Bruce Springsteen - Born in the U.S.A. (Official Video)

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    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
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  • @ellenabramsblankenship4455
    @ellenabramsblankenship4455 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11328

    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.

    • @timothygibson2536
      @timothygibson2536 3 ปีที่แล้ว +635

      Shout at to your brother. He is with my uncle, and 2 cousins. That war still hurts.

    • @jimcab4279
      @jimcab4279 3 ปีที่แล้ว +370

      Anyone who sacrifice's their own life for their country is a true hero, you should be very proud of your brother.

    • @hizwannassa8809
      @hizwannassa8809 3 ปีที่แล้ว +170

      My uncle and 2 of my relatives died in that war my uncle served the korean war as well

    • @KodaLeck
      @KodaLeck 3 ปีที่แล้ว +135

      You're brother died a honorable man and I respect that,yet its sad losing a loved one

    • @Cissy2cute
      @Cissy2cute 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      So many 😢

  • @jake3736
    @jake3736 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10308

    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.

    • @darkahrenn1570
      @darkahrenn1570 3 ปีที่แล้ว +89

      Still anti-American

    • @dashthatoneviewer
      @dashthatoneviewer 3 ปีที่แล้ว +927

      @@darkahrenn1570 acknowledging and calling out your country's mistake is as patriotic as one can get

    • @Benzona
      @Benzona 3 ปีที่แล้ว +816

      @@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

    • @NotYourCitizenAnymore
      @NotYourCitizenAnymore 3 ปีที่แล้ว +117

      The most underrated comment in this section!

    • @Capsacininthebasin
      @Capsacininthebasin 3 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      Very good way to put it

  • @MeredithAnne88
    @MeredithAnne88 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +473

    I respect the hell out of Bruce Springsteen. He tells the truth when it's not comfortable to do so.

    • @burkhardraum1956
      @burkhardraum1956 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      Yeah, Bruce is great and true 😃😃🎉🇩🇪🎶🇩🇪

    • @willritter4076
      @willritter4076 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      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.

    • @DorisAmelin-fj7qm
      @DorisAmelin-fj7qm 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      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

    • @soapgaming4903
      @soapgaming4903 27 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Most people weren’t really uncomfortable to be anti-Vietnam

    • @joedatius
      @joedatius 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      ​@@soapgaming4903 it was a incredibly taboo subject and people where literally KILLED for speaking out against it.
      you could be labeled a communist and shunned and even lose your job for being openly anti-war

  • @JB-lv5xd
    @JB-lv5xd หลายเดือนก่อน +90

    Need more real music like this in 2024 🇺🇸.

    • @joelapera6676
      @joelapera6676 11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      its time to dust off chimes of freedom

  • @gtob431
    @gtob431 ปีที่แล้ว +4857

    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.

    • @natalierampone9750
      @natalierampone9750 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      That's the way I look at it.

    • @johnnyskinwalker4095
      @johnnyskinwalker4095 ปีที่แล้ว +102

      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.

    • @Goomba956
      @Goomba956 ปีที่แล้ว +66

      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.

    • @gaigetucker6242
      @gaigetucker6242 ปีที่แล้ว +62

      @@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

    • @johnnyskinwalker4095
      @johnnyskinwalker4095 ปีที่แล้ว +30

      @@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.

  • @kevinwilliams8784
    @kevinwilliams8784 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1016

    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

    • @jsm530
      @jsm530 4 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      that was nice of him

    • @danielcortes8990
      @danielcortes8990 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Yours is not this, yours is the song down under, that is like your national anthem

    • @sebastiaoramos1012
      @sebastiaoramos1012 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Manda um salve aí pros brasileiros!kkk cê tá doidddddd

    • @SKY-wk2mc
      @SKY-wk2mc 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@danielcortes8990 70800880000

    • @kevinprior3549
      @kevinprior3549 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Its almost unthinkable of him NOT being anywhere BUT USA

  • @rafal-michael2410
    @rafal-michael2410 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    I'm from Poland, I regret that I wasn't born in the United States. Great country and nation❤

  • @onyx747
    @onyx747 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +43

    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

    • @user-yz1id2uo6v
      @user-yz1id2uo6v 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Dein Vater ist ein Mörder !

    • @calvinkleinkiller3640
      @calvinkleinkiller3640 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You lost the war

    • @onyx747
      @onyx747 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@calvinkleinkiller3640 ok

  • @Nightweaver1
    @Nightweaver1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2385

    Still one of the greatest protest and rock songs ever written.

    • @boomurdeadlol3224
      @boomurdeadlol3224 2 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      I’m just disappointed he he became a huge democrat so I don’t respect this song anymore

    • @deanx3153
      @deanx3153 2 ปีที่แล้ว +357

      @@boomurdeadlol3224 tell me you didn't understand the lyrics without telling me you didn't understand the lyrics

    • @ThZuao
      @ThZuao 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

    • @brendawilson4251
      @brendawilson4251 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Yes it is!

    • @loookaroundyou
      @loookaroundyou ปีที่แล้ว +62

      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"

  • @charleselstubsongs
    @charleselstubsongs 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +974

    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.

