Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. (Official Video)
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- Опубліковано 9 бер 2011
- Official Video for "Born in the U.S.A." by Bruce Springsteen
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Chorus:
Born in the U.S.A
I was born in the U.S.A
I was born in the U.S.A
Born in the U.S.A
#BruceSpringsteen #BornInTheUSA #ClassicRock
I was always blown away to see this song played at ball games, political events seemingly depicting a proud America... Born in the USA. The true meaning of the song is protest and the suffering the veterans went through and what they dealt with in the war along with the pain they experienced when they returned home. The song has always been glorified as proud America when in fact it is a very sad and painful story of suffering and a lack of appreciation of all the lives lost and suffering that came out of this war.
That's the way I look at it.
You can call the song "ironic", I guess. Even though it calls living in the US to be shitty. lol But the way it is sang and portrayed with the American flag and the way Scorcese filmed it with Bruce in leather and looking badass I think works against its message. Because frankly most people enjoy the rhythm of songs and don't listen to the lyrics. With this message, it probably needed to be approached like a Bob Dylan song. More quiet.
My eldest brother, RIP, had lifelong issues with the lives he was forced to take...being called a baby killer upon his return did not help matters any. I agree with your commentary.
@@johnnyskinwalker4095 I'd definitely argue that's the point. It also shows and points out how simple and easy the US public is to manipulate, especially to those who see the songs lyrics. Like it doesn't work for the specific people who don't realize it however, it is yet another layer of criticism on the American people for how we treat veterans
@@gaigetucker6242 I think it's misunderstood from both side of the debate. I think the song and words are patriotic in a way that it doesn't demean what America represents but rather it says those veterans are important, they gave their lives for the country and we should do more for them. I mean it's pretty wholesome. But the video itself should perhaps have been more specific. Showing veterans in battles and then coming home and having a hard time, etc...Whereas in this state, the look of Bruce on stage is gung ho patriot righty and you show laid of workers which is a lefty message. And both don't work.
The ironic thing is, this song is widely portrayed as being patriotic for reasons it isn't. Then people say its an anti america song. Both are wrong, it is one of the most patriotic songs there is, not because of praise for it's country, but because it calls out genuine issues. You don't have to blindly praise your country to be a patriot, the most patriotic thing you can do is call out and try improve your country's obvious flaws.
Still anti-American
@@darkahrenn1570 acknowledging and calling out your country's mistake is as patriotic as one can get
@@darkahrenn1570 calling out injustice and fighting to improve your country is 1 billion times more patriotic than covering your eyes and years and insisting things are perfect
The most underrated comment in this section!
Very good way to put it
Need more real music like this in 2024 🇺🇸.
I respect the hell out of Bruce Springsteen. He tells the truth when it's not comfortable to do so.
Yeah, Bruce is great and true 😃😃🎉🇩🇪🎶🇩🇪
I'd be honored if some 80s fans would take a quick listen to my acoustic piano & vocal YT performances DANCING IN THE DARK by Bruce Springsteen and PURPLE RAIN by Prince in tribute to 2 American musical legends. Live acoustic with no autotune. Peace and stay safe in the '020s.
Even I as a foreigner and not living in the U.S.A. get the chills of the trill of being a part of it.:D
Most people weren’t really uncomfortable to be anti-Vietnam
I’m a combat veteran, having done two tours. This song has always spoken to me. It’s Veterans Day, 2021, it’s been 20 years burning down the road, I’ve still got nowhere to run to, nowhere to go.
I feel ya. Been there, done that (Somalia, Iraq twice, Afghanistan). U.S. Army retired. Pick up the pieces and drive on Soldier. I'm still alive, you are too brother. Airborne all the way!
Thank you for your service. You are appreciated
Thank you for your service Sir
Thank you for your service. I appreciate it more than I could say, and I'm sorry for how our country has let you down.
Thank you
Still one of the greatest protest and rock songs ever written.
I’m just disappointed he he became a huge democrat so I don’t respect this song anymore
@@boomurdeadlol3224 tell me you didn't understand the lyrics without telling me you didn't understand the lyrics
The most smerican thing is being able to critiscize your country, your politicians and your institutions.
I cannot critiscize my supreme court, for example.
Unfortunatelly, bad actors have been using that sacred right to demolish the USA. And I don't think they will be as lenient if they succeed. Just look at their twitter behavior.
Yes it is!
Springsteen was inspired for this song by a paralyzed Vietnam veteran named Ron Kovic who wrote a book called "Born on the Fourth of July"
One of my dad’s favorite songs of all times. His dad served during Vietnam and during that time, he inhaled fumes from tires that were being burned or something. After he obviously developed lung cancer, the VA denied that it was the government’s fault because my grandpa was a smoker so it was probably his fault. He was in poor health for the remainder of his life. My parents raised me to hate war, the politicians that support it, the recruiters that prey on the poor to keep their numbers up, and the military industrial complex but they also raised me to have the upmost respect for those that survived, came back and were forgotten by their own country despite offering their lives.
