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:
Don’t come back
Commie asshole
You should be embarrassed by your music. It sucks
STFU you phony jackass!!!
I assure you bruce.. the feelings are mutual
Never liked him or thought he was so talented.
What a moron
It is AMERICA that is embarrassed !!!!! You don’t belong here, true Americans DoNT WANT YOU
please stay out of the USA !!!
Born in the USA. Smh! This was actually an anti American song all those years ago!