In the 1980’s, U2 was not considered to be a band that fit the mold for protest music. First, U2 was not considered a bad or punk rock band. The band was formed at a school in Dublin and the band's mission was to fix the issues in the country of Ireland. Secondly, U2 wanted to bring peace between Ireland’s North and South to make them one united country. Most bands who protest picked one side and support them, but U2 picked both sides and did not chose one. Lastly, unlike all bands, U2 was known for being the band for the people and not for themselves. Bono states to writer, Neil McCormick, “Looking around at a world where there’s millions of unemployed or hungry people, and all we’ve [done with] the technology we’ve been blessed with is to build bigger bombs so no one can challenge our empty ideas.” This quotes shows the attitude that Bono, along with the rest of U2, had towards…show more content… One way the listeners could be fooled by listening to the unique song by the chorus. Even though “Born in the USA, I was born in the USA,” sounds like it is a proud and it is an honor to be an American. On the other hand, the six verses in the song do not tell about the perfect American life, but fighting in a brutal and intense war. Notably, the song illustrates what it would of been like to have fought in Vietnam and what the soldiers that were sent over had to face. Finally, it did not help the people of the United States that President Reagan promoted the “Born In The USA” in one of his addresses to the nation. The song was misunderstood by not only the President of the United states, but thousands of others in the nation. Generally speaking, the song “Born In The USA” is a famous song that got recognition for the wrong reason and shouldn’t be a song that represent the
