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:
There’s lots of room on the “anti-American band wagon”, Bruce. Shameful.
I will never listen to him singing about our country again! What a traitor, doesn’t deserve to live in our country.
Amen! Our country has sunk to a new low. I am more scared than embarrassed.
As Americans we are embarrassed that you are American Bruce, you suck.
Idiots like this should be banned from traveling abroad. They do not speak for America.
BS is an embarrassment to patriotic Americans. He is just like those sports figures kneeling when the National Anthem is being played; people who have amassed fortunes under the freedoms & security our flag has provided. If all of these millionaires in all venues still have vast amounts of money, then they are the ones who should step up to the plate & by example show the rest of us what we should be doing to help those truly in need. Bruce Springsteen- BIG MAN, charging exhorbitant prices to see him rant & rave about his birth country? It’s easy for those who have sacrificed NOTHING to criticize. What a hypocrite and an embarrassment he is!!!
Crazy old fool. We voted for and stand behind our president.
This guy is a real asshole
Why are all the druggies talking politics?
Bet his record sales have dropped:)