Born in the USA

monster · 02-14-2009, 12:46 AM

when I was a pre-teen back in the UK, this was the dogs bollocks, the epitome of all that is America and therefore cool...

Now I'm an immigrant here -staying through choice, with one kid who was born here...but I'd be ashamed if he assumed this arrogance ...

Was it just an 80s thing? Or am i just way old? This was so cool when i was a kid in the UK. The music's still cool now, but the "message" sucks

bluecuracao · 02-14-2009, 04:05 AM

The message isn't meant to be arrogant at all...it's working class blues.

It really speaks to and about Jersey and Philly folks, as does most of Springsteen's stuff. Pride eked out of one's shitty, stuck situation....

monster · 02-14-2009, 09:21 AM

yeah, I guess so... but couldn't he just be proud of his talent?

meh, it was a random youtube last night and i was just diasappointed that it didn't seem so awesome as it used to....

jinx · 02-14-2009, 09:31 AM

Very 80's... high unemployment and interest rates, cold war, Rocky movies...

xoxoxoBruce · 02-14-2009, 06:40 PM

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Originally Posted by monster

yeah, I guess so... but couldn't he just be proud of his talent?

Yes, but I doubt millions of people would pay him to sing about it.

Quote:

meh, it was a random youtube last night and i was just diasappointed that it didn't seem so awesome as it used to....

It hasn't changed, maybe you have?

monster · 02-14-2009, 06:50 PM

exactly... I'm all old and shit....

xoxoxoBruce · 02-14-2009, 06:54 PM

Older, but not old yet and definitely not shit.

monster · 02-14-2009, 07:05 PM

aw thanks. that's probably the nicest thing you've ever said to me. Although I really meant ...and the shit that goes with it like grey hair and deteriorating eyesight.... *sigh* When I started to dye my hair purple 10 years ago, they was no grey. My roots are a little long right now and I see strands that glint in the sunlight rather than being mouse and lack-lustre..... who'dever have thunk I'd recall the mouse color fondly

yes, I know I'm being inconsistent by using US "color" and UK "grey", but I figured I might as well get a jump on the incontinent thing too....

lumberjim · 02-14-2009, 07:41 PM

as an american, i think he sucks.

xoxoxoBruce · 02-14-2009, 07:53 PM

Deadheads don't count.

capnhowdy · 02-14-2009, 08:27 PM

I'm still trying to figure out wtf he's saying. And what I can understand makes absolutely no sense. Reminds me of how a passed out drunk would sound when you woke him up and asked him how he got here. Sounds kinda like Buckwheat, amplified, actually.

Shawnee123 · 02-14-2009, 08:32 PM

Thanks for the laugh.

"unce tice fee tines a mady..."

classicman · 02-14-2009, 11:04 PM

FIRE the boss!

capnhowdy · 02-15-2009, 05:46 AM

No. Don't fire him. Somebody's gotta be the boss. The boss of what?

Shit.

Sundae · 02-15-2009, 05:57 AM

You're not the boss of me

02-14-2009, 12:46 AM	#1
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	Born in the USA when I was a pre-teen back in the UK, this was the dogs bollocks, the epitome of all that is America and therefore cool... Now I'm an immigrant here -staying through choice, with one kid who was born here...but I'd be ashamed if he assumed this arrogance ... Was it just an 80s thing? Or am i just way old? This was so cool when i was a kid in the UK. The music's still cool now, but the "message" sucks __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-14-2009, 09:21 AM	#3
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	yeah, I guess so... but couldn't he just be proud of his talent? meh, it was a random youtube last night and i was just diasappointed that it didn't seem so awesome as it used to.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-14-2009, 09:31 AM	#4
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	Very 80's... high unemployment and interest rates, cold war, Rocky movies... __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

02-14-2009, 06:50 PM	#6
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	exactly... I'm all old and shit.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-14-2009, 06:54 PM	#7
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Older, but not old yet and definitely not shit. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

02-14-2009, 04:05 AM	#2
bluecuracao in a mood, not cupcake Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Philadelphia Posts: 3,034	The message isn't meant to be arrogant at all...it's working class blues. It really speaks to and about Jersey and Philly folks, as does most of Springsteen's stuff. Pride eked out of one's shitty, stuck situation....

02-14-2009, 07:05 PM	#8
monster I hear them call the tide Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Perpetual Chaos Posts: 30,852	aw thanks. that's probably the nicest thing you've ever said to me. Although I really meant ...and the shit that goes with it like grey hair and deteriorating eyesight.... sigh When I started to dye my hair purple 10 years ago, they was no grey. My roots are a little long right now and I see strands that glint in the sunlight rather than being mouse and lack-lustre..... who'dever have thunk I'd recall the mouse color fondly yes, I know I'm being inconsistent by using US "color" and UK "grey", but I figured I might as well get a jump on the incontinent thing too.... __________________ The most difficult thing is the decision to act, the rest is merely tenacity Amelia Earhart

02-14-2009, 07:41 PM	#9
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	as an american, i think he sucks. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

02-14-2009, 07:53 PM	#10
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Deadheads don't count. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump. Last edited by xoxoxoBruce; 02-14-2009 at 08:37 PM.

02-14-2009, 08:27 PM	#11
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	I'm still trying to figure out wtf he's saying. And what I can understand makes absolutely no sense. Reminds me of how a passed out drunk would sound when you woke him up and asked him how he got here. Sounds kinda like Buckwheat, amplified, actually. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

02-14-2009, 08:32 PM	#12
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Thanks for the laugh. "unce tice fee tines a mady..." __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

02-14-2009, 11:04 PM	#13
classicman barely disguised asshole, keeper of all that is holy. Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 23,401	FIRE the boss! __________________ "like strapping a pillow on a bull in a china shop" Bullitt

02-15-2009, 05:46 AM	#14
capnhowdy Blatantly Homosapien Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 6,200	No. Don't fire him. Somebody's gotta be the boss. The boss of what? Shit. __________________ Please type slowly. I can't read very fast............... and no holy water, please.

02-15-2009, 05:57 AM	#15
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	You're not the boss of me __________________ Life's hard you know, so strike a pose on a Cadillac

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