Vietnam was hell for lungs, my grandfather developed lung cancer and we believe it was as a result of Agent Orange
Well my grandfather served for usa and got lung cancer after the war
I agree with you
I served two tours. One in Afghanistan and one in Iraq even though I am a proud American I agree with you 100%. When I was growing up my grandfather which served in the Pacific during World War Two had instilled in me that if our country was ever attacked during my generation it was my duty to fight for our freedom. I would not ever want to be in a war zone again but I would not trade my service to our country for anything. God bless your grandfather for his service
Bless all those bright, beautiful young men and women who served and their families ... Thank You Is NEVER Enough ...
My grandpa's a Vietnam War veteran. My respect to him, he's been through so much; he and his fellow soldiers deserved a hell of a lot better
This is a protest about how poorly the Vietnam vets were treated upon their return to the States. And my brother's name is one of the 58,000 on the black granite wall in D.C.
Shout at to your brother. He is with my uncle, and 2 cousins. That war still hurts.
Anyone who sacrifice's their own life for their country is a true hero, you should be very proud of your brother.
My uncle and 2 of my relatives died in that war my uncle served the korean war as well
You're brother died a honorable man and I respect that,yet its sad losing a loved one
So many 😢
I am just stunned by how much of himself Bruce puts into this vocal performance. He is raging, incandescently angry, almost shouting the lyrics. At the end there is just a howl of pain with no words at all really. He is living this song.
10 fucking 4
Es visceral. Es gutural más q' pulmón y garganta
Yeah, that howl at the end gives me the chills and chokes me up every time. OIF era USMC Vet here.
No he just wanted to be like Joe cocker who sa g that way cause he had cerebal paulsey.
@@bobspence5322 first of all, shut up. Secondly, learn how to spell.
The line where he says “had a brother at kaisan, fightin off all the Vietcong//they’re still there, but he’s all gone” and then it seems like there should be another verse. That part always gets me
"‘Born in the U.S.A.’ is an anthem that captures the spirit and struggles of American life. Springsteen’s powerful voice and poignant lyrics deliver a message that resonates deeply. This song isn't just about patriotism-it's a raw and honest portrayal of the American experience. Absolutely timeless! 🇺🇸🎸"
When Bruce toured Australia in the 1980's he donated his takinģ's from a concert to the Australian Vietnam veteran's group.Thank you Bruce
that was nice of him
Yours is not this, yours is the song down under, that is like your national anthem
Manda um salve aí pros brasileiros!kkk cê tá doidddddd
@@danielcortes8990 70800880000
Its almost unthinkable of him NOT being anywhere BUT USA
This song exists as the deciding factor to whether or not you're a person who pays attention to lyrics while listening to songs.
This song seems patriotic. That's enough for me.
The lyrics protest the treatment of Vietnam vets returning home from war:
@@NickCADA😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
100% one of the clearest examples. It shows you who is more prone to properganda as well.
@@NickCADAseems? I guess that is all that's enough for people who don't listen or think.
As a civilian observer who did not serve in the military, I hope this song is played every Memorial Day, Fourth Of July, and Veteran's Day. It definitely gives me some perspective. Beautiful message.
Yes Brother ❤
@@user-ed6jx9ux1e Oh, I'm a lady.
In my late 30s and my son who’s 6 was singing this and it hit different. I served in Iraq and Afghanistan, 13 years. At first I fought because of 9/11 but by the end it was just lining pockets of the rich. Made me realize I needed to explain to him that he needed to do things for himself when he grows up and not go into the service. War is bullshit and I stand by that. I do not blame the soldiers I love them, I don’t like the fuckin politicians.
@@meowchat6175 is it? Wasn’t aware of that? Let me look outside real fast, be right back…..
Nope no martial law!
I respect a man who is not afraid to change his mind.
A true patriot is one who asks uncomfortable questions.
@@The_PaleHorseman You should have looked outside for space aliens. It would have been more relevant to the original comment than your remark
It's not just the politicians. It's the corporations who fund them.
I agree 💯 percent because I lost comrades fo. Politicians. That never served in the military /
But I'm glad that I'm and American
One of the earliest songs I can remember as a little kid. I was 18 when I finally “got it” and then I watched friends and family go off to the Middle East and they weren’t the same people when they came home. Thank you Bruce, for bringing the story of our Vietnam vets to light.
it was vietnam
❤❤❤
From a guy who is born and raised in the middle east, believe me the atrocities witnessed by both the vets and the local are something beyond imagination. A poor local kid wanted to live in peace and the poor kid from Arkansas found himself in a war he didn't want to fight.
@@sonyalonnieclark9392The f***ing Khe Sanh
@@ghaithghazi6748 .
My Grandfather served in WWII as a Captain/reconnaissance pilot in the Army Air Corps. We never declared war after that. Presidents send our precious troops into whatever country for whatever reason. I cry every time I hear this song.
