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Set Album to Class B & Top Importance Megamanic 09:05, 24 August 2006 (UTC)[reply]

How many versions of the song exist? --Venkatesh 17:43, 3 January 2006 (UTC)[reply]

A bunch. See the new Born in the U.S.A. (song) article. Wasted Time R 03:38, 28 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

"...and during the 2003 Invasion of Iraq many counterdemonstrators played the song opposite peace protests, which is a gross misrepresentation of the song itself." Now I happen to agree with this assessment, but it's hardly NPOV. Any way to keep the information but remove the POV? 208.59.171.97 01:27, 23 March 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I already have tried. (see edit history) I explained why it is a gross misinterpretation by objectively (I think) analyzing the lyrics. War counterdemonstrators would be jusified in adopting the song if Springsteen had mentioned anything negative about Vietnam protests in (or maybe outside) his song. --Cjackb 00:00, 23 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I've moved this material to the new Born in the U.S.A. (song) article, which explores at length the folklore around the song. Wasted Time R 03:37, 28 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The song is about a vietnam vet who got screwed over by his country. What's not to get?

-G —Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.117.158.83 (talk) 05:24, 27 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

What's not to get is Springsteen's surprise that people heard the hook and ignored the message. He manipulated the audience to hear one thing when he "meant" another. And then he told all his hardcore fans and his antiwar friends, "hey, this was a protest song." It was but it was mostly a way to sell records. Maybe I'm being cynical but maybe Bruce was being cynical. 71.234.37.144 (talk) 01:30, 12 July 2008 (UTC)Will in New Haven71.234.37.144 (talk) 01:30, 12 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Flag controversy

When the album came out, I remember some controversy, probably minor, which erupted because some people thought the cover of the album depicted Bruce urinating on the flag. Anybody remember this? If you have sources and it seems significant enough, it could be added to this article. --Kevin

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