Bruce Springsteen's greatest gift was to distil the American working class experience, writes Vir Sanghvi in this review of the rock star's autobiography
Vir Sanghvi November 25, 2016 Last Updated at 22:56 IST
The second significant thing about the choice of song was that it was also hideously inappropriate. Trump had got want hewanted. Against the odds he had become president of the United States. So why play a song called You Can’t Always Get What You Want? For many people the sight of a cynical reactionary politician ripping off the music of a rock singer and twisting its meaning recalled a famous precedent. The first rock star to have his music appropriated for a cause he did not like was Bruce Springsteen. Ronald Reagan stole Born In The USA for his presidential ...
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