Fortunate Son by CCR is another good one.
My grandfather was also in combat in World War II, greetings from Houston 👍😎🇺🇸
hello. my great grandfather also fought in WW2 has a pilot. He was a captain too. he flew an F4U corsshair
One thing I appreciated about Bruce's music was it was all about the working man and real problems, Not just the stereotypical love song
This is one of very few rock songs that brings a lump to my throat. It's heartbreaking how we treat our veterans, especially Vietnam War vets, over wars that weren't their fault.
To me it's the official American lament of all the good that could have been in that era of middle class expansion but never came to pass because of conflict and fear...Instead we got Bataan, Khe sahn, and Mei Lai. Then Kuwait and Baghdad, and were still there in Anwar and Faluja...and when the men and women get home there wasn't and isn't even work for many of them, even down by the gas fires of the refineries these days...so we've spent the last 50 years literally burnin' down the road, leaving no where to run and nowhere to go. I'm only 35 but probably heard Bruce for the first time when I was ten or twelve and it seems at this point all of us workers are long gone daddies in the USA...
And how we treat minorities, and migrants, and children in forever war countries, and our elderly, and our mentally ill, and our poor, and... Oh, he wrote songs about all that too, didn't he?
@@manda60 the statement "born in the usa" literally means "not american."
They were treated like shit they protected us from danger then we fuckin treat them like dog shit nah man treat them like friends and stuff
@@user-qh6cm2vf7v I personally feel that the Vietnam war didn't protect anyone but that was still the motivation of the soldiers and I find that admirable
Look at his passion when he is singing. awesome.
I find his stage presence defiant and very sexy.
Funny how some Americans think this is a patriotic song.. it's anti establishment song, OH WAIT!! yet he endorsed crooked Hilary Clinton..
emils lielpeteris Yeah he sure can passionately lip sync! I wish I could do that! Oh wait! I CAN!!!!
Justin Lien he probably was performing the song , the audio itself is a studio version
i think he had a brother who died in Vietnam.
To think, people now prefer Kid Rock's plastic patriotism to Bruces genuine love of America. If you listen to all his music, his love of America as evident.
Happy 40th Anniversary (here in Mid Year 2024) to one of the greatest albums in history of recorded music. And thanks Bruce, Clearance, Stephen, Patti and everyone with the E Street for single handily with this legendary song to turn negative public perception to Vietnam War Vets and making them American War Heroes. 👍🇺🇸
'They're still there; he's all gone'. Finest lyrics ever written.
Nah, nah, nah... "He could throw a speed ball by ya, make ya look like a fool, BOY!"
1983
@@spkanava BARILOCHE VILLA LA ANGOSTURA SAN MARTIN DE LOS ANDES USHUAIA A R G E N T I N A
Amazing right! Says so much!
some of them were gone too
My Dad turned me on to Bruce. He was a Vietnam Army Veteran. I followed in his footsteps and became an OEF/OIF Veteran. We didn’t mind serving our country but lining rich folks pockets we had a problem with. This song speaks to us.
At least you got what these wars were fought for.
Many here in the comment section don't get it and still believe the narrative that these wars _(Vietnam, Panama, Grenada and the Middle East)_ were fought so they could _"sleep well at home"._
@@yannick245 nothing new under the sun
U guys are actually fighting for politicians not for your country
@@JuCarlos-ex8ip dude, thats not how war works.
@@user-pv5th2kb1y That's exactly how war works. The war in Afghanistan was a triumph for the defense industry.
2:50 too powerful, a powerful song❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
I'm living with one of our veterans right now and he is 75 and still remembers the very first day he was drafted, and I love him to death.😢😊😊😊😊😊
Thank him for his Service from me. And tell him -- Welcome Home !
My dad died very recently. This is the first song I remember him every playing for me. I will always love this song and my dad. I love you dad!!!!
My dad too
Praying for your Dad, you, and your family.
@Mel Rest, I'm so sorry for your loss. God bless you.
My daddy too!! This deep
Peace be with you Mel
You have a cool Pop.
I'm not even American but man can feel this fantastic song. Bruce is truly The Boss
2 live Crew is the BO$$ - Banned in the USA
Back when this song came out, I kind of understood it wasn't what many believed it to be. But I didn't quite get it. Years later, having enlisted in the USMC and gone through multiple deployments (from which I have never really fully returned), when I heard this song again, it just hit so differently. I truly got it. For me, having lost some damn fine brothers either there or when they returned and ultimately succumbed to the demons they brought back with them, the line that hits me so hard is "they're still there; he's all gone." The battle spots on the map might have changed, but that fact remains just as true. Thank you for reminding people of that, Bruce. Semper Fi.
💔 thank you for serving & for sharing this
Who's listening to this masterpiece here in 2024 Who's with me ?
