WAR!! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!--except for defeating Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan as they attempt to conquer the world by forcing half of the Earth's population under their tyrannical yoke and exterminating the other 'inferior races' and supplanting them with their own--WHOO-HUH! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR ABSOLUTELY NOTHIN'-SAY IT AGAAAIN
WAR!! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!--except for defeating Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan as they attempt to conquer the world by forcing half of the Earth's population under their tyrannical yoke and exterminating the other 'inferior races' and supplanting them with their own--WHOO-HUH! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR ABSOLUTELY NOTHIN'-SAY IT AGAAAIN
This song was relevant in 1970 and 1985 and it's still relevant to this day. I like that Bruce started the song with a true story about being a young man at a time when there weren't a lot of career choices, except to enlist in the military or go to work after high school. Right on, Bruce!
This song was relevant in 1970 and 1985 and it's still relevant to this day. I like that Bruce started the song with a true story about being a young man at a time when there weren't a lot of career choices, except to enlist in the military or go to work after high school.
"Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together." - Eisenhower
Seems to me American citizens are neither alert nor knowledgeable at this particular time. The Revolutionary War and WW2 are the only two wars that come to mind where the USA fought for freedom.
Dwight D Eisenhower warned about the grave implications of the US MIC in his farewell speech.....seems to have gone unheeded. Has the United States of America gone through a decade since WW2 were it has not been involved in a military conflict??
@MusicListener19 War & freedom are two completely different things. We fought for our freedom in the Revolutionary war & WW 2 but the wars in Vietnam, Korea & Iraq were wars that had nothing to do with freedom. Besides, he's not singing about freedom. He's singing about the senselessness of war & how we (the U.S.) often get involved in wars that aren't necessary. In other words, men dying for nothing more than some politicians agenda.
It is obvious. Bruce cried an cried about how Reagan would bring this country war, yet he won the Cold War without firing a shot. Bruce cried and cried that Reagan would crush the economy, well, there were tough times, but most experts agree that Reagan got inflation under control and positioned the economy to grow the way it did. Bruce cried about Nukes, well if we had more power plants today we would be in a better position with our energy problems. Bruce can write and sing but has no clue
You can tell you are an ignorant individual. The song is from the 60s. You need to educate yourself. It was Springsteen's version here where he thought Pres Reagan was going to bring us into war against the USSR. And Bruce thought we would lose. Well, Pres reagan won the cold war and Springsteen was wrong again. Sad you are so ignorant that you do not know this. You need to get an education.
But I have an education! I have a BA in Economics from Loyola and am working on my MBA at Berkley. Springsteen didn't change any of the lyrics to reflect your so called idea of him singing about reagan and going to war with the ussr. You just a big fag!
The funny thing is you think those are good schools. Hopefully you will be able to educate yourself that Reagan was Pres in 1985 and Springsteen was having a little battle with Reagan after Reagan used his name in a campaign stop in Jersey. Typical liberal. Shoot your mouth off without having all the facts or background information. Finish your MBA from a school like I did and we can talk. Educate yourself liberal before you shoot your mouth off, because like all other issues, you are wrong.
Ummm, Cal is in the top 10 best schools in the nation for their MBA program! Loyola may not be a top of the line school for economics, but that doesn't mean that they arent good. Maybe you should take your own advice and educate yourself on where schools rank before you make brain dead comments about which schools are good and which are not! fucking idiot
But it is not rated as high as the school I went to so you lose. Nice language by the way. Is that the best you can do? I noticed you could not answer the part about Pres Reagan. Looks like you are wrong again, ignorant to the facts and out of your league here. I hope you don't have your feelings hurt that I topped you and youhave egg on your face. You really look stupid and obviously very young and uninformed. I can see why you vote Democrat. Please have the last word I will not read it.
You are obviously a very ignorant person! You say its not as good as the school you went too yet that doesnt change the fact that Cal has one of the best MBA programs in the nation! and you also neglect to mention the school that you attended! You clearly and a very idiotic person! And I don't vote!!! Maybe when the electoral colleges are abolished and we turn to a 100% majority vote I become a registered voter but until then I refuse. You are a Bush supporter are you? Pathetic and sad
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WAR!! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!--except for defeating Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan as they attempt to conquer the world by forcing half of the Earth's population under their tyrannical yoke and exterminating the other 'inferior races' and supplanting them with their own--WHOO-HUH! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR ABSOLUTELY NOTHIN'-SAY IT AGAAAIN
arivas713 3 months ago
WAR!! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR?? ABSOLUTELY NOTHING!!--except for defeating Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan as they attempt to conquer the world by forcing half of the Earth's population under their tyrannical yoke and exterminating the other 'inferior races' and supplanting them with their own--WHOO-HUH! WHAT IS IT GOOD FOR ABSOLUTELY NOTHIN'-SAY IT AGAAAIN
arivas713 3 months ago
Now he embraces Obama...
applecom1de 4 months ago
@applecom1de
No surprise, through the years his songs got worse and worse. It stopped after "Born in the USA". After that he's crap.
