Posted on 01/29/2014 6:47:26 AM PST by Borges
Have you ever read all the lyrics to “This Land Is Your Land”?
As I went walking I saw a sign there
And on the sign it said “No Trespassing.”
But on the other side it didn’t say nothing,
That side was made for you and me.
At Newport, Seeger played the audience a recording of a newborn baby, and said that the final night’s program was a message from everyone to this baby that the world it was being born into was full of hate, hunger, bombs, and injustice, but that the people - the folk - would overcome, and make it a better world.
Enough to drive Dylan away; electric set followed
Until he died, the sheeple had forgotten about Seeger. Now they will name this and that after him, but many still are so uninformed that they won’t know who Seeger was.
Isn't it hard to believe a liberal show like "Room 222" spoofing Pete Seeger? No one would do it now (and not because of his death or his age).
“This Land Is Your Land” is one of the United States’ most famous folk songs. Its lyrics were written by Woody Guthrie in 1940 based on an existing melody, in critical response to Irving Berlin’s “God Bless America”, which Guthrie considered unrealistic and complacent. Tired of hearing Kate Smith sing it on the radio, he wrote a response originally called “God Blessed America”.[1] Guthrie varied the lyrics over time, sometimes including more overtly political verses in line with his sympathetic views of communism,[2] than appear in recordings or publications.
The song wasn’t sung by Seeger until...
The song was sung by Springsteen and Pete Seeger, accompanied by Seeger’s grandson, Tao Rodríguez-Seeger, at We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial on January 18, 2009.
This song reeks of commie sentiment.
Jimmy Carter used to quote Dylan, but I though Dylan is leftist. Thanks for the info.
They assail capitalism to try to get the anti-capitalist sheeple to buy their products.
He can still pollute the uninformed sheeple with his remaining songs.
You do know your music history; thank you for that summary. FWIW, I don’t see where calls for equality in opportunity are a bad thing.
Then what do you think about calls for getting rid of private property?
Grandson of Pete the Commie
Tao Rodríguez-Seeger is the son of Emilio Rodríguez, a Puerto Rican filmmaker, and Mika Seeger. After his father was invited by the Sandinistas to document the nation’s civil war, Seeger spent nine years of his childhood in Nicaragua.
...the apple don’t fall far....
On October 21, 2011, Seeger was part of The Pete Seeger March which walked in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street to Columbus Circle. There he performed with his grandfather Pete Seeger, Arlo Guthrie, David Amram, and other musicians.
He, like the Obamadorkthing, is slime.
The only diff is that Seeger could sing.
Not a Dylan fan but did see him get medal of freedom from Obama (Obama is not giving these to the ted nugent types) and he performed at Obama’s inauguration, saying to the crowd, “change is coming.” Add his songs’ popularity among the anti war social justice crowd and i pegged him as a lefty. I apologize if im wrong. And would be happy to hear he’s not a lefty.
In 1973 someone summed the entire 60’s antiwar and counterculture movement in a single sentence:
“You know, a lot of guys joined the revolution just to get laid.”
Anyway, Seeger is dead. For those who mourn, I hope the rocks fall on them.
Yep, liberal chicks are easy.
Dylan’s output is 99% apolitical. In the 1960s, He wanted nothing to do with the hippies.
Crony capitalism shines a bad light on free market capitalism. But then again, it’s over-reaching, big government that makes crony capitalism possible and powerful. In the USA we HAVE equality of opportunity...only if government gets the hell out of the way. Guys like Seeger and other commies believe that government is the answer. I wholeheartedly disagree.
It’s ALWAYS the same with communists. THEY are the anointed who ‘deserve’ more, YOU are the ruled proletariat... with a boot stamping on your face forever.
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