Secret Service v. Bob Dylan
Guerrilla News Network: School Talent Show Draws Secret Service
Parents and students say they are outraged and offended by a proposed band name and song scheduled for a high school talent show in Boulder this evening, but members of the band, named Coalition of the Willing, said the whole thing is being blown out of proportion.
The students told ABC News affiliate KMGH-TV in Denver they are performing Bob Dylan’s song “Masters of War” during the Boulder High School Talent Exposé because they are Dylan fans. They said they want to express their views and show off their musical abilities.
But some students and adults who heard the band rehearse called a radio talk show Thursday morning, saying the song the band sang ended with a call for President Bush to die.
Threatening the president is a federal crime, so the Secret Service was called to the school to investigate.
Students in the band said they’re just singing the lyrics and not inciting anyone to do anything.
I fully support the Secret Service. Students have no business ripping off a 40 year old song about killing the President. if they had some integrity, they would come up with new lyrics about killing the President.
Posted by Eric on November 16, 2004 02:45 PM
