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:
Has been !
Good ole Springsteen can stay over there
This talentless, screaming pos should shut his pie hole before some REAL AMERICAN shuts it for him.
May I remind you of the Dixie Chicks? You are toast Springsteen —
We are embarrassed your an American. Shut up
You STILL can’t sing!
Scum!!
Springsteen Still Sux
F**k you f*g Bruce pig fucker !
I don’t know what he said overseas, but this 20 or 30 year old song seems like a reasonable response to being sent to war to kill people you do not know because your country asked you to.