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Enrique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 04:24 PM
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they sang the commie version of "This land"
included the verse about the wall and private property!

:thumbsup:
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Hanse Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 04:25 PM
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1. That should be our national anthem.
Good stuff.
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The_Casual_Observer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 04:27 PM
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2. I really hoped that Pete would sneek that one in! Wonderful!
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mucifer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 04:30 PM
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3. Not the "commie version" it's the version Woody Gutherie wrote.
Although I think the commie parts he added later. I love Woody and Pete!
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ayeshahaqqiqa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 04:30 PM
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4. socialist version-original Guthrie
which is fine by me--and sung loud right along with Pete!
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Enrique Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 04:33 PM
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7. ok by me too
but I think Joe the Plumber is going to have something to say about it ;-)
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ikojo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 04:30 PM
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5. So happy Pete Seeger snuck that most important
verse in and on national TV...possibly on a DVD? Scores of people heard a verse they've never heard before.

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Warren Stupidity Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 04:31 PM
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6. F'ing Pete Seeger is quite spry for 90 something.
And yes he sang the entire song - including its advocacy for the abolition of private property.
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deadmessengers Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 04:39 PM
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8. He also included the "relief office" verse.
Wonderful way to end the performance...
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TomClash Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 04:40 PM
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9. LOL!
I thought I was the only one who caught that!

As I was walkin' - I saw a sign there
And that sign said - no tress passin'
But on the other side .... it didn't say nothin!
Now that side was made for you and me!
:applause:
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ddeclue Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 04:44 PM
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10. betcha THAT will make wing-nut radio on Monday..
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rhiannon55 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 04:46 PM
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11. I'm glad Pete is still alive to see this day...
It's been a long time coming...
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book_worm Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 05:02 PM
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12. Not commie version, but the real Seegar scribed version.
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mucifer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 05:48 PM
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15. Woody Gutherie wrote it, not Pete Seeger.
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bcoylepa Donating Member (438 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 05:08 PM
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13. gotta love Pete
a true American hero - makes me want to hang the flag outside my house!
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Odin2005 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 05:43 PM
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14. WOOT!!! I see exploding heads over at Freeper-Ville!!!
Edited on Sun Jan-18-09 05:45 PM by Odin2005
:woohoo:
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 05:53 PM
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16. The Concert had so many wonderful moments
and that was one of the best! Something for everyone..rock, country, opera, hip hop, blues, folk
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tbyg52 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 08:12 PM
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17. In the squares of the city - In the shadow of the steeple
Near the relief office - I see my people
And some are grumblin' and some are wonderin'
If this land's still made for you and me.

I believe these are the complete lyrics:
http://www.arlo.net/resources/lyrics/this-land.shtml
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Scurrilous Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 09:14 PM
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18. K & R
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proud patriot Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 09:18 PM
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19. I immediately got on the phone to my Dad
Edited on Sun Jan-18-09 09:18 PM by proud patriot
when I saw Seeger ..

:wow:
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Clio the Leo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 09:27 PM
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20. Seeger was the highlight of the show for me....
Edited on Sun Jan-18-09 09:28 PM by Clio the Leo
... Pete Seeger is a "commie" from way back (and I mean that as a compliment.) As I'm sure we all know, he arranged the version of "We SHall Overcome" as we now know it and was a regular at the Highlander "Communist Training School" in Monteagle, TN. (The "Communist" slander was a lable used by southern lawmakers in an effort to get the place shut down.)

It was where Rosa Parks and other participants in the civil right's moment learned about, yep, community organizing ;) and non-violent protest BEFORE they got to work (before Rosa got on that bus, she had some training.)

One of the chapters in my Master's Thesis was about Highlander ..... and my father was one Highlander's "graduates." :)

(Pete Seeger is not in this photo, but Martin, Rosa and my father are)
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JoFerret Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Jan-18-09 10:12 PM
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21. Hurray! And cheers Pete and Woody. n/t
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