[Rhodes22-list] Masters of War on KSLM

Brad Haslett flybrad at gmail.com
Wed Sep 13 23:29:10 EDT 2006


Slim,

Here's something to do on a rainy day.  Three MSP attorneys run a political
blogsite, powerlineblog.com - a favorite of mine.  One of them often
comments on musicians and concerts in MSP.  Here is an old post on Dylan.
It would probably be fun to listen to the tapes if you haven't already done
so.

Brad

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 Positively 15th Avenue

Tommorow's Minneapolis Star Tribune reports that the earliest known
recordings of Bob Dylan have been deposited at the Minnesota Historical
Society in St. Paul, where they are available for your listening pleasure.
Chris Riemenschneider writes:

The so-called "Minnesota Party Tape," believed to be some of the earliest
recordings by Bob Dylan, are now more than just sought-after bootlegs.

Minneapolis resident Cleve Pettersen, who made the recordings on
reel-to-reel tape in 1960, recently donated the 12-song collection to the
Minnesota Historical Society. Thursday, the society announced that the tape
can now be listened to in the library at the Minnesota History Center in St.
Paul.

Then a student at the University of Minnesota, Dylan met Pettersen in
Dinkytown-area coffeehouses and agreed to an informal recording session with
him at an apartment on 15th Av. SE in Minneapolis.

He sang traditional folk songs by Woody Guthrie, Jimmie Rodgers and others,
including "Blue Yodel No. 8,"Jesus Christ,"Talkin' Merchant Marine" and
"Streets of Glory." Dylan would not make any formal recordings until two
years later.




On 9/13/06, Slim <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Last week I had the good fortune to be able to catch a Bob Dylan concert
> in
> Ft. Wayne.  He's been touring minor league baseball stadiums and I saw him
> at the Ft. Wayne Wizards field.  He's doing his 1963 song, Masters of War
> and It's been a while since I've posted anything on K-Slim Radio KSLM and
> I
> thought I'd share this with y'all.  Here's the song and the lyrics if you
> want to follow along.   Enjoy  ...or not!
>
> http://home.mn.rr.com/kslm/Masters%20of%20war.mp3
>
>
> Come you masters of war
> You that build all the guns
> You that build the death planes
> You that build the big bombs
> You that hide behind walls
> You that hide behind desks
> I just want you to know
> I can see through your masks
>
> You that never done nothin'
> But build to destroy
> You play with my world
> Like it's your little toy
> You put a gun in my hand
> And you hide from my eyes
> And you turn and run farther
> When the fast bullets fly
>
> Like Judas of old
> You lie and deceive
> A world war can be won
> You want me to believe
> But I see through your eyes
> And I see through your brain
> Like I see through the water
> That runs down my drain
>
> You fasten the triggers
> For the others to fire
> Then you set back and watch
> When the death count gets higher
> You hide in your mansion
> As young people's blood
> Flows out of their bodies
> And is buried in the mud
>
> You've thrown the worst fear
> That can ever be hurled
> Fear to bring children
> Into the world
> For threatening my baby
> Unborn and unnamed
> You ain't worth the blood
> That runs in your veins
>
> How much do I know
> To talk out of turn
> You might say that I'm young
> You might say I'm unlearned
> But there's one thing I know
> Though I'm younger than you
> Even Jesus would never
> Forgive what you do
>
> Let me ask you one question
> Is your money that good
> Will it buy you forgiveness
> Do you think that it could
> I think you will find
> When your death takes its toll
> All the money you made
> Will never buy back your soul
>
> And I hope that you die
> And your death'll come soon
> I will follow your casket
> In the pale afternoon
> And I'll watch while you're lowered
> Down to your deathbed
> And I'll stand o'er your grave
> 'Til I'm sure that you're dead
>
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