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tacocat  ·  1316 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: I have no desire to reconcile with my father but this song devastates me anyway

I'm pretty salty about Born in the USA being a Nebraska track but being turned into a stadium rock anthem. The Nebraska version is objectively superior. If your message gets lost by the addition of synths you fucked up





kleinbl00  ·  1316 days ago  ·  link  ·  

You can be salty about that but Born in the USA is one of the most rawkin' tracks ever made and it features a synth front and center. If synths weren't permanently degraded and held in disgust that would matter less.

I'm salty that this isn't the version of We Will Rock You that the world knows. It didn't even get released until 2016. Such is life.

tacocat  ·  1316 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Not like a memorable riff but that's about the definition of a pounding one. They should have done something with that

kleinbl00  ·  1316 days ago  ·  link  ·  

They played it on tour; there were live versions available via bootlegs for years. It got a better reaction without any music so the "without music" version made the album. Some of the guitar licks ended up on the Highlander soundtrack if I recall correctly.

b_b  ·  1316 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    If your message gets lost by the addition of synths...

Ask Reagan's people.

Really though, at least it has the distinctions, so far as I'm aware, of being the first in a long line of songs that songwriters futilely try to convince republicans they don't understand. The latest is Rockin in a Free World, which apparently Neil Young is actually suing over. Personally, I think Trump should use Ohio--it would fit his ethos a lot better.