Doing a little survey here:
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ginger_dragon's journal made me remember my astonishment when armillary said he had never heard of Joe Hill (or about Dan andersson). So now I'm doing a little survey:
How many of you have heard of Joe Hill?
song writer, swede living in the US, early 20th century
You can always google on his name. He's a part of an interesting part of american history.
ginger_dragon's journal made me remember my astonishment when armillary said he had never heard of Joe Hill (or about Dan andersson). So now I'm doing a little survey:How many of you have heard of Joe Hill?
song writer, swede living in the US, early 20th century
You can always google on his name. He's a part of an interesting part of american history.
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Date: 2006-03-23 12:47 pm (UTC)Teddy
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Date: 2006-03-23 12:50 pm (UTC)Eva
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Date: 2006-03-23 01:17 pm (UTC)Eva
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Date: 2006-03-23 01:46 pm (UTC)He was a trade unionist, born in Sweden as Joel Hägglund, but emigrated to the USA in the early 20th century. He was active in the Idustrial Workers of the World, and was framed for a robbery and murder and conveniently executed by the State of Utah. Nobody believes he was guilty. He wrote lots of political songs. I believe he coined the expression "You'll get pie in the sky when you die". When in prison awaiting his execution, he is reported to have said the words I wrote at the top.
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Date: 2006-03-23 01:48 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-23 01:51 pm (UTC)Eva
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Date: 2006-03-23 02:31 pm (UTC)Dan Andersson was contemporary with him, but is chiefly known as one of our greatest working class poets. He actually went to America the same year as Joe Hill, but returned home again. A lot of his poems have been set to music by others.
He, too, died young. Just the other day, actually, someone told me that he died because a hotel he stayed in had sprayed the room with some poison against bugs, and not aired the room properly afterwards. He was found dead in the morning.
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Date: 2006-03-23 01:54 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-23 02:09 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-03-23 02:23 pm (UTC)Alive as you and me
Says I "But Joe, you're ten years dead"
"I never died" says he.
yes, I heard of him. But I didn't know he was Swedish.
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Date: 2006-03-23 05:19 pm (UTC)Eva
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Date: 2006-03-23 06:37 pm (UTC)Being raised in a family with left-wing political views in the 70s their songs also bring back some fond memories.
As for Joe Hill, he was executed in Utah in 1912 if I rembember correctly. This fact has been pointed out to me by my husband , a former Utah resident.
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Date: 2006-03-23 06:37 pm (UTC)