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Bob Dylan---Hurricane
    #5494708 - 04/08/06 09:35 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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Pistol shots ring out in the barroom night
Enter patty valentine from the upper hall.
She sees the bartender in a pool of blood,
Cries out, my god, they killed them all!
Here comes the story of the hurricane,
The man the authorities came to blame
For somethin? that he never done.
Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world.

Three bodies lyin? there does patty see
And another man named bello, movin? around mysteriously.
I didn?t do it, he says, and he throws up his hands
I was only robbin? the register, I hope you understand.
I saw them leavin?, he says, and he stops
One of us had better call up the cops.
And so patty calls the cops
And they arrive on the scene with their red lights flashin?
In the hot new jersey night.

Meanwhile, far away in another part of town
Rubin carter and a couple of friends are drivin? around.
Number one contender for the middleweight crown
Had no idea what kinda shit was about to go down
When a cop pulled him over to the side of the road
Just like the time before and the time before that.
In paterson that?s just the way things go.
If you?re black you might as well not show up on the street
?less you wanna draw the heat.

Alfred bello had a partner and he had a rap for the cops.
Him and arthur dexter bradley were just out prowlin? around
He said, I saw two men runnin? out, they looked like middleweights
They jumped into a white car with out-of-state plates.
And miss patty valentine just nodded her head.
Cop said, wait a minute, boys, this one?s not dead
So they took him to the infirmary
And though this man could hardly see
They told him that he could identify the guilty men.

Four in the mornin? and they haul rubin in,
Take him to the hospital and they bring him upstairs.
The wounded man looks up through his one dyin? eye
Says, wha?d you bring him in here for? he ain?t the guy!
Yes, here?s the story of the hurricane,
The man the authorities came to blame
For somethin? that he never done.
Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world.

Four months later, the ghettos are in flame,
Rubin?s in south america, fightin? for his name
While arthur dexter bradley?s still in the robbery game
And the cops are puttin? the screws to him, lookin? for somebody to blame.
Remember that murder that happened in a bar?
Remember you said you saw the getaway car?
You think you?d like to play ball with the law?
Think it might-a been that fighter that you saw runnin? that night?
Don?t forget that you are white.

Arthur dexter bradley said, I?m really not sure.
Cops said, a poor boy like you could use a break
We got you for the motel job and we?re talkin? to your friend bello
Now you don?t wanta have to go back to jail, be a nice fellow.
You?ll be doin? society a favor.
That sonofabitch is brave and gettin? braver.
We want to put his ass in stir
We want to pin this triple murder on him
He ain?t no gentleman jim.

Rubin could take a man out with just one punch
But he never did like to talk about it all that much.
It?s my work, he?d say, and I do it for pay
And when it?s over I?d just as soon go on my way
Up to some paradise
Where the trout streams flow and the air is nice
And ride a horse along a trail.
But then they took him to the jailhouse
Where they try to turn a man into a mouse.

All of rubin?s cards were marked in advance
The trial was a pig-circus, he never had a chance.
The judge made rubin?s witnesses drunkards from the slums
To the white folks who watched he was a revolutionary bum
And to the black folks he was just a crazy nigger.
No one doubted that he pulled the trigger.
And though they could not produce the gun,
The d.a. said he was the one who did the deed
And the all-white jury agreed.

Rubin carter was falsely tried.
The crime was murder one, guess who testified?
Bello and bradley and they both baldly lied
And the newspapers, they all went along for the ride.
How can the life of such a man
Be in the palm of some fool?s hand?
To see him obviously framed
Couldn?t help but make me feel ashamed to live in a land
Where justice is a game.

Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties
Are free to drink martinis and watch the sun rise
While rubin sits like buddha in a ten-foot cell
An innocent man in a living hell.
That?s the story of the hurricane,
But it won?t be over till they clear his name
And give him back the time he?s done.
Put in a prison cell, but one time he could-a been
The champion of the world.




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If it is life that you feel you are missing I can tell you where to find it.  In the law courts, in business, in government.  There is nothing occurring in the streets. Nothing but a dumbshow composed of the helpless and the impotent.    -Cormac MacCarthy

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.  - Aeschylus


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Re: Bob Dylan---Hurricane [Re: Madtowntripper]
    #5494741 - 04/08/06 09:44 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)
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Re: Bob Dylan---Hurricane [Re: PinballWizard]
    #5494759 - 04/08/06 09:48 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

I heard that song is about Abraham Lincoln?


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Re: Bob Dylan---Hurricane [Re: HELLA_TIGHT]
    #5494767 - 04/08/06 09:50 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

I've not heard that. I dont really see the reference...

Elaborate?


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If it is life that you feel you are missing I can tell you where to find it.  In the law courts, in business, in government.  There is nothing occurring in the streets. Nothing but a dumbshow composed of the helpless and the impotent.    -Cormac MacCarthy

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.  - Aeschylus


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Re: Bob Dylan---Hurricane [Re: HELLA_TIGHT]
    #5494782 - 04/08/06 09:53 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

No, Lincoln wasn't a bartender.

Good song. :thumbup:


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Re: Bob Dylan---Hurricane [Re: kosmic_charlie]
    #5494787 - 04/08/06 09:54 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

:lol:

That song rocks and this thread cracks me up.


