In 1963 Bob Dylan created a song titled "Masters of War." A powerful song, to be sure.
41 years later, kids from Boulder, Colorado decide to perform this song in their school talent show.
This peaks the interest of parents, students, the media, and get this- the Secret Service, because they think that it might be possible that the kids are actually threatening **** (insert current US president here, yes I'm paranoid) with the final lines of the song.
With the final lines of the song that was written 41 years ago.
If Bob Dylan can write a song just for in-the-future-kids to sing to threaten a certain leader who's name we will not mention here, I think we should start paying closer attention to his other songs.
Lots of lyrics at bobdylan.com if anyone wants to Nostradamusify them.
It's just too depressing to think that it's just the same crap happening, that nothing has changed in 41 years, and that a song written 41 years ago might fit with the current circumstances. And that the people who get upset over kids having some kind of political voice are the same people who assumed this anti-Bush message into the song. Um. Hello, irony?
And the true story of his great psychic powers: ABC News: School Talent Show Draws Secret Service
Sunday, November 14, 2004
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