I was looking for the song Woody Guthrie wrote that had the cop-killing bit in it, and found this one, MEAN TALKING BLUES instead. I don't know who harvested that one, but maybe Art was "channeling" Woody.Songs are written by the younger generation sometimes just to piss off the older/establishment folks. This is traditional. I seem to remember songs being considered controversial and being banned from airplay when I was younger. The thing is, they were our songs, so they were better.
Matt, I agree with you about Moby Grape last night - they absolutely kicked ass! (And if that wasn't a traditional song they did, it sure sounded like one.)