Why Not One Country

John Mellencamp provides a powerful track here, singing Woody Guthrie's "This Land Is Your Land," as this latest effort for Obama strives to quell the present atmosphere of angry rhetoric and remind us all that "it's never been more important to be one country."

Produced by Rich Silverstein and Jeff Goodby, the creators of campaigns for got milk?, Hewlett-Packard, and the NBA, this message uses music that's been reassuring to all Americans for nearly a century, through good times and bad.

Our country is all the "real America," from sea to sea. It's one place and in tough times, it's all the more important to remind ourselves of what we share, rather than what divides us.

TRO © Ludlow Music, Inc. (BMI)

Comments

[JTyroler]

That was great!

[Mnemanth]

The correct message. The progressive message. The hopeful message.
Thanks.

[berkeleygirl1962]

Excellent. And well worth remembering in its entirety (from woodyguthrie.org):

This land is your land This land is my land
From California to the New York island;
From the red wood forest to the Gulf Stream waters
This land was made for you and Me.

As I was walking that ribbon of highway,
I saw above me that endless skyway:
I saw below me that golden valley:
This land was made for you and me.

I've roamed and rambled and I followed my footsteps
To the sparkling sands of her diamond deserts;
And all around me a voice was sounding:
This land was made for you and me.

When the sun came shining, and I was strolling,
And the wheat fields waving and the dust clouds rolling,
As the fog was lifting a voice was chanting:
This land was made for you and me.

As I went walking I saw a sign there
And on the sign it said "No Trespassing."
But on the other side it didn't say nothing,
That side was made for you and me

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

Nobody living can ever stop me,
As I go walking that freedom highway;
Nobody living can ever make me turn back
This land was made for you and me.

[sukiposeyzena]

Beautiful and timely message!
Obama/Biden 2008!!!