Petra van Cronenburg<p>🧵1/5 When did it start? What made people what they are? Sometimes, a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/song" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>song</span></a> in the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/radio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>radio</span></a> can tell you more than any political essay.<br>I like to listen to <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Bluegrass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bluegrass</span></a> on WDVX radio, and they just played I Ain't Got No Home by The Country Gentlemen. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvzubwnOHpo&list=RDhvzubwnOHpo&start_radio=1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=hvzubwnOHp</span><span class="invisible">o&list=RDhvzubwnOHpo&start_radio=1</span></a> My attention was aroused by a contradiction: such a contemporary text accompanying a historical recording?<br>I searched the lyrics <a href="https://www.traditionalmusic.co.uk/guthrie/i_aint_got_no_home-woody-guthrie.htm" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">traditionalmusic.co.uk/guthrie</span><span class="invisible">/i_aint_got_no_home-woody-guthrie.htm</span></a> - famous protest singer</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/histodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>histodon</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/countryMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>countryMusic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/protestSong" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protestSong</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/protest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>protest</span></a></p>