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Bruce Springsteen Releases Anti-ICE Protest Song 'Streets of Minneapolis' (world-outlook.com)

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[includes lyrics plus article from NPR] January 29, 2026

We publish below the lyrics of a new song Bruce Spingsteen released on January 28, 2026. The Boss, as the singer is known, released “Streets of Minneapolis” as part of a protest movement across the United States demanding an end to the terror unleashed by the Trump administration through its Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Border Patrol thugs against undocumented immigrants and all working people.

We also publish an article first released by National Public Radio (NPR) News announcing the song’s debut.

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[–] cabbage@piefed.social 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

The melody isn’t catchy and the instrumentation is generic. The vocals are worst part

Welcome to folk music dude. Some of us like it.

If you want an overly produced pop track with 15 vocals stacked on top of each other in perfect harmony you're not gonna get it released two days after the song was written.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

You misunderstand my criticism if you think I'm saying it needs more production. I'm saying the vocals would be better if they sounded less produced. The super clean vocal recording/mixing it uses is a hallmark of pop, not folk.

Folk hooks are also just as catchy as any other genre but this song just isn't very catchy.

I am not saying you shouldn't like it, either. I'm glad it resonates with people. I just think it's mediocrity of being ignored because the message is good and he's a famous musician. If it was some random dude, no one would be praising it

[–] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

This exactly. I'm glad he made it, but I'd rather hear Gillian Welch do it

[–] AfricanExpansionist@lemmy.ml -1 points 1 month ago

I'm an old-time singer, fiddler, and banjo player. Bruce isn't attempting folk