❤❤❤❤❤
All beat bands ❤❤
Im with u boss greetings from germany
Me
here from France
listening in 2024 . Dad loved Bruce. Heard lots as a kid , but listening now and understanding the lyrics.. Wow what a great artist... Miss you Dad!
My dad used play it aswell miss my dad so.mu h great song❤
When you have people that are not US citizens feeling this song you know you have created something special.
He is truly the Boss
Jesse what the fuck are you talking about
In france we had it twice. In indochine where the army got sacrificed by the governement and Algeria when they sent young men fight their war
How ironic. Draft dodger. All the same. Sit there and let Ms Clinton pat you on the head. That way you really make the plight of the poor better.
BARILOCHE USHUAIA ICE HOCKEY
A R G E N T I N A
@@JongleurBt1
BARILOCHE USHANKA MAMUSCHKA USHUAIA
A R G E N T I N A
You can hear the anger in his voice towards the U.S. government and it's people for the way they treat Vietnam veterans. I love it.
+Luis Pinedo Wait, what? Someone (you) actually got the point of the song? I apologize for the sarcasm. Most people don't understand what this song is about, so it always makes me happy to know that someone gets it. He is yelling for a reason. He is venting for the vets who got fucked over after fighting for their country.
Luis Pinedo I loved it when he told Reagan he couldn’t use it. I feel it’s the first song about PTSD. What happened when veterans came home. My second favorite protest song!
I don’t hear anger, I hear cognitive dissonance
energeez Cognitive dissonance is not an emotion. And a big difference between irony and cognitive dissonance.
It’s an ironic response to the treatment of vets by our government. The first song about PTSD and our disregard of vets after they fight in wars, specifically Vietnam.
Have a great day.
Peanutbutter jellyfish I didn’t say it was an emotion. and I don’t even know what to say to the matter of fact explanation you gave. it’s art, not a referendum on politics.
My great uncle died in ‘75 because of cancer caused by the agent orange in Vietnam. I never did meet him, but maybe someday I’ll meet him in heaven.
My oldest brother got drafted... It gets worse... We are Mexican! Talk to Ira Hayes.
You uncle is a hero thank you
Greatest Night in Pop brought me here!! Can’t believe how awesome this era was!! 80’s baby
Meee too!!
Anyone who was alive in the 80s truly enjoyed one of the best decades. Y'all are lucky. 😅
the saddest lyric in this song....still brings tears...
I had a brother at Khe Sanh
Fighting off the Viet Cong
They're still there, he's all gone
He had a woman he loved in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms now
Aussie here. Very disturbing isn't it how vets were and are treated. I've seen so many homeless lost men I just can't understand why the US hasnt built care homes for those that need it. My uncle went (Aussies are US allies so we sent thousands to their death) and he was utterly destroyed when he came back and led a tragic life with an early death. If you get a chance look up the song Khe Sanh by Cold Chisel. Peace mate.
@@sunshinecoastrealestatepho9970 it's because they never care about soldiers. They're just pawns for the 1% we know as politicians and those behind them. "Glory", ideology? Meaningless, they just want to extend their influence to make more money = make people suffer.
Signs and symptoms of burgeoning population crisis: Hormonal impetus for lack of cognitive for self- constraint (using rationale)
Agree or disagree ?
@@sunshinecoastrealestatepho9970 Alos , " I was only 19 " ...
This man is so badass he couldn’t choose between a leather jacket or a sleeveless jean jacket so he wore both
he's also wearing a headband and a neckband at the same time
this comment is criminally underrated
Hilarious
The Boss! Man, I'm a lifelong Jersey girl. This guy IS Jersey. But, it sucks that he became a liberal commie. Jersey has some of the greatest artists of all genres, but, bunch of commie fucks. Sad.
Niceee fellow deadboy.. SESH
Not even from USA and this gives me goosebumps
I'm from Poland, I don't know nothing about the American emotions and deep meaning of the song yet I know everything thanks to the amazing vocals by the BOSS, a true human anthem not a political rally jingle
It is one of the 1st songs to address the wrongs done to Vietnam vets and politicians have abused its lyrics for years.
bold of you to assume that they've listened to the song other than it's Major Key and the words "Born in the USA"
Born in India i was, but damn this song rox, i was 7 when i listened to it and love it
he really is the Boss,
other songs are also epic.
@@ktolwal and he's still one of the sexiest men alive.
@@jdstep97 well im not into men ,. ;)
so cant comment on his sexuality
but hey he is a awesome musician
@@ktolwal He makes politicians listen to his points of view. He also supports veterans.
My oldest brother was killed in Vietnam , and to this day I'm angry the way those vets were treated , and the killed essentially forgotten .. Shame on everyone !
It was the president of America on that time that sent those soldiers that killed all those kids
So sorry for your loss! They are hero’s!!
Your brother was a hero . sorry for your loss
JRA dawg I had a Cousin he died but I have a two uncles that live one was for the Air Force when did infantry for the army and also to Truck driving
Hector Santos Deliz how dare you they were sent to stop communism not to kill kids you should be ashamed for saying that
I was born in 83 so this song was just always on in the background somewhere. This is my first time listening to the lyrics and I'm in tears.
