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lerts 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 Clearwaters 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 Afghanistan and Iraq. On a musical level, “Fortunate Song” is not a bad song—thats one hell of a riff. But the “Concert for Valor,” a Veterans Day event sponsored by HBO and Starbucks, in front of the Capitol Building, was not the place for it. Related Stories Veterans Day Springsteen, Eminem Concert to Close Metro to ... Biden Misstates Troops Wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan ... New York Times Launches Credulous Attack on Attempt to ... Helping Veterans Through Their Smartphones More by Ethan Epstein North Korea Bans Tourism Due to Ebola
Posted on: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 06:07:53 +0000

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