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Masters Of War / Commentary by Bob Dylan about Masters Of War, John F. Kennedy, and Nikita Khrushchev A brief recording of Bob Dylan playing and talking 1 January 1963 "Masters of War" Lyrics, BobDylan.com "Masters of War" Music & Lyrics, Broadside, Feb. 1963, p. 1 “Bob Dylan: Masters of War” by Benno Schlachter 2012
The advent of World War I (1914–1918) resulted in a great number of songs against the war in general, and specifically in America against the U.S.'s decision to enter the European war. One of the successful protest songs to capture the widespread American skepticism about joining in the European war was " I Didn't Raise My Boy to Be a Soldier ...
Some anti-war songs lament aspects of wars, while others patronize war.Most promote peace in some form, while others sing out against specific armed conflicts. Still others depict the physical and psychological destruction that warfare causes to soldiers, innocent civilians, and humanity as a whole.
The lyrics express Dylan's anger at the perceived hypocrisy, commercialism, consumerism, and war mentality in contemporary American culture. Dylan's preoccupations in the lyrics, nevertheless, extend beyond the socio-political, expressing existential concerns, touching on urgent matters of personal experience.
"John Brown" is an anti-war song. [6] The lyrics are influenced by "Mrs. McGrath", [1] which relates how a young Irish soldier is maimed after fighting in the British Army against Napoleon's forces, and is met by his mother who asks how he was injured. [2] [7] In Dylan's song, a soldier's mother expresses her pride at him going off to war. [7]
The tone and style of the song is similar to that of "Masters of War" and "North Country Blues" by Bob Dylan, a known influence of Lennon. Both are based on Jean Ritchie 's arrangement of the traditional English folk song " Nottamun Town ".
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"Nottamun Town" (Roud 1044), also known as "Nottingham Fair" or "Fair Nottamon Town", is an American folk song.Although sometimes suggested to be an English song of medieval origin, and still described as such in some popular works, it is more likely derived from popular 18th and 19th century printed broadsides, with the most likely immediate precursor being the 19th century "Paddy's Ramble to ...