tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post3691597601120176421..comments2024-03-21T11:50:29.630-04:00Comments on Janie Junebug Righting & Editing: BATTLE OF THE BANDS: WOODY GUTHRIE V. BRUCE SPRINGSTEENJanie Junebughttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comBlogger56125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-11941898375537291712015-11-21T17:23:33.232-05:002015-11-21T17:23:33.232-05:00No, you're not, Cherdo... I love Steve too. An...No, you're not, Cherdo... I love Steve too. And I really, really do love Bruce. But this one... I'm sorry. I just couldn't :DGuilie Castillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09006999087139126972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-15202272428919178112015-11-19T08:38:43.333-05:002015-11-19T08:38:43.333-05:00Hi Janie - I thought I was going for Bruce - but n...Hi Janie - I thought I was going for Bruce - but no I'll stick with Woody ... great song to remind us about ... if we need remembering .. cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-80961554745361284032015-11-19T00:34:48.872-05:002015-11-19T00:34:48.872-05:00I was so drifty sick--thought I had voted. I have...I was so drifty sick--thought I had voted. I have to join the majority it looks like and vote for Woody. But I would have liked to hear all the original words. Without them it is like missing the punch line, you know? The song was white-washed by America. There is a strange kind of humor in that. ;)Ritahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02043285884495492598noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-6049600984588584302015-11-18T21:38:49.381-05:002015-11-18T21:38:49.381-05:00I vote for Woody Guthrie! The Boss won't mind ...I vote for Woody Guthrie! The Boss won't mind losing to him -- it's an honour!Debra She Who Seekshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01845703092794695023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-75524323049808151872015-11-18T17:53:51.904-05:002015-11-18T17:53:51.904-05:00I'm not a Bruce Springsteen fan, and this perf...I'm not a Bruce Springsteen fan, and this performance is an example of why I'm not. Not a fan of the song, either; I've heard too many bad versions of it. Guthrie gets my vote by default.John Holtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00545030511941957804noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-44222185379914594172015-11-18T06:21:04.913-05:002015-11-18T06:21:04.913-05:00I think my vote may have been colored by you subse...I think my vote may have been colored by you subsequent post that exposed me to what a badass Woodie Guthrie is, a proto-punk. I'll be conservative with all of my votes and simply give one of my many votes to Guthrie.Pickleopehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13772003052474877906noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-14520216983254732722015-11-17T23:05:47.611-05:002015-11-17T23:05:47.611-05:00The most important thing to me in the battle is if...The most important thing to me in the battle is if the song is interesting in some way, and if the singers are interesting, it's icing on the cake. Sometimes I like the song and sometimes I don't. I don't know that I would call myself a true music person. I'm not that knowledgeable. I have to look up a lot of information, and I have assistance from a family member. I understand the feeling that this land is not for you. The intention of Woody's original lyrics was to say that this land should be for all of us, but it's not. And the gap between the haves and the have nots gets bigger all the time. Thanks for your comment. I like knowing how you feel.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-19560482225157905692015-11-17T22:21:55.091-05:002015-11-17T22:21:55.091-05:00I hope this doesn't get me Banded In Boston bu...I hope this doesn't get me Banded In Boston but I didn't like Woody or Bruce.<br />Love reading all the reasons people have for their choices.<br />So many comentors on these Battle of the Bands are true music people. <br />People. like you and Cherdo to name two, know so much about singers, bands, writers and history. I hear a song and I like or not.<br />I have heard this song so much in the wonder years of the 60's that I am done with it.<br />Plus I think this land is not for me. Especially living where I do.<br />Bruces intro went on for over a minute and then his take on the song was a dirge,.<br />Woody is a bit to twangy but it is his song......<br />It was super close almost tossed a coin but I voted for Woody.<br />You asked for my reasons.<br /><br />cheers, parsnip<br /><br /><br /><br />angryparsniphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17236094827257446781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-7145882347508581512015-11-17T22:12:34.122-05:002015-11-17T22:12:34.122-05:00No reason to be sorry. I prefer Woody, too.No reason to be sorry. I prefer Woody, too.