I was born in 1983 and my late mum loved Bruce Springsteen Music
i heard this at the gym and was shocked like do they know the lyrics at all?
The last shot of a young girl emerging from the shadows to stand in the light is haunting. She's America, strong and resilient. Whoever directed this vid fully captured the sentiment.,,
I'm not from USA, but I meet an American woman who bought a running shoes for me and help me so I can go to college. Now I'm a Professional Teacher. Thank you Mom.
so nice! why are you thanking your mom?
@@codymayes1953 🤣
I have a hard time believing that but ok.
@@codymayes1953 could’ve been adopted or related through marriage.
"A Patriot must always defend his country - against its government"
- Edward Abbey
i think patriotism is stupid. the same bullshit as nationalism. only leads to hatred. lets not devide us in countries but unite us as people.
@@LunarPenguin42
I think, that Abbey was trying to say exactly that. I agree, patriotism and nationalism are very closely linked. Big business and the govt. have perverted the meaning to mean go fight for them. The original meaning of a Patriot is to hold his government accountable.
@Sparatist
Thx man 😃
@Dritzz Darkwood ! the quote is a gem 👍
@@dritzzdarkwood4727 I call myself a patriot. I applaud my government when they do good for the people and criticize and fight when they do not. Patriotism is for the love of your country, not kiss its ass regardless of what it does
Powerful song Bruce gives it everything he has, brilliant
When I was little watching this video, I used to wonder why he was mad singing this. 37 years later, now I know.
it is not possible for any person to be born in the usa.
I'm not a U.S citizen, but this song has a vibe...
You are lucky then. This isn't a patriotic song. It's a war protest, and everyone can relate :)
Anti-war song
It became something else though
A feel you mean
lol Trump was using this song for his rally probably the most ironic thing happened on the planet.
Massively misunderstood song, the message is heartbreaking.
I just learned what this song is about I used to hate it but now it’s in my top 5 and gives me chills
Somewhere I read this is like the most misinterpreted song around. Me too had expected this to be a star spangling patriotic song, but I was so wrong.
What powerful lyrics "They're Still there, he's all gone" ❤
*he's long gone
This is my favorite part of the lyrics aswell.
He is sad for his brother, but what he is sad the most is that those yellow men are still there (not all yellow men have been killed). If at least the yellow men were all dead now his brothers death would have paid of.
At least that's how I interpreted that part, correct me if I am wrong.
@@99Gara99it's not that he necessarily wants them dead as well. It just goes to prove the futility of the conflict. We fought the war in Vietnam to remove their communist government and prevent its spread to other countries in SE Asia. 10 years later and 57,000 dead and that's what happened anyways.
I'm British & I've always been interested in this war between the USA & Vietnam, the movies about it are excellent especially we were soldiers with Mel Gibson. Always makes me wonder why America went in there especially with it being not so long after WW2. Even now in recent times its always our two countries that says enough is enough & we step in to defend freedom.
@@andylivsey7163They put us in it because the select few who profit from others misery in the name of democracy. The war machine is extremely profitable for a select few.
I was a teen when this hit the radio....It took me until middle age, giving this another listen, to realize what an utterly sad song this
You Woke !! YAY!!! better late than never.
@@veecapp9427 I suppose, although I like to use that term in an inward, spiritual way.
In that regard, Im not sure one can get there without a certain amount of miles behind them.
Dear lord I just looked it up, I was 13 when it hit the radio. Rocked out to it, but didnt grasp it, and hadnt heard in in years and years. where did the time go.......
Aye same here
Same,
I was 16 when this album came in Norway, saw Bruce at Valle Hovin in Oslo that or the next year . It was glory days.
Who’s still listening to this great song in 2024
No one. No one is listening to this song as you insert a who is still listening to this song in this year comment because you are too unoriginal to come up with something unique. You can't even get cheap likes with some stupid idea you copied.
No one. You are unoriginal af, Stop trying to do the trend of who is listening to this song in this year comment.
My daughter took me to this concert with my son and my dad , 😢rip dad
2024 is so yesterday. I’m listening to this in 2078.
Most American song ever all wrapped up in a history lesson we never seem to remember
history? whats history? we are erasing it
From a guy that supports the war-monger and despises the man that ended our wars.
The irony never seems to stop.
Hearts and minds! Hearts and minds... 🙄
Bruce is among the Hollywood elite who despises Donald Trump. It is ironic that a man who wrote this song, shows so much hate towards a president who never started a war. That tells you all you need to know about Bruce.
USA 🇺🇸
I love his intensity when he sings. He knows what exactly why he’s singing, and he wants the audience to feel it too. Bruce will always be the boss.
He'll always be a yawnfest IMO. What a fucking boring song.
