This week, Bruce Springsteen claimed that he was standing amount “embarrassed Americans”.
This coming from the man who sings “Born in the USA,” but the signs were there all along. Springsteen’s hit may sound like a patriotic jam, but its intention is often misheard or misunderstood. With lyrics like “So they put a rifle in my hand / Sent me off to a foreign land / To go and kill the yellow man,” the song was a political statement from the very beginning.
The anti-war/anti-America message may have been subtle then, but now Springsteen is making his displeasure with the United States known across the world. His most overt criticism of his home country came this week during a concert in Melbourne, Australia.
See Bruce Springsteen’s full statement on the next page:
I was embarrassed for 8 long years
Yah Bruce quit embarrassing us
Yep every time springsteen opens his mouth i am embarassed
It was funny when Reagan gave Springsteen an award for the patriotic song and then Springsteen tells Reagan on national t.v. that it’s a protest song.
Just another dumb fuckin entertainer, shut up an sing. Don’t talk dumbass
Springsteen is way over the hill
Enough $ will make some men justify killing their own mother.
I grew up with THE Bruce… he’s obviously older than I, and SENILE !
This guy ever going to stop whinning?
Bruce is the embarrassment. Enough said!