By Dr Oliver Tearle (Loughborough University)

‘Born in the USA’ is rock music’s ‘The Road Not Taken’: perhaps of all American songs, none has been more consistently misinterpreted than the title track from Bruce Springsteen’s bestselling 1984 album.

And when we say ‘misinterpreted’, we don’t just mean people have missed the point slightly: they get the message of the song completely wrong so they think it means the opposite to what it actually means. Continue reading “The Curious Meaning of ‘Born in the USA’ by Bruce Springsteen” →