Talk:Woody Guthrie
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I think we ought to link to the Malespina biography, as it begins almost word-for-word the same as the Wikipedia article:
http://www.malaspina.com/site/person_602.asp
--Uncle Ed 16:45 Mar 20, 2003 (UTC)
Protest song, or specifically a protest against "God Bless America"?
- Woody Guthrie wrote "This Land Is Your Land" in 1940 on a cross-country hitchhiking trip. The original fourth line of each verse -- "God blessed America for me"--was a nod to another beloved anthem, Irving Berlin's "God Bless America." By 1949, when Guthrie recorded the song for Folkways Records, he had changed the fourth line to "This land was made for you and me." [1] (http://www.lib.virginia.edu/speccol/exhibits/music/ballads_thisland.html)
Moved from article:
- Currently the disgraceful Richmond Organization, who own the "copyright" (dispite the disclaimer issued by Guthrie himself) wish to sue people who want to use this song in satire or parody.
I do not really feel this belongs in an article about Guthrie, but if it does it needs to be NPOVed anyway. Rasmus (talk) 08:51, 28 Jul 2004 (UTC)
What song does the following quote refer to? Some people (elsewhere on the net) seem to be implying that it is "This Land" which I suspect is erronous, does anyone know?
"This song is Copyrighted in U.S., under Seal of Copyright # 154085, for a period of 28 years, and anybody caught singin it without our permission, will be mighty good friends of ourn, cause we don't give a dern. Publish it. Write it. Sing it. Swing to it. Yodel it. We wrote it, that's all we wanted to do."
I wish I looked like Woodie Guthrie.
picture
I just changed the picture. I'm not sure if the old one was Woody Guthrie (I think it's Billy Bragg), but the new one definitely is. There may be an issue about the copyright, but I trust more zealous members of this community will look after that. Triped 04:05, Jan 30, 2005 (UTC)
- The photo you replaced was definitely Woody Guthrie. This photo seems to be from the Guthrie archives which i believe retains the copyright to all their images but the copyright situation of the previous image is unclear as well O'Dubhghaill 22:23, 30 Jan 2005 (UTC)
- Let's ask ourselves what Woody would want. =] Thanks for clearing that up. That picture is on the back of Mermaid Avenue. Both photos are cool...could the article have two? Triped 04:34, Jan 31, 2005 (UTC)