tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168893104165202241.post2330569683262536829..comments2023-09-25T03:25:53.912-04:00Comments on Explore Rock 'N' Roll: Song Meaning: Born in the U.S.A. by Bruce SpringsteenUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168893104165202241.post-33787619429613189822020-08-27T08:43:56.484-04:002020-08-27T08:43:56.484-04:00You are a moron.
Hometown jam is a reference to b...You are a moron.<br /><br />Hometown jam is a reference to being in trouble with the law.<br /><br />You honestly have misinterpretted the entire song....dmbphotographyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06583838776702055042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168893104165202241.post-27498750225109566092018-07-04T11:21:34.830-04:002018-07-04T11:21:34.830-04:00George M. Cohan mentioned that he (Yankee Doodle D...George M. Cohan mentioned that he (Yankee Doodle Dandy) was "born on the 4th of July."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168893104165202241.post-51827091795150418792017-11-20T17:44:29.335-05:002017-11-20T17:44:29.335-05:00I agree with your assessment of the song's mea...I agree with your assessment of the song's meaning. The last verse was more vague for me. I was thinking he may have just been released from prison after serving 10 years for the same reason you mentioned...he had lost options when he came home (probably had issues from what he saw and the loss of his friend) and he is standing in the shadow of the pen because he is just getting out. Irony is the refinery is nearby, but he has served time so no hope of getting a job; he is a vet with no benefits, no home, no family or friends to help him. So he has no way of surviving much less getting the American Dream. It is a song of lost hope, no options and not even a place to go. So basically has nothing and no way to change his circumstances. Definitely a huge critique of how we have treated our veterans in this country and possible reason why a few might be homeless.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168893104165202241.post-69759872111216783552017-08-19T21:54:49.402-04:002017-08-19T21:54:49.402-04:00Funny no one ever mention " born on the 4th o...Funny no one ever mention " born on the 4th of July"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168893104165202241.post-80288747541587846642014-12-04T14:05:18.258-05:002014-12-04T14:05:18.258-05:00This song is very reminiscent of the movie deer hu...This song is very reminiscent of the movie deer hunter. which is a post Vietnam movieAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09527860381229999870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4168893104165202241.post-30079476720525124422014-11-16T03:47:53.394-05:002014-11-16T03:47:53.394-05:00"Got in a little hometown jam, So they put a ..."Got in a little hometown jam, So they put a rifle in my hand" rather refers to being in trouble with the law and implies enlisting as an alternative to jail, a common practice for the troubled souls of society.<br /><br />"Come back home to the refinery, Hiring man says 'son if it was up to me' " implies if it was up to the hiring man Private Joker would have a job, but either there were not enough jobs to go around or he was likely discriminated against by upper management for being a baby killer and went to see the VA man for alternatives. Anyone who has been given the run around by the VA and finally realized some benefits never were or are no longer available knows the VA man is asking for understanding of a futile situation.<br /><br />"I got a picture of him in her arms now" this doesn't seem to reference a tattoo, but an actual picture of his dead brother/buddy with his Vietnamese girlfriend, in HER arms, not on his arm.<br /><br />"Down in the shadow of penitentiary<br />Out by the gas fires of the refinery<br />I'm ten years burning down the road<br />Nowhere to run ain't got nowhere to go" Likely refers to ironically being right where his effort at war attempted to avoid, prison. Private Joker joined to avoid prison, couldn't get a job because he was discriminated against for his military years, and ended in prison because he couldn't get a job. He now is in the pen which is close enough to the refinery for him to lament (much like Johnny Cash's train that needs to be moved farther from Folsom Prison). Ten years down the road, he likely would have been finished with the sentence he avoided by enlisting and would have had options, he now has nowhere to run (no family, job, or representation) but nowhere to go (prison).Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06360863493355798574noreply@blogger.com