Los Angeles Times: When a song is mistaken for an anthem

Outkast’s "Bombs Over Baghdad" is the latest song to be embraced as a pro-war anthem. But, as often happens, that’s not what the author intended.

It's time to place rap duo OutKast's "Bombs Over Baghdad" alongside Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the U.S.A." and Bob Dylan's "Masters of War" as examples of how pop songs can assume a dramatic life of their own.

OutKast's Big Boi was more than a little surprised when tennis pro Jennifer Capriati requested recently that "Bombs" be played as a sign of support for the troops in Iraq as she took the court for a match.

He watched with equal interest a few days later as radio stations started playing the record in the same Iraq context and some U.S. troops reportedly sang the song while going into battle.

The problem is Big Boi was strongly opposed to the U.S. invading Iraq without United Nations support and he never intended the song as a pro-war exercise. Click the link above for the whole story, including quotes from Big Boi.

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