Bruce Springsteen—We Take Care of Our Own

Is it great? Hard to say. The lyrics strike me as too bare, and the music is old-fashioned and nostalgic. But Springsteen hasn’t sounded this energized in years, and the message is both potent and ambiguous enough to make you think. So ambiguous that this could easily be embraced by both sides of the political debate, which might be exactly what Springsteen intended.

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