Springsteen’s Liberal-Left politics leaned well left of Reagan’s. Springsteen has never, ever condemned Communism, Russia or China, only America. Springsteen opposed America fighting Communism against China. After the president praised him, the artist mused that if people misunderstood his music, that was fine — it only made him more popular.
“After it came out, I read all over the place that nobody knew what it was about,” he said before performing “Born in the U.S.A” to a crowd in 1995. “I’m sure that everybody here tonight understood it. If not — if there were any misunderstandings out there — my mother thanks you, my father thanks you and my children thank you, because I’ve learned that that’s where the money is.”
After the applause and laughter died down, he added: “But the songwriter always gets another shot to get it right.”
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