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What does Neil Young mean in this part of the song "Flags of freedom"?
What does it mean by this part of the song "Flags of freedom", album "Living with war" (2006):
"Have you seen the flags of freedom?
What color are they now?
Do you think that you believe in yours
More than they do theirs somehow?
When you see the flags of freedom flyin"
The whole lyrics are here:
http://lyrics.astraweb.com/display/508/neil_young..living_with_war..flags_of_freedom.html
A cover of the song (I couldn't find a video with Neil Young )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUFHM4A0tiM&feature=related
Bonus: what is Bob Dylan 's song that he refers to?
"Have you seen the flags of freedom?
What color are they now?
Do you think that you believe in yours
More than they do theirs somehow?
When you see the flags of freedom flyin"
The whole lyrics are here:
http://lyrics.astraweb.com/display/508/neil_young..living_with_war..flags_of_freedom.html
A cover of the song (I couldn't find a video with Neil Young )
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUFHM4A0tiM&feature=related
Bonus: what is Bob Dylan 's song that he refers to?
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M$2 Answers
Red White and Blue are not the only colors of freedom that can be shown on a flag. People of other nations believe in their flags and their freedom just as much as we do here in the United States. According to the source I located, At this point in live concert by CSNY, the American flag gave way to a whole series of flags. The Bob Dylan song "Chimes of Freedom" (notice Flags of Freedom; Chimes of Freedom?) supplies melodic source material for Flags of Freedom, and of course a nod is given to "Blowin in the Wind" in the line about the flags blowing in the wind.
Here's a Young video for you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mrr3tkNPPo
And here's Bob Dylans "Chimes of Freredom"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty6x_S58FRo
Here's a Young video for you:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mrr3tkNPPo
And here's Bob Dylans "Chimes of Freredom"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ty6x_S58FRo
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M$
"The Freewheeling Bob Dylan", 1963, was Dylans second album, and "Blowin in the Wind" was the first cut on the album, but remember Dylan sang with Joan Baez at the march on Washington in August. "Bob Dylan 1963" could be a reference to either of those specifics, but more likely it is a reference to Dylan's overall attitude toward the war, which was mirrored in much of America's anti war movement, even in 1963, which was early, as anti war sentiment had not grown to what it would one day become.
In case you haven't guessed, I love war protest movement, and I love Dylan and Young. Thanks for asking the great question!