    • @jrs0123
      @jrs0123 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

      10 fucking 4

    • @gustavonicola5283
      @gustavonicola5283 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      Es visceral. Es gutural más q' pulmón y garganta

    • @SeekingShreyas
      @SeekingShreyas 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +19

      Yeah, that howl at the end gives me the chills and chokes me up every time. OIF era USMC Vet here.

    • @bobspence5322
      @bobspence5322 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      No he just wanted to be like Joe cocker who sa g that way cause he had cerebal paulsey.

    • @NunyaBizznaz
      @NunyaBizznaz 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@bobspence5322 first of all, shut up. Secondly, learn how to spell.

  • @user-jf2mp1su1f
    @user-jf2mp1su1f 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +8

    The saddest thing is many Americans just miss the message held in this song, They use it like a mantra Born in the USA, what they miss is life is never that good. When we try and feed the war machine, it is never full. Maybe we will learn one day

  • @rumpelstiltkinn
    @rumpelstiltkinn 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +79

    Today, June 4, 2024, it's been 40 years since this iconic song was released.

    • @lof7845
      @lof7845 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      Wow, how time flies.

    • @EthanM651
      @EthanM651 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +6

      And it’s still a banger!!!

    • @CC-nl1bo
      @CC-nl1bo 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      "Born In The U.S.A"👏👏💜

    • @nyclassic4ever130
      @nyclassic4ever130 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      4th grade...all the kids knew it. In the midst of Americanism. We just didn't know the real meaning behind it....

  • @The_PaleHorseman
    @The_PaleHorseman ปีที่แล้ว +1992

    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.

    • @The_PaleHorseman
      @The_PaleHorseman ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@meowchat6175 is it? Wasn’t aware of that? Let me look outside real fast, be right back…..
      Nope no martial law!

    • @dritzzdarkwood4727
      @dritzzdarkwood4727 ปีที่แล้ว +133

      I respect a man who is not afraid to change his mind.
      A true patriot is one who asks uncomfortable questions.

    • @meghancass3187
      @meghancass3187 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      @@The_PaleHorseman You should have looked outside for space aliens. It would have been more relevant to the original comment than your remark

    • @meghancass3187
      @meghancass3187 ปีที่แล้ว +60

      It's not just the politicians. It's the corporations who fund them.

    • @marccarr.
      @marccarr. ปีที่แล้ว +18

      I agree 💯 percent because I lost comrades fo. Politicians. That never served in the military /
      But I'm glad that I'm and American

  • @anamelessyoutuber1462
    @anamelessyoutuber1462 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +1809

    This song exists as the deciding factor to whether or not you're a person who pays attention to lyrics while listening to songs.

    • @NickCADA
      @NickCADA 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

      This song seems patriotic. That's enough for me.

    • @Jacket500
      @Jacket500 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +156

      The lyrics protest the treatment of Vietnam vets returning home from war:

    • @jd2792
      @jd2792 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +122

      ​@@NickCADA😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @adznz11
      @adznz11 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

      100% one of the clearest examples. It shows you who is more prone to properganda as well.

    • @adznz11
      @adznz11 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +63

      ​@@NickCADAseems? I guess that is all that's enough for people who don't listen or think.

  • @sebastianchavez577
    @sebastianchavez577 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +318

    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.

    • @bun.syndrome
      @bun.syndrome 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +9

      Vietnam was hell for lungs, my grandfather developed lung cancer and we believe it was as a result of Agent Orange

    • @tamararousso9449
      @tamararousso9449 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Well my grandfather served for usa and got lung cancer after the war

    • @ghulam237
      @ghulam237 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      I agree with you

    • @Anthony-rh2xv
      @Anthony-rh2xv 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      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

    • @annowens5019
      @annowens5019 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Bless all those bright, beautiful young men and women who served and their families ... Thank You Is NEVER Enough ...

  • @blacklatinabutterflycortez6354
    @blacklatinabutterflycortez6354 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +59

    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.

  • @usgator
    @usgator 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3146

    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.

    • @x101st
      @x101st 2 ปีที่แล้ว +126

      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!

    • @adammartin5069
      @adammartin5069 2 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Thank you for your service. You are appreciated

    • @mikeenright2802
      @mikeenright2802 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      Thank you for your service Sir

    • @bekar2734
      @bekar2734 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      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.

    • @UpChuckTheBoogie
      @UpChuckTheBoogie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      Thank you

  • @jacklundeen2293
    @jacklundeen2293 ปีที่แล้ว +863

    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.

    • @sonyalonnieclark9392
      @sonyalonnieclark9392 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      it was vietnam

    • @user-vf4ih8yx7b
      @user-vf4ih8yx7b ปีที่แล้ว +3

      ❤❤❤

    • @ghaithghazi6748
      @ghaithghazi6748 ปีที่แล้ว +43

      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.

    • @anteroruponen
      @anteroruponen ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ​@@sonyalonnieclark9392The f***ing Khe Sanh

    • @XDKnoori
      @XDKnoori ปีที่แล้ว

      ​@@ghaithghazi6748 .

  • @TihetrisWeathersby
    @TihetrisWeathersby 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +70

    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

  • @azimuth5
    @azimuth5 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    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.

