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Thread #98921   Message #1965650
Posted By: Little Hawk
13-Feb-07 - 01:46 AM
Thread Name: Is 'Blowin in the Wind' special?
Subject: RE: Is 'Blowin in the Wind' special?
Well, he's got a couple of other "hate" songs too, but they're about more personal matters. ;-)

"Idiot Wind" and "Positively Fourth Street" come to mind. "Ballad of a Thin Man" is pretty venomous too and so is "Like A Rolling Stone", but they express something a little more akin to contempt than hatred.

"Masters of War" is the single most uncompromising antiwar statement that's ever been put to music, in my opinion, and it goes straight to the heart of the issue by focusing on those shadowy few at the top who control and instigate wars in order to make more money for themselves.