Why didn't Bruce Springsteen sing "Born in the USA" during halftime???

[rangersmith82]

I was disappointed, this was his trademark song right??....very sad....

[Oregone]

1. Because its become trite.

[MadBadger]

2. No, Born to Run is his trademark song, and do you even know what BITUSA is about?

If you did, you would no it doesnt fit the venue.

[BlooInBloo]

3. Bullfuckingshit. Born To Run is his trademark song. DUH.

[Lucky 13]

4. Because clearly he hates America.

I dunno. I thought born to run was his signature song...

[MadBadger]

6. It is, and BITUSA is a protest song.

[The Straight Story]

5. Cause Obama wasn't

:rofl: :hide:

[flvegan]

7. Because he's The Boss.

End.

[Jamastiene]

8. Because he didn't want to.

He's the Boss. He does what he wants to do and does not do what he does not want to do.

Next question.

[gratuitous]

9. You know, I asked him that

And he said, "You know, grat (calls me "grat," I call him "Mr. Springsteen", it's this thing we have), I was thinkin' about singing 'Born in the USA.' But there's this one poster at Democratic Underground. His handle is 'strangerdanger' or 'rangersmith' or something like that. And I hate him. I just fuckin' hate him. So I figured I wouldn't sing it. Screw 'im, you know?"

That's the God's honest truth. Or maybe it was the eighth shot of tequila talking. I sort of can't remember now.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

10. uhh... because its fucking bleak?

Unless your too drunk to listen to the lyrics I suppose...

[Just-plain-Kathy]

11. .

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
'Til you spend half your life just covering up


Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.
Born in the U.S.A.

I got in a little hometown jam
And so they put a rifle in my hands
Sent me off to Vietnam
To go and kill the yellow man



Come back home to the refinery
Hiring man says "Son if it was up to me"
I go down to see the V.A. man
He said "Son don't you understand"



I had a buddy at Khe Sahn
Fighting off the Viet Cong
They're still there, he's all gone
He had a little girl in Saigon
I got a picture of him in her arms

Down in the shadow of the penitentiary
Out by the gas fires of the refinery
I'm ten years down the road
Nowhere to run, ain't got nowhere to go

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.
Born in the U.S.A.

[Aviation Pro]

12. Yeah, this is an uplifting song........riiiiiiiiight.....

....

[JohnnyBoots]

26. There's a slow accoustic version that is pretty chilling. It gives you the

real feel of the lyrics.

[KharmaTrain]

13. Born To Run Has Always Been His Trademark Tune...

I've seen the Boss perform for 3 decades now and usually that's the last song...it got moved up tonight. I was surprised to hear Glory Days (from the Born in the USA album), I hadn't heard him do that in years.

I was kinda expecting Born in the USA, but possibly the length of the song wouldn't fit in with the tight 12 minutes he had to work with.

[Aviation Pro]

14. I was surprised that he used "Glory Days".....

....which is kind of a downer if you pay to close attention to the lyrics, but that being said, the last part of the video showing a boy and his dad are very uplifting.

[Enrique]

15. he didn't want to offend Obama

who was born in Muslinland.

[Lex]

17. LOL!

:rofl:

[Lex]

16. Please familiarize yourself with the lyrics. It's no "Yay for the USA" song at all.

nt

[rangersmith82]

18. Ok my simple question has pissed alot of people off for some uknown reason...

Thanks for your replies..

Carry on...

[BlooInBloo]

20. You mean the edited one, or the original one that had the idiotic false statement?

Just want to be sure which "simple question" we're talking about.

[Lex]

24. heh

:thumbsup:

[CreekDog]

22. you know how they say there's no such thing as a stupid question?

well...nobody here said that. :eyes:

that said, if you don't know much about Springsteen's music, it's not a bad question.

if you do know much about the song and the Superbowl, then the question should be easy to answer. :shrug:

[BobTheSubgenius]

19. All that aside,

I thought it was damned nice of the Steelers and Cardinals to open for him.

[BlooInBloo]

21. zing.

[silverojo]

23. Bruce Springsteen was singing?

I thought he was screaming in pain...

[Kansas Wyatt]

28. A couple of times I thought he was having a heart attack or stroke.

[Subdivisions]

25. I don't know. He didn't tell me. n/t

[cobalt1999]

27. He didn't perform it during his full concert last year either.

Maybe he feels it's been overplayed.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

29. Too depressing a song if you want to pump up a crowd.

Unless you are a total moron--like, say a certain crappy actor turned 40th President of the United States--you'd listen to the lyrics and understand how sad a song it is, and the irony of the lyrics.