tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post1376199990829024232..comments2024-02-10T18:19:36.406-08:00Comments on Newspaper Rock: Mellow "yellow" in Lowery's benedictionRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-53733844342907374692009-02-01T12:25:00.000-08:002009-02-01T12:25:00.000-08:00One, you could argue that Springsteen was portrayi...One, you could argue that Springsteen was portraying himself as an uneducated grunt in that song. Two, it's 25 years old. I doubt he could get away with the same line today.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01478763837213733775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29769707.post-64906192878085556202009-01-27T03:05:00.000-08:002009-01-27T03:05:00.000-08:00The "yellow" word is indelibly in pop culture than...The "yellow" word is indelibly in pop culture thanks to Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA" song:<BR/><BR/>"...I got in a little hometown jam<BR/>And so they put a rifle in my hands<BR/>Sent me off to Vietnam<BR/>To go and kill the yellow man..."dmarkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07269773990064736457noreply@blogger.com