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Jan 19

Hey ho, rock 'n roll, deliver me from nowhere: heck of a job, brucie →

illbeonthathill:

As with “Born in the U.S.A.,” it’s Springsteen’s powerful employment of ambiguity that allows this song to mean all these things at once: it’s an anthemic call for compassion, and a scathing look at how we’ve fallen short; it’s despairing yet inspiring; it damns while it…