1. There's some chatter out there about a Superbowl Jeep commercial using Woody Guthrie's "This Land is Your Land."
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@HeerJeet I liked that Billy Bragg and Wilco set some of Guthrie's poetry to music.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet obvious reply. Sung by Seeger 'with all the words' at Obama inauguration. Reclamation takes time.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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12. Of course, when Pete Seeger sang This Land in 2008 during Obama's inauguration, he restored the oft-suppressed anti-property verses.
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13. The singing of This Land in 1988 GOP convention part of a larger Reaganite attempt to claim popular music as conservative patrimony.
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@HeerJeet: 11. "This Land is Your Land" was sung In 1988, during the Republican National Con, crowning George H.W. Bush as nominee.” Ha!Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@HeerJeet That is both sad and infuriating.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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