    • @lorijohnson2348
      @lorijohnson2348 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Only fools prefer Kid Rock and his phony blind allegiance.

  • @Crayzeecatlady
    @Crayzeecatlady 2 ปีที่แล้ว +502

    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.

    • @yannick245
      @yannick245 2 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      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"._

    • @deadrivers2267
      @deadrivers2267 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      @@yannick245 nothing new under the sun

    • @JuCarlos-ex8ip
      @JuCarlos-ex8ip 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      U guys are actually fighting for politicians not for your country

    • @user-pv5th2kb1y
      @user-pv5th2kb1y 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@JuCarlos-ex8ip dude, thats not how war works.

    • @HTacianas
      @HTacianas ปีที่แล้ว +44

      @@user-pv5th2kb1y That's exactly how war works. The war in Afghanistan was a triumph for the defense industry.

  • @sadzacsesh3478
    @sadzacsesh3478 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3113

    This man is so badass he couldn’t choose between a leather jacket or a sleeveless jean jacket so he wore both

    • @violinelpayaso
      @violinelpayaso 3 ปีที่แล้ว +192

      he's also wearing a headband and a neckband at the same time

    • @einsteinonblitz2345
      @einsteinonblitz2345 3 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      this comment is criminally underrated

    • @everettstevenson6110
      @everettstevenson6110 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Hilarious

    • @marynicholas3858
      @marynicholas3858 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      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.

    • @squiddy077
      @squiddy077 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Niceee fellow deadboy.. SESH

  • @9PrinceHarry9
    @9PrinceHarry9 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    "‘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! 🇺🇸🎸"

  • @tim9817
    @tim9817 หลายเดือนก่อน +25

    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

  • @TheGamingMackV
    @TheGamingMackV 8 ปีที่แล้ว +5075

    I don't know if you guys know this, you can believe me or not, but 4:22, that construction worker is my dad.

  • @RabblesTheBinx
    @RabblesTheBinx 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1218

    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.

    • @42Mrgreenman
      @42Mrgreenman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +29

      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...

    • @manda60
      @manda60 3 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      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?

    • @subterranea9095
      @subterranea9095 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@manda60 the statement "born in the usa" literally means "not american."

    • @user-qh6cm2vf7v
      @user-qh6cm2vf7v 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      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

    • @ashleybatt3523
      @ashleybatt3523 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@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

  • @Carpediemdeluxe
    @Carpediemdeluxe 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    40th anniversary of this absolute masterpiece!

  • @FaZeEmo
    @FaZeEmo หลายเดือนก่อน +244

    Who's listening to this masterpiece here in 2024 Who's with me ?

    • @polskajango1841
      @polskajango1841 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      ❤❤❤❤❤

    • @Blauwal908
      @Blauwal908 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      All beat bands ❤❤

    • @morpheus3932
      @morpheus3932 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

      Im with u boss greetings from germany

    • @LiamEdits.rarely
      @LiamEdits.rarely หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Me

    • @temao2461
      @temao2461 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      here from France

  • @andyvideos082380
    @andyvideos082380 5 ปีที่แล้ว +705

    It is one of the 1st songs to address the wrongs done to Vietnam vets and politicians have abused its lyrics for years.

    • @Butterflier00
      @Butterflier00 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      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"

    • @ktolwal
      @ktolwal 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      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.

    • @jdstep97
      @jdstep97 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ktolwal and he's still one of the sexiest men alive.

    • @ktolwal
      @ktolwal 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@jdstep97 well im not into men ,. ;)
      so cant comment on his sexuality
      but hey he is a awesome musician

    • @irishrowrow5906
      @irishrowrow5906 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@ktolwal He makes politicians listen to his points of view. He also supports veterans.

  • @DaughteroftheKing7
    @DaughteroftheKing7 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +139

    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.

    • @DJerreO
      @DJerreO 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      My grandfather was also in combat in World War II, greetings from Houston 👍😎🇺🇸

    • @creamernation834
      @creamernation834 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      hello. my great grandfather also fought in WW2 has a pilot. He was a captain too. he flew an F4U corsshair

  • @sandybouchard6027
    @sandybouchard6027 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +40

    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.😢😊😊😊😊😊

    • @rw0050
      @rw0050 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

      Thank him for his Service from me. And tell him -- Welcome Home !

  • @danger170388
    @danger170388 8 ปีที่แล้ว +12473

    I wonder how many people realize this is a war protest song
    *Edit* before you blindly say "everybody" read the other commitments where people say they didn't know bto avoid looking like a fool

    • @DoritoFD
      @DoritoFD 8 ปีที่แล้ว +52

      +Lee Marion 994

    • @longspear584
      @longspear584 8 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      :-)

    • @blobbyblobbyblobby
      @blobbyblobbyblobby 8 ปีที่แล้ว +268

      everyone with a mind

    • @volant_cell229
      @volant_cell229 8 ปีที่แล้ว +94

      +Lee Marion and apparently is also racist when he sings about gonna kill the yellow man

    • @oskars82
      @oskars82 8 ปีที่แล้ว +109

      1% of people who listened this song!

  • @luisp9843
    @luisp9843 7 ปีที่แล้ว +695

    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.