LiteWaiter 4 months ago
This song was relevant in 1970 and 1985 and it's still relevant to this day. I like that Bruce started the song with a true story about being a young man at a time when there weren't a lot of career choices, except to enlist in the military or go to work after high school. Right on, Bruce!
ArabSVUFan 8 months ago
This song was relevant in 1970 and 1985 and it's still relevant to this day. I like that Bruce started the song with a true story about being a young man at a time when there weren't a lot of career choices, except to enlist in the military or go to work after high school.
ArabSVUFan 8 months ago
war! wat is it good for ?
watching sc2 on gom-tv!
mungoone 10 months ago
Love it, could u post the rest of it?
balisticbread69 1 year ago
What kinda lame ass idiot posts a video that isnt in its entirety ??
Rottyman63 1 year ago 2
WOW!!! His voice is TOTALLY perfect!!! He sounds just like the original!!!
VitalSigns1 1 year ago
@VitalSigns1 The original is iconic. But Bruce sounds just like "Bruce"..He takes this classic and makes it his own.
Rottyman63 1 year ago
@Rottyman63 Honestly he does it better!!! Bruce rules!!!
VitalSigns1 1 year ago
"Only an alert and knowledgeable citizenry can compel the proper meshing of the huge industrial and military machinery of defense with our peaceful methods and goals, so that security and liberty may prosper together." - Eisenhower
Seems to me American citizens are neither alert nor knowledgeable at this particular time. The Revolutionary War and WW2 are the only two wars that come to mind where the USA fought for freedom.
spinika7 1 year ago
Dwight D Eisenhower warned about the grave implications of the US MIC in his farewell speech.....seems to have gone unheeded. Has the United States of America gone through a decade since WW2 were it has not been involved in a military conflict??
spinika7 1 year ago
use ur muscles 4 peace, ppl!
peaceiloveyou2 1 year ago
Boss
askerkaca 1 year ago
The meaning of this song is SO wrong! You can't have freedom without war. Freedom isn't free somebody has to fight for it.
MusicListener19 1 year ago
@MusicListener19 War & freedom are two completely different things. We fought for our freedom in the Revolutionary war & WW 2 but the wars in Vietnam, Korea & Iraq were wars that had nothing to do with freedom. Besides, he's not singing about freedom. He's singing about the senselessness of war & how we (the U.S.) often get involved in wars that aren't necessary. In other words, men dying for nothing more than some politicians agenda.
vodude 1 year ago
@MusicListener19
LOL pussy. War make War learn it
usmcrageyecom 1 year ago
@MusicListener19
Then "freedom" has no value is violence is the price.
shiznaziboodles 1 year ago
@MusicListener19 you are stupid, my friend
dkgdbr 6 months ago
His announcement ist just great..
DJNoseT 1 year ago
@DJNoseT he IS the man on intro's to ANY track he does!!!!
dredzish 1 year ago
I learned of the Edwin Starr version through the Rush Hour movies w. Jackie Chan. Awesome version, this =)
liveforlife2494 1 year ago
I grew up watching that war on TV. I hate war.
jerryjamify 2 years ago
Our children are so beautiful, innocent, why would you want to kill the beatiful bright light of a beaut iful childs eyes.
badattitude77769 2 years ago
This version brings me back to when i was a little kid listening to my dads bruce live record...to this day it gives me chills.
DannyBragg 2 years ago 13
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this version butchers the soul of the original. Bruce is a great patriot, but a tone deaf, terrible singer
maxbusinesscredit 2 years ago
NOT TRUE!
crazymetalhead9999 2 years ago
what's not true?
rosstifer7109 2 years ago
I LOVE THE WAY HE SINGS THIS SONG....and....
BOY HE'S HOT!!!;)
Damur1968 2 years ago 7
Nils' intro here reminds me of his acoustic version of Keith Don't Go.
Arseface87 2 years ago 2
Yeah man your right, i think so too. That is a acoustic version of "Keith Don´t Go".
I love the Boss!!!!
DavyJones480 2 years ago
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He's was flexing the whole time he was on stage haha meat ball..
fieldx200 2 years ago
Nope- that's just him.
bugattibowler 2 years ago
His left arm is held like that because he's printed the lyrics out on them.
bugattibowler 2 years ago
ah i dont think so! he is never reading
TheFan5060 2 years ago
Ya right.
IanRush77 2 years ago
some good poetry there
piraatje95 2 years ago
amazing!
kristyna1499 3 years ago
See below Mack...
SuzzyStohelit 3 years ago
i have this exact version on vinyl
TRUEMETAL22 3 years ago
God..DAMN!
wrangloctopus 3 years ago
I couldnt put it better.
mariahdeansteen 3 years ago
He is and always will be The Boss!!!!!!
ericasmeding 3 years ago 2
I was at this show. Free tickets. Best kind.
