The big news of the last few weeks have been the protesters of "Occupy Wall Street". This group of several hundred people have gathered in parks to show the world... something. I'm not totally sure what they want, as they seem to have a mixed message. I just know they are angry and they blame big corporations... or the government. Whatever their issue, it is spreading. There are now people "Occupying" several locations around the globe, including Boston. I'm sure this is going to work, because as we know sitting near the street with signs in the best way to get people interested in your cause, as evidenced by how few homeless people there are in the world.
Anyway, my bigger issue with them is their music. Back in the day, protest music was really good. It was meaningful and well-written. Now when they show footage of an occupation it is some unwashed guy with a guitar trying desperately to come up with a word that rhymes with "hedge fund" and failing miserably. The music is really awful. Clearly they should have occupied a music class first. Therefore, in the spirit of protest, allow Bob Dylan to show them how it's done. Now, this is not the best version of this song I found online, but you can't post the official recordings due to copyright laws. There is something rather ironic about that, but we'll leave that for another time.
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