All You Fascists (Bound to Lose)
A collection of Woody Guthrie covers
I've had "All You Fascists (Bound to Lose)" in my song rotation for a little while – for, you know, reasons.
Bette Midler's getting some coverage for her cover, so I thought I'd round up some other versions I like very much.
To begin with, here's that Bette Midler cover:
This Resistance Revival Chorus version with Rhiannon Giddens is probably my favorite: upbeat and alive.
The Billy Bragg version with Wilco is really strong too:
Nina Hagen's father Hans was a Holocaust survivor held at Moabit, and her paternal grandparents were murdered at Sachsenhausen. This is therefore a very personal cover:
Here's Ani DiFranco with Zoe Boekbinder, Gracie and Rachel, and Diane Patterson - all artists I love:
And finally, here's the great Woody Guthrie, one of my heroes, singing the original:
