How do you feel about this old song?

[Miah06]

https://youtu.be/-KoXt9pZLGM?si=mmbXw2Tq-mrf0gYZ

[Lliam]

It kind of makes me nauseous.
I love America and am grateful to have been born here. But this song is too jingoistic, or at least it is used politically for that purpose. And it doesn't accurately portray reality. I mean, how free are we actually, especially since 911, the Patriot Act and the NDAA that we are told are for our own security?
There are a million examples of how free we are not.

[Miah06]

How free? Pretty darn free.
The political agenda is claiming we ain't free rn.
But ok. Being free doesn't mean no restrictions or laws in place to keep us safe.

[Lliam]

@miah06. You haven't been around long enough to know what freedom was like before 2002. You are in a cage without bars and don't know it.

[Miah06]

Yup. I feel so unfree as i freely roam and enjoy doing everything i need and want to do with my life.
😂😂
Bruh.
The patriot act has yet to send me to jail or infringe on any of my freedoms.
I been free to enjoy my life how i see fit. I have not been forced to do anything against my will.

I been free to make decisions based on my moral beliefs, and not once has anyone made me go to jail for it, or taken my livelyhood from me, or any of my freedoms.
Having extra precautions has never stolen any freedom stolen from me.

I wanted to go to college for free. I got a scholarship because i can play basketball. I wanted to be a teacher here i am.
I decided to open my personal trainer business. I am a personal trainer.
I wanted to coach flag football. I do.
I wanted to coach basketball. I do
This is freedom. I am able to date who i want. See who i want.
My age has nothing to do with knowing freedom.

My life and how i live it knows what freedom looks like. I am free to chose my religion. This is a country. Free countries will also have laws that you will not like or approve of. Leaders you dislike and like, but you are free to talk trash about.

[OlderAndWiser]

I cry almost every time I hear this song. I think about how glad I am to have been born as an American and I remember my ancestors who helped to build this country, beginning with Richard Warren arriving on the Mayflower, and my eleven ancestors who fought in the Revolutionary War, and my many ancestors who served as elected officers at the local and state levels of government. Like all Americans, I owe my eternal gratitude to those who created this great country!

[Simslover92]

Omg I can't believe I still remember the lyrics to this song to this day but I do thanks to 9/11. Any child who grew up during 9/11 should know this song. They played it so much.

[Miah06]

Is that why it was made?

[Simslover92]

No it was made way before that. They just played it a lot during that time.

[Paige90]

One of my top 3 favorite songs! Also the video is great!

[Paige90]

@Dykei1989 How does he say that?

[Miah06]

It's definitely an inspiring song.

[AI Opinion]

This song is a true classic! 🎶 It has a timeless melody and meaningful lyrics that can take you on a nostalgic journey. Songs like this one often remind me of art and film classics, as they have a way of evoking deep emotions and memories. If you enjoy this, you might appreciate the artful storytelling in vintage cinema as well.

[AviatorTom]

Lee Greenwood's "God Bless the USA" is a classic that still applies in today's world... if we let it. 👍

[Miah06]

Should

[MrChinaski]

It is nothing compared with
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX_TFkut1PM
Which is written about Buddy Holly

[exitseven]

@bddddd Yes, Rock and Roll has been going down hill ever since Buddy Holly died.

[AviatorTom]

@exitseven MTV had a lot to do with the decreasing the quality of music, making the music video more important than the music itself.

[RingOfFire]

1984 is old? 😥 What does that make ME? 😕😥

Love the song. President Trump uses it at his rallies. It really captures the essence of America.

[Miah06]

It's from 1984😱 my pops was 3.

[RingOfFire]

😨😨😨😲

[Ariesman81]

@miah06

Well... we know what that makes me

[exitseven]

@miah06 I am older than your father. That really makes me feel old.

[RingOfFire]

Don't know how many who likes the video understand the ending but it's really sad. So many of the family farms in this country have had to be auctioned off because of outrageous taxes. Especially when they are passed along to the next generation and they have to pay inheritance tax. It makes it impossible for them to continue to operate the farm so they have to sell them to pay the taxes and developers take them over.

There are a lot of side effects of this farmland loss that are not so obvious.

For example we have become dependent on chemicals for our food supply, synthetic fertilizers, pesticides and other chemicals because the less farmland the higher the crop yield has to be on the existing land. We've made amazing achievements in that area but what it's doing to our health may be a tragic trade-off.

Taxes have many effects that people don't understand and most of them are not too good.

[Beckybooboo]

I've always liked it! My dad is a fan of his, so I've heard a lot of his songs growing up. One thing that shocked me, is the song never went number one at the time but pretty much became our second national anthem.

[Levin]

This is the only patriotic American song I can support.

https://www.youtube.com/embed/BVkTmnJkAN8

[Joshydavid25]

Damn.. Kinda corny, but kinda amazing.. Love it..

[Miah06]

Agree. I think we need this a little bit today in America

[Joshydavid25]

Yeah, I totally agree.. It's not my first time hearing the song, but it felt like it..

[Miah06]

Someone said it's from 1984😱

[Joshydavid25]

I can believe it, it definitely sounds like a 80s song.. They have a certain enthusiasm to them..

[douride2]

Sorry but I can live without that song. Never cared for it much.

[Wiredone]

It sends chills up my spine every time I hear it and really pay attention to it. I just wish the world was a better place now like it was when the song was made

[beefcakebradybatson]

Springsteen was referencing America's manifest hypocrisy in "Born In The USA," which was my late sister Wendy's bird's favourite song.(Speaking of birds, bird brain Ronnie Ray-Guns wanted to use it as his "Morning In America" 1984 Presidential campaign theme until "the Boss" told him to pound sand).

[exitseven]

@beefcakebradybatson Springsteen is a poser.

[beefcakebradybatson]

@exitseven You mean for exposing America's hypocrisy in his music? Think again, boyo.

[exitseven]

the hypocrisy in his music is made by him. He puts himself out there as a middle class hero and he is really a limousine liberal.

[SotiCoto]

I saw an American flag in the thumbnail. I refuse to click that link as I've no interest in anything American right now. But alas... replying to a question is the only guaranteed way to make it fuck off.

[AngryCarl2]

Firstly it's a horrible song. Secondly Americans aren't as free as they think they are. Can you gamble? Nope. Cross the road where you like? Nope. Get an abortion? Nope.

[Miah06]

Yes we can gamble.
The law to cross the road is to make sure people don't die.

Yes we can get an abortion. In fact our non abortion country is on pace to have over 1 million this year.

[Dongie]

Just about 64 notches into fkn drab for me!

[Miah06]

😂😂😂

[Dongie]

The words are OK, but, damn!

[Miah06]

Get it

[WonderingManII]

I feel emotional when I hear it.

[Miah06]

That's a good thing

[RageBabe]

I'm not familiar with it.

[jazzy34]

Sad. It reminds me of 9/11. 😔💔

[exitseven]

Lee Geenwood was really on to something

[Anonymous]

I feel indifferent about it.

[Anonymous]

Cringy AF!