Bob Dylan still subversive?

read the following from www.juancole.com....you think they'll be coming for Eddie Vedder next? I use the last 2 verses as my tag line here, think they'll come for me too? Am depending on you guys to raise my money for lawyers, bail, etc. Free AnnInLa!


Dylan Still Subversive?

It is a good thing that Bob Dylan has US citizenship, otherwise he might be in the same fix as Cat Stevens (a.k.a. Yusuf Islam). The mere singing of a 1963 song, "Masters of War," at a Colorado High School brought in the Secret Police.

Now we know why Usamah Bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri haven't been caught. The US security services are busy sifting through old lyrics looking for the real terrorists. I suggest that they take another look at the Buffalo Springfield.

This is not a new activity. You would be shocked at how many FBI hours were logged trying to find obscenities in the slurred lyrics of Richard Berry's "Louie, Louie" once upon a time. I kid you not.

The bad news for Dylan? The (un-)"Patriot Act II" allows the government to strip people of their US citizenship.

http://www.bobdylan.com/songs/itsalright.html

It's alright ma(I'm only bleeding), Dylan 1965

...

As some warn victory, some downfall
Private reasons great or small
Can be seen in the eyes of those that call
To make all that should be killed to crawl
While others say don't hate nothing at all
Except hatred.

Disillusioned words like bullets bark
As human gods aim for their mark
Made everything from toy guns that spark
To flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark
It's easy to see without looking too far
That not much
Is really sacred.

While preachers preach of evil fates
Teachers teach that knowledge waits
Can lead to hundred-dollar plates
Goodness hides behind its gates
But even the president of the United States
Sometimes must have
To stand naked.

....

"You would be shocked at how many FBI hours were logged trying to find obscenities in the slurred lyrics of Richard Berry's "Louie, Louie"" is. . .

After well over 6 months of scrupulous investigation. . . the inciteful conclusion of those towering geniuses was that the song was. . .

. . .completely unintelligible.

Always have been, always will be.