[Frantzie]

Wasn’t Arlo’s old man a lefty like Arlo. Woody’s pal Pete Seeger was a friend of Joe Stalin.

Hilarious seeing Freepers support people who support Stalin. Dumb people.

[Mmogamer]

Well it’s just music folks... 99 per of performers today are lefties, so kinda hard not to listen to a few.

[occamrzr06]

I’m not supporting lefties by liking a song...good God!

[Leaning Right]

Now, I gotta tell you, a couple of years ago Arlo Guthrie was interviewed on national TV. I believe it was by 60 Minutes for a Woodstock anniversary, but I could be wrong about that.

Anyway, Arlo turned out to be very conservative in his responses! No way a liberal. It surprised the interviewer, and it sure surprised me.

[Figment]

Yeah, once heard Seeger say that Woodie Guthrie was a communist. Makes sense when you listen to “This Land is Your Land” or whatever the title is to that one.

[kbennkc]

I grew up with old , old union people as family and neighbors. We know the early labor movement would have gone totally communist except they had too many criminals who liked money. It was called socialism with its work clothes on.

Still my WWII vet father and uncles held Phil Murray and Jimmy Hoffa in much higher regard than Roosevelt, Truman or any Kennedy.

We know the civil rights movement was infiltrated and manipulated by communists, I still think Dr King was a great American.

We played Arlo and Country Joe and the Fish non-stop in Viet Nam to keep our sense of humor and never lost our sense of mission.

Just because some artist's daddy was a commie doesn't scare us because we know who we are.

To worry one's conservative beliefs might be questioned because of enjoying music written and performed by radicals, is like not wearing that tie you really like, because it has some pink in it, and you fear you might be thought to be a poofter.

Woody and Uncle Joe Stalin are long dead. President Reagan nailed the lid on communism's coffin.

We won.

[PubliusMM]

Ya know... It’s a holiday. While most all of the folks in, on and around FR wouldn’t support Arlo for Prez, there’s not much wrong with giving a listen to a memory of our youth, whether we agreed with the artist or not.
I enjoyed music all through the 50’s, 60’s and well into the 70’s. Many of those artists I wouldn’t invite to dinner, but AT THE TIME, they were important voices in the lives of a great many young people.
There’s not a damn thing wrong with enjoying a short trip into the past. Just might help to confirm for us that we are on the right side of the fight, today...

All aboard the MicroBus...

But, it’s still time to take back the country.