You really don't need anyone to tell you why you should do your darned best to see Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band live in concert before you or they die.
, would not have been as powerful or affecting as they are without his voice and presence carrying their messages of peace, acceptance, repentance and sorrow.
You'd have to be dead to have never heard one of Springsteen's songs. They are sewn into America's aural landscape in ways that self-appointed uber patriots like Lee Greenwood and Ted Nugent try so hard to wedge themselves into. Plus, it's always hilarious to hear some crackpot zealot running for Congress or president play"Born in the USA" because their PR team can't think far enough past the title to realize the song is actually about the people they put down to appeal to their bases' worst instincts and phobias.
The song is always played by candidates to celebrate and demonstrate their love and duty to America. It starts with the downtrodden tale of an average citizen who's"Born down in a dead man's town/The first kick I took was when I hit the ground/You end up like a dog that's been beat too much/'Til you spend half your life coverin' up.
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