"As a reaction to law-enforcement overreach, "Minneapolis" especially recalls Springsteen's 2000 song, "American Skin (41 Shots), about the police killing of Amadou Diallo, an unarmed Black man. And across his catalog, Springsteen's concrete lyricism and drawling vocals channel folk music's titans of protest, Bob Dylan and Woody Guthrie. Here, those influences are worn proudly, ringing out in a buoyant harmonica solo."
"But the song "Minneapolis" most evokes is Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young's 1970 touchstone, "Ohio," recorded after the National Guard killed four students during a protest at Kent State University. "Tin soldiers and Nixon coming," sang Neil Young in a scene-setting verse; "King Trump's private army from the DHS," sings Springsteen now. Here we are again, late in a culture war, with a champion of a supposed silent majority"
Bruce Springsteen's "Streets of Minneapolis" is a rollicking protest song that responds to ICE's violent actions in Minneapolis and criticizes Kristi Noem, Stephen Miller, and "Trump's federal thugs." The song memorializes Alex Pretti and Renee Good and references the "whistles and phones" still used by demonstrators. The track transposes classic protest-rock modes into the present and suggests current events will be sung about for years. The song draws on Springsteen's history of protest music, recalling "American Skin (41 Shots)", and channels folk influences like Bob Dylan, Woody Guthrie, and Neil Young.
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