Masters of War

Bob Dylan’s music is the purest form of good music.  It is just him sitting in his own talent speaking directly to his listeners.  I don't think he even knew how inspirational he was in that time period. Today music is a lot more processed and capitalized.  It is sold like a product but in Dylan’s day what he did was enough. A guitar, that unique tone of voice, and a few choice lyrics and he had America by the ears.  Masters of War was released early in his career on the album The Freewheelin’ Bob Dylan. The song is very powerful because the lyrics are pretty blunt about Dylan’s feelings towards the people responsible for waging wars.  Accompanying these raw vocals is a minor chord that he plays a variation of the melody over. This gives the song a dark sound that he wouldn’t have chosen if his lyrics were about something happy. He sings directly to those he is upset with and blaming for committing such acts.  In one verse he accuses them for throwing the worst fear that could be hurled, “the fear to bring children into this world”. He claims for this they aren’t worth the blood in their veins. Another intense verse is when he says “even Jesus would never forgive what you do”. This is a figure who is said to forgive all sin, but Dylan says it is beyond forgiveness even from that who forgives all.