Anti-Military Anthem Played at ´Concert for Valor´

Weekly Standard ^ | 11/11/14 | Ethan Epstein

[Nachum]

Who would have thought that that Bruce Springsteen, Dave Grohl, and Zac Brown, accomplished musicians all, would be so, well, tone-deaf? But how else to explain their choice of song—Creedence Clearwater´s famously anti-war anthem “Fortunate Son”—at the ostensibly pro-military “Concert for Valor” this evening on the National Mall? The song, not to put too fine a point on it, is an anti-war screed, taking shots at "the red white and blue." It was a particularly terrible choice given that Fortunate Son is, moreover, an anti-draft song, and this concert was largely organized to honor those who volunteered to fight in

[Hoodat]

. . . Bruce Springsteen, Dave Grohl, and Zac Brown, accomplished musicians . . .

Bruce Springsteen a musician? BWAAAHAAAHAA!!! My cat sings better.

[july4thfreedomfoundation]

Many years ago I attended a military / Blue Angels Airshow at Point Mugu Naval Air Station, near Oxnard, California.

An elderly Japanese man was sitting at a table, wearing casual clothes and selling copies of his book, “Bye Bye Black Sheep.”

It turns out, he was the Japanese pilot who shot down Greg “Pappy” Boyington in the Pacific during World War II.

Another year, Randy “Duke” Cunningham was sitting at a table at the same air show selling copies of his book detailing his experiences as the Navy’s first ace of the Vietnam War.

[dmz]

Uh, no. John Fogerty has said it was about the Eisenhower/Nixon wedding.

[matginzac]

Got it...
Lived in the SF Bay Area then so I know CCR, Vietnam Nam, protests and all...lived it.

[Bulwyf]

Kid Rock appears to be a solid guy.

[babyfreep]

I just watched it. I surely heard several “booos” when BS came on.