There was a time when I was a real snob about Bruce Springsteen, and I had no patience for rich kids talking about how the Boss "spoke" to them.

Please. Springsteen was one of us , scrappy and restless and aching to leave a neighborhood just like ours. He was there on our street, where mothers dug into sofas for loose change, fathers poured out of factories and everyone drank whatever beer was on sale. What did suburban kids know about that?

When you're worki ...

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