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Bruce Springsteen's new album has a political accent.
By Gael Fashingbauer Cooper
Just as the presidential campaigns heat up, rocker Bruce Springsteen jumps into the fray with?a new album?that doesn't shy away from political issues.
"We Take Care Of Our Own," the first single from Springsteen's upcoming album, "Wrecking Ball," was officially?released Thursday after hitting the Internet Wednesday night.
The lyrics include:
"From Chicago to New Orleans,
From the muscle to the bone.
From the shotgun shack to the Superdome,
We yelled "help" but the cavalry stayed home.
There ain't no one hearing the bugle blown,
We take care of our own."
Springsteen's website lists the other song titles from the upcoming album, which is scheduled for a March 6 release, and they sound equally relevant to today's news. They include "This Depression," "Rocky Ground," and "Death to My Hometown." That last title is especially interesting since "My Hometown" was a hit for Springsteen in 1985 off of "Born in the U.S.A."
Rolling Stone notes that two of the songs, "Wrecking Ball" and "Land of Hope and Dreams"?have been performed?by Springsteen on tour, but that the album contains nine brand-new songs.
It's the first new Springsteen album since the death of saxophonist Clarence Clemons, who died last June of a stroke at 69.
Springsteen will begin a new tour in Spain in May, with U.S. dates yet to be announced.
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