I a'nt gonna work on Maggie's farm no more

[realisticphish]

Thought I would celebrate my 600th post by posting a song thats been going through my head all day... Rage Against The Machine's COVER OF "Maggie's Farm" WHICH WAS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY BOB DYLEN (for ya crazy old geezers)...

I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.
Naw, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.
Well, I wake up in the morning,
Fold my hands and pray for rain.
I got a head full of ideas
That are drivin' me insane.
It's a shame the way she makes me scrub the floor.
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.

I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more.
Naw, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's brother no more.
Well, he hands you a nickel,
He hands you a dime,
And he asks you with a grin
If you're havin' a good time,
Then he fines you every time you slam the door.
I ain't gonna work for,
Naw, I aint gonna work for Maggie's brother no more.

I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more.
No, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more.
Well, he puts his cigar
Out in your face just for kicks.
His bedroom window
It is made out of bricks.
The National Guard stands around his door.
Ah, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's pa no more.

I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more.
No, I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more.
Well, she talks to all the servants
About man and God and law.
Everybody says
She's the brains behind pa.
She's sixty-eight, but she says she's twenty-four.
I ain't gonna work for Maggie's ma no more.

I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.
No, I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.
Well, I try my best
To be just like I am,
But everybody wants you
To be just like them.
They sing while you slave and I just get bored.
I ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more.


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[el_gato]

1. Isn't that Dylan?

[jpgray]

3. Yes, 'tis Dylan.

[SoFlaJet]

2. You young whippasnappa

you DO know that that is a Bob Dylan composition don't you?

[realisticphish]

16. i wouldn't be talking about

whippersnappers, mr 500 posts :P..and somehow, no ive never heard the original


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[SoFlaJet]

17. oh no I've had

probably right around a thousand posts since 2001-I used to be under different names and b/c of computer crashes and so forth I've changed my moniker a couple of times.I was Oustemnow and was the guy who was trying to "out"Rush Limpballs as a junkie way back when.As Casey Stengel used to say"you can look it up"
PS Oustemnow was too close to another name OustTHEM now so I changed-I'm no newbie-but I DO have a life and don't spend my whole life reading political boards too-no implication to you or anyone else

[Brotherjohn]

4. Actually written by Bob Dylan. I just listened to the Specials version...

... the other day.

[Brotherjohn]

6. Don't feel too bad, though. I thought it was a Specials song.

[GOPisEvil]

5. When Dylan went electric!

:D

Great tune!

[gpandas]

7. who is "against the machine"...

and why are you giving them credit for a dylan song?

[Mara Steele]

8. I have U2's version live...

That is excellent, also

[realisticphish]

9. Oops didn't know it was dylan

IIRC, the ghost of tom joad is a dylan song, too, right? that would make two dylan covers on the same rage album...interesting


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[jpgray]

10. No, the ghost of Tom Joad is a dead Woody Guthrie song

:silly:

[ALago1]

11. Ghost of Tom Joad is Springsteen

Although the Rage covers are interesting, they don't compare to the originals.

[realisticphish]

12. well, no offense

but i really hate springsteens music, so ill go with the Rage version..dont know where i heard joad was dylan...


:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[ALago1]

13. that's cool

I think you'd have to admit that the lyrics to that tune are pretty damn good though.

[realisticphish]

14. oh hell yeah

thats what made the song stay in my head..the tune started it, but i love the lyrics

:hippie: The Incorrigible Democrat

[ET Awful]

15. The best version I've ever heard of that song was . . . .

from the Newport Folk Festival in 1965 . . .Dylan's first electric set ever, and the version of Maggies Farm he opened with ROCKED.