    • @jamesallen5591
      @jamesallen5591 6 ปีที่แล้ว +73

      +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.

    • @peanutbutterjellyfish2665
      @peanutbutterjellyfish2665 6 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      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!

    • @energeez
      @energeez 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I don’t hear anger, I hear cognitive dissonance

    • @peanutbutterjellyfish2665
      @peanutbutterjellyfish2665 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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.

    • @energeez
      @energeez 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

  • @Silenoz1982
    @Silenoz1982 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    Happy 40th birthday, song! Get well soon, Boss!

  • @pansztyc
    @pansztyc 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    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

  • @nw906
    @nw906 2 ปีที่แล้ว +442

    'They're still there; he's all gone'. Finest lyrics ever written.

    • @k.t.5405
      @k.t.5405 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Nah, nah, nah... "He could throw a speed ball by ya, make ya look like a fool, BOY!"

    • @spkanava
      @spkanava 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      1983

    • @evaklum8974
      @evaklum8974 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@spkanava BARILOCHE VILLA LA ANGOSTURA SAN MARTIN DE LOS ANDES USHUAIA A R G E N T I N A

    • @anthonycerullo31
      @anthonycerullo31 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Amazing right! Says so much!

    • @user-jp7mb4ns7x
      @user-jp7mb4ns7x 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      some of them were gone too

  • @madaffari2
    @madaffari2 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1807

    The most misunderstood song ever

    • @MatthewNugentmonty54
      @MatthewNugentmonty54 5 ปีที่แล้ว +57

      The acoustic version makes it much less misunderstood. Even Bruce admits that the presentation of the song helped lead to the misunderstanding.

    • @GallifreyanGinger
      @GallifreyanGinger 5 ปีที่แล้ว +38

      Also the most misunderstood album ever. It's all just as depressing as this song.

    • @jrftworth
      @jrftworth 5 ปีที่แล้ว +56

      legend says liberals are so stupid, obummer was a U.S. citizen or a great President.

    • @jrftworth
      @jrftworth 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

      @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!!

    • @jrftworth
      @jrftworth 5 ปีที่แล้ว +37

      @Kevin Prima WTF has Trump done to be arrested for? Hillary and obummer committed countless crimes, most of which were felonies

  • @FooFighter67
    @FooFighter67 หลายเดือนก่อน +41

    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.

    • @Pawtooler
      @Pawtooler 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      My oldest brother got drafted... It gets worse... We are Mexican! Talk to Ira Hayes.

    • @kennethdavis5824
      @kennethdavis5824 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      You uncle is a hero thank you

  • @user-nj1qo7cg8k
    @user-nj1qo7cg8k 12 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    I am!! This song will make you realize how great this country is!! It's going through some very rough times, but God has watched over us, and I pray he will guide us through this hell we a having to endure!!

  • @melrest3453
    @melrest3453 ปีที่แล้ว +698

    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!!!!

    • @sladeticc
      @sladeticc ปีที่แล้ว +10

      My dad too

    • @joelmaqueira4851
      @joelmaqueira4851 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Praying for your Dad, you, and your family.

    • @breathej.4872
      @breathej.4872 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Mel Rest, I'm so sorry for your loss. God bless you.

    • @markwilford421
      @markwilford421 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      My daddy too!! This deep

    • @jordanhenderson4992
      @jordanhenderson4992 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Peace be with you Mel
      You have a cool Pop.

  • @subd8522
    @subd8522 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +53

    I'm not even American but man can feel this fantastic song. Bruce is truly The Boss

    • @emjay230
      @emjay230 หลายเดือนก่อน

      2 live Crew is the BO$$ - Banned in the USA

  • @andyyoung5248
    @andyyoung5248 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    40 years ago that incredible album came out

  • @davidvasquez1883
    @davidvasquez1883 12 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    You can still show patriotism!

  • @MrGolfpimp42
    @MrGolfpimp42 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1554

    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 !

    • @clashroyalepro1015
      @clashroyalepro1015 5 ปีที่แล้ว +64

      It was the president of America on that time that sent those soldiers that killed all those kids

    • @80spartygirl
      @80spartygirl 5 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      So sorry for your loss! They are hero’s!!

    • @Correiajc
      @Correiajc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      Your brother was a hero . sorry for your loss

    • @bonldbump6276
      @bonldbump6276 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      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

    • @bonldbump6276
      @bonldbump6276 5 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      Hector Santos Deliz how dare you they were sent to stop communism not to kill kids you should be ashamed for saying that

  • @Ayks123
    @Ayks123 2 ปีที่แล้ว +810

    When you have people that are not US citizens feeling this song you know you have created something special.
    He is truly the Boss

    • @hanneslundin346
      @hanneslundin346 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jesse what the fuck are you talking about

    • @JongleurBt1
      @JongleurBt1 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      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

    • @williamhopehodgson707
      @williamhopehodgson707 ปีที่แล้ว

      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.

    • @evaklum8974
      @evaklum8974 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      BARILOCHE USHUAIA ICE HOCKEY
      A R G E N T I N A

    • @evaklum8974
      @evaklum8974 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JongleurBt1
      BARILOCHE USHANKA MAMUSCHKA USHUAIA
      A R G E N T I N A

  • @americangiant1003
    @americangiant1003 13 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    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. 👍🇺🇸

  • @Nekrist666
    @Nekrist666 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Massively misunderstood song, the message is heartbreaking.

