'Born in the U.S.A.' at 40

Photo: Annie Leibovitz

Originally published elsewhere on June 4, 2019. Revised (and remastered) June 4, 2024.

I was thirteen when Born In The U.S.A. was unleashed upon the world on June 4th, 1984. Though I'd turn fourteen in November of that year, I was already a major music nerd and had been for several years. I was familiar with Springsteen thanks to the local rock station in North Carolina, WQDR, to which I remained glued whenever I wasn’t in school. 

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