jerry,

At least you’re trying to be funny. I think the only revolution is the spinning of compact discs in CD players, or the turning of film reels in projectors.

peter,

You really should hear Nina Simone’s stuff (she died last year). She tailed off toward the end of her career, but her version of “Need a Little Sugar in My Bowl” is well done and some of her protest songs have considerable verve. She was a much better piano player than Sir Elton, having gone to Julliard, and a better singer in a jazzy-blusey sort of style. Interestingly, she even recorded some Beatles tunes, though they aren’t her best work.

As for Dylan not writing anti-war songs after 1964, when you’ve authored “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “Masters of War,” “God on Our Side” which could and do apply to any unjustified war, how many times must a man make his point?