Cold night. Windy. Great show. BAD parking.
Missed Born-USA start getting hot cocoa for my lady. Just jokin' - "Blind Faith in 1985..."
Dope-Booze-STDs-Stupidity-Cars-Rock-Addiction KILL TOO.
Where's the REAL WAR NOW??? In your back yard USA !
CHRISTSmusiciansSEA 3 years ago
OK Thanks for the great post
reasonandfacts 3 years ago
That just cut off wayyyyy too early. Oh well, still love it! He has a bandage on his arm people! He knows the words!
emrogers17 3 years ago
which of the LA shows was this? It's not the one on July 30, because thats the one on Live 1975-85.
lostintheflood14 4 years ago
Yes, he has the words taped to his arm! Pretty cool.
catherineyronwode 4 years ago 4
Its a bandage, he knows the words!!!!!!!
emrogers17 3 years ago
Does he have the words on his inner arm..?
dualeddy 4 years ago 3
No its a bandage, he knows the words!!!!!!!
emrogers17 3 years ago
whats wrong with his arm?
jerzyscott100 4 years ago 3
ABSOLUTELY NOTHING
Amblu 4 years ago 28
@Amblu right on:)
luvm1chael 1 year ago
He taped the lyrics on his arm.
JJSHIZZ 3 years ago
No its a bandage, he knows the words.
emrogers17 3 years ago
Hahahahahaha... oh silly Reagan.
I dreamed I saw Ronald Reagan last night, alive as you or me, says I "but Ron, your long since dead!" "I died," says he.
HeWhoEatsCake 4 years ago
What was he wearing?
mackela30 3 years ago
A shirt.
hndaman2000 3 years ago 4
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Turned out Reagan was right and Springsteen was wrong.
reasonandfacts 4 years ago
what do you mean by this? explain
brucefan91 3 years ago
It is obvious. Bruce cried an cried about how Reagan would bring this country war, yet he won the Cold War without firing a shot. Bruce cried and cried that Reagan would crush the economy, well, there were tough times, but most experts agree that Reagan got inflation under control and positioned the economy to grow the way it did. Bruce cried about Nukes, well if we had more power plants today we would be in a better position with our energy problems. Bruce can write and sing but has no clue
reasonandfacts 3 years ago
You're an idiot!!! This song is about what Reagan did for the country, its about the stupidity of war and how pointless it is
YouAreAFuckinFaggot 3 years ago 6
You can tell you are an ignorant individual. The song is from the 60s. You need to educate yourself. It was Springsteen's version here where he thought Pres Reagan was going to bring us into war against the USSR. And Bruce thought we would lose. Well, Pres reagan won the cold war and Springsteen was wrong again. Sad you are so ignorant that you do not know this. You need to get an education.
reasonandfacts 3 years ago
But I have an education! I have a BA in Economics from Loyola and am working on my MBA at Berkley. Springsteen didn't change any of the lyrics to reflect your so called idea of him singing about reagan and going to war with the ussr. You just a big fag!
YouAreAFuckinFaggot 3 years ago
The funny thing is you think those are good schools. Hopefully you will be able to educate yourself that Reagan was Pres in 1985 and Springsteen was having a little battle with Reagan after Reagan used his name in a campaign stop in Jersey. Typical liberal. Shoot your mouth off without having all the facts or background information. Finish your MBA from a school like I did and we can talk. Educate yourself liberal before you shoot your mouth off, because like all other issues, you are wrong.
reasonandfacts 3 years ago
Ummm, Cal is in the top 10 best schools in the nation for their MBA program! Loyola may not be a top of the line school for economics, but that doesn't mean that they arent good. Maybe you should take your own advice and educate yourself on where schools rank before you make brain dead comments about which schools are good and which are not! fucking idiot
YouAreAFuckinFaggot 3 years ago
But it is not rated as high as the school I went to so you lose. Nice language by the way. Is that the best you can do? I noticed you could not answer the part about Pres Reagan. Looks like you are wrong again, ignorant to the facts and out of your league here. I hope you don't have your feelings hurt that I topped you and youhave egg on your face. You really look stupid and obviously very young and uninformed. I can see why you vote Democrat. Please have the last word I will not read it.
reasonandfacts 3 years ago
You are obviously a very ignorant person! You say its not as good as the school you went too yet that doesnt change the fact that Cal has one of the best MBA programs in the nation! and you also neglect to mention the school that you attended! You clearly and a very idiotic person! And I don't vote!!! Maybe when the electoral colleges are abolished and we turn to a 100% majority vote I become a registered voter but until then I refuse. You are a Bush supporter are you? Pathetic and sad
YouAreAFuckinFaggot 3 years ago