Thin Blue Flame by Josh Ritter Thin Blue Flame is nearly ten minutes long and is absolutely epic. In many ways its dramatic use of visuals is like a modern day A Hard Rains A-Gonna Fall by Bob Dylan. The song combines all sorts of Biblical illusions. Not only does it attack the Bush administration, but it deals with religious hypocrisy & how wars are done in the name of God (Borders soft with refugees/Streets swimming with amputees/Its a Bible or a bullet they put over your heart/Its getting harder and harder to tell them apart.). Josh Ritter was part of a revival of socially conscious folk singers that took place in the 2000s. Unfortunately many of these artists maintain a lower profile than they deserve. Source: Spartucus Jones https://youtube/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=dwVfMJnLWUE
Posted on: Sat, 30 Aug 2014 12:47:57 +0000
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