Bob Dylan, explored

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From With God on Our Side

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    Trad.Greenwich Village
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    Nottamun Town

    traditional

    Lent its tune to Masters of War: Masters of War uses the melody of Nottamun Town as arranged by Jean Ritchie.

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    1957Greenwich Village
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    The Patriot Game

    Dominic Behan

    Lent its tune to With God on Our Side: Dylan took the melody of With God on Our Side from Dominic Behan's The Patriot Game.

  3. ↓ 6 years later

    1963Greenwich Village
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    Talking World War III Blues

    The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

    Same theme as With God on Our Side: Both reach the fear of a nuclear war, one as a comic dream of being its survivor and the other as the end of a long roll call of wars.

  4. ↓ the same year

    1963Greenwich Village
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    Masters of War

    The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

    Same theme as With God on Our Side: Both attack the people and beliefs that drive nations into war.

  5. ↓ the same year

    1963Greenwich Village
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    A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall

    The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan

    Same theme as Masters of War: Both were written in 1962 under the fear of nuclear war.

  6. ↓ 1 year later

    1964Greenwich Village
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    With God on Our Side

    The Times They Are a-Changin'

    Where you started.

  7. ↓ 25 years later

    1989Greenwich Village
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    With God on Our Side

    The Neville Brothers

    A cover of With God on Our Side: The Neville Brothers recorded the song on their 1989 album Yellow Moon.

  8. ↓ 3 years later

    1992Back to the Roots
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    Arthur McBride

    Good as I Been to You

    Same theme as Masters of War: Both side with young men against those who would send them to fight.