| Phil Ochs – Chords Of Fame Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| A beautiful take on how fame can ruin an artist. | |
| Phil Ochs – Chords Of Fame Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| A beautiful take on how fame can ruin an artist. | |
| Phil Ochs – Ringing Of Revolution Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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Obviously, this is about a revolution. :) Those who have a stake in maintaining the status quo (i.e., the comfortable middle class and the upper class) are shocked that the rebellion arrived at their doors. Similar to the French Revolution, execution is the answer that the "new heroes" give to them. |
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| Phil Ochs – Jim Dean Of Indiana Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| A tribute to James Dean. Enough said? | |
| Phil Ochs – Flower Lady Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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This song is one my favorite Ochs songs. As far as I know, it's about the death of beauty and happiness. The flower lady is a purveyor of beauty but no one is buying. To be cliché, no one is stopping to smell the flowers. |
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| Phil Ochs – Crucifixion Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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This song is always painful since it is so true. The vultures hovering: "Tell me every detail, I've got to know it all, And do you have a picture of the pain?" The "nice Christian" hatred: "In the shadows of the churches, who knows what they pray For blood is the language of the band." |
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| Phil Ochs – Chaplain Of The War Lyrics | 18 years ago |
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"Chaplain Of The War" and "The Cannons Of Christianity" make apt criticisms of Christianity in history and current society. Children are indoctrinated into Christianity and a civic religion so that they will be prepared to follow orders in the name of the church or the nation. Then, when the orders come, they often conflict with the morals they were taught. "Thou shalt not kill" is put on the back-burner until the end of the war. This makes me think of the famous quote: "Men will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest." |
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| Phil Ochs – Bound For Glory Lyrics | 18 years ago |
| An amazing tribute to Woody Guthrie. When I was in elementary school, we would sing "This Land Is Your Land" without context. To us, it was just a fun song about America. It wasn't until high school that I began to understand how revolutionary the song and writer were so the point that "He wrote them for a reason, why not sing them for the same?" resonates deeply with me. | |
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