[E. Pluribus Unum]

I didn't realize it was written in 1983. I bet he disavows it if it suddenly becomes popular.

[kjam22]

I bet he doesn't disavow it. He's never been to concerned about what people thought about him.... or his music.

[SerpentDove]

>>I didn't realize it was written in 1983. I bet he disavows it if it suddenly becomes popular.<<

I doubt it. Sounds like he meant every word he wrote, to me.

[Republicus2001]

I bet he disavows it if it suddenly becomes popular.

Why?

[pgkdan]

I bet he disavows it if it suddenly becomes popular.

I'd bet not...otherwise why would he have written it? The title tells you that people were against 'The Neighborhood Bully" when he wrote it.

[LarryLied]

I didn't realize it was written in 1983. I bet he disavows it if it suddenly becomes popular.

Bob Dylan wrote another song in 1983: "Julius and Ethel":

Now that they are gone, you know, the truth it can be told;
They were sacrificial lambs in the market place sold --
Julius and Ethel, Julius and Ethel.

Now that they are gone, you know, the truth it can come out;
They were never proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt --
Julius and Ethel, Julius and Ethel...(snip)

Eisenhower was president, Senator Joe was king;
Long as you didn't say nothing you could say anything --
Julius and Ethel, Julius and Ethel.

Now some they blamed the system, some they blamed the man;
Now that it is over, no one knows how it began --
Julius and Ethel, Julius and Ethel.

Every kingdom got to fall, even the Third Reich;
Man can do what he pleases but not for as long as he like --
Julius and Ethel, Julius and Ethel.

Well, they say they gave the secrets of the atom bomb away;
Like no one else could think of it, it wouldn't be here today --
Julius and Ethel, Julius and Ethel.

Now that the Venona transcripts are declassified and the KGB archives have been made public we know the Rosenbergs were even more guilty than thought (Julius gave the Soviets a working model of a proximity fuse which killed American troops huddled in their foxholes in Korea), I wonder if Bob Dylan has recanted what he wrote?

Nah... lefties never apologizes for the damage they do. Forget the politics, forget the damage, he wrote such nice songs. Even better than Puff Daddy's.