"The Ghost of Tom Joad"

[Hissyspit]

"The Ghost of Tom Joad" - Words and Music by Bruce Springsteen



Tom said, 'Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy...



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Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries...



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Where there's a fight against the blood and hatred in the air...



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Look for me, Mom, I'll be there...



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Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand...



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Or a decent job or a helpin' hand...



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Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free...



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Look in their eyes, Mom, you'll see me...



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Well, the highway is alive tonight.

But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes...

I'm sitting down here in the campfire light,

With the ghost of old Tom Joad.



Happy Thanksgiving 2011, DU.

[annabanana]

1. No reply required, but I'll kick the shit out of it! . . all day. . . . . . . . . .n/t

[pinboy3niner]

Excellent!

K&R

[aletier_v]

2. Wow

[tosh]

3. K&R!!!

[socialist_n_TN]

4. VERY nice...........

Kick.

[Rex]

5. Very impressive!

[SalviaBlue]

6. Highly recommended!

[calimary]

7. Made me cry.

This grabs you straight in the gut.

This says it all.

Welcome to America.

[onethatcares]

8. ain't no more Californias to go to anymore,

no place to go to chase a job that 22000 other people are applying for, no more places for an Okie or a coalminer, or a carpenter to go......just a hole in the road being traveled by far too many others.

[Huey P. Long]

9. UP for Occupy. -eom

[lunatica]

10. Very compelling

It made me cry.

[madamesilverspurs]

11. That's quite the litany!

And I am blessed with a long list of friends who will appreciate finding this in their inboxes...

[jwirr]

12. Absolutely moving. Thank you.

[Hissyspit]

13. Kick before I go eat. nt

[easttexaslefty]

14. Kick. n/t

[Hissyspit]

15. I will kick this again.

Because I spent 6 hours working on it.

[Mnemosyne]

28. I am crying, you have done a beautiful job with this, Hissy!

[stlsaxman]

48. I will kick this repeatedly... because you spent 6 hours working on it- and it shows!

Well done, Hissy!

[Desertrose]

16. Speechless....wow...K&R

Thx!

[Condem]

17. Kicking.

Time to put on the 'Hall" show with Tom Morello.

[Name removed]

19. Deleted message

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[mrmpa]

18. Thank you for reminding me that I need to reread the book............

read it in high school and liked it. Saw the film liked it. Need to read it again.

[stevedeshazer]

20. Bravo!

Here's a helpful video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yer4L1Uhayc

[Puregonzo1188]

21. My favorite Springsteen song and the pictures you picked our very fitting.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

22. I wish this thread will go viral so it will shut the traps of all the fuckers ...

... who say Occupiers are just spoiled kids seeking hand outs.

[KG]

23. you don't even have to leave DU to find fuckers who just don't get it.

[varelse]

24. oh how I wish that were not true

but it is

[Fantastic Anarchist]

26. Yeah, good point.

Bummer.

[LWolf]

65. Oh, they get it.

It just doesn't fit their neoliberal agenda, so they have to downplay it.

[Hissyspit]

46. I put it up at DailyKos, but it didn't get much reaction.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/11/24/1039665/-The-G...

And I added an image there that should have been the end of the post here, too.

[HillWilliam]

53. I haven't been to Kos in ages

but I dug up my password to give you a rec there, too.

K&R here.

[Hissyspit]

57. Thanks fellow North Carolinian.

[HillWilliam]

58. We're pretty near neighbors

Living out in the sticks as we do (Caswell Co), we're often in Durham and Raleigh.

We're planning a DU/BlueNC/DonkeyOD BBQ come spring. We had one a couple of years ago, had a blast. We're overdue for another get-together! Will keep you informed.

Glad to rec.

[bhikkhu]

25. Springsteen was good, but nobody does it like Rage Against the Machine:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iqnMrynpq9U

or live: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIEHCSHa98k&feature=rela...

[BiggJawn]

27. K/R

[lonestarnot]

29. Such sadness in hoping.

Thank you for that. K & R!

[U4ikLefty]

30. may I post somthing

http://www.youtube.com/embed/RyszugU8-pc " frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

another angle http://www.youtube.com/embed/6lJOU3l8ZWA " frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

BTW. I was there & thanked Tom face-to-face...great time.

[Hissyspit]

50. It was actually Tom who inspired this post .

I saw where he quoted this verse in an article a couple of days ago, and all these images started popping into my head.

[U4ikLefty]

62. Tom is a man who really means it. Half of those tickets were given away @ Occupy LA

We need more like him & more like YOU.

Peace my friend

[dana_b]

79. he did the same in S.F.

and I think practically every place that he toured where there is an Occupy.

[DeSwiss]

31. K&R n/t

[Javaman]

32. there is a tidal wave coming, ma...

and the police, the government and those 1%ers on are on the beach.

[Gidney N Cloyd]

33. K&R. Very well done.

[Fire Walk With Me]

34. K&R!

[silverweb]

35. K&R

Beautifully done.

[RetroLounge]

36. K&R

RL

[Demonaut]

37. awesome!!

[Bozita]

38. Your best post ever, Hissyspit! ... Recommended

[Boudica the Lyoness]

39. Very well done

Thank you.

