January 28, 2026
2:17 PM ET
As a song, it’s just ok. But you know a huge percentage of ice agents like Bruce, he’s too popular for there not to be, and I have to imagine the surreality of having a truly iconic artist write a song about you has to have an impact. It’s getting harder for these guys to just go through the motions and not think about what’s really happening. Things like this song gives me hope for some of them having a Mitchell and Webb type, “are we the baddies” epiphany.
I feel like Bruce is probably not what a lot of these guys were listening to in high school. A lot of them look like they’re under 40. The Boss’ core audience is Gen X. Born to Run was 1975.
I’m right on that X / Millennial cusp, and Springsteen was the music my older cousins listened to. They’re about 55-60 now.
Agreed, I am also on that cusp (a Xennial if you will) and Springsteen was never in our contemporary music selection. I still like that he did it, but it’s points at pate boomers and early to mid Xers.
Also same age (I prefer “Oregon Trail generation”), but I did grow up listening to music like Springsteen. It may be because my parents were older, but they often had the radio tuned to oldies or classic rock stations and so that’s what I got used to.
That makes sense. I mostly heard “yacht rock” crap from my parents, which I ended up hating with the fire of a thousand suns, so i can’t relate :D
There will be no introspection.
They think Born in the USA is a patriotic song.
They listen to Rage Against the Machine without a second thought.
I did limit my hopes to “some”, but I agree, introspection is woefully lacking in a America. Peer pressure should also help, though.
It truly is wild, seeing us go through such a tumultuous period like my parents saw with the Civil Rights era. In struggle like this, great music is born – from Jesse Welles to Springsteen throwbacks, to Dropkick Murphys tapping into that anger.
Dispatch’s Chad Urmston helped get me through the 2000s with his band State Radio (try Camilo, Right Me Up, Fight No More); Woodruff’s Stick Figure helped soothe the pain I felt through Trump’s first term and through covid (try Weight of Sound, Once in a Lifetime, Take it Easy).
Seeing a mass culture movement of solidarity and peace and love try to rise through all this pain gives me some hope.
Thanks for sharing those, I’ll check them out
I don’t know who this guy is, but I am not amused.
That guy is a billionaire. I am cynical about his earnestness wrt writing a protest song
Bruce Springsteen most popular song is “born in the U.SA” and talks about how great America is. (For those not understanding this remark, the song is a critique but I stand by what I said. Because so many say America is great and Bruce says. Let me tell you what American really is).
This new song is heartfelt. And talks about Alex and Renee. The song is called “on the streets of Minneapolis”.
If you go to the YouTube video there are a lot of comments that are positive about this. https://youtu.be/GDaPdpwA4Iw
Music and art has always been a way to unite people in trying times.
For you young wipersnappers. Bruce Springsteen is a big name. He’s been making music for a very long time.
He’s more popular with people age 50 and up. But also very popular with rural people.
Him making this , targets the right people that need to hear it.
Have you listened to the lyrics of “Born in the USA?”
Yes. I should have clarified what I meant. The song "this is America " childish Gambino is also about how great America is.
Right that’s like saying Bob Dylan - Hurricane is about ocean weather phenomena lol.
Born in the USA is NOT about how “great”, America is.
I would argue it absolutely is.
That’s the point.
It’s not. Get a new “point”.
Do you not understand how satire works ? No ?
