The Life of a Song: Born in the USA

FT Life of a Song

English - September 12, 2016 10:06 - 5 minutes - 7.68 MB - ★★★★★ - 14 ratings
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Bruce Springsteen's bleak ballad of American life has been promoted by politicians from Ronald Reagan to Donald Trump. David Honigmann examines the song's fraught relationship with power.

Credit: Columbia

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