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Bruce Springsteen\u2019s new anti-ICE anthem isn\u2019t quite as bad as Paul McCartney\u2019s ghastly post-9\/11 anthem \u201cFreedom.\u201d Not quite. Still, he\u2019s arguably done more than any other major artist to speak out against the Trump administration\u2019s draconian policies, and maybe that\u2019s enough.<\/p>\n

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\u201cStreets of Minneapolis\u201d \u2014 which Springsteen released on Wednesday, with a follow-up lyric video on Thursday \u2014\u00a0was met by cheers from his fans and anti-ICE protesters, and jeers from the MAGA faithful. But the four-and-a-half-minute song, chronicling the unprecedented, violent nationwide immigration raids and senseless deaths of Renee Good and Alex Pretti, felt at last like something close to a universal rallying cry.<\/p>\n

The title is a clear nod to his AIDS-era anthem \u201cStreets of Philadelphia,\u201d which won the 1994 Academy Award for best original song and garnered four Grammy Awards, including song of the year. In 24 hours, it had only three million views on YouTube and barely 200,000 streams on Spotify. And therein lies the problem.<\/p>\n

Surely any fan of Springsteen \u2014 or frankly any fan of democracy \u2014 is applauding the fact that he is lending his considerable star power to the vicious deportation tactics and needless killings of two protestors at the hands of overzealous federal immigration officers. But it remains to be seen if the song has any staying power.<\/p>\n

American protest music has a long and storied history, which Springsteen of course understands well. Just about everyone knows at least the first verse and the powerful refrain of Woody Guthrie\u2019s timeless \u201cThis Land Is Your Land,\u201d now more than 100 years old. In the modern age, Neil Young\u2019s \u201cOhio,\u201d penned in the immediate aftermath of the Kent State killings, has a timeless intensity to it. It\u2019s a fantastic song and it still holds up more than 50 years later. <\/p>\n

Meanwhile, Bob Dylan\u2019s \u201cHurricane,\u201d written to protest the dubious murder conviction of boxer Rubin \u201cHurricane\u201d Carter, engages the listener with an amazing narrative and has a hook that won\u2019t quit. There\u2019s a reason this song has amassed nearly 300 million streams on Spotify in the streaming era, nearly a half century after Dylan wrote it.<\/p>\n

More recently, John Legend\u2019s and Common\u2019s modern take on the Gospel spiritual, \u201cGlory,\u201d from the soundtrack to the film \u201cSelma,\u201d was a massive, genre-defying hit with universal appeal that won the Oscar for best original song at the 87th Academy Awards in 2015. \u00a0<\/p>\n

In 2026, if you don\u2019t grab a listener in the first few seconds, they\u2019re moving on. And \u201cStreets of Minneapolis\u201d just doesn\u2019t grab me. The lyrics are clunky and the production is unsophisticated, presumably due to the fact that it was written and produced less than a week after Pretti\u2019s death. \u201cOhio,\u201d in comparison, came out a full month after four unarmed college students were killed during a Vietnam War rally.<\/p>\n

\u201cNow they say they\u2019re here to uphold the law \/ But they trample on our rights \/ If your skin is Black or brown my friend \/ You can be questioned or deported on sight,\u201d Springsteen sings in one of the better verses, before a harsh gang chorus and sampled chants of \u201cICE out of Minneapolis\u201d \u2014 and a harmonica<\/em> solo \u2014 kick in.<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s not quite on par with McCartney\u2019s dirge \u201cFreedom,\u201d but it\u2019s hardly Springsteen at his best.<\/p>\n

Still, maybe it doesn\u2019t matter that \u201cStreets of Minneapolis\u201d will most likely be forgotten in a few days. Maybe, in fact, it\u2019s exactly what we need right now.<\/p>\n

Certainly, even if his political stance on current events is hardly a surprise, whatever Trump says, Springsteen is a major star, with serious clout, and he\u2019s out there, putting his neck on the line when it matters most, while the Swifts, Carpenters and Drakes of the world remain disconcertingly silent. (That is, with the exception of Nikki Minaj, who recently appeared on stage with Erika Kirk, and just yesterday was seen hugging Mike Johnson at the White House.)<\/p>\n

Fortunately, there are at least some artists willing to follow Springsteen\u2019s lead. U.K. musician and activist Billy Bragg released \u201cCity of Heroes\u201d on Wednesday as well. A searing indictment of both Trump and complacency, Bragg\u2019s anthem is a potent mix of a history lesson, news bulletin and condemnation of injustice. The song has already racked up nearly 50,000 views on YouTube, an impressive stat for an artist who\u2019s barely known in America.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe murder of Alex Pretti was horrifically shocking, all the more so as we are still reeling from the images of the murder of Renee Good,\u201d Bragg said in a press release. \u201cThat these crimes can be committed in broad daylight, on camera and yet no one is held accountable only adds to the injustice.\u201d
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\u201cI wrote \u2018City of Heroes\u2019 as a tribute to the bravery of the people of Minneapolis, knowing that these trigger-happy ICE thugs operate in their midst, they are still willing to put themselves in harm\u2019s way to defend their community,\u201d he added. \u201cTheir resistance is an inspiration to us all.\u201d<\/p>\n

And on Thursday, the band My Morning Jacket released \u201cPeacelands,\u201d a 14-track album of original songs and covers, including renditions of Bob Dylan\u2019s \u201cBlowin\u2019 In The Wind,\u201d the Velvet Underground\u2019s \u201cI Found a Reason\u201d and Brian Wilson\u2019s \u201cLove and Mercy,\u201d among others, with the proceeds earmarked to support the work of the ACLU, Doctors Without Borders and the International Rescue Committee.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe stand with the people of Minnesota and everywhere else affected by the horrors of ICE brutality and lack of human decency or transparency from this administration,\u201d said My Morning Jacket\u2019s frontman Jim James in a press release.<\/p>\n

Perhaps \u201cStreets of Minneapolis,\u201d coming out just ahead of Grammy weekend, will push more of Springsteen\u2019s peers to leave their safe bubbles of complacency. I\u2019d take even mediocre protest songs over the sounds of silence.<\/p>\n

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