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:
Never liked him anyways
Old piece of c**p stay there we don’t want you here in our Country…America hater
Shut up and sing your song you’re a singer nothing else
the boss is a$#%&!@* screw him!
You are nonAmerican! F…. Oremove the group (soldiers are not heros) off of facebook
This is a 100%$#%&!@*hole with no talent at all who thinks he can sing but any screens
Blow away$#%&!@*head.
Old senile fool.
You can leave, you know.
Do the people who say that they are embarrassed to be Americans think we care. I sure don’t. They are embarrassed but still they are willing to take Americans money for their music.