[Marxism] VIDEO: Seeger and Springsteen sing original Woody Guthrie at Obama concert

[S. Artesian]

Disagree. Think the song sucks.  But there's no accounting for taste. 
Guthrie was OK; even OK people write crappy songs.  The song is infused with 
the myth of US exceptionalism that is really nothing more than manifest 
destiny all dressed down with somewhere to go.  Never was our land.  Never 
was made for "you and me."  Made by slavery, ruthless exploitation, wars of 
conquest, beggar-thy-neighbor trade policy, slaughter of the innocents, 
slitting throats for a dime and demanding a user fee on the razor from the 
victims.

Not a "land,"  but an abbatoir with a central bank.

And Seeger?  Now that guy is a maggot gagging.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jeffrey Thomas Piercy" <mqduck at sonic.net>
To: <sartesian at earthlink.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 6:16 PM
Subject: Re: [Marxism] VIDEO: Seeger and Springsteen sing original Woody 
Guthrie at Obama concert


> No, no, the song's great. I can't remember what was in the video (and
> for some reason have this splitting headache), but I'm guessing I was
> more upset by the disservice done to that song by people who should know
> better.