Masters of War. Masters of Poo?
I’ve never been much of a conspiracy theorist. Someone could give me lots and lots of evidence that the wars of today were engineered by a secret conspiracy within a hidden world government designed to keep the money flowing to the military-industrial complex, and I would still find it hard to believe. I tend to believe in Occam’s Razor, in other words, the simplest explanation for things is likely correct one.
Why are we constantly at war? For me, it comes down to our warlike nature as nervous monkeys who are deathly afraid of the monkeys who live on the other side of the forest. I’m not sure where I’m going with this, except to address the theme of the song I was requested to perform this week, Bob Dylan’s Masters of War. The song rips up the people who make the guns. It attacks the ones who hide behind desks while the blood of the world’s youth is spilled on battlefields.
We have Americans killing or dying in three parts of the world right now. THREE?!?! Okay, I can see why Bob’s message in this tune needs to be heard right now.
I think our goal on this planet is to evolve. As humans, we must do all we can to get passed our primate fears of the monkeys on the other side of the big forest. Now, not too long ago, some of those monkeys came and threw a lot of poo our way, and may do so again. That said, how long until we realize that we are more than monkeys who have to retaliate with bigger, laser guided, more deadly poo?
Anyways, here you go, Denneigh Lemur (who, ironically, uses a primate avatar). He won the FriendBurst NCAA Basketball Tourny Challenge I set up, and as the winner, he got to request that I perform a song of his choice. Now, as it was a prize, I decided to go all out. Enjoy!
So… War: Is it just flingin really deadly poo? Why does the human race seem to continue to be hell bent on killing one another?
Dam J…..you did one hell of a job on this one my friend….and I know all the effort you put into it….took all day didn’t….well it shows J…..A fine effort at a fine rendition…..I knew you’d be at your best on this one J.
You know it was beginners luck me winning the contest huh….lol….yup….well lets just say I got lucky….you know it’s not like UCONN was a heavy favorite going into the tournament….It was fun though J……don’t know why more people did not take part in it though….I mean you take the initiative to go and set it all up and only two of us show up…?????
But hey it guaranteed both of us finishing in the top 3…..LOLOlooloololol.
I want to thank you J.,for not only being a man of your word,but for not just half assing this away like some guys would have you know…..Like I said before J.,you gotta lot of heart bro…..,and a lot of class,
Thanks again J.
Outstanding Joko.
artistic demagogy :groovy:
Why does everyone have to use monkeys as examples? What have we ever done to deserve this level of bad press? I mean, you guys dress us up in suits, teach us to smoke and to skate and expect a hundred of us to sit in a room for a hundred years to type out “To be or not to be…” while you guys are out there inventing napalm and infomercials?
Thhhhhhppppppppttttt!
Truth time: when our kids act out we tell them to stop being humanish.
1. I didn’t know you had a ncaa basketball challenge.
2. The blog subscriptions are the best!!!
3. This is Not a ukelele song, but one I’d love to see you cover. Your Dylan cover made me think of this. You would do a FANSTASTIC JOB!!
Wonderful Joko! Great job. Love what you do with your green screen.
Please do address your Lemurphilia. Tsar Nicholas had a boy who was a Lemurphiliac and bled to death after he was machine gunned in a basement.
I hafta echo what Labrea said.. wonderfull job.. n your workin some green screen magic there buddy.
mornin Joko!
You left me with more questions then answers. I enjoyed reading this Blog….. it speaks so many truths. Thank you for your kind words on my Blog (which is down now)………. you may never know how much they meant to me.
Good job! I have always regretted I did not do more to protest the Vietnam war, nor our current involvements.
I’m afraid it is the human condition to be at war. Sometimes it is hard to just get along with our neighbors.
One thing I find interesting about the group of people I am getting to know via my RVing web blog is that many of them are retired Military.
The reason I know this is they stay on military bases for a very low cost. I know I will have to keep my pacifist feeling to my self if I ever meet some of them.
But then many of them are also Christians! It doesn’t make them bad, just a bit different from me. We will still have many things in common. Good pot lucks for example!
Loved the Vid. One of my favorite covers of Masters of War.
We are a nation of gun-runners. General Dynamics, Northrup, Lockheed, even General Motors. Our GNP is weapons. The world market needs those weapons to be used to buy new weapons.
We’re killing people in four countries.
Those who question the Government’s account of the events of September 11th 2001, enter into a world of heated emotions and tense controversy. The event itself, has been transformed into a sacred, near religious act and it is likewise considered blasphemy to challenge the orthodox view.
In fact, today a new form of “intellectual bigotry” now exists to curb such interests. Racist like terms such as “truther” “conspiracy theorist” or even “9/11- denier” (creating a reference to “holocaust deniers”) permeate the landscape of those who have the courage to ask such questions. Some have even gone so far as to condemn those who consider alterative theories of 9/11 as to having some kind of ill psychological propensity which leads to such “irrational ideas”.