The Nightwatchman (Tom Morello) - This Land is Your Land

[mojorhythm]

Tom does a rippin' cover of this song. Still not as good as Springsteen's though. Springsteen's version is absolutely exhilarating to listen to.

[evoke1988]

I love how you can see a smile crack on his face when that guy yells "we fucking love you"

[prairiemantis]

this is and always has been the "unofficial" american national anthem....much lovefor woody guthrie.....and tom...

[eljono1]

holy cow look how high his capo is :D

[SackToucher]

My nipples are really hard after watching this.

[abluecommunist]

This song is pan-national. this song kills fascists wherever they may feel like pissing all over the good people of this planet.

[jfoley715]

I fucking love him.

[tanvo93]

one of the old protest songs glad he covered it im glad hes still out there..but he needs the power of rage to wake up the blind minds so we can get a nu movement to help out all the people who are opressed

[xXJacobBuckXx]

And this isn't our anthem yet? Pssh....

[BlistElk]

awesomesauce.

[therev6109]

this song gets me excited and puts a smile on my face everytime i hear it :D

[Dustrick]

what is the circle next to the "resolution" button?

[bmrsnr14]

So glad there's a video of Tom doing this song. I've seen Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave both live, but I've never seen one man get people into a concert. A truly incredible experience to see him live (though I saw him in Dallas).

[therev6109]

wow that's so fucking catchy

[toddy01bass]

bit of classic woodie guthrie here, i love it! ♥

[DrOvalcraft]

this is the most beautiful thing ever

[6jasmine7]

i love this

[Punkr3as]

IDEAS OF LIBERTY ARE DEAD:

We can only listen TOM MORELLO and dream.

This World is shit: LADY GAGA success?

Oral test rules?

[DakotaPlaysGuitar]

genius

[kelanaweiss]

Woody would be very proud of Tom, it's a shame that more artists aren't engaged the way Woody was, and the Tom is, can you imagine what Woody would write about today? T.A.R.P., Iraq, all of it. America needs a voice in the night.

[Punkr3as]

His forum is poor... :(

I say it would be nice to find them fans of the various groups.

But I see only "I AM ONLY METAL - I am just QUUEN" etc etc ... disgusting!

I pass by ZZPOP to Mozart, then I turn on the Ramones and I end up with COOLIO.

Music is a rainbow of colors!

[FSPB123]

so true

[Punkr3as]

@ xpkkingx = ahah ok!

I'll never see him live... Fuck!

I have seen so many thumbs down down here, ok tastes are tastes (Italian phrase), but the career of Tom Morello is fantastic, RATM, Audioslave, Nightwatchman.

Now the project SWEPER STREET SOCIAL CLUB, he loves the music!

I still remember that dark night in the car, I turn on the radio and check "ONE MAN REVOLUTION" ohhh ohhhh ORGASM!

[no9dixiedean]

how good is this too good come to the uk the nightwatchman

[royalproletariat]

If you want to keep your freedom join the resistance!!!

AMERICANRESISTANCEMOVEMENTdotC­OM

[Moore8594]

this video is incredible

[DFT2000]

God, this shit is Garbage, and he wonders why his music is being used for torture

[defstoner18]

Your comments are garbage, and why did you even watch this video? Just bored and trolling?

[SGASGCfan]

hey fuck u man tom morello is a fucking hero and his music is more inspirational and better then what u listen to

[beerkat88]

that was so fucking cool...

[bigoscdog]

This land was never intended for us

[Punkr3as]

Boys: where I can found this song no live?

[xpkkingx]

@Punkr3as You cannot! :P Unfortunately he only plays this song live. If you're feeling ambitious you might be able to download the video and rip the audio track off it with a few firefox extensions and some converters.... I'm not feeling ambitious enough to try it unfortunately! If you ever do find one definitely message me!

[Miamidfinsfan1326]

IS THIS LAND STILL MADE FOR YOU AND ME?

[smailtronic]

FYI guys, the song was originally written by US folk singer Woody Guthrie in 1940. In 1955, Canadian folk group The Travellers created new Canada-centric lyrics for the first verse.

[Argug1]

Right on =)

[ExpectResistance66]

@smailtronic I know, we Canadians would sing it in elementary school, no kid would understand and because we sang it in school kids dont think it's real music.

[sirlegendhead]

"This is a Canadian song" BULL - SHIT. That's the most American song you'll ever hear in your goddamn life, son. Go smoke your dirty canuck weed. Fucker.

