filament of fantasy

diffused through the stained glass window of the haunted whorehouse

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excerpts from a SATIRE article written by phil ochs, "an interview by fans in the underground of greenwich village," circa mid 1960s

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Relax bro ain’t nobody takin it from you 😭

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Letsss get drunk asf and touch Bob Dylan… for Chile

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phil ochs and jerry rubin with other anti-war protesters photographed by morton broffman preparing to march to the pentagon from the steps of the lincoln memorial on october 21st, 1967

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phil ochs photographed by fred w. mcdarrah at the "war is over" rally phil organized in washington square park, new york city, november 25th, 1967

phil can be seen passing out noisemakers and hershey bars to his fellow agitators, because the director of the selective service system during the vietnam war was one general lewis blaine hershey.

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a&m publicity for phil ochs' single "outside of a small circle of friends" b/w "miranda," both from pleasures of the harbor, in billboard: the international music-record newsweekly, december 2nd, 1967

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“It goes beyond insanity. There is too much reason today.”

"smiling protester lives for today," a profile of phil ochs including excerpts from an interview by enn raudsepp for the globe and mail, september 14th, 1966

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The Boston Globe — May 26, 1968

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"I Ain't Marching Any More" - Phil Ochs (sheet music & guitar chords)

Oh, I marched to the battle of New Orleans At the end of the early British wars The young land started growing The young blood started flowing But I ain't marching anymore For I've killed my share of Indians In a thousand different fights I was there at the Little Big Horn I heard many men lying, I saw many more dying But I ain't marching anymore It's always the old to lead us to the wars It's always the young to fall Now look at all we've won with the saber and the gun Tell me, is it worth it all? For I stole California from the Mexican land Fought in the bloody Civil War Yes, I even killed my brothers And so many others But I ain't marching anymore For I marched to the battles of the German trench In a war that was bound to end all wars Oh, I must have killed a million men And now they want me back again But I ain't marching anymore It's always the old to lead us to the wars Always the young to fall Now look at all we've won with the saber and the gun Tell me, is it worth it all? For I flew the final mission in the Japanese skies Set off the mighty mushroom roar When I saw the cities burning I knew that I was learning That I ain't marching anymore Now the labor leader's screamin' When they close the missile plants United Fruit screams at the Cuban shore Call it peace or call it treason Call it love or call it reason But I ain't marching anymore No, I ain't marching anymore

[onemorecupofcoffee]

phil ochs strikes again as best man ever

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[babedylan]

non-60s artists who have covered / paid homage to phil ochs in their music

on their 1980 album “sandinista!”, british punk rock band the clash sampled lyrics from phil ochs’s poem “united fruit” in their song “up in heaven, not only here”, sang by guitarist mick jones

american singer-songwriter jello biafra (formerly of dead kennedys) and mojo nixon covered phil ochs’s “love me, i’m a liberal” on 1995 album “prairie home invasion, with updated lyrics

canadian american singer-songwriter ani defranco covered “when i’m gone” in 2000

english punk-folk artist billy bragg has had numerous songs in homage to phil ochs, such as a cover of “chords of fame”, and a homage to him in the song “i dreamed i saw phil ochs last night.”

american band they might be giants covered “one more parade” in 1990

punk rock band squirrel bait covered “tape from california” in 1987

english singer songwriter thea gilmore covered “when i’m gone” in 2004

eddie vedder of american rock/grunge band pearl jam covered “here’s to the state of mississippi” in 2006

american pop artist lady gaga performed phil ochs’s “the war is over” in 2016, although in questionable circumstances (private concert for hillary clinton’s election campaign ?)

british singer-songwriter morrissey (formerly of smiths) covered “days of decision” in 2019 (also questionable because it’s morrissey)

[fakeoldmanfucker]

Very very interested in the themes of disassociation in Phil's music. Basket in the Pool and Tape From California come immediately to mind

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phil ochs compares seeing jefferson airplane live to cumming in a 1968 interview with gordon friesen published posthumously in broadside ballads vol. 11: interviews with phil ochs

[babedylan]

does anybody know who phil ochs really is

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The Baltimore Sun — May 20, 1970