  • @dimadrochip2400
    @dimadrochip2400 ปีที่แล้ว +82

    [Verse 1]
    Born down in a dead man's town
    The first kick I took was when I hit the ground
    You end up like a dog that's been beat too much
    Till you spend half your life just covering up, now
    [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. now
    [Verse 2]
    Got in a little hometown jam
    So they put a rifle in my hand
    Sent me off to a foreign land
    To go and kill the yellow man
    [Chorus]
    Born in the U.S.A.
    I was born in the U.S.A.
    I was born in the U.S.A.
    I was born in the U.S.A.
    [Verse 3]
    Come back home to the refinery
    Hiring man says, “Son, if it was up to me”
    Went down to see my V.A. man
    He said, “Son, don't you understand”
    [Verse 4]
    I had a brother at Khe Sanh
    Fighting off them 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
    [Verse 5]
    Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
    Out by the gas fires of the refinery
    I'm ten years burning down the road
    Nowhere to run, ain't got nowhere to go
    [Chorus]
    Born in the U.S.A.
    I was born in the U.S.A. now
    Born in the U.S.A.
    I'm a long gone Daddy in the U.S.A. now
    Born in the U.S.A.
    Born in the U.S.A.
    Born in the U.S.A.
    I'm a cool rocking Daddy in the U.S.A. now

    • @patriciajrs46
      @patriciajrs46 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Thank you for these lyrics. They don't really make sense to me.

    • @1313tennisman
      @1313tennisman 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      @@patriciajrs46 how?

    • @semaj_5022
      @semaj_5022 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +6

      ​@@patriciajrs46 It's about a man who lost a brother in an ultimately pointless war, and who returned to his home nation with nothing but pain and received no real help to get back on his feet from that nation he fought for. and is a reminder that that man is not the only one who's suffered that same fate in the United States.

    • @craigbowers4016
      @craigbowers4016 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Why isn't this near the top?

  • @Teacher2Polis2XtraRice
    @Teacher2Polis2XtraRice 3 ปีที่แล้ว +259

    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.

    • @codymayes1953
      @codymayes1953 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      so nice! why are you thanking your mom?

    • @admiroshafi7748
      @admiroshafi7748 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@codymayes1953 🤣

    • @neatdoggos5937
      @neatdoggos5937 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      I have a hard time believing that but ok.

    • @csnider_1281
      @csnider_1281 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@codymayes1953 could’ve been adopted or related through marriage.

  • @CanadaDragon1
    @CanadaDragon1 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    HAPPY 40TH ANNIVERSARY!!!

  • @ripperduck
    @ripperduck 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    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.,,

  • @DoyleHargraves
    @DoyleHargraves 4 ปีที่แล้ว +605

    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.

    • @FourSeasons04
      @FourSeasons04 3 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      Yep, and those (including my brother) exposed to Agent Orange in addition to the other atrocities.

    • @renenoel2641
      @renenoel2641 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

      You should say sorry for your service. Their service didn't help you or the US population, only a few very rich person.

    • @robertlytle9752
      @robertlytle9752 3 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      @@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

    • @llothar68
      @llothar68 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Now take a minute and think about what cruelty you did to the vietnamese people. Shame on the USA.

    • @maxfarley2519
      @maxfarley2519 3 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@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.

  • @driamhane
    @driamhane 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1211

    I'm not a U.S citizen, but this song has a vibe...

    • @luccadalberto9900
      @luccadalberto9900 3 ปีที่แล้ว +136

      You are lucky then. This isn't a patriotic song. It's a war protest, and everyone can relate :)

    • @psulionz87
      @psulionz87 3 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Anti-war song

    • @sissypalermo1547
      @sissypalermo1547 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      It became something else though

    • @assmunchtube
      @assmunchtube 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      A feel you mean

    • @zackzallie8735
      @zackzallie8735 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      lol Trump was using this song for his rally probably the most ironic thing happened on the planet.

  • @missylee3022
    @missylee3022 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +37

    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.

    • @gemmabryden4864
      @gemmabryden4864 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      I was born in 1983 and my late mum loved Bruce Springsteen Music

    • @Thot_Patrol_USA
      @Thot_Patrol_USA 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

      i heard this at the gym and was shocked like do they know the lyrics at all?

  • @latishaross7417
    @latishaross7417 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +54

    Greatest Night in Pop brought me here!! Can’t believe how awesome this era was!! 80’s baby

    • @alidaalvillar3107
      @alidaalvillar3107 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Meee too!!

    • @rawrrrrr9588
      @rawrrrrr9588 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Anyone who was alive in the 80s truly enjoyed one of the best decades. Y'all are lucky. 😅

  • @dritzzdarkwood4727
    @dritzzdarkwood4727 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1627

    "A Patriot must always defend his country - against its government"
    - Edward Abbey

    • @LunarPenguin42
      @LunarPenguin42 3 ปีที่แล้ว +87

      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.

