Rock legend laments it’s ‘more embarrassing’ to be an American now than ever

Heart guitarist Nancy Wilson says it’s “more embarrassing” to be an American now than during the Vietnam War.

Wilson, 71, made the remark in a recent interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, where she reflected on the legendary rock group’s 1975 hit “Crazy on You,” which was her sister, Heart vocalist Ann Wilson’s critique of the Vietnam War.

“We were kind of embarrassed at that time to call ourselves American because of the dirty politics of the Vietnam War,” Wilson shared.

“To be as subtle as possible, it’s more embarrassing now,” she said.

She made the case that the songs fit for the tumultuous political climate of the time still resonate today.

One of the band’s most popular hits, “Barracuda,” for instance, “took aim at “a real sleazeball with a satin jacket” who, at the time the song was written in the 1970s, “wanted to make more money out of” the women in the band, the article reads.