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:
Coming from a draft dodger and a hack who cares what he thinks I’m embarrassed he is an American won’t buy his music and never have
Then don’t come back.
Bruce, you are an embarrassment to our Country.
We Americans are only embarrassed by the Clinton clan and Obama.
S**t bag
Pos!
Washed up$#%&!@*…not the boss but a total loss
Then don’t come back, you$#%&!@* You weren’t too embarrassed when we were paying good money for your records and concert tickets.
He should be embarrassed. Idiot.
What a spoiled rotten jerk…