# Springsteen “Streets of Minneapolis” **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [January 29, 2026, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springsteen-streets-of-minneapolis/1027139 "2026-01-29T01:39:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springsteen-streets-of-minneapolis/1027139/1 "2026-01-29T01:39:19Z")
Not sure what forum this best fits. Springsteen released this anthem and it is worth sharing. If this should be in politics please move. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/wWKSoxG1K7w/maxresdefault.jpg "Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wWKSoxG1K7w) ---
**Author:** ![Al128](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/al128/32/16541_2.png) [@Al128](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Al128)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 2:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springsteen-streets-of-minneapolis/1027139/2 "2026-01-29T02:34:22Z")
Boss is bossing ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springsteen-streets-of-minneapolis/1027139/3 "2026-01-29T02:35:36Z")
Very poetic, touching lyrics. ---
**Author:** ![crowmanyclouds](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crowmanyclouds/32/19884_2.png) [@crowmanyclouds](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/crowmanyclouds)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springsteen-streets-of-minneapolis/1027139/4 "2026-01-29T02:37:18Z")
Which Republican candidate in/from Minnesota will be the first to use this in their campaign/as their campaign theme song? ---
**Author:** ![Spoons](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spoons/32/3141_2.png) [@Spoons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoons)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springsteen-streets-of-minneapolis/1027139/5 "2026-01-29T02:49:33Z")
Wow … powerful stuff. Thanks for posting that. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 6:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springsteen-streets-of-minneapolis/1027139/6 "2026-01-29T06:28:24Z")
I would love to see the restaurants, shops, bars, etc. in D.C. area playing this song, if not on a loop, then in heavy rotation. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 7:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springsteen-streets-of-minneapolis/1027139/7 "2026-01-29T07:10:54Z")
I found this a short time ago myself. It’s moving and powerful and I added it to my playlist. ---
**Author:** ![Ellecram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ellecram/32/18948_2.png) [@Ellecram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ellecram)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 12:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springsteen-streets-of-minneapolis/1027139/8 "2026-01-29T12:04:07Z")
The line about bloody footprints and mercy got me yesterday. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 12:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springsteen-streets-of-minneapolis/1027139/9 "2026-01-29T12:15:05Z")
Very great and very moving. In the tradition of all the great protest songs, reminds me especially of Neil Young’s “Ohio” in its topicality and spontaneity. Already one of his greatest songs. I hope it will go to number one on all platforms. Already 2.5 million views on youtube. I posted it in my WhatsApp status. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 12:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springsteen-streets-of-minneapolis/1027139/10 "2026-01-29T12:24:02Z")
> [@EinsteinsHund](#): > > Already 2.5 million views on youtube. I was one of the first 5,000 viewers. A Dane on Threads clued me into it. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springsteen-streets-of-minneapolis/1027139/11 "2026-01-29T12:37:12Z")
Reading the youtube comments expressing solidarity from all around the world and people from Minneapolis thanking them brought tears to my eyes. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springsteen-streets-of-minneapolis/1027139/12 "2026-01-29T12:42:44Z")
I have never been much of a Springsteen fan but this is good, pertinenet and powerful. ---
**Author:** ![wolfpup](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolfpup/32/10618_2.png) [@wolfpup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfpup)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springsteen-streets-of-minneapolis/1027139/13 "2026-01-29T13:33:01Z")
That was very moving, thanks for posting. It’s followed by a link to a Leonard Cohen collection, which makes me wonder what that great poetic lyricist may have written about these events if he were still alive. We certainly live in deeply troubled times. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 1:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springsteen-streets-of-minneapolis/1027139/14 "2026-01-29T13:59:32Z")
This is why the Boss is the boss. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springsteen-streets-of-minneapolis/1027139/15 "2026-01-29T14:26:16Z")
As I said in the ‘ICE Shootings’ thread, this song reminded me of the anti-fascist work of Woody Guthrie. [![](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:640/format:webp/1*r6YbSTRctHLeBkv3BXMbaQ.jpeg) ](https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:640/format:webp/1*r6YbSTRctHLeBkv3BXMbaQ.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springsteen-streets-of-minneapolis/1027139/16 "2026-01-29T14:29:22Z")
Yeah, it’s definitely a song in the tradition of folks like Woody, Pete Seeger and Dylan. ---
**Author:** ![Pleonast](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pleonast/32/1183_2.png) [@Pleonast](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pleonast)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 2:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springsteen-streets-of-minneapolis/1027139/17 "2026-01-29T14:37:49Z")
I love this song. My only complaint is it sounds like an “old man song” and might not be listenable by the youngens. On the other hand, that same sound really roots it in the traditions. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springsteen-streets-of-minneapolis/1027139/18 "2026-01-29T14:39:36Z")
> [@Pleonast](#): > > I love this song. My only complaint is it sounds like an “old man song” and might not be listenable by the youngens. Maybe and hopefully this inspires some of the pop stars appealing to younger people to also raise their voices and release protest songs. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springsteen-streets-of-minneapolis/1027139/19 "2026-01-29T15:25:11Z")
Yes, I’ve never cared for his singing, but I’ve begun to like _him_ an awful lot. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2026, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springsteen-streets-of-minneapolis/1027139/20 "2026-01-29T15:56:14Z")
> [@wolfpup](#): > > It’s followed by a link to a Leonard Cohen collection, which makes me wonder what that great poetic lyricist may have written about these events if he were still alive. Cohen died the day the temper tanTrump was first elected. No joke, no metaphor. The same day. Made the day double sad for me. I also wonder what Lou Reed would have written about the current administration (and I use the term loosely), considering that he wrote > Give me your hungry, your tired, your poor - I’ll piss on 'em > That’s what the Statue of Bigotry says > Your poor huddled masses, let’s club 'em to death > And get it over with and just dump 'em on the boulevard and > They ordained the Trumps and then he got the mumps > And died being treated at Mt. Sinai > And my best friend Bill died from a poison pill > Some wired doctor prescribed for stress > My arms and legs are shrunk, the food all has lumps > They discovered some animal no one’s ever seen > It was an [inside trader](https://genius.com/20990712/Lou-reed-sick-of-you/Inside-trader) eating a rubber tire > After running over [Rudy Giuliani](https://genius.com/20990678/Lou-reed-sick-of-you/Rudy-giuliani) > They say the [President’s dead, no one can find his head > It’s been missing now for weeks > But no one noticed it, he had seemed so fit](https://genius.com/32240871/Lou-reed-sick-of-you/Presidents-dead-no-one-can-find-his-head-its-been-missing-now-for-weeks-but-no-one-noticed-it-he-had-seemed-so-fit) > I’m sick of it > I’m sick of you Both (**[Dirty Blvd.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbVoFFC_198&list=RDwbVoFFC_198&start_radio=1)** and **[Sick of you](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jX-PPXdWj0E&list=RDjX-PPXdWj0E&start_radio=1)**) from his 1989 album _New York_. 1989! He was a prophet or a Nostradamus. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/springsteen-streets-of-minneapolis/1027139.md?page=2)