Bruce Springsteen was advocating for the rights of the common working-class man. The song was widely misinterpreted as jingoistic, and in connection with the 1984 presidential campaign became the subject of considerable folklore. In 1984, conservative columnist George Will attended a Springsteen concert and then wrote a column praising Springsteen's work ethic. Six days after the column was printed, in a campaign rally in Hammonton, New Jersey, Reagan said, "America's future rests in a thousand dreams inside your hearts. It rests in the message of hope in the songs of a man so many young Americans admire—New Jersey's own, Bruce Springsteen." Two
Point Blank (Bruce Springsteen song) Another is that it came from a comment made by an ex-girlfriend during the heat of an argument. "Rolling Stone Magazine" critic Dave Marsh described the song as "portentous." Author June Skinner Sawyers described the song as "a song of shadows, of lives going nowhere, of broken relationships, and broken promises." Point Blank (Bruce Springsteen song) "Point Blank" is a song written by Bruce Springsteen and first released on Springsteen's 1980 album "The River". In Europe, it was also released as a single in 1981, backed by another song from "The River", "Ramrod". Although it was not released as a