Obama Inaugural – NorthCoastBlog.com https://www.northcoastblog.com Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:57:57 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.8 The Obama Inaugural Celebration Concert: Pete Seeger & Bruce Springsteen – “This Land is Your Land” https://www.northcoastblog.com/2009/01/19/the-obama-inaugural-celebration-concert-pete-seeger-bruce-springsteen-this-land-is-your-land/ Mon, 19 Jan 2009 23:57:57 +0000 https://www.northcoastblog.com/?p=1182 This is a real treat, especially considering everything folk legend Pete Seeger has had to endure over the years just for speaking his mind.

Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land” has been referred to by Bruce Springsteen as “just about one of the most beautiful songs ever written.” Bruce included an amazing version of the song on his live album “Live 1975-85.”

The version performed yesterday includes some of the more subversive lyrics composed by Guthrie relating to economic justice that are often left out of recorded versions. Check it out.

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