Bruce Springsteen & The Streets of Minneapolis, released today 28 January 2026

[irisblue]

From his website "I wrote this song on Saturday, recorded it yesterday and released it to you today in response to the state terror being visited on the city of Minneapolis. It’s dedicated to the people of Minneapolis, our innocent immigrant neighbors and in memory of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

Stay free, Bruce Springsteen"

[Botany]

1. We will take our stand on the streets of Minneapolis. Alex Pretti and the name was Good.

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That song needs to be heard from coast to coast. Thank you Bruce.

[Deuxcents]

2. I hear shades of Bob Dylan in this one and that makes it even more special..we need protest music

And this is the way to go..👏

[Whyisthisstillclose]

3. Great job, Bruce! Thank you....

[synni]

4. Good song, but a rock arrangement would have been more powerful

Green Day has the right idea. Right now, we need power and passion. God knows there will be time enough for mourning later. God help us all.

[highplainsdem]

9. Much as I love hard rock, I think this was perfect.

[MO_Dem]

5. Great!

Thank you Bruce and irisblue

[Wiz Imp]

6. Written on Saturday, recorded yesterday, released today. Lyrics Here:

Explicitly calls out Noem & Miller as liars

Through the winter’s ice and cold
Down Nicollet Avenue
A city aflame fought fire and ice
‘Neath an occupier’s boots
King Trump’s private army from the DHS
Guns belted to their coats
Came to Minneapolis to enforce the law
Or so their story goes
Against smoke and rubber bullets
By the dawn’s early light
Citizens stood for justice
Their voices ringing through the night
And there were bloody footprints
Where mercy should have stood
And two dead left to die on snow-filled streets
Alex Pretti and Renee Good

Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
Here in our home they killed and roamed
In the winter of ’26
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis

Trump’s federal thugs beat up on
His face and his chest
Then we heard the gunshots
And Alex Pretti lay in the snow, dead
Their claim was self defense, sir
Just don’t believe your eyes
It’s our blood and bones
And these whistles and phones
Against Miller and Noem’s dirty lies

Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Crying through the bloody mist
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis

Now they say they’re here to uphold the law
But they trample on our rights
If your skin is black or brown my friend
You can be questioned or deported on sight

In chants of ICE out now
Our city’s heart and soul persists
Through broken glass and bloody tears
On the streets of Minneapolis

Oh our Minneapolis, I hear your voice
Singing through the bloody mist
Here in our home they killed and roamed
In the winter of ’26
We’ll take our stand for this land
And the stranger in our midst
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis
We’ll remember the names of those who died
On the streets of Minneapolis

[Dulcinea]

7. The world is watching & listening!

Thanks to Bruce Springsteen for this song & for being one of my favorite artists.

[TBF]

8. I read that he wrote it last Saturday & recorded it right away

great job and I love his advocacy! Setting a good example for Green Day and younger bands who can put out the rock songs.

[highplainsdem]

10. "And there were bloody footprints / Where mercy should have stood..."

[electric_blue68]

11. Those lines were particularly Poetically Fierce!