
4. Bruce Springsteen Working On The Highway
5. Bruce Springsteen Downbound Train
6. Bruce Springsteen I'm On Fire
7. Bruce Springsteen No Surrender
8. Bruce Springsteen Bobby Jean
9. Bruce Springsteen I'm Goin' Down
10. Bruce Springsteen Glory Days
11. Bruce Springsteen Dancing In The Dark
12. Bruce Springsteen My Hometown

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.


Bruce Springsteen Born in the USA

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