Phil Ochs on YouTube - a truthteller for all time.

[ConsAreLiars]

For those of you who have never hear his voice, listen. But maybe first go read some of his words here, since the Youtube excerpts are so short:

The lyrics site: http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~trent/ochs/lyrics.html

But start here, and tell me what is not true about today "White Boots Marching In A Yellow Land":
http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~trent/ochs/lyrics/white-boots....

Or here: "The Cannons of Christianity"
http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~trent/ochs/lyrics/cannons.html

And many more.

Then go to YouTube for some video
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Phil+Ochs&s...

[twilight_sailing]

1. Would it be rude if I mentioned

Dave Van Ronk in this thread?

If so, please accept my apologies.

It's just that I can't think of Phil Ochs without thinking of Dave Van Ronk.

[GAspnes]

2. not rude

Not enough people remember Dave, or Phil for that matter.

Nice find.

[ConsAreLiars]

4. Quite relevant. And Tom Paxton as well.

Not as painfully intense, but equally compassionate - http://www.tompaxton.com /

Today we have many truthtellers.

David Rovics, Billy Bragg, Ani DiFranco, Niel Young (then and now), NOFX, and many more -- see http://www.benfrank.net/nuke/Free_Peace_mp3s.html for many of them. But few match Ochs, Van Ronk and Paxton (and Dylan, Guthrie (father and son), and Lennon, among the better known).

[The River]

3. I Played His Music in The 60's

and I still play it today (guitar).
He is missed.

[ConsAreLiars]

5. Several of his songs can be heard hear, in full.

http://musikshop.gp.se/Magellan/addToOrder.do ;jsessionid=75B49DC15D5BC4B986A418E13CDC715F

Not the top ten or fifteen, in my view, but at least the songs are not truncated to 15-30 second excerpts.

Pleasures of the Harbor, Flower Lady, Love me I'm a Liberal, and those mentioned above, and many more are missing. But for those don't have anything by him, these are a treasure. Listen. Listen carefully.

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