[Rhodes22-list] Masters of War on KSLM

[Slim]

Thanks, Brad.  I remember hearing something about that and mean to check it
out.  I'm a huge fan but you should hear my wife do Bob Dylan--hysterical!

Slim

On 9/13/06 10:29 PM, "Brad Haslett" <flybrad at gmail.com> wrote:

> Slim,
> 
> Here's something to do on a rainy day.  Three MSP attorneys run a political
> blogsite, powerlineblog.com - a favorite of mine.  One of them often
> comments on musicians and concerts in MSP.  Here is an old post on Dylan.
> It would probably be fun to listen to the tapes if you haven't already done
> so.
> 
> Brad
> 
> ----------
> 
> Positively 15th Avenue
> 
> Tommorow's Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that the earliest known
> recordings of Bob Dylan have been deposited at the Minnesota Historical
> Society in St. Paul, where they are available for your listening pleasure.
> Chris Riemenschneider writes:
> 
> The so-called "Minnesota Party Tape," believed to be some of the earliest
> recordings by Bob Dylan, are now more than just sought-after bootlegs.
> 
> Minneapolis resident Cleve Pettersen, who made the recordings on
> reel-to-reel tape in 1960, recently donated the 12-song collection to the
> Minnesota Historical Society. Thursday, the society announced that the tape
> can now be listened to in the library at the Minnesota History Center in St.
> Paul.
> 
> Then a student at the University of Minnesota, Dylan met Pettersen in
> Dinkytown-area coffeehouses and agreed to an informal recording session with
> him at an apartment on 15th Av. SE in Minneapolis.
> 
> He sang traditional folk songs by Woody Guthrie, Jimmie Rodgers and others,
> including "Blue Yodel No. 8,"Jesus Christ,"Talkin' Merchant Marine" and
> "Streets of Glory." Dylan would not make any formal recordings until two
> years later.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 9/13/06, Slim <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Last week I had the good fortune to be able to catch a Bob Dylan concert
>> in
>> Ft. Wayne.  He's been touring minor league baseball stadiums and I saw him
>> at the Ft. Wayne Wizards field.  He's doing his 1963 song, Masters of War
>> and It's been a while since I've posted anything on K-Slim Radio KSLM and
>> I
>> thought I'd share this with y'all.  Here's the song and the lyrics if you
>> want to follow along.   Enjoy  ...or not!
>> 
>> http://home.mn.rr.com/kslm/Masters%20of%20war.mp3
>> 
>> 
>> Come you masters of war
>> You that build all the guns
>> You that build the death planes
>> You that build the big bombs
>> You that hide behind walls
>> You that hide behind desks
>> I just want you to know
>> I can see through your masks
>> 
>> You that never done nothin'
>> But build to destroy
>> You play with my world
>> Like it's your little toy
>> You put a gun in my hand
>> And you hide from my eyes
>> And you turn and run farther
>> When the fast bullets fly
>> 
>> Like Judas of old
>> You lie and deceive
>> A world war can be won
>> You want me to believe
>> But I see through your eyes
>> And I see through your brain
>> Like I see through the water
>> That runs down my drain
>> 
>> You fasten the triggers
>> For the others to fire
>> Then you set back and watch
>> When the death count gets higher
>> You hide in your mansion
>> As young people's blood
>> Flows out of their bodies
>> And is buried in the mud
>> 
>> You've thrown the worst fear
>> That can ever be hurled
>> Fear to bring children
>> Into the world
>> For threatening my baby
>> Unborn and unnamed
>> You ain't worth the blood
>> That runs in your veins
>> 
>> How much do I know
>> To talk out of turn
>> You might say that I'm young
>> You might say I'm unlearned
>> But there's one thing I know
>> Though I'm younger than you
>> Even Jesus would never
>> Forgive what you do
>> 
>> Let me ask you one question
>> Is your money that good
>> Will it buy you forgiveness
>> Do you think that it could
>> I think you will find
>> When your death takes its toll
>> All the money you made
>> Will never buy back your soul
>> 
>> And I hope that you die
>> And your death'll come soon
>> I will follow your casket
>> In the pale afternoon
>> And I'll watch while you're lowered
>> Down to your deathbed
>> And I'll stand o'er your grave
>> 'Til I'm sure that you're dead
>> 
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