The Roots - Masters of War - LIVE

[zyklonbmovie]

its not just the USA its the global banks that are the masters of war, these spooks should get it straight

[badmovebaker]

The sound quality on this isn't brilliant, but what the Roots did really was. The incorporation of the national anthem, Taps, Machine Gun, and even You Dropped a Bomb on Me, was (I think) a clever and inventive way to capture renewed sentiment in a time of a brand new unpopular war.

[anthonythewhale]

what song is the riff @4:15 from?

[Lurp65]

this ruined a classic

[jimmyshitbags]

nah can't say I care for this cover very much.

[MikeyRed76]

I really can't like this enough. I like this enough to cancel out all the dumbasses that could ever dislike this video.

[MichaelBallack91]

@MikeyRed76

yeah because anyone who disagrees with your opinion is a dumbass. Good call. I don't like this personally, it sounds too cheesy. I get what they were going for with the anthem thing, but I really didn't like it. I don't think this song was meant to be taken lightly. It's like Ballad For a Thin Man...it has it's own dark rhythm and when you mess with it...you get this. But it's your opinion, and you're entitled to it.

[MikeyRed76]

@MichaelBallack91

It's poignant. It's dynamic, creative, and well-performed. It's performance comes at a time when kids need to hear this song more than ever. They present it in a way that today's attention-deficit generation can follow. It's on time. Dylan reinterpreted his music over and over and over, experimenting with form and process. Why can't they?

I have many opinions that people disagree with and respect for those that do. However, I feel strongly about this performance. Sorry.

[MikeyRed76]

Yeah. They're pretty much IT.

[webster657]

THEY COVERD THIS BETTER AT BONNAROO 2007 :) Captain Kirk soloed running down a alley that split the crowd in half as the tuba player followed. !!!East Coast!!!!

[Sunny066]

is that the beginning riff of machine gun i hear it cut out to?

[farenhe1t]

@Sunny066 Song wasn't quite over :o

[penguido1]

that was amazing. Song has come a long way.

[brewerbrian420]

The Roots forever!

[mikie8865]

liberal radicalism?

[Amakisongs]

liberal radicalism annoys me but this is interesting!

[joeseg1963]

war profiteers have no soul to buy back

[valcarni1]

Is this the group on Jimmy fallon ?

[unmemorablehero]

I remember when I saw the roots for the first time, and they played this.....I about crapped my pants!

So amazing :)

[PrestyGomez]

I think Leon Russel might have been the first to sing "Masters of War" to the melody of the national anthem.

[existmental]

I'm kinda pissed that I'm having trouble finding the original Bob Dylan version anywhere on youtube, but I'm very glad I found this!

[screwingupawetdream]

@existmental Dylan's lawyers have hit youtube pretty hard, up not much official stuff of his left up

[sjknox]

Fuck yeah, i was just thinkin why aren't there any good versions of masters of war. decide to check it out on youtube, and fuck yeah!

[RPenta]

@sjknox I was thinking the same thing; then I found this one; and I kept looking.

[harrymellons]

Screw war. screw scanners. RZST

[mespasticpunk]

Most Excellent to Give Bob Dylan's Song this Patriotic Soul! They Are AmAZING!

[whosrunningthisplace]

@mespasticpunk, It is high time the artists started to become politically active. It is great to drag out one of the greatest civil rights and war protester of all time. However, I am ready to see the younger, newer, supposedly more tech savvy to come up with some new material and directed more at the war mongering profiteers and bigots of today. This gray haired baby boomer hippie hopes the younger generations will start expressing the outrage!

[RyanLynch2000]

Bold.

[06stiismine]

Masters of War in tune of the Star Spangled Banner...speechless.

[almfan]

That's great! And you're awesome for posting it.

[IgorDimitrienko]

SICK!

[Gunfulker27]

Capt Kirk is underrated as a vocalist

[jeanbanahn]

mammamia this is goooood

[equayona]

Powerful!

[MrMarcyan]

it's not so easy. I love this song, I love not only to listen to it, but I also love to play it on my guitar and sometimes it brings a tear to my eye, but, on the other hand, those cruel and inhuman masters of war saved my country, when it needed help (a number of times).

[mista13er]

proper yanks in the crowd, check em out . WOOOOOOOOOOO, YEAAAAHHHH!

HAHA craziest nation in the world

[jcc152509]

They are a GREAT fucking band.

[xthisangelfellx]

Amazing... the Roots rock

[antthenut]

WOW!!! That pretty much sums this up. Genius!

[zanerulesyeah]

Incredible re-imagining! Brilliant drum solo! Love it.

[Honeypott310]

There needs to be more tuba's in hip hop... LOVE The Roots!

[Boumante]

@Honeypott310 except this isn't hip hop

[TheGravitationist]

@Boumante

Yeah, but they are a hip hop band.

[heybert05]

@Boumante what are you talking about

the roots are hip hop

[Boumante]

@heybert05 i know but this isn't,

long live the roots

[Goatssoup]

This kind of things is what I like about USA

This version rocks!