- Shane

[Evansharma]

This is a Canadian song.. i totally sung this song in 4th grade.. but he obviously change the words

[anormanthedude]

yeah

[Frostdme]

yeah... i know your reading tom! DC!!! help wake the people in our country's heart! stir the people and get the blood of this nation flowing (not meant in a violent sense!!), it will spread from the the red wood forest to the new york ille and put the government in the hands of our people!! BECAUSE this land WAS made for you and me!!!

[leanonme1]

"What have you given us sir?"

"A republic mam', if you can keep it."

[doodoobaby992]

And then we are gonna jump the FUCK up and down like it was RATM :D that part made my day!

[badtown88]

Great song

[BUbbaBIscut]

dude burn3rulz this was just one of his projects tom morello is with rage against the machine now which is better but audioslave did make some good songs though

[thePolerin]

actually right now toms on tour with street sweeper.

[burn3rulz]

man if only audioslave didnt break up i would be so happy i love toms new solo revolution but audioslave was my life and now they are no more :( but i have a feeling they will be back

[Frostdme]

audio slave is ok but Ratm beats the shit out of audio slave! rage came first and will always be better AND have a better sound and impact. They were better with de la rocha and they need to come to dc and rock the fucking hill!!! yeah... i know your reading tom! DC!!!

[SL9V3]

Ya audio is not as good as rage.

[NickSaucesome]

audioslave's first cd was pretty awesome but each successive album went downhill.

[Anglefan12]

O for fucks sake. Why in the hell does EVERY video with Audio, Rage, or Tom, or Cornell have one of these dumbass comments. Rage was great at the firey fuck the government stuff, but that's ALL de la Rocha could do. Audio was a LOT more versitile. They were both great, don't compare the two, they're not even comparable, one is a rap/rock political group, the other is a pure hard rock group. It's apples and oranges, shut the fuck up about the two and enjoy the excellent music.

[justdave1969]

Agreed Anglefan12!

[BackwardsBound]

Hey Tom,

You are my God!

What a blessing to all life you are.

Thank you.

[1826wasagoodyear]

awesome all around

[Renegadesoflife]

It does not matter what color he is, tom is saying what we need to hear and as a people we have to understand the messages that he sings about, for every man woman & child who has been and who will be we have to take care of the real terror threats in our country the government and the media have lied to us for years and more people like tom need to take an active stand for the common man.

[BustaMonkey1234]

did u no tom is actualy black. he is such an awesome kick ass revoltionary!

[leanonme1]

sure as shit not pure black

[8182570]

he is half kenyan and part Irish-Italian :)

[HandGunHarmony]

slash is half black...

[CyNN82]

but slash don't know shit about shit...  he ain't no revolutionary ...

[BlueSoul697]

Only he can do that with a acoustic

[burkea29]

you don't gotta be loud son to be heavy as shit

[KookieKaiser]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH­HHHH

its the black jesus

[areofan1]

Damn Straight

[JoeOneill84]

What an amazing preformer!!!

[JimmyKingster]

Tom Morello is just amazing! I love that guy! Probably the most influential guitarist/singer ever!

And definetely the best guitarist that has ever lived on this planet!!

<3 Tom Morello!

[mahroney]

never give up and never give in!!!!!!!!! love this song and he does it so well

[kgesme21]

Tom...too fucking cool.

"Nobody wins unless everybody wins."

[PowerByPeople]

Lol, I love Tom Morello. So chill, yet so passionate.

[elite49er]

Hell Yes!!!!!!!!!! That was EPIC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Yourattentionplease]

No.

Fucking Hell No.

[Drewski8798]

@Yourattentionplease Why that hmm? listen to the original song and not the edited version.

[SilversCurse]

@Yourattentionplease what the fuck. WHY are you saying that

[rofllol6969]

@Yourattentionplease you fucking serious dude??? this is TOM FUCKING MORELLO, more like HELL YEAH!!!!!!!!!!!!

[justiniscoolohyea]

wtf

[whatshisname200]

I honestly hope you get your fingers caught in a car door so you cant type anymore.

[exatreide]

never speak again. k? thanks.

[trumpetSL08]

When you think about it, it would be a better national anthem than AND THE ROCKET'S RED GLARE!!!! If I ran for president I would make this song our national anthem thats a promise to tom.

[free3soler]

Yeah awesome song!

[RudeRed69]

Amazing, one of the Best!

[no9dixiedean]

i don 't know about god but he is amazing can 't wait for him to come to uk again

[trumpetSL08]

Aw man he forgot my favorite verse!!!

