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The 20 Greatest Dylan Songs!? #16
2:01 PM GMT 30/06/2009
16. Masters Of War
(The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan ,1963)
"Not in our name!" spits a Dylan in angry-young-man-full-of-portent mode.
Loudon Wainwright III: "Writing protest songs is difficult because they often have a very limited life-span. But when Dylan sings, 'you can hide behind walls, you can hide behind desks, I just want you to know, I can see through your masks', you instantly think of The White House and Downing Street today. I remember seeing him for the first time at the Newport Folk festival at about the time this song came out. He was just this young guy stood on stage with a guitar, but he had balls, and any young person will admire someone who has balls."
Posted by Ross_Bennett at 2:01 PM GMT 30/06/2009
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