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:
hey bruce, i am not embarrassed,and you can stay in austrailia.
Old has been.
I like some of his music, but he is the embarrassment to Americans. Don’t disrespect the President in other countries douche bag
Take his passport away. Then arrest him for sedition.
Who?
Fu Bruce.
Just stay over there.
An a draft dodger
Pig. You are the embarassment.
Go away
Bruce is a$#%&!@* always been a$#%&!@* he is a$#%&!@*in the morning,$#%&!@*in the evening & a$#%&!@*at supper time!