Are the lyrics to Hurricane by Bob Dylan the angriest of any song?
To say they’re the “angriest” lyrics in any song is difficult to say, considering it’s all a matter of opinion. Keep this in mind, the song is a story, a true story. Many story songs have built up anger, love, happiness, or any other varied emotion you can think of. When I think of angry classic folk songs, this is not the first that would jump to my mind. Take for example Neil Young/CSNY’s song, “Ohio”. Written and recorded in one day after the shootings at Kent State. The cries of David Crosby in the end are real. These four men had so much anger in them after this one incident getting out of control… all emotion was directed into the making of this classic. Not only the story line depicts anger, but it’s clearly reflected in the emotion of their voices.
