| John Lennon – Give Peace a Chance Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I believe this song is just simply a protest song with a catchy chorus that thousands of musically untalented anti-war protesters could chant in the streets. The verses and whatever are kinda wierd and I'm not quite sure what some of them have to do with giving peace a chance. | |
| Phil Ochs – Draft Dodger Rag Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| I agree with you LtAxlerod932. The song is about how even though an American boy may be American in thinking 'keeping Castro down' and 'better dead than red', he still doesn't want to go to Vietnam and die for some old rich politician who is only looking to make his pockets overflow with greed. | |
| Bob Dylan – Masters of War Lyrics | 14 years ago |
| To 'Vito2212' it is a shame that you won't be getting on this site again because you are so very very wrong. The song is not about Iraq, you are correct there, but it is most definately about Vietnam. The U.S. was heavily involved in Vietnam at the time the song was written (1963). And alot can change in a man's meaning of a song in 40 years. You should have done your research a little better, and I'm sure you got a pretty terrible grade on whatever school project you were working on. | |
| Bob Dylan – Blowin' in the Wind Lyrics | 14 years ago |
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'devv' you are correct on numerous points, the most important being that this song is a protest song written during the Vietnam era. And your interpretation of the first verse is correct. However, I question your interpretation of the second and third. In the second verse it asks how long a mountain can exist before it is washed out to sea? He is not referring to land being ravaged by war activities. He is referring to countries, specifically the U.S., as the mountain and that no matter what, that mountain will eventually be eroded into the sea. It's nature, and it happens, indefinately. The second verse also asks how many years can some people exist before they're allowed to be free? He is not talking about POW's, he is talking about regular citizens of any country. I take this interpretation because of the word 'exist' which implies that something has been there from the day it was born to the day it shall die. And POW's are only prisoners in the event of a war. And about the turning the head line, I believe he is referring to those in politics, specifically the White House. He is asking how many years can these men of power turn their heads acting like they don't see that what they are doing is wrong and destroying society. In the third verse, he asks how many times must a man look up before he sees the beauty of the world around him and that he doesn't want to destroy it but embrace it. And your interpretation about the number of ears one must need to hear the cry of the people is correct. But the next line isn't about facing extinction, it's pretty straight forward in its interpretation. How many people is too many? The answer my friend is 'blowin in the wind' |
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