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Ha!! Christina Ianzito wrote an article, "Affordable Fun."  In the article, she declares Springsteen's Born in the USA as a song belonging to a "Patriotic Playlist" just for fun!!!  She clea

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posted at June 6, 2012 4:31 PM EDT

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Ha!! Christina Ianzito wrote an article, "Affordable Fun." In the article, she declares Springsteen's Born in the USA as a song belonging to a "Patriotic Playlist" just for fun!!! She clearly has never listened to the lyrics. It is one of the angriest songs I have ever heard!!! I love the song because it tells the Truth, but no way is it "patriotic!!!

Lyrics Born in the USA:

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

Born in the U.S.A.

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

Born in the U.S.A.

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 now"

Had a brother at Khe Sahn 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

Down in the shadow of 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

Born in the U.S.A.

I was born in the U.S.A.

Born in the U.S.A.

I'm a long gone daddy in the U.S.A.

Born in the U.S.A.

I'm a cool rocking daddy in the U.S.A.

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posted at June 25, 2012 11:26 PM EDT

BettyCM

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Hi, Rebeccab90,
TX for sharing that song, Born in the USA. It does have some truths , doesn't it?
Since the 4'th of July is right around the corner, Here is some information about another patriotic song, from PBS.org

THE STORY OF "STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER"

The American Originals in formation as they perform “The Stars and Stripes Forever” on the 2002 “A Capitol Fourth”.

Composed by John Philip Sousa on Christmas Day 1896, "The Stars and Stripes Forever" is the official March of the United States of America (US Code, Title 36 Chapter 10)

Surprisingly, John Philip Sousa's great American patriotic march, "The Stars and Stripes Forever," was written not in the aftermath of a great battle, but on an ocean liner as Sousa and his wife were returning from a European vacation.

In late 1896, they were at sea when word came that the manager of the Sousa Band, David Blakely, had died suddenly. The band was scheduled to begin another cross-country tour soon, and Sousa knew he had to return to America right away to take over the band's business affairs. Sousa tells the rest of the story in his autobiography, Marching Along.

"Here came one of the most vivid incidents of my career. As the vessel (the Teutonic) steamed out of the harbor I was pacing on the deck, absorbed in thoughts of my manager's death and the many duties and decisions which awaited me in New York. Suddenly, I began to sense a rhythmic beat of a band playing within my brain. Throughout the whole tense voyage, that imaginary band continued to unfold the same themes, echoing and re-echoing the most distinct melody. I did not transfer a note of that music to paper while I was on the steamer, but when we reached shore, I set down the measures that my brain-band had been playing for me, and not a note of it has ever changed."

The march was an immediate success, and Sousa's Band played it at almost every concert until his death over 25 years later. Sousa even set words to it:

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posted at June 30, 2012 1:52 PM EDT

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From the Library of Congress website, great patriotic songs:

Patriotic Melodies tells the stories behind many of the songs that have now become part of the American national heritage. A combination of hymns, national songs, music of the theater, radio and television, military themes, and poetry, all of this music demonstrates that while over history many things have changed, this expression of pride and hope remain a constant part of the American experience.

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Re: Patriotic Playlist

posted at July 1, 2012 12:36 PM EDT

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In Response to Patriotic Playlist:

You are right.. this was not written as a tribute song.. but rather as you said a life as it is song... : )

Here is John Mellencamp with Our Country

http://youtu.be/zlGmKF5hmZ4

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