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solinvictus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 11:57 PM
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Bob Dylan's "Maggie's Farm"
What's the point of the song?
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Wat_Tyler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Mar-17-05 11:58 PM
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1. Isn't it obvious?
He isn't going to give the oppressive capitalist structure his passive consent any more.
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solinvictus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 12:00 AM
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2. Bigger picture..
So it's about the whole damned system , then?
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Wat_Tyler Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 12:01 AM
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4. That's what I've always thought.
People used to sing it at demos against Margaret Thatcher in the 80's - that was their interpretation.
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Radical Activist Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 12:00 AM
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3. It kicks ass
Its a song of rebellion against your employer and the wage-slave system. That's something we need a little more of in America.
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 12:02 AM
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5. An updated version might substitute for "Maggie's Farm" "WalMart"
It's about a worker who been treated like crap by his employer and is quitting his job.
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seg4527 Donating Member (851 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 12:03 AM
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6. the point is that it ROCKS.
Dylan...woooo. :-P
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ashmanonar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 12:08 AM
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7. the rage against the machine version rocks
a whole damn lot. i've never heard the dylan version, but i wouldn't be surprised.
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RagingInMiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 03:46 PM
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9. RATM's version is awesome.
I like it better than Dylan's.
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ashmanonar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 04:02 PM
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10. i haven't heard dylan's, so i won't say that it's better.
but it's damn good. maybe that's bc RATM was always just that good.
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RagingInMiami Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 04:11 PM
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11. Listening to Dylans' version after listening to RATM's version
is like walking on a calm beach the day after you tried walking it during a tsunami
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ashmanonar Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-19-05 11:22 AM
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12. heh.
sorta like listening to dylan's "all along the watchtower" after hendrix's...it just doens't compare.
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zauberflote Donating Member (179 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Mar-18-05 03:40 PM
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8. I had always heard
that "Maggie" is Joan Baez and that the song records both their break-up and the fact that Dylan was refusing to be pigeonholed as a folkie anymore.
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