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The Curious Meaning of ‘Born in the USA’ by Bruce Springsteen

By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University) ‘Born in the USA’ is rock music’s ‘The Road Not Taken’: perhaps of all American songs, none has been more consistently misinterpreted than the title track from Bruce Springsteen’s bestselling 1984 album. And when we say ‘misinterpreted’, we don’t just mean people have missed […]