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Re: Bob Dylan---Hurricane [Re: blissedout]
    #5494948 - 04/08/06 10:48 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

this song is about rubin carter aka "the hurricane" Denzel Washington played him in teh major motion picture "the hurricane" The guy was a boxer who was almost world champion before he got falsely accused by racist cops in teh 60's of some murder, he was in jail for a long time, but he's out now. Peace

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Re: Bob Dylan---Hurricane [Re: blaze2]
    #5494963 - 04/08/06 10:54 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

over-rated.


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Re: Bob Dylan---Hurricane [Re: rockytop83]
    #5494966 - 04/08/06 10:55 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

What is?

The song? The movie? The boxer?


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After one comes, through contact with it's administrators, no longer to cherish greatly the law as a remedy in abuses, then the bottle becomes a sovereign means of direct action.  If you cannot throw it at least you can always drink out of it.  - Ernest Hemingway

If it is life that you feel you are missing I can tell you where to find it.  In the law courts, in business, in government.  There is nothing occurring in the streets. Nothing but a dumbshow composed of the helpless and the impotent.    -Cormac MacCarthy

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.  - Aeschylus


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Re: Bob Dylan---Hurricane [Re: Madtowntripper]
    #5494970 - 04/08/06 10:56 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

all of the above


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Re: Bob Dylan---Hurricane [Re: rockytop83]
    #5494972 - 04/08/06 10:57 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

If your sig quote is your idea of a good song, I can see why you might think so....


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After one comes, through contact with it's administrators, no longer to cherish greatly the law as a remedy in abuses, then the bottle becomes a sovereign means of direct action.  If you cannot throw it at least you can always drink out of it.  - Ernest Hemingway

If it is life that you feel you are missing I can tell you where to find it.  In the law courts, in business, in government.  There is nothing occurring in the streets. Nothing but a dumbshow composed of the helpless and the impotent.    -Cormac MacCarthy

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.  - Aeschylus


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Re: Bob Dylan---Hurricane [Re: Madtowntripper]
    #5494990 - 04/08/06 11:02 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Eh, what can I say, Im a WSP fan

Not knocking Dylan though, just that particular song.


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Re: Bob Dylan---Hurricane [Re: rockytop83]
    #5494996 - 04/08/06 11:05 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

eh? Is that a widespread panic song?

I thought it was some rap stuff or something...

I take it back...


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After one comes, through contact with it's administrators, no longer to cherish greatly the law as a remedy in abuses, then the bottle becomes a sovereign means of direct action.  If you cannot throw it at least you can always drink out of it.  - Ernest Hemingway

If it is life that you feel you are missing I can tell you where to find it.  In the law courts, in business, in government.  There is nothing occurring in the streets. Nothing but a dumbshow composed of the helpless and the impotent.    -Cormac MacCarthy

He who learns must suffer. And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.  - Aeschylus


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Re: Bob Dylan---Hurricane [Re: Madtowntripper]
    #5495001 - 04/08/06 11:07 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Any live 75 version of Hurricane absolutely smokes. I HIGHLY recommend Bob Dylan Bootleg Series volume five.

And as a side note, Pusherman (from rockytop's sig) is a good song too. Widespread Panic does a good cover of it and they tastefully replace "nigger" with "shadow."

I'm that shadow in the alley.


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Re: Bob Dylan---Hurricane [Re: Madtowntripper]
    #5495004 - 04/08/06 11:08 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

It's a Curtis Mayfield song.


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Re: Bob Dylan---Hurricane [Re: kosmic_charlie]
    #5495015 - 04/08/06 11:11 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Quote:

kosmic_charlie said:
And as a side note, Pusherman (from rockytop's sig) is a good song too.  Widespread Panic does a good cover of it and they tastefully replace "nigger" with "shadow."

I'm the shadow in the alley.




Yep :thumbup:


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Re: Bob Dylan---Hurricane [Re: blaze2]
    #5495043 - 04/08/06 11:21 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

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blaze2 said:
this song is about rubin carter aka "the hurricane" Denzel Washington played him in teh major motion picture "the hurricane" The guy was a boxer who was almost world champion before he got falsely accused by racist cops in teh 60's of some murder, he was in jail for a long time, but he's out now. Peace

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Where did you hear this??


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Re: Bob Dylan---Hurricane [Re: HELLA_TIGHT]
    #5495048 - 04/08/06 11:23 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Awesome tune, truely awesome.


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Re: Bob Dylan---Hurricane [Re: JonnyDeformed]
    #5495060 - 04/08/06 11:26 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

that made him get out of jail

he was falsely acused and Bob did it for him to get out

sorry that is very meaningful


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Re: Bob Dylan---Hurricane [Re: shroomygirl]
    #5495115 - 04/08/06 11:46 PM (17 years, 9 months ago)

Dylan's song didn't help him get out of prison. He was set free on a technicality because the judge was a dumbass. I think Ruben Carter is probably guilty. If you look at the evidence it all points to him and there's no proof whatsoever that anything was planted by police. And it's important to realize that the movie is based on the book that Ruben Carter himself wrote.


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