The above is, of course, from Bruce's show in England the other week -- the one that drove our batshit insane president even a little crazier than normal, threatening criminal investigations against Bruce, plus Beyonce, Oprah and Bono (who, of course, is not even an American citizen.)
In any case, Springsteen and the band have always done Dylan's song quite splendidly, and this version (just released in a shall we say well-timed CD edition) is no exception.
I should should add that Bruce, pointedly, changes a word in my 2nd favorite line of the song -- "and for each unharmful gentle soul displaced inside a jail."
It was "misplaced" in the original; Bruce's substitution seems poignantly pertinent given that we're stripping people, who are in this country legally, of their habeas corpus rights and then sending them off to hellish foreign gulags for such heinous crimes as writing OP-EDs in their collge paper.
Oh, well -- enjoy your holiday, everybody!!! 😎
11 comments:
Thanks, Steve, for this great catch.
I heard this song first from the Byrds - I agree with Bruce and you that "displaced" is the right word now.
I eagerly await the showdown between The Boss and the Blob.
Steve: How many times do you have to have it explained to you that “habeas corpus” means the right of the President to remove undesirables from the country??
Jai Guru Dave
I regret the error.😎
Jai Guru Dave for next week's Attorney General!
Captain Al
Poor man want to be rich; rich man want to be king and the Orange Fascist ain't satisfied until he wrecks everything. Apologies to the Boss...
Listened to all 3 in year of release.
Dylan, a man alone with guitar and harmonica - One Critic called it at the time "Dylan's Sermon On The Mount"
The Byrd's, jangly Rick and Crosby's beautiful voice to McGuinns.
Not much inspiring.
The Boss - he gives the song his Wall Of Sound treatment. If he can't sell a Dylan cover maybe no one can.
I'll have to give a Boss nod to Tom Petty, Live Somewhere . Probably no other band presents better 60's/70's covers
rob
Just the opposite - Congress has the power to ignore H/B. The Presidents is so desperate his staff cherry picked an obscure 1798 provision Aliens
Enemies Act which provides a completely different intent.📜
Meant to write H/C - Habeas Corpus
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