    • @dritzzdarkwood4727
      @dritzzdarkwood4727 3 ปีที่แล้ว +61

      @@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.

    • @dritzzdarkwood4727
      @dritzzdarkwood4727 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @Sparatist
      Thx man 😃

    • @rafiuddin99
      @rafiuddin99 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Dritzz Darkwood ! the quote is a gem 👍

    • @tylerwilkey13
      @tylerwilkey13 3 ปีที่แล้ว +47

      @@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

  • @emils2908
    @emils2908 7 ปีที่แล้ว +362

    Look at his passion when he is singing. awesome.

    • @vickigettys8639
      @vickigettys8639 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I find his stage presence defiant and very sexy.

    • @johnlennon1970
      @johnlennon1970 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Funny how some Americans think this is a patriotic song.. it's anti establishment song, OH WAIT!! yet he endorsed crooked Hilary Clinton..

    • @RedBuffaloBull
      @RedBuffaloBull 7 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      emils lielpeteris Yeah he sure can passionately lip sync! I wish I could do that! Oh wait! I CAN!!!!

    • @Laf92
      @Laf92 7 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Justin Lien he probably was performing the song , the audio itself is a studio version

    • @cassieearle9196
      @cassieearle9196 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      i think he had a brother who died in Vietnam.

  • @user-ww6yr7uw6t
    @user-ww6yr7uw6t 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    This song brings back sad and good memories!

  • @adambaum7814
    @adambaum7814 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +10

    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.

  • @Nortekman
    @Nortekman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5193

    The most non-patriotic, patriotic song

    • @tvigneau1064
      @tvigneau1064 3 ปีที่แล้ว +173

      Still slaps though 🇺🇸

    • @unmqp
      @unmqp 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      Crazy world

    • @whocares5188
      @whocares5188 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

      Very confusing lol

    • @psalmpollock7142
      @psalmpollock7142 3 ปีที่แล้ว +185

      I feel like it's ironically still patriotic, even with the lyrics. The idea is "yes, there's all this pain, but that's also my triumph."
      Maybe you have to be a poet to see it :)

    • @pharrzide
      @pharrzide 3 ปีที่แล้ว +319

      This is a patriotic song even if it criticizes America that's the most patriotic you can be

  • @trollingbananaguy4237
    @trollingbananaguy4237 8 ปีที่แล้ว +1593

    When i was young i used to sing this on my birthday, then i found out that i was born in Australia....

  • @kevinmulryne8532
    @kevinmulryne8532 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +15

    Powerful song Bruce gives it everything he has, brilliant

  • @dcsc4895
    @dcsc4895 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    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!

    • @mcwilzer518
      @mcwilzer518 21 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      My dad used play it aswell miss my dad so.mu h great song❤

  • @nadizeitouny2828
    @nadizeitouny2828 23 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    may 2024, anyone?

  • @Justin666i
    @Justin666i 3 ปีที่แล้ว +357

    Most American song ever all wrapped up in a history lesson we never seem to remember

    • @ebkennedy6610
      @ebkennedy6610 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      history? whats history? we are erasing it

    • @dirtdiv3r
      @dirtdiv3r 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      From a guy that supports the war-monger and despises the man that ended our wars.
      The irony never seems to stop.

    • @lumpypillowguy542
      @lumpypillowguy542 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hearts and minds! Hearts and minds... 🙄

    • @UFGator1972
      @UFGator1972 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      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.

    • @dylanfunnytv8823
      @dylanfunnytv8823 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      USA 🇺🇸

  • @logankrecic496
    @logankrecic496 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1465

    Being proud of your county means also pointing out it’s faults!

    • @susehendricks6217
      @susehendricks6217 3 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      Doesn’t means to go communist and no, we do not have systemic racism.

    • @josephking1019
      @josephking1019 3 ปีที่แล้ว +208

      @@susehendricks6217 that's what sytemic racism would say

    • @allegedcombustion9014
      @allegedcombustion9014 3 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      @@josephking1019 that’s what the lack of systematic racism would say

    • @aleessandromordasini1306
      @aleessandromordasini1306 3 ปีที่แล้ว +39

      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

    • @nightw4tchman
      @nightw4tchman 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      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.

  • @starboy4ever
    @starboy4ever หลายเดือนก่อน +58

    Who’s still listening to this great song in 2024

    • @chipchippahson
      @chipchippahson หลายเดือนก่อน

      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.

    • @chipchippahson
      @chipchippahson หลายเดือนก่อน

      No one. You are unoriginal af, Stop trying to do the trend of who is listening to this song in this year comment.

    • @CandiceWhite-jz3cq
      @CandiceWhite-jz3cq หลายเดือนก่อน

      My daughter took me to this concert with my son and my dad , 😢rip dad

    • @wgcds7jyg897
      @wgcds7jyg897 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

      2024 is so yesterday. I’m listening to this in 2078.

  • @christopherbentley7591
    @christopherbentley7591 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Roll down the windows, turn up the volume and sing along like your life depends on it. Fuckin awesome

  • @retisonic
    @retisonic 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +209

    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

    • @sunshinecoastrealestatepho9970
      @sunshinecoastrealestatepho9970 11 หลายเดือนก่อน +32

      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.