ALAWYS
@@JokersWild70 then leave
@@JokersWild70 great to spread your positive opinion on a subjective piece of art.
JokersWild45 mate your whole channel is based around terrible covers of average songs
Simply The BOSS.
I'm not American and this song gives me goosebumps
I'm Vietnamese but it gives me goosebumps as well 🤯
I don't know if you guys know this, you can believe me or not, but 4:22, that construction worker is my dad.
That's one sexy dad
dapperedavid He's not so sexy now. 49 years old and can hardly walk :(
Say hi to him... Say GnR fan wishes you the best
Viet Vet?
Pig Snipes Huh?
One of the most misunderstood songs ever.
I freaking love it, we love it, even if we don't born in the USA.
This might be a controversial opinion, but this is the most patriotic song of all time.
@@Dylan_Sterling it's about coming back from Vietnam being seriously damaged BUT still having hope for what America's people can become again. So it's sad and patriotic at the same time
It’s not misunderstood at all…a song can’t be misinterpreted…..the listener creates the meaning….the beauty of this song is that it’s vague enough to be claimed by many viewpoints, but at its heart it’s always seemed to me about an average working class guy who got in trouble, and as was common in those days, told by a Judge it’s jail or the army , so he joined the army. He had a rough time in the years after and when this song was written he would not even have been much past 35. It’s a common story from that time and era, and despite his problems the narrator still feels, in my opinion, proud to be born in the USA…his story is HIS story….it’s HIS personal American narrative. Plus, ole Bruce, he pumped himself up, ditched the earring, turned up the drums, appropriated the flag as much as sly Stallone in rocky four and Rambo 2….don’t lie to me and tell me he wasn’t trying to convey a jingoistic, traditionally patriotic message here….
@@decristo1021 Nothing in this song is jingoistic. He’s protesting the treatment of working class Americans and especially those that fought in vietnam
@@Dylan_Sterling controversial? Or just plain stupid
Memory from teenage years!
I once had this POS car. A Springsteen CD got stuck in the CD player for like two years. Your choices were radio or The Boss. The Springsteenmobile.
I’m sorry
Could be worse.
Which album? I have a whole stack of CDs in my car and never mind whenever this album gets stuck in there for weeks at a time because I'm too lazy to change it.
Great story!
that made me lol and smile. at least car lasted for 2 years.
I was a kid in the 80s when this came out. As I got older and understood what this was about and understood the impact of that War on those who served, it gives me chills. One of the best songs I've ever heard. Look at the passion on Bruce's face when he's singing.
This jam checks almost every box of a perfect rock song.
BARILOCHE VILLA LA ANGOSTURA SAN MARTIN DE LOS ANDES USHUAIA A R G E N T I N A
i love the fact that he is a liberal.
You can see his heart on his face
On your side..
Max Weinberg, looking like Ringo, going absolutely crazy back there. His drumming is so powerful on this song
Its hilarious that people jsut assume that this song is about the good things about america, when its the exact opposite
Wow, I remember hearing this song played a lot in the stadiums as a child. Now that I'm older and can understand the lyrics....this is a very sad song.
La capisci che sono sempre nel mio cuore
Sbarco in Normandia
Contro il totalirsmo
Antifa
Grazie
I lived in FL for 3 years during the 90’s and I remember a lot of vietnam vets searching for jobs, asking for money, problems with drugs, alcohol, even two decades after the war. Sad. Greetings from Sao Paulo, Brasil.
Fuck brazil shithole country
@@kazghalali9683 who hurt you?
@@Nate-wf5hk im iranian living in vienna Austria i know shithole countries
@@kazghalali9683 like the one you left to go live in the west? Im an American that has been to 28 countries. Brasil is one of my favorites.
@@kazghalali9683 Iran is a great nation, I don't like the Iranian Government but the Iranian nation, Iranian people, Iranian Culture, Language, History, Foods, are GREAT! Greetings from Albania
Yes sir thank you for your services
Always loved this song, it’s sung with such power and conviction!!!! ✊ Go Bruce!!! 😘
♥️ 🎧 ♥️
"I had a brother at Khe Sanh fighting off the Viet Cong
They're still there, he's all gone
He had a woman he loved in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms now"
The heart of the song and it tears me up every time I hear it.
Charlie OBrien facts
I know what you mean,
when i was in elementary school -
i had a friend who's father was in Vietnam..
& without being to graghic,
he would tell us war stories that were terrible..
Like one minute him & a buddy would be walking side by side,
then all of a sudden - a sniper had open fired & dropped his buddy with a clean shot..
Jesus, he must have repeated the word senseless after every event he talked about - i must agree with him, (WAR) it's all senseless..
Him leaving those measures empty that had lyrics in them in the other parts of the song always gets me, it makes me think of a broken man who can’t find the words to describe the tragedy he’s been through
I feel the same about that part, too. All that death and sacrifice for nothing.
i played this at full volume at 2 a.m. and my neighbours were so happy to be woken up by such a spectacle they threw a rock at my window to hear it better
Lol
wtf lol
LMAO THATS AWSOME 😁!!
