Woody Guthrie- This Land Is Your Land

the great Woody Guthrie

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[diaurus84]

a communist song from the US... big dreams Mr Guthrie, you gave me big dreams... and one hope..

Because I'm still beliving that a free man is a brother for other free men.. no matter where you were born, no matter your race, you're a free man, and you know you have brothers and sisters all over the world...thanks Mr. Guthrie

[animegalc4]

This song was intended to be the anti-God Bless America. He considered the lyrics to ''God Bless America'' to be unrealistic and smug, so he decided to write his own version. He originally called it "God Bless America for Me''. WOOOO

[gastonave]

I don't agree with his political views but I still love his music.

[HeadHunteR1988]

@diaurus84 Excellent comment my friend. I am brother with you.

[mikess56]

sorry about my last comment posting many times, I just kept trying again after it said that it failed to post the first time

[whately1978]

I learned that this song was sung to Will Geer on his deathbed. (A perfect tribute) Geer was 'Grandpa Walton' from the Waltons. He was an old hippie who to his misfortune was blacklisted by the likes of Joe McCarthy in the dark ages of the 50's. My god, how many lives did McCarthy ruin?

[slkaiser69]

@KhaarJoon No need to apologize, just enjoy all generations worth of good music. Even Woody Guthrie and his son, Arlo, though generations apart both contributed music worth listening to in their own inimitable ways.  Right?

[KhaarJoon]

I am 13 years old and I apologize for what my generation has done to music

[u0455294]

Here, everyone do this. Imagine Woody Gutherie is singing this song to an Okie in California, and asking him to compare his world with what guys like Thomas Jefferson and Benjamin Franklin were intending and it'll make a whole lot more sense.

[u0455294]

@TheKatkat72 Try looking up the lyrics.

[u0455294]

@TheKatkat72 You have a lot to learn. A.) Big business has run this country since the middle of the nineteenth century. B.) Woody Gutherie became a staple of the union movement during the Great Depression. When millions of Americans couldn't find work, the Okies were being exploited throughout California, and strike breakers were beating union members Gutherie became a symbol of solidarity. You should try reading "The Grapes of Wrath" and you'll get a better understanding of Gutherie's world.

[rutaloot]

@TheKatkat72 For one the US has always been ruled by big business much like any other country on earth just go read about Standard Oil, the railroad companies, mining companies, etc all of which were pre-1940 and secondly would you people stop arguing over something so stupid...If there is one thing Woody believed was that we should work for the better of each other not create stupid divisions amongst each other like being communist or not