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-25350423330563149032015-11-17T17:42:49.781-05:002015-11-17T17:42:49.781-05:00I am a Springstein fan, but I don't think you ...I am a Springstein fan, but I don't think you can vote for anything but the originator of this song. Additionally, I didn't like Sprinsteins version of it. It was slow, uninspiring and frankly, boring. Sorry. Please place my vote for Woody Guthrie. His performance was the best by far.Jeffrey Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06973104877310669196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-35772724558707608172015-11-17T13:24:47.704-05:002015-11-17T13:24:47.704-05:00I wouldn't think of it as a Sunday School song...I wouldn't think of it as a Sunday School song, and I taught Sunday School for 25 years.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-75894997405649272552015-11-17T13:21:40.090-05:002015-11-17T13:21:40.090-05:00That suits me. Don't tell Cherdo, but I don...That suits me. Don't tell Cherdo, but I don't care for Springsteen.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-32335050455570178892015-11-17T11:18:21.279-05:002015-11-17T11:18:21.279-05:00Actually, I don't remember singing this a scho...Actually, I don't remember singing this a school. We just did the pledge of allegiance. I do recall being taught this song in sunday school, though. Weird. Whatever!<br /><br />My vote: Woody!<br /><br /> Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-67306139461765995322015-11-17T09:54:47.194-05:002015-11-17T09:54:47.194-05:00Janie, you have put so much work into this one. Bu...Janie, you have put so much work into this one. But I'm sticking with Woody Guthrie...giving credit to the song writer.Linda Kayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17237332954767037400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-68505665744618215332015-11-16T21:07:51.324-05:002015-11-16T21:07:51.324-05:00Two for Woody. Done and done.Two for Woody. Done and done.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-53659087287004392562015-11-16T21:07:29.727-05:002015-11-16T21:07:29.727-05:00Did you see that, Woody? Look. Look down this way....Did you see that, Woody? Look. Look down this way. There you go. You have another vote.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-8415193403801608172015-11-16T21:06:35.438-05:002015-11-16T21:06:35.438-05:00Bruce told me he spotted you in a crowd, and he...Bruce told me he spotted you in a crowd, and he's never forgotten you. He thinks you are the bee's knees.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-13891626605833431422015-11-16T21:04:51.820-05:002015-11-16T21:04:51.820-05:00You are not alone, dear.You are not alone, dear.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-33625851192937770392015-11-16T15:12:27.402-05:002015-11-16T15:12:27.402-05:00We're both Woody Guthrie fans, so I don't ...We're both Woody Guthrie fans, so I don't think I have to tell you who we vote for. But in case we do have to tell you... we both vote Woody.A Beer for the Showerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17029139745335325356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-65917915492157820492015-11-15T23:25:01.235-05:002015-11-15T23:25:01.235-05:00I do not prefer folk music to rock, however I just...I do not prefer folk music to rock, however I just didn't like Springsteen's rendition. I kind of agree with the commenter way back that it feels like a dirge. I vote WoodyAnne in the kitchenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01533249631969001657noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-3927305224365893662015-11-15T23:03:59.713-05:002015-11-15T23:03:59.713-05:00...and by a lot of people, she means "Cherdo ......and by a lot of people, she means "Cherdo won't shut up about Bruce and Steve."Cherdohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00264612202714933480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-53097215001395973282015-11-15T23:03:14.112-05:002015-11-15T23:03:14.112-05:00Yeah, "Goodnight Saigon" is pretty emoti...Yeah, "Goodnight Saigon" is pretty emotional. I'm doing a soul tune next time, lol.<br />Cherdohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00264612202714933480noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-35853571467250932502015-11-15T20:53:21.477-05:002015-11-15T20:53:21.477-05:00Well Bruce is my era, and he was my first rock sta...Well Bruce is my era, and he was my first rock star crush, so the Boss gets my vote!Jennifer Williams-Fields https://www.blogger.com/profile/07955385618601546524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-30548957425299154402015-11-15T20:16:58.689-05:002015-11-15T20:16:58.689-05:00Bruce overdoes it, but I thought he'd get more...Bruce overdoes it, but I thought he'd get more votes because so many people--I'm not one of them--are crazy about him.Janie Junebughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10573607241326291404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4501852053743373610.post-18842463547953767552015-11-15T20:14:32.691-05:002015-11-15T20:14:32.691-05:00I appreciate that Bruce is singing this song his w...I appreciate that Bruce is singing this song his way. If you're going to do a cover, do it your way.<br /><br />However the question was do I favor the folk style of Woody Guthrie or am I partial to Springsteen's rendering? The answer is I like folk music, so I prefer Woody's straightforward delivery.<br /><br />Interesting battle! Same song, very different sound:)Robinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14932408372240147454noreply@blogger.com