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Take that Irving Berlin

Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 8:04 pm
by themanintheseersuckersuit
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/book ... ohn.1.html


What happened when Irving Berlin pissed off Woody Guthrie.

Re: Take that Irving Berlin

Posted: Sun Dec 08, 2013 10:03 pm
by Bob Juch
The Republican version is: "This land was your land, but now it's my land."

Re: Take that Irving Berlin

Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 8:48 am
by franktangredi
themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/book ... ohn.1.html


What happened when Irving Berlin pissed off Woody Guthrie.
That was a win/win. We ended up with TWO timeless classics.

Re: Take that Irving Berlin

Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 10:41 am
by BackInTex
Bob Juch wrote:The Republican version is: "This land was your land, but now it's my land."
Got that a little backwards.

Re: Take that Irving Berlin

Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 10:44 am
by tlynn78
BackInTex wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:The Republican version is: "This land was your land, but now it's my land."
Got that a little backwards.

Yeah, Bob's version is a bit different, as well.

Re: Take that Irving Berlin

Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2013 11:51 am
by elwoodblues
BackInTex wrote:
Bob Juch wrote:The Republican version is: "This land was your land, but now it's my land."
Got that a little backwards.
"These jobs were your jobs, but now they're India's..."