I was going to post something last night about "false flags" but then reconsidered, figuring that such a thread would soon turn to a cinder and disappear so I think I'll back out from any possible specifics and scale up to the general atmosphere.

I've always liked Jimi Hendrix's rendition of "All Along the Watchtower" and I suspect that most people, if they know the song, would assume that Hendrix wrote it. But he didn't, it's actually Bob Dylan's song but Mr. Zimmerman never really had the powerful guitar chops nor the voice to make the song the powerhouse that Hendrix did.

Somewhere, I heard that "All Along the Watchtower" has a lot of Biblical verses or at least lineage to its words and this Dutch minister or modern theologian, Kees de Graaf, takes the song apart in what he thinks it means, leaning a lot on what Dylan has said, while also finding Bible verses that are either in the song or that de Graaf thinks influence the song.

Here are the actual lyrics:

There must be some kind of way outta here
Said the joker to the thief
There's too much confusion
I can't get no relief
Business men, they drink my wine
Plowmen dig my earth
None will level on the line
Nobody offered his word
Hey, hey
No reason to get excited
The thief, he kindly spoke
There are many here among us
Who feel that life is but a joke
But, uh, but you and I, we've been through that
And this is not our fate
So let us stop talkin' falsely now
The hour's getting late, hey
Hey
All along the watchtower
Princes kept the view
While all the women came and went
Barefoot servants, too
Well, uh, outside in the cold distance
A wildcat did growl
Two riders were approaching
And the wind began to howl, hey
All along the watchtower
All along the watchtower

Here is de Graaf's essay:

https://www.keesdegraaf.com/media/Misc/3639allalongthewatchtower.pdf

Here's the official Youtube version of Hendrix's cover of the song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLV4_xaYynY

I don't know what's next but I do believe "that the hour is getting late." I think it certainly feels like its the time "to settle accounts or the accounts will be settled with or without our action." And I think that goes all the way from us as individuals all the way up to the national and even international scales. Time is not on our sides...

It’s a theme that has been repeated through time since man first pulled a cat gut across a wooden box. Nothing special or particularly enlightening. A good song though nonetheless.

That brings back some foggy memories from the early 70"s. LOL

Smoke another fatty.

Couldn't stand Dylan's whiney, nasally voice 50 years ago.
Slowly grew on me.
Another 50, and I might buy a record, lol.

He's a better welder than singer.



His first piece of publicly displayed work is an hour or two.from.me.
And like 16'x30' !


Charlie Daniels was a session guitarist for Dylan.a LOOONG time ago

Dang......those cultivator shovels had a lot of life left in them. Worn out ones weren't good enough?

Interesting...



Boco, I think you're missing the point I'm trying to make. I actually dare you to read the Kees de Graff essay about what the meaning of the song is after a person gets past the first page and half. Then again, I'm not surprised you don't get it...

Our daughter can quote any song he ever wrote!

Popular song in the barracks.