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Perhaps he is jealous of the Boss because Bruce's fanbase includes people of both parties, liberals and conservatives and atheists and religious people.
Beck's fanbase is very limited. I imagine he will go after poor Sandra Bullock next for marrying a jerk.
Springsteen always had a lot of social observation in his lyrics. I think with songs like "The River" and "Born in the USA" one starts to see social critque...Bruce is not being all that positive about the way things are in these songs. This really comes through in "Ghost of Tom Joad" (with the excellent Youngstown, one of his best songs)....which was inspired by some socially-critical photojournalism from the Sacramento Bee..."Journey to Nowhere".
I think we all know this, though. Suprised Beck didnt? All that was before Springsteens partisan activities on behalf of the Dems. But you already kind of knew where his heart was before that partisan stuff.
Springsteen always had a lot of social observation in his lyrics. I think with songs like "The River" and "Born in the USA" one starts to see social critque...Bruce is not being all that positive about the way things are in these songs. This really comes through in "Ghost of Tom Joad" (with the excellent Youngstown, one of his best songs)....which was inspired by some socially-critical photojournalism from the Sacramento Bee..."Journey to Nowhere".
I think we all know this, though. Suprised Beck didnt? All that was before Springsteens partisan activities on behalf of the Dems. But you already kind of knew where his heart was before that partisan stuff.
Right! Springsteen is a storyteller. And let's face it he nailed it in that song about the struggle of the middle class and the Viet Nam vets.
Before calling it anti-American he should go back and take a reading comprehension course. Then he would have understood the lyrics.
Springsteen always had a lot of social observation in his lyrics. I think with songs like "The River" and "Born in the USA" one starts to see social critque...Bruce is not being all that positive about the way things are in these songs. This really comes through in "Ghost of Tom Joad" (with the excellent Youngstown, one of his best songs)....which was inspired by some socially-critical photojournalism from the Sacramento Bee..."Journey to Nowhere".
I think we all know this, though. Suprised Beck didnt? All that was before Springsteens partisan activities on behalf of the Dems. But you already kind of knew where his heart was before that partisan stuff.
By the logic that anyone critical of the U.S. is an evil communist bastard, then we should include many of our greatest writers: Mark Twain (anti-slavery writings and exposed hypocrisy of Christians using the Bible to justify slavery), Jack London (actually, he was an avowed socialist), F. Scott Fitzgerald (lambasted the excesses that led to the Great Depression), John Steinbeck, Tennessee Williams, Cormac McCarthy, Kurt Vonnegut, Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan...
The song is not anti-American, but it is certainly, and always has been clearly, anti-jingoist and opposed to a certain sort of policy associated with American warmongers.
That Beck is apparently the first Republican in almost 30 years to figure this out says more about the laughable state of Republicans than it does about either Beck or Springsteen.
Total moron. The fact anyone takes this blowhard seriously makes me question the intelligence of this country.
I agree. I hate to admit it, but I used to like Springsteen's music back in the '70s. Too bad his talent ran out 25 years ago and he's using politics to keep his name in the spotlight.
I find this so funny. This song is damn near 25 years old and now that BECK claims its anti-american I guess it has to be. This idiot could say the sky is falling and instead of seeing this fool for what he is, the Beck drones will jump on the bandwagon. Pathetic.
No, what's funny is that so many people believe that Beck is the first person to bring this up. Every politician in the United States knows not to answer the "What's your favorite song?" question at a political debate with the answer " Born in the USA."
Why? Because this song has been hotly debated for 25 years. This is nothing knew, but yet the "drones" come out of the closet the moment Beck is mentioned.
This is why it is funny that Reagan co-opted the song as some sort of campaign anthem--when he didn't care about your average American person. According to Reagan, there was no mental illness in America. There was no homelessness--except by people who chose to be. Yeah, right.
EDIT: Anyway--the song never was PRO-America...or at least not supportive of American government and policy decisions made by them.
Beck is a clown that even Bill O'Reilly get's embarrassed about [according to an article in today's LA Times]. That Beck is more popular than the other Fox clowns just reveals how bankrupt the GOP really is.
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