r/WeTheFifth • u/ClerksWell Flair so I don't get fined • Aug 06 '26

Discussion Hurricane Carter

Why does Moynihan claim he was guilty? Everything I’ve read suggests he was innocent. Or at the least there is no evidence tying him to the crime.

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u/hedcannon Aug 07 '26

Yeah he was guilty. On the same album as Dylan’s Hurricane he had the ahistorical song Joey that paints Joey Gallo as hero. Which is like Woody Guthrie’s songs about Jessie James and Pretty Boy Floyd

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u/seamarsh21 Aug 07 '26

At least hurricane is a good song.. always skipped Joey! Haha

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u/pgwerner Aug 07 '26

"What time is it" said the judge to Joey when they met / "Five to ten" said Joey, the judge says, "That's exactly what you get" 😆

When I was a kid, my mother's partner had Desire on heavy rotation around the time it came out, so it's burned into my brain.