Curiously, the same thing happened to me at this moment, almost at 2 am, but they threw stones, it was to lower the volume.
WTF lmao
If you don"t think this is Bruce Springsteen's most iconic song and BEST song......you are unamerican. 💯
Lmao. Best seriously, this is his best song. Masterpiece.
Fantastica canzone.. fantastico Bruce..un grande abbraccio da Roma e speriamo in un mondo migliore..💪💪
Sad to see so many completely miss the point and misuse the song
The song is pro-war
0IIIIII Sure it is...www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/11/06/are-politicians-too-dumb-to-understand-the-lyrics-to-born-in-the-usa.html
not this one FRITZ .. all below , are as should be ..
Ze Germanz Well that's contrary to what I learned, but who says that the Daily Beast has the final word? Hmmmm? It doesn't matter. The Vietnam War was morally justified. US would've made South Vietnam a vibrant democracy like with South Korea and Taiwan, but because of the Anti-War Movement, this never happened. Ho Chi Minh was an evil and crazed dictator, which according to Jane Fonda and the hippies, is preferable to US nationbuilding. That's the Anti-War Movement for ya. Idiots trying to tell politicians how to run the world.
The U.S. involvement in Vietnam war was started on false pretext - the August 4th Gulf of Tonkin incident, justifying U.S. force against North Vietnamese communist aggression never happened. This was officially declassified by the CIA in 2005. Hence, known as a false flag, with thousands of lives lost on both sides.
When i was young i used to sing this on my birthday, then i found out that i was born in Australia....
Hah! :-)
Hahahahahah
+Trolling Banana Guy BORN IN THE AUSA! But tbh Australia > 'Murics
+GeoGuy NZ True that
Unlucky man I am Australian and it's ok
I listen to each song three times so I can completely and totally 100% fully hear what they’re saying because I care❤
This song was released when I was in high school. My dad used to rock out to Chuck Berry but then he heard me playing records for AC/DC and then music by Bruce Springsteen and he ended up really loving both, a lot. He'd say my then favorite band, Duran Duran, couldn't even tune Bruce's guitars lol He was a former POW in the Korean war and then worked in the steel mill, so I think this song really hit home for him. He passed away back in 1987.
I heard this song for the first time on radio Voice of America in 1984. I was living in comunist country in Eastern Europe. A big prison basically.
This song was like a sunshine through a small window in a prison cell. Hard to explain to those fortunate to be born in the USA.
ONE OF THE GREATEST SONGS EVER WRITTEN
@Bruce Springsteen ok. how should I go about doing that?
@Bruce Springsteen I am from Chicago but live in South Carolina
Absolutely and seeing from his perfomance he put all in it.
1983
ICE HOCKEY BARILOCHE USHUAIA A R G E N T I N A
The most misunderstood song ever
The acoustic version makes it much less misunderstood. Even Bruce admits that the presentation of the song helped lead to the misunderstanding.
Also the most misunderstood album ever. It's all just as depressing as this song.
legend says liberals are so stupid, obummer was a U.S. citizen or a great President.
@Kevin Prima no actually if anyone ought to be in prison it's crooked Hillary, obummer and the rest of his corrupt and treasonous assholes!!
@Kevin Prima WTF has Trump done to be arrested for? Hillary and obummer committed countless crimes, most of which were felonies
You can be patriotic and against war. You can love and respect the soldiers, but hate the military.
The most misunderstood song
I am ashamed to confess that I have misunderstood this song for the greater part of my life. I grew up in the 80's. This song was huge back then, played ubiquitously in the USA--especially on 4th of July (Independence Day). I believe several Politicians used it in their political campaigns (I don't think they read the lyrics!) I thought of it as a patriotic, feel-good, karaoke song. But now, that I have become wiser, read a few books, went to college, and have lived through a few US foreign policy blunders -I am realizing the true meaning of this song! A 5-minute song that teaches more about the errors of History than my public High-School, History class ever did in the USA! (Agent Orange)
when he said "so they put the riffle in my hand, sent me up to the foreign land, to go and kill the yellow man" damn that hit hard
@@franss9606 His cousin went off to fight them viet cong, they are still there, he's all gone. And it repeats in the middle east, soon to be the south china sea.
I am from Finland and bought this album amongst my first CD*s ever and though I was a teenager oceans away I knew for the first time what this man was telling... Odd isn't it? Most of my friends thought this was a praise for USA and for that reason some of them hated this song...
I can't believe I've heard this song so many times yet always assumed it was patriotic!
It does give a whole new perspective on the tune when you realize what it's talking about
Being proud of your county means also pointing out it’s faults!
Doesn’t means to go communist and no, we do not have systemic racism.
