109: "Born in the USA" vs. "Rockin' in the Free World"

Song Vs. Song

Todd Nathanson

Comedy, Music

4.7 • 752 Ratings

🗓️ 28 June 2023

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

It's the '80s and we love America! Or do we? Two of our all-time greatest rockers have thoughts about the ways the good old United States has let us down, but which one hits harder, Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA" or Neil Young's "Rockin' in the Free World"?

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Todd Nathanson.
0:03.8	And I'm Lita Morgan.
0:07.3	Wow, that was the, I'm going to assume that was a Springsteen impression.
0:11.3	You're an asshole.
0:13.0	You're the worst.
0:14.0	No.
0:15.2	I, I, I'll try.
0:18.0	I'll try again later.
0:19.6	I'll keep trying throughout the episode. I'm Lena Morgan. Hi. Hello.
0:24.1	And this is song versus song where we are doing a good one today. We are doing
0:30.1	Born in the USA by Bruce Springsteen versus rocking in the free world by Neil Young.
0:38.6	Lena, I got to tell you something.
0:40.8	These songs are not actually pro-America.
0:44.2	What?
0:45.1	They sound like they're pro-American, but they're not.
0:49.9	But Ronald Reagan loves born in the USA,
0:53.8	and Donald Trump loves rocking in the free world.
0:56.6	How could they not be the most American songs?
1:01.3	These wonderful patriots loving these very patriotic songs.
1:06.8	That is true.
1:07.6	I was like, well, I was like, wait, is Reagan or Trump not American?
1:11.3	And then I remember that you were talking about Neil Young.
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