[avaistheone1]

40. Great job.

Very moving. Thank you.

k&r

[tblue]

41. Stupendous! So moving too.

Thanks for doing it. I don't know the song but I will go check it out.

[Hissyspit]

47. Click the title at beginning of the post.

Live version from The Tonight Show, 1995. I remember watching it that night.

[Enthusiast]

42. Kicked and recommended!

Beautifully done. Thank you, Hissyspit.

[abq e streeter]

43. Very,very powerful. Thanks.

[Paka]

44. Heavy!! n/t

[joshguitar]

45. Steinbeck. thank you

I think of that speech every time I attend a direct action. beautiful photo collage

[madokie]

49. recommend and KICK

Damn I am pissed already and its early, too early to accept what the 1% are doing to us

[Ilsa]

51. Great post. Kick. Rec. nt

[dotymed]

52. Thank You Hissy. Great Job.

I think Steinbeck would be proud.

[deutsey]

54. K&R

[Tennessee Gal]

55. kicking with tears in my eyes

[zeemike]

56. The lyrics to the song...

Men walkin' 'long the railroad tracks
Goin' someplace there's no goin' back
Highway patrol choppers comin' up over the ridge
Hot soup on a campfire under the bridge
Shelter line stretchin' round the corner
Welcome to the new world order
Families sleepin' in their cars in the southwest
No home no job no peace no rest

The highway is alive tonight
But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
Searchin' for the ghost of Tom Joad

He pulls prayer book out of his sleeping bag
Preacher lights up a butt and takes a drag
Waitin' for when the last shall be first and the first shall be last
In a cardboard box 'neath the underpass
Got a one-way ticket to the promised land
You got a hole in your belly and gun in your hand
Sleeping on a pillow of solid rock
Bathin' in the city aqueduct

The highway is alive tonight
But where it's headed everybody knows
I'm sittin' down here in the campfire light
Waitin' on the ghost of Tom Joad

Now Tom said "Mom, wherever there's a cop beatin' a guy
Wherever a hungry newborn baby cries
Where there's a fight 'gainst the blood and hatred in the air
Look for me Mom I'll be there
Wherever there's somebody fightin' for a place to stand
Or decent job or a helpin' hand
Wherever somebody's strugglin' to be free
Look in their eyes Mom you'll see me."

The highway is alive tonight
But nobody's kiddin' nobody about where it goes
I'm sittin' downhere in the campfire light
With the ghost of old Tom Joad

[Fly by night]

59. I'm sitting around the breakfast table, showing this to all my Mississippi relations.

Everyone whose email address I have will get the link later today.

Thanks kindly for every bit of this.

K&R

[Hissyspit]

63. I so appreciate that coming from you, Fly!

Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving.

[russspeakeasy]

60. Thanks Hissy...The book "With Liberty and Justice For Some"

by Glenn Greenwald, that was in one of your pix is a great read...Just finished it and the timing of it couldn't be better.. Thanks again Hissy.

[canuckledragger]

61. K & R

[bvar22]

64. Well Done.

I will be sending out a link to this in my Thanksgiving E-Mails.

[12AngryBorneoWildmen]

66. HISSYSPIT YOU ARE FABULOUS!!! nt

[tpsbmam]

67. Breathtaking. One of your absolute best! Thanks, Hissyspit. K&R nt

[Starry Messenger]

68. k&r

[Alameda]

69. Fantastic, thank you!

[Stardust]

70. Incredible. I don't Twitter, but if I did, Hissy, you'd be the one. nt

Edit to add:

Is this available as a slide show with the music in the background somewhere? Not to appear demanding, but that would be sweet if does exist somewhere.

Thanks for a powerful reminder of what the 99% represent.

Springsteen and Tom Morello are treasures.

[Spazito]

71. I have heard "The Ghost of Tom Joad" many times but...

until I saw your pictorial display, it did not hit home the way your thread has. Thank you for doing this, it is very powerful.

[Bennyboy]

72. How can I share this? Amazing.....

thanks a lot...

[WillyT]

73. Kick And Wish I Could Rec !!!

Most excellent Job !!!

[ooglymoogly]

74. This heart wrenching mirror is brilliant....Holding it up for the world to see...

priceless....the mind boggling hypocrisy of this ruthless oligarchy will reverberate around the world.

The resulting tsunami, long building, will bring down far more than Wall st., the banking thugs and their mercenary armies that we are forced, at gunpoint, to pay for.

[ooglymoogly]

75. Kr....actual recs=1....actual kicks = 2 and counting...imaginary recs= billions. nt

[The Wizard]

76. And when the protectors

of the wealth and greed lose their pensions who will they blame, the 99%?

[NICO9000]

77. Best.Version.Ever.

Bruce and Tom Morello doing the song back on the "Magic" tour"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-c6GphpAeY

[fizzgig]

78. Error: you can only recommend threads which were started in the past 24 hours

[dana_b]

80. I know - damn!! n/t

[countryjake]

81. kick!

.

[burrowowl]

82. K&R

[Petrushka]

83. Nice work, Hissyspit! Link posted on my FB page. (eom)

[woo me with science]

84. Wow, how did I miss this?

Thank you! K&R