Bruce Springsteen - Born In The U.s.a. (official Video) 🎉

: The video intercuts high-energy concert footage of Springsteen and the E Street Band with "handheld shots" of everyday American life.

: The footage highlights the "hopeless verses" by showing a smiling veteran with a missing eye, forcing the viewer to confront the physical and psychological toll of war. Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. (Official Video)

The video is widely reviewed as a corrective to the song's "patriotic misinterpretation". While politicians like Ronald Reagan famously adopted the chorus as an "uncomplicated celebration of patriotism," the video anchors the song in the "spiritual crisis" of the working class. : The video intercuts high-energy concert footage of