    • @Sikkeskatona
      @Sikkeskatona 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@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.

    • @meljane8339
      @meljane8339 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

      Signs and symptoms of burgeoning population crisis: Hormonal impetus for lack of cognitive for self- constraint (using rationale)
      Agree or disagree ?

    • @tom-zk9iz
      @tom-zk9iz 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@sunshinecoastrealestatepho9970 Alos , " I was only 19 " ...

  • @youngdpeezy
    @youngdpeezy 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +157

    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.

  • @wileyhope9307
    @wileyhope9307 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

    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

    • @bbenjoe
      @bbenjoe 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      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.

  • @YouTubeCensorsAndSuppresses
    @YouTubeCensorsAndSuppresses 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    You can be patriotic and against war. You can love and respect the soldiers, but hate the military.

  • @setapart2serveministries
    @setapart2serveministries 3 ปีที่แล้ว +213

    When I was little watching this video, I used to wonder why he was mad singing this. 37 years later, now I know.

    • @subterranea9095
      @subterranea9095 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      it is not possible for any person to be born in the usa.

  • @NewbType07
    @NewbType07 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2717

    Everybody: nobody knows this is a war protest song.
    Also everybody: knows this is a war protest song.

    • @Sev826
      @Sev826 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Haha. But I think the joke works with just the first line lol

    • @michael6774
      @michael6774 4 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      Fr , remember when trump played this even tho song was literally talking about how the poor were force to fight the rich didnt have to go , so dam ironic

    • @Rurush7
      @Rurush7 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I didn't knew it was

    • @COCO-jm9ek
      @COCO-jm9ek 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I KNOW IT...THAT'S WHY I LOVE "THE BOSS!"

    • @liright8896
      @liright8896 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Sev826 - Don't care! Great song!

  • @anthonygordon9483
    @anthonygordon9483 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Born in the USA . The most glorious nation in the world. Please god do not let it go to waste

    • @joelapera6676
      @joelapera6676 11 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      god is warning us gave us the kardashians the plague he saying get it together or worse is comimg he is given us fair warning

  • @magzire
    @magzire 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +4

    Not even from USA and this gives me goosebumps

  • @a.b.7477
    @a.b.7477 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2016

    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

    • @waynehochstetler9515
      @waynehochstetler9515 3 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Lol

    • @sebasletroi1
      @sebasletroi1 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      wtf lol

    • @katiefrost669
      @katiefrost669 3 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      LMAO THATS AWSOME 😁!!

    • @JJHS11
      @JJHS11 3 ปีที่แล้ว +23

      Curiously, the same thing happened to me at this moment, almost at 2 am, but they threw stones, it was to lower the volume.

    • @ericliu7961
      @ericliu7961 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      WTF lmao

  • @matiss5078
    @matiss5078 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1103

    BORN IN THE HOSPITAL

    • @tomirivero1551
      @tomirivero1551 6 ปีที่แล้ว +31

      I WAS BOOOORN IN THE HOSPITAL

    • @JOSE-nd7uj
      @JOSE-nd7uj 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Jajajajajaa

    • @user-oq4eb8ud9f
      @user-oq4eb8ud9f 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Boooooorn in a mom

    • @peters.4624
      @peters.4624 6 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      I'm a sperm. I wasn't borned yet.

    • @Rom-ju5tf
      @Rom-ju5tf 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ella B. Get back in the corner baby

  • @elidesportelli325
    @elidesportelli325 15 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    2:50 too powerful, a powerful song❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

  • @SofianFathallah-kj8eg
    @SofianFathallah-kj8eg 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    كان بأمكان هذه الأغنية ان تحصد مليارات المشاهدات

  • @sheldon350
    @sheldon350 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

    Man, your Drummer had kept it with your strings... he didn't miss a lead. Amazing track.. Hats off from India 🇮🇳.

  • @junypadgett6478
    @junypadgett6478 4 ปีที่แล้ว +298

    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.

    • @JokersWild70
      @JokersWild70 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      He'll always be a yawnfest IMO. What a fucking boring song.

    • @rachellegg-fields9328
      @rachellegg-fields9328 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      ALAWYS

    • @CharlieRX
      @CharlieRX 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JokersWild70 then leave

    • @TeamPill
      @TeamPill 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@JokersWild70 great to spread your positive opinion on a subjective piece of art.

    • @thearthmystergeneral2583
      @thearthmystergeneral2583 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      JokersWild45 mate your whole channel is based around terrible covers of average songs

  • @IAmMrQ
    @IAmMrQ 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Came out on my birthday in '84.
    But I was BORN in '79. Waterbury, Connecticut... In The USA!!

    • @user-qh7fn9yw1u
      @user-qh7fn9yw1u 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Happy Birthday

    • @lof7845
      @lof7845 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Born in 78. This song was the soundtrack growing up in Jersey as a kid. Wow, great memories.

  • @BillieDavis-cz8bz
    @BillieDavis-cz8bz 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Memory from teenage years!

  • @jarretheller2244
    @jarretheller2244 3 ปีที่แล้ว +294

    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.

