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...BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN'S number one song "Born in the USA" was widely misinterpreted by people who never listened past the chorus. They mistakenly believed that it was a blindly patriotic anthem, the Star Spangled Banner of rock...

Author: By James E. Canning, | Title: Bruce, Not War | 11/24/1986 | See Source »

Consequently, last Fourth of July, NBC featured a clip of Springsteen singing the chorus. Up With People sang it at the Superbowl halftime. Hulk Hogan played the song every time he entered the ring. And Chevrolet offered Springsteen $12 million to use the song for a commercial campaign...

Author: By James E. Canning, | Title: Bruce, Not War | 11/24/1986 | See Source »

Even worse, t-shirts and bumper stickers soon read "Springsteen: the Rambo of Rock." People compared Springsteen to Stallone, the Boss to Shambo. A look at the two superstars' beliefs about war--and specifically about Vietnam--reveals some of the stupidity of this assertion...

Author: By James E. Canning, | Title: Bruce, Not War | 11/24/1986 | See Source »

...Bruce Springsteen fans came out in full force last week and jammed record stores around Cambridge to buy the Boss's latest recording, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band--Live/1975-85...

Author: By Michael D. Nolan, THE CRIMSON STAFF | Title: The Reporter's Notebook | 11/17/1986 | See Source »

Apparently, Cambridge's Bruce fans were not fanatical enough to ignore a good buy. The Coop drowned out its competition with a record sale of 1200 copies. Assistant Buyer Bobby Hall says that the Coop had not had that kind of one-day record sale since the release of Springsteen's album "The River" in 1980. "With everybody out of school, it was a real zoo in here," said Hall...

Author: By Michael D. Nolan, THE CRIMSON STAFF | Title: The Reporter's Notebook | 11/17/1986 | See Source »

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