Excerpted from the Bend Picayune:

Area DJ Randall Buttermaker says that, while he understands the irony in playing a song that is, by Springsteen’s own admission, critical of the USA,  he doesn’t really have a choice.

“The people have come to expect it at this point and my station manager isn’t very receptive to changing his go-to 4th of July playlist that always accompanies the fireworks down at Pilot Butte.”

“I brought it up last year and he glared at me and told me just to play the bleepin’ playlist.”

“What can you do?”