Bruce Springsteen and the late Tupac Shakur are both musical legends, and so they may well have found occasion to work together under less tragic circumstances, but history took its course and that collaboration never happened. Instead, we are left with this puzzle. And it is a puzzle. What does the late Tupac mean by “Irene Springsteen”? Is Irene Springsteen like rock and roll’s equivalent to “Gallagher Too” or Sarah Chalke on Roseanne? Man, can you imagine buying tickets to see Springsteen and getting Irene instead of Bruce? That would probably be disappointing (though who knows; perhaps Irene was a fabulous dancer). Moving on, though, to what is arguably more important here: Why does Tupac have no arms? Fortunately, we do have arms with which to embrace this mystery and what is unquestionably a great-looking shirt. Irene Springsteen, whoever you are, we salute you for inspiring this brain tickler for the ages.
