Jonathan Cain is criticizing Bruce Springsteen.
The 76-year-old Journey keyboardist slammed the other musician, also 76, during a new interview on the Complete Disaster Network podcast, calling him an “annoying, bitter old man” and claiming musicians and celebrities should “shut up.”
Jonathan Cain says Bruce Springsteen should “shut up” about politics
Jonathan said he tries to “keep politics out” of his music, but also says he’s a “diehard conservative” now.
“I used to be a Democrat back in the old days, but I couldn’t go there anymore, you know?” Jonathan said (via Variety). “I’m a diehard conservative… And guys like Bruce Springsteen should shut up. You know, really, honestly, shut up, Bruce, you know? Him and… who’s the other one? Robert DeNiro. I mean, who cares, guys? Do your art. I try to keep politics out of my music.”
The singer and songwriter is married to Paula White-Cain, an advisor to President Donald Trump.
“Now, people say, ‘Well, you’re a Christian and you’re conservative,’ and I’m like, ‘So what?’ I don’t preach it on stage. I don’t spend 10 minutes talking about it… And Bruce, I mean, what the heck? I used to like him, and now he’s just annoying. He’s an annoying, bitter old man. I mean, stop it. Really. You were born in the USA, weren’t you, dude? So act like it. But even that song, if you look at the lyrics, I mean, it’s a kind of a diss toward our country.”
Jonathan releases a “patriotic” new single
Jonathan has released a new single form his EP Only a Prayer Away that is titled “Winds of Freedom” and was inspired by the evangelical conservative influencer Eric Metaxas.
The song’s lyrics are as follows, “With our fate uncertain / Across boundless seas / To distant shores / We’d fight to make a stand.”
But Jonathan argues the song isn’t about political commentary and instead describes it as a “patriotic song.”
He went on to say that he and Ted Nugent, “we’re a couple of patriots, we love our flag and we love our nation, and we grew up that way.”
“Me and Kid Rock, we’re probably on an island,” he continued. “There’s a few of us, and I proudly stand there with my flag on that island. And if anybody’s got a problem with me, America and Jesus, then bring it.”
Bruce Springsteen, Christina Aguilera, and more singers were part of the star-studded lineup of performers at the Obama Presidential Center’s grand opening ceremony.
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