“Yet there's more to ‘Born in the USA’ than celebration. Listen to the lyrics and you hear a protest against the treatment of a Vietnam veteran.” And it’s true -- the song’s verses ...

It was called Born In The USA. As Springsteen would later write ... a gay anthem because such notion is based solely on the song’s lyrics alluding to elicit [sic] activity for which it does ...

Every single track on Born in the U.S.A. channels regret, fear, pain, loss, aging, and/or frustration — in its lyrics. Yet those songs filled stadiums. The album octupled Springsteen’s store ...