https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wxiMrvDbq3s As I went walking I saw a sign there And on the sign it said “No Trespassing.” But on the other side it di
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AskWoody PlusJuly 4, 2018 at 2:22 am #201261Woody and his son Arlo’s remarkable songs about America really do put a stamp on the various cultural and societal changes that were brought about in the last century.
Those songs stand by themselves, partly because they are songs of the times, and because of the opening of thoughts and ideas normally not considered. But they existed because of everything that has gone before them – even back to colonial times. Woody spoke/sang of the time he lived in, and what that life was like. Arlo did a variation on that same theme in dealing with Pop music and the Selective Service Act that sent so many young and unprepared Americans to war in Viet Nam.
And as strong and effective as those songs were, I don’t know how they changed anything in the long term. I suspect that they began to change people’s thoughts and ideas about war – war of culture and war of military might. At least back in the ’70’s – and that is now ancient history.
Those who were around back then can at least hear those echoes. And now that we are “not” at war, perhaps believe that things are better.
I for one do not believe that is true.
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AskWoody LoungerJuly 4, 2018 at 3:43 am #201277Happy 4th July to you folks South of the Border, I guess you folks will make a 5 day-er of it, seething with Jealousy here we only got a day. Ah well have a great day and don’t make it too much of a celebration BBQ and Beers you’ll suffer the next day, trust me I know lol
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AskWoody LoungerJuly 4, 2018 at 11:29 am #201380This specific couplet is found in the fifth verse, one of the “radical” verses, contained in “This Land”. Woody Guthrie was afraid to perform these “radical” verses, particularly after the song became popular and, hence, because Woody didn’t perform them, they had become forgotten. Near the end of his life, Woody became concerned people would never hear these verses again, so he took Arlo aside and made him memorize all the lyrics to “This Land”, seven verses in all, so that the “radical” verses would not be forgotten and would be passed on to future generations. Like a good son, Arlo followed his father’s direction and has made sure, most of the time, to perform this verse while in concert or with smaller groups of people. Woody Guthrie – A Life by Joe Klein, p. 437, hardbound first edition 1980.
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