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By Pages:   1    2    Add Your New Review About The Song The Reviews about Masters of War (page 1/ 2) ------ performed by Bob Dylan War is complex, truth even more so. | Reviewer: Lofoten | 9/7/09 This song is poetry of it's time. It voices the feelings of the young with right and justice in their hearts. Fine sentiments and vision but ultimately naive. We may protest about war, reasons, the way it is committed, outcomes and errors, hard and long but it changes nothing. As long as there is man there will be war. Good wars, bad wars. All justification for one's beliefs and prejudices. Dying is part of living. Dying that we may live is the ultimate sacrifice. Past, present and the future. This song is like the mayfly, living only fleetingly and yet forever. New generations, new wars, new truths. It will be ever so. Bob tells it like it is | Reviewer: Steve Borrow | 9/6/09 This is one of the angriest songs Bob Dylan ever composed. He wrote and performed it when the US commitment to the War in Vietnam had peaked and public opinion was turning in favour of the Anti-war movement. Young conscriptees were being brought back in body bags, and that bought the stark reality of the war into sharp focus. Bob directs his rage against those who profited from the killing industry and who remain anonymous as others, young men, like himself do the dying for them. He implies that, although Jesus forgave Judas for his betrayal, he would never forgive the commanders of the military industrial complex, who, with their political spinmeisters dupe the public into accepting the inevitability of conflict in order to profit from the sale of weaponry. Bob delivers a fatal curse, knowing that these Masters of War can never be granted salvation for so heinous a crime. Bob may be a silver haired sage now, but this song still rocks. bob was right | Reviewer: dst | 9/4/09 in response to the comment below by 'sqtfon' no-one has any problem with going to war in order to fight for freedom what this song is about is when wars are manufactured by govts in order to make money for a bunch of fat f@cks in the arms industry - wars in which millions die and suffer needlessly and nothing is accomplished. Hmmm | Reviewer: sgtfon | 8/28/09 you mean he was not talking about my ex-wife? war is fun folks, its only those of you that are to timid or to ingnorant of the world that find the "Power" in this song. the reason you can write these comments, on a pc that you own, in your own house is because we have gone to war to fight. remember all of your rights and freedoms were won by the grunt on the ground with a musket, M1 grand or M16 in his hand. Just think... | Reviewer: Katie | 7/29/09 This song is very powerful. I agree with everyword. People who critisise this, fair enough, an opinion is an opinion. But for a moment, just think, your children, your kids, have fear to come into the world, because of these guns, these guns supplied by the goverment! There not worth their blood, that runs in their veins. This song is so powerful it's scary | Reviewer: Salty Jason | 5/13/09 Bob Dylan really put his heart and soul into this song to come up with perfect lyrics to get his point across. The sad truth is that the government really does cause pointless wars for others to fight. It has always been that way and probably always will be. Great effect!!! | Reviewer: Neville King | 5/11/09 I disagree - There only "appears" to have been no effect on our world by such a powerful song -this is because the world is full of war as mankind will always be power hungry - not only governments but the individuals within governments AND tose who fund governments to best suit their own agenda (ie arms manufacturers who use governments as their middlemen/runners to pedal their filth). There HAS been a great effect however as Dylan's powerful poetry causes people to think and opens up debate - ultimately however, no matter how well he can express his point of view there will always be those at "the top" who like it there and will do anything to stay there. Master's of War is the beginning of a process of changing consciousness and a process adressing such an human abberation must in essence take a long time. To discount the effect of such important artistry is, to quote Uncle Tupelo, "apathy, as your vocal chord's cut out!" God bless people like Dylan, Earle, Springsteen, Farrar, Yussuf Islam, R.E.M, Pearl Jam...etc, etc - at least they ARE "standing up," why doesn't everyone else take a stand??? Makes You Think | Reviewer: Chris | 12/17/08 Bob Dylan is perhaps the greatest song writer to come out of America during the rock era. This song really makes a person think. I commend Bob for his courage in writing and performing this masterpiece. He's still going strong today. Take heed. | Reviewer: Sergio | 12/11/08 How come nothing has happened since? This song is so old yet the people are still not standing up against the governments misstakes. I hope someone hears this song and thinks twce... Preferably a politician. So Bob can be a happy man. Powerful | Reviewer: Todd H. | 1/4/08 Absolutely one of the most powerful songs ever written. It's right up there with The Cure's How Beautiful You Are. This song truly should haunt you every time you hear it. Add Your New Review About The Song By Pages:   1    2