    • @evaklum8974
      @evaklum8974 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      BARILOCHE VILLA LA ANGOSTURA SAN MARTIN DE LOS ANDES USHUAIA A R G E N T I N A

    • @shawnguillemette3519
      @shawnguillemette3519 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      i love the fact that he is a liberal.

    • @lynnedwards8673
      @lynnedwards8673 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      You can see his heart on his face

    • @carolynbarnes7098
      @carolynbarnes7098 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      On your side..

  • @jadedoldguy5233
    @jadedoldguy5233 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +55

    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.

    • @gwenverde7970
      @gwenverde7970 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      💔 thank you for serving & for sharing this

  • @mineforever1237
    @mineforever1237 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    A song for BEING "FOR" what we DON'T ALWAYS "AGREE" WITH!!!!

  • @anthonycourteaux8165
    @anthonycourteaux8165 16 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Iam just waking up love you 😍 💋

  • @Ilovewbd
    @Ilovewbd 2 ปีที่แล้ว +123

    3:50 That howling with the cemetery. Goosebumps every time! 😩

    • @retroradio-bysudarshankolh4803
      @retroradio-bysudarshankolh4803 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      U said it...

    • @horrorbri4321
      @horrorbri4321 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Most definitely

    • @jojoe469
      @jojoe469 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I’m Italian I love Bruce and USA.it’s kind of funny cause I could been born in jersey but my dad change he’s mind in italy I live in Australia

    • @horrorbri4321
      @horrorbri4321 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      100% makes ya get chills

    • @kylekenan2321
      @kylekenan2321 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      And that's just some of them.

  • @raidenmk4473
    @raidenmk4473 5 ปีที่แล้ว +381

    "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

    • @MChiave
      @MChiave 4 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      And for the yellow man as well!

    • @sharinmulveyburns6004
      @sharinmulveyburns6004 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      SR N The yellow man? Purple guy connection!

    • @Rorynes
      @Rorynes 4 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      @@MChiave The yellow man died to protect his country and family against an invading force who came from thousand miles away..

    • @Conaddor
      @Conaddor 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      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.

    • @MR-vv1ey
      @MR-vv1ey 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      So strong

  • @Inyourlap
    @Inyourlap 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +7

    The most misunderstood song

  • @jodimichelleschoenherr
    @jodimichelleschoenherr 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I listen to each song three times so I can completely and totally 100% fully hear what they’re saying because I care❤

  • @Ze-Germanzuk
    @Ze-Germanzuk 8 ปีที่แล้ว +674

    Sad to see so many completely miss the point and misuse the song

    • @0IIIIII
      @0IIIIII 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      The song is pro-war

    • @Ze-Germanzuk
      @Ze-Germanzuk 8 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      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

    • @jimblack120
      @jimblack120 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      not this one FRITZ .. all below , are as should be ..

    • @0IIIIII
      @0IIIIII 8 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      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.

    • @curcumin417
      @curcumin417 8 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      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.

  • @charlie-obrien
    @charlie-obrien 5 ปีที่แล้ว +309

    "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.

    • @giddelljoseph8264
      @giddelljoseph8264 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Charlie OBrien facts

    • @jasonjones8768
      @jasonjones8768 4 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      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..

    • @akorn9943
      @akorn9943 4 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      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

    • @killerfrank8974
      @killerfrank8974 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I feel the same about that part, too. All that death and sacrifice for nothing.

  • @joelnettle5058
    @joelnettle5058 22 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Yes sir thank you for your services

  • @erichendrickson8858
    @erichendrickson8858 14 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    This Song was About Ron Kolvick Who Served In Vietnam

  • @josemojicaperez4436
    @josemojicaperez4436 2 ปีที่แล้ว +197

    One of the most misunderstood songs ever.
    I freaking love it, we love it, even if we don't born in the USA.

    • @Dylan_Sterling
      @Dylan_Sterling 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      This might be a controversial opinion, but this is the most patriotic song of all time.

    • @patriceaqa288
      @patriceaqa288 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      @@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

    • @decristo1021
      @decristo1021 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      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….

    • @DaBoss-lj8pn
      @DaBoss-lj8pn 2 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      @@decristo1021 Nothing in this song is jingoistic. He’s protesting the treatment of working class Americans and especially those that fought in vietnam

    • @Janine.Najarian
      @Janine.Najarian ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Dylan_Sterling controversial? Or just plain stupid

  • @Anuruddhadil
    @Anuruddhadil ปีที่แล้ว +151

    What powerful lyrics "They're Still there, he's all gone" ❤

    • @Jake-sb3ot
      @Jake-sb3ot 7 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      *he's long gone

    • @99Gara99
      @99Gara99 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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.

    • @oumarkoume7238
      @oumarkoume7238 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +8

      ​@@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.

    • @andylivsey7163
      @andylivsey7163 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      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.

    • @YouTubeCensorsAndSuppresses
      @YouTubeCensorsAndSuppresses 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@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.

  • @alightthatnevergoesout
    @alightthatnevergoesout 3 หลายเดือนก่อน +3

    Max Weinberg, looking like Ringo, going absolutely crazy back there. His drumming is so powerful on this song

  • @lasserosingberthelsen3660
    @lasserosingberthelsen3660 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Still the Boss..