Nobody living can ever stop me

As I go walking my freedom highway.

Nobody living can make me turn back cause

This land was made for you and me.

How can anyone forget that powerful verse.

[trumpetSL08]

Don't get me wrong I love this song. sorry if I offended anyone.

[JoShs200]

Me too, but this IS youtube so your bound to find someone who thinks a simple comment like yours is offensive cos they have nothing better to do than rant about shit.

[Yourattentionplease]

I've never heard that verse before.

[trumpetSL08]

yeah its one of woody guthries original verses that they don't teach you in school. but Arlo guthrie sings this verse alot because his father taught it to him in the backyard as a kid.

[leanonme1]

i cant see him as the prez but i could see him playing for groups of americas rebels, should the revolution come.

[CosmoxYRik]

True, he's closer to Che than Fidel.

[fmeitsconnor]

che morello

i like it

[bencnnr5150]

tom morello is God he should be president and is one of the most talwnted and educated musicians ever!

[ak4069]

no tom morello is not God

if he was the world would be a much better place

[fr33kstyle]

tom morello for president 08'

[L34D3Ralexey]

great idea yeah!

[Eagle1337]

Awesome song, a legendary musician who cares for the people and not the government. Rock on Tom Morello an idol to me and many others.

-Eagle1337

[drumsandguitarftw787]

he needs more publicity, his message heard more, more people inspired

[trumpetSL08]

and a start of a petition to make this song our national anthem.

[elite49er]

YES!!!

[kl14207]

Tom Morello: Legend.

He is one of very few people in this country who actually gets it. One who understands that this country was founded by the people, if it wasn't for the people, we would still be drinking Tea and eatin crumpets like those damn Brits. Bush has fucked this country up with his decisions of War and Economics. Blame him, not Iraq for the skyrocketing gas prices, the increased taxes, and the oppression of the people not having the right of the 1st Amendment. Thank You Tom

[Eagle1337]

I'm not American but you are right.

[Thisnameisnttakennow]

now you see i would blame bush if it wasnt for one thing... HE WAS ELECTED.. PEOPLE WANTED HIM TO BE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES...whether Gore had more votes or not... look how many people voted for bush. I do not like bush nor did i vote for him but its not bush's fault...its the millions of people who voted for him...twice even.

[abay627]

too bad he actually lost the popular vote in 2000, but the electoral college voted him in. you aren't actually voting for president, your vote doesn't count for anything. the electoral college is the only thing that counts

[pop3y384]

people blame bush for a lot of shit thats not under his control. Congress is a piece of shit that isnt standing up to the executive branch, and even the judicial branch is full of gamed/bribed people. Its going to take a hell of a lot more than a new president to make things right.

[jayyshep]

american politics are fucked up. it doesnt matter if bush had the most votes its always the guy with the most sponsors, the most money, the the most financial backing. thts the way its always been.

[trumpetSL08]

I agree with you except for the parts about the brits. I love the british people I think they are some of the nicest people ever. and remember US and the UK have a friendship like no other country. so UK+US= one heart, one eternal friendship.

[jayyshep]

Just cos im a brit does not mean i sip tea and eat crumpets all the time. sure thts all our lords, ladys and the upper classes do but the rest of us get fucked by the government just as much as u americans. blair was the british version of bush, he was just as bad and it got even wore with brown... i hate tea and crumpets image everyone forces on my country, im a teenager who likes music, drinks beer, has tried drugs, and hangs out with his frends, just like any other so fuck of with hatin brits

[exatreide]

I <3 the UK

[ryno88]

I hear you my friend... Having stayed in London for 6 months last year, I know what your saying and I saw the gap between the elites and the working class. Blair is the British form of Bush...

[scarystomper]

tom you fuckin rock!!!it think you could be like the new martain luthar king jr.!a man with a message that will be heard!!!!!!!!!!!

support you tom!!

[RATM4LIF3]

JUMP THE FUCK UP AND DOWN!

[k1zzl3]

omg shivers great respect for tom morello

[MuAries22]

TOM MORELLO!!!

[8182570]

TOM MORELLO!! he's one of my guitar heroes!! ;)

I absolutely love him for doing NIghtwatchman and really taking action! He strongly believes in what's right.. so I respect him for that. kick-butt musician!

[RuthinTampa]

That was tremendous

Had never heard of Tom Morello until he went onstage with Bruce last week

Inspiring

[marvellousjr]

Same here !

Thanks to Bruce for introducing Tom to us !!!