[noyadont1]

great song played by a great band

[BLUCHEEZ]

?uestlove + Captain Kirk + Tuba Gooding Jr. is called 'Go Get A Late Pass'

Now go get a late pass

[wanderwild]

They played this in Milwaukee the night Jesse Helms died, July 4, 2008... and they dedicated the song to him!!! It was awesome!!!

[butteryass2354]

5:45 questlove is the man

[humbuckerhero]

they played this song at UC a few years back! Some people there hated it but i was soooo happy to hear some dylan!

[kpcourt12]

?uestlove is so tight.

[jimrobertsid]

they have an album of there covers??? that would be fuckin sweet if they did

[ReadBoutGarvey]

Saw them do this at Bonnaroo '07. Amazing group.

[crozz131]

Dude I was there! What a sick version. I wish they would come out with an album version of this song.

[superjed]

I was there! It was so electric!

[if66was99]

Ha Ha! That's crazy good stuff there! :)

[raymieo]

bob dylan not dillian

[arraya72]

Hell Yeah!

[noibn2]

Epic

[themuffinman1285]

damn good cover, i think it would have been a little better had it had the last verse, it's a bad ass verse: And I hope that you die and your death will come soon

I'll follow your casket through the pale afternoon

And I'll watch while you're lowered into your death bed

Then I'll stand over your grave till I'm sure that you're dead

[NEILAE86]

I think Dylan would be proud. Great interpretation, lots of feeling.

[sistir23]

GREAT VERSION

[jasminesewright]

The Vanilla bass player is sick!

Owen killz

[1seriousfucker]

best fucking version ever

[MrPittsSox]

watch EdVed do this song justice at the Dylan Tribute with GE Smith

[aminblues]

power to the people

[1seriousfucker]

fuck dylan! he was a good poet not a good singer! I have alot of his cd's he does best with other bands!

[Pandapanda1978]

Mycket bra!

[annettecls]

this sounds good!

[Gnosistic]

AWESOME!! I've never heard the roots do something quite like this! To bad Hub is gone but the Sousaphone playing is a sick addition like a heavy heavy synth bass...

And damn, Kirk can SING!!

[jackh4eva]

Crap.

[zimmiesgirl]

absoLUTEly STUNNING! Roots ROCK!

[comraderaoul]

This is such a powerful song and it has never been close to as relevant as it is now. But I'm not a big fan of the drum solos and stylistic variation. It should be played straight through and without adornment, so that nothing gets in the way of the rage.

[natew010]

you are an idiot ever hear of vietnam

[FredrickNielson]

This song wouldn't have been perfect without a drum solo. And an insane one at that.

[namkooc]

my fave group/band of all time

[yangyang34]

Sorry that was Saturday night. I don't know what I did yesterday

[yangyang34]

Saw em at UT last night as well. They were great. Simply great.

[farenhe1t]

Austin might be the coolest place in Texas...

[jacobladders]

@farenhe1t yeah its the only coolest place in texas besides that fuck the rest of the bible thumping lone star state

[unmemorablehero]

@farenhe1t might be?????

It is!

......anything that could be close would be south padre island.

[Eptiger]

I saw them do this live in Austin and it was off the hook!!! It's worth seeing them live to see this song alone, because it's really an incredible experience, but they never disappoint in a live show.

[botch061502]

i was there.. i think with the exception of Rage the ROots fucking owned Coachella

[OMBLIGOchannel]

love it!!!!!!!!5*

[usermillion]

shame a.c. newman's head was in the way

[breakthemachine]

Great interpretation of the song!!!!!!!

[BrownTwoStepper]

this is sick...where is this at?

[farenhe1t]

Coachella, California, 2007! The sickest festival ever :)

[toddholden]

saw Cody do his thing at Beacon 'I'm Not Here' show...awesome dude, and the drummer and Tuba Man tore the place down...totally on target...worthy

[adellman]

wow this the good stuff nice live show

[chowfun18]

I think this owes as much to Hendrix's "Star-Spangled Banner" at Woodstock - the improvved Taps, for example - as it does to Dylan's masterwork.

[hodnett53]

I agree with you and would like to point out though that elements of Hendrix's "Machine Gun" were used by Kirk Douglas during guitar solos the two times I have seen The Roots live. I think Machine Gun is a more appropriate song as it is a similar protest of war.

[elliotwisdom]

E dubs

[johnsteinbeck]

AMAZING. love the roots, love bob, love the song. captain kirk douglas, i met him, what a nice person!

[oarvids]

is this the whole song though? usually there's another verse at the end, and another guitar solo and all 3 of them going nuts right before that. hmmm.

[natedoug]

pretty cool

[quickbeats]

this was seriously one of the most intense moments of the entire weekend.

[bellinghamster]

I'm sure Bob would be proud. So sad this song is still very relevant after 44 years.

[potattoo]

This was definitely one of the highlights of the entire festival for me. Amazing performance by amazing musicians.

[OpakeArawra2]

holy shit, this is boss as hell!