In the "Independence Day" sweepstakes, I'll take Springsteen's over Martina McBride's. Also, Dave's Alvin's "4th of July," over Shooter Jennings. Here's the Boss doing what may the greatest of his father-son songs, from Passaic, New Jersey in 1978, in glorious black and white. Note the difference in the lyrics between this version, and the one that showed up on The River, two years later.
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