We Are One

[gfish]

The We Are One concert was pretty amazing, even if we couldn't get very close. Seeing the Mall filled like that was actually pretty moving. And Garth Brooks doing (a small part of) American Pie and Shout? Awesome. But the absolute best part was Pete Seeger and Bruce Springsteen doing This Land Is Your Land. And they included all the obscure verses no one ever hears anymore!

In the squares of the city, In the shadow of a steeple;
By the relief office, I'd seen my people.
As they stood there hungry, I stood there asking,
Is this land made for you and me?

There was a big high wall there that tried to stop me;
Sign was painted, it said private property;
But on the back side it didn't say nothing;
That side was made for you and me.

I was bouncing up and down.

Also: It's really unfortunate that HBO didn't broadcast Bishop Robinson's invocation. It was really good.

Comments

[adamselzer.livejournal.com]

I was so glad to hear those verses - I knew Bruce and Pete wouldn't let us down!

[stolen-tea.livejournal.com]

I love that second verse. And I'd never heard the first. Thanks!

From the top! Take two!

[stardragonca.livejournal.com]

Never heard the first. 2nd is quite common up here in Bolshieland Canada.
Of course we are all commie about insistently imposing our own geography on the song.

Thanks for the addy.

[gorgeousgary]

Cool! There's a union organizer and Celtic folksinger I know who I've also heard perform all the verses.

I need to go to HBO.com and see if the concert's still there. My Vegas hotel didn't have HBO, and the Internet access was too expensive.