[gigabah]

he's really nothing special. if it weren't for his previous musical projects no one would come to see someone with a mediocre voice play folk songs on an acoustic guitar.

[priestofpirates]

You sir, are a fool.

[johnrat19]

I must agree with priestofpirates

but let me put it terms that your useles mind can understand

tom morello is playing the guitar to spread his message because people love music not speeches so its a gread way to influince ideas

and he is fucking great at the guitar

so gigabah I would sugest that u take the pipe out of your ass and open yourself to new ideas

[frankthetank0423]

He didn't do it for the money, just to spread his views and play music. If he wanted more money he would have kept Audioslave together. He's Nightwatchman Album only sold 25,000 copies.

[RATM4LIF3]

I agree w/ all u guys accept gigabah its kinda wierd that it only sold 25000 copies!

[nutekh]

I go where Tom Morello goes!

[patchyXtheXpirate]

tom morello ; a man with a fucking mission

[mrmarble8594]

hellllyaaa

[Redrab182]

hawthorne heights dont even deserve to be in the same building as Tom

[masterphoenixca]

Never give up, never give in!

[mavsdawg9]

Tom Morello is one of the best f****** guitarists in the world, but his singing could be better...

[chilam8668]

he's not singing fucking broadway. Listen to woody guthrie himself or bob dylan. They weren't exactly four octave opera vocalists either. The point of the folk revolutionary tradition is that these songs can be sung anywhere, by anyone, in the boxcar, in the jungle camp, on the street, in the house, anywhere and anytime the message needs to be heard, which is everywhere at all times.

[AandLInc]

k holy crap it was just an opinion

[54705603]

totally agree with you i hate when people say bob dyaln cant sing folk isnt about singing skills its about a message

[JImbolovesyt]

true that

[johnrat19]

thats the whole point that im trying to tell gigabah that its about the message not the tallent

[Denis543]

hi matt!

[wussupmonkey]

"nobody wins unless we all win"

[Denis543]

i love how he can make any song his! oorahh!

[MattAtBellsouth]

Hi Denis!!

[theronman12]

did he say Hawthorne Heights was next door? they suck i hope Tom blew them out of the water

[smailtronic]

Yes, the HoB New Orleans has two venues, a 1500 capacity room that Hawthorne Heights was playing in and a smaller room that he was in.

[theronman12]

Whoo!

[lifealchemist]

Whoooo!!

[mavsdawg9]

hawthorne heights should be in the small room...

[MattAtBellsouth]

Yeah, even if he has no band backing him up he's got more talent than hawthorne Hights anyday. GO TOM!!

[Demonamic777]

ending was awsome! Tom says fuck alot XD

[SanDman4433]

GOD!

[Offspringfan64]

He uses a clamp, cheater.

[unclebob238]

its called a capo r tard. and its not cheating.

[Offspringfan64]

I call it a clamp. Morello is my favorite guitarist, but a "capo" is cheating.

[lifealchemist]

does it matter? this isnt about skill..its about music..and its about the movement..

[Mudhax]

Yes, because

A) A Capo isn't used to put your guitar into another key in a club performance where you don't have multiple guitars in different keys, God no, that would be cheating.

B) Music is clearly a competition. I'm glad you're winning.

[lifealchemist]

lol..nice

[MickOfThor]

he would make a good general...but i hope he never becomes one...but in a way he sorta is...he`s like...a..."General of the revolution" or some shit

[sightlines]

looks like fun

[chilam8668]

it's great.I love how he finishes this by telling everyone to "jump the fuck up and down as if Rage Against the Machine was playing"

[stripedpenguin7]

thats awesome!!!!!!!!!!

[quzieskywalker]

The fact that he's playing a woody guthrie song makes me think he might be trying to tap into the spirit of him and Bob Dylan in doing acoustic revolutionary music. Go Tom!

[s4141987]

So happy going to see tom in concert with rage in January, I'm hoping (one would say in delusion) that they let tom play some nightwatchman... They havent been to australia in so long, i think 12years... gonna be great even if it cost $120

[elroachae]

Fuck paying 120 bucks, jump the fence, thats what Rage would do.

[trumpetSL08]

LMAO

[NorthNightwatchmanJR]

He's playing Toronto in October but being under 16 I can't go to the bar he's playing at.

[NorthNightwatchmanJR]

Nevermind its not liscenced.

[ImUnder1869]

Yeah That Did Look Pretty Kickass.

[xpkkingx]

I wish I'd been there. That is so kickass.