{"id":28458,"date":"1984-01-19T11:00:00","date_gmt":"1984-01-19T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/?p=28458"},"modified":"2026-02-18T16:54:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T00:54:48","slug":"cover-me-tyler-ward-born-in-the-u-s-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1984\/01\/19\/cover-me-tyler-ward-born-in-the-u-s-a\/","title":{"rendered":"Tyler Ward: Born in the U.S.A."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you&#8217;re of a certain age (like me), the idea of discovering new music through a video streaming service is probably a fairly new one, and the name Tyler Ward probably doesn&#8217;t ring a bell.<\/p>\n<p>But for those savvy enough to flock to YouTube in its early years, Tyler Ward is an O.G. superstar.<\/p>\n<p>Ward has been building an online following since 2008, through a steady stream of original music and creative covers. As of this writing, he has more than two million YouTube subscribers&#8211;40% more than Bruce can claim, by the way&#8211;and over five\u00a0<em>billion<\/em> lifetime views.<\/p>\n<p>Yet even though he&#8217;s been releasing online content constantly for more than a dozen years, it wasn&#8217;t until a few weeks ago that he covered Bruce Springsteen.<\/p>\n<p>On Independence Day, Tyler released a cover of &#8220;Born in the U.S.A.,&#8221; and with as many followers as he has, it didn&#8217;t need to be good to get attention.<\/p>\n<p>But holy moly, this is a <em>damn<\/em> good cover&#8211;vibrant yet poignant, simmering and seething with carefully contained emotion until it just explodes with anguish and protest.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jetpack-video-wrapper\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"758\" height=\"427\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/We1BzUZCeJQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Ordinarily, I&#8217;d say that Ward doesn&#8217;t need promotion from a little blog like mine. But I suspect Springsteen fans aren&#8217;t in his target demographic, because compared with his most popular videos, Ward&#8217;s version of &#8220;Born in the U.S.A.&#8221; is an absolute sleeper with only 8,000 or so views.<\/p>\n<p>So do your favorite Springsteen fan a favor and point them toward this wonderful rendition. Tyler Ward&#8217;s &#8220;Born in the U.S.A.&#8221; immediately leaps onto my list of favorite Springsteen covers ever.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a9 August 4, 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube O.G. superstar finally turns his attention to Bruce&#8217;s music, and the result is spectacular.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28690,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3611,4],"tags":[2237,3235],"class_list":["post-28458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-bitusa","category-cover-me","tag-born-in-the-u-s-a","tag-tyler-ward"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/estreetshuffle.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/tyler.jpg?fit=900%2C900&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9w3Lk-7p0","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":7800,"url":"https:\/\/estreetshuffle.com\/index.php\/1984\/01\/20\/cover-me-richard-shindell-born-in-the-u-s-a\/","url_meta":{"origin":28458,"position":0},"title":"Richard Shindell: Born in the U.S.A.","author":"Ken","date":"January 20, 1984","format":false,"excerpt":"Richard Shindell's arrangement of \"Born in the U.S.A.\" highlights the anger and loss in the lyrics without sacrificing the melody. 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