White Boots Marching In A Yellow Land-Eric Andersen and Wyclef Jean(Phil Ochs cover)

[Ken Burch]

For Memorial Day

[Paka]

1. Love Phil Ochs.

Thanks for posting. I'm old enough that I saw him live. It was so sad when he left us.

[Ken Burch]

2. His decision to die was a massive loss to us all.

The country broke his "fragile heart" as the Nanci Griffith song put it, and he had iimpossible expectations for himself, as many bipolar people do(he really wanted to be Elvis and Che at the same time, and neither of them lived to be fifty just trying to be himself).

In some ways, I think Phil's name should have been inscribed on the Vietnam Memorial. That war killed him as much as it killed the men who fought there.

[Paka]

3. You are so right in that respect.

[Smarmie Doofus]

4. Beyond that.... there should be a national holiday to honor the legions who sacrificed to end ....

>>>In some ways, I think Phil's name should have been inscribed on the Vietnam Memorial. That war killed him as much as it killed the men who fought there.>>>>>

that war before they're completely written out of history.

[mahannah]

5. Any push to Phil Ochs is time well spent.