Born In the USA turned Bruce Springsteen from rock musician to Rock Superstar playing huge stadiums around the world exhausting the singer and band with three to four hour historic performances, selling 15 million copies alone in the USA, 30 million worldwide recorded at the Hit Factory and the Power Station in New York, this was the seventh album release from Bruce Springsteen and one of the best albums of all time.
With characters in the songs from small town America with darker meaningful stories. Characters born with Broken hearts and the only thing that keeps them alive is imagining that something, somewhere can happen to change their lives in following the daily fight for the American Dream, the tales are dark and often grim from the shafted Vietnam Vet condemnation of “Born In The USA” to the prison chain gang of “Working on The Highway” the aging and memories of “Glory Days”, hard bitten and melodramatic songs of “No Surrender”, “Bobby Jean” .the Father Son relationship on “My Hometown” Producing seven hit singles “Dancing In The Dark”, “Cover Me” and “I’m On Fire” ,The album also included some of Springsteen’s best lyric’s “Born down In a dead mans town, the first kick I got was when I hit the ground”
“DOWNBOUND TRAIN” The room was dark our bed was empty, then I heard that long whistle whine and I dropped down to my knees, hung my head and cried, the guy has lost his job lost his girl and nether are coming back. “I’M ON FIRE” Sometimes it’s like someone took a knife Baby edgy and dull and cut a 6 inch valley through the middle of my soul.
“No Surrender” We learned more from a three minute record Baby than we ever learned in school. “BOBBY JEAN” A song about finding your musical soulmate an added poignancy Springsteen plea to Steve Van Zandt who had decided to leave the band “Im just calling one last time, not to change your mind but just to say I miss you Baby Good luck Goodbye Bobby Jean” I’M GOIN DOWN I pull you close now Baby, But when we Kiss I can feel a doubt, back when we started my kisses used to turn you inside out, the Rhyme is just so good. its about a erosion of something that once had been so passionate. “GLORY DAYS” well time slips away and leaves you with nothing mister but boring stories of Glory Days. “DANCING IN THE DARK” You can’t start a fire worrying about your little world falling apart.
The Fat Angel Sings 