“…Earle has crafted a vision of America thrown into chaos, where the falling of the World Trade Center towers is just another symbol of a larger malaise which surrounds us. Earle make us look at this boy, and he does not say that he is innocent, but he says that he should be treated like a human being despite his faults and despite his guilt. It is not a song that takes sides, it is a song that tells us that an ordinary American kid fell in with the wrong crowd (in this case, the Taliban). There were som controversy when it came out, especially the song John Walker’s Blues were widely discussed and often slated in right wing media. Yes, there are some songs relating to it, but only three out of eleven (maybe four). Steve Earle released this “protest album” post 9/11, but contrary to widespread belief it is not a concept album about the tragic events on that date. Will lay down their swords forever in Jerusalem” That I believe that one fine day all the children of Abraham “I woke up this mornin’ and none of the news was goodĪnd death machines were rumblin’ ‘cross the ground where Jesus stoodĪnd the man on my TV told me that it had always been that wayĪnd there was nothin’ anyone could do or say
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