@@susehendricks6217 that's what sytemic racism would say
@@josephking1019 that’s what the lack of systematic racism would say
Right. U.S. had, and have, a lot of brave men fighting and dying for this flag, and yet government does nothing to support vets
I'm from the UK and I can confirm that it's just as difficult over here to explain this concept as it is in America (I'm worked in the US so have some idea), keep up the good fight.
Love Bruce 💯
such a great song but tragic and sad at the same
I'm British and I'm truly jealous of anyone who has had the amazing privilege of being born in the USA. It is an amazing country with great buildings and wonderful open roads to cruise down. The vast open deserts and the big, phenomenal city of Manhattan. I went to Florida when I was 5 but don't remember it much. I can't wait until I'm 18 in 3 years so I can explore the most incredible country in the world. USA! USA! USA! USA!
So ur british but ur picture is an american hockey team from new jersey, the same state bruce springsteen was born?
Buck Nekrid They're my favourite NHL team and I wasn't aware Bruce was from NJ. I love hockey as much as most Americans and Canadians. I don't see why you think I'm lying, would you like me to attach a photo of my passport or something? Damn....
You know this song is about recovering from the war right?
Good point, most people don't actually realise that it's anti-american
james alex
it is not anti-american
more nuanced than that
more anti - war
One of the most important songs in US rock history.
6ix9ine Gummo is way betterer dude
@@youremybiggestfan No
Why do you say that?
@@Howtech55 as a joke
1000% agree
This Song was About Ron Kolvick Who Served In Vietnam
love this song
Simply one of the best songs ever written.
Yes
One of the heaviest, too.
Sure it is. In an alternative universe. Lol.
@@hermanmunster714 You must be fun at parties
@@PeruvianPotato
ONE SONG MORE
"So they put a rifle in my hand/Sent me off to a foreign land/To go and kill the Yellow Man" Once u actually listen to the lyrics of this song. It's like daaaaamn. Feel bad for them Vets
And for the yellow man as well!
SR N The yellow man? Purple guy connection!
@@MChiave The yellow man died to protect his country and family against an invading force who came from thousand miles away..
Was in the Army When this was Released you are damn right we knew what this was about. It was sung Loud and clear in the NCO club..yeah we knew about the treatment of our brothers in this war, I was in Central America at the time. Infantry we had Vets with us at the time yeah we heard what really was going on.
So strong
This song is so on the nose with its message and yet so many don’t get it, you don’t even need the lyrics you just need to have ears
I'm Brazilian, I love this song, I always thought it was dedicated to American patriotism, it's a shame to know the naked truth, how the heroes who died in combat in the Vietnam war were not given due value, on the contrary, they were ignored, heroes who They didn't think twice and went to fight for their country, I always saw the United States as an example of Patriots, but this episode shook me, how can a democratic nation not love its heroes?? God bless all those who fell in combat in the Vietnam War! !!
My country the proud Republic of the United States of America has proud history of fighting in foreign lands for Liberty against tyranny. Go to your nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulat and volunteer to join the fight.
I salute all those Vietnam vets that were shuffled off to a war they didn't ask for, then either got killed or return to a country that was eager to forget about their sacrifice. They were bastardized, victimized, and abused by their government and their fellow citizens.
Thank you for your service.
Yep, and those (including my brother) exposed to Agent Orange in addition to the other atrocities.
You should say sorry for your service. Their service didn't help you or the US population, only a few very rich person.
@@renenoel2641 People say Thank You for your Service as a greeting knowing now full well the Vietnam War was a pointless war and trying to make up for the way we were treated when we got home. USMC1969-1971
Now take a minute and think about what cruelty you did to the vietnamese people. Shame on the USA.
@@llothar68 Most didn't choose to go to war in Vietnam. It was the rich politicians who didn't give a shit about the poor and working class.
"had a brother at khe sahn
fighting off the viet cong
they're still here, he's all gone"
jeez man, heavy shit
burek sa sirom do u not get it? The guy was fighting for a lost cause. The wars over but his soul is still fighting
@burek sa sirom can you read?
Chris 389 Not everyone has English as their first language,he’s obviously slavic,instead of being a dumbass you can write the explanation of the lyric.+burek sa sirom прича о рату Амера и Вијетнамаца,ова песма је против рата и саркастично говори како је поносан Американац.А ово што је овај лик написао односи се на брата Спрингстина који је погинуо у Вијетнаму за џабе.
I only listen to RM radio for 20-25 minutes in the morning when I shower and get ready for work. Today I had one of those days where they played all good songs, and this was just beginning when I turned the radio on, it kind of set the tone for what was a grind of a day.
My dad, a Marine Vietnam Vet, loved this song. Thank you!
BORN IN THE HOSPITAL
I WAS BOOOORN IN THE HOSPITAL
Jajajajajaa
Boooooorn in a mom
I'm a sperm. I wasn't borned yet.
Ella B. Get back in the corner baby
God bless America.😊
OUI ! .. pour l'éternité . 👍🇺🇸🙏