I saw this man perform and met him briefly afterwards. He was just the kind of man you would expect him to be, kind, generous with his time and friendly to the point of explaining his new album to me. I miss him.
I discovered Phil's music in high school in the 1960's. Went to the Newport Folk Festival after graduating in 1966 and saw him perform in the nightly concerts as well as the "workshops" held during the day there. In college I was fortunate to travel to Vassar College to see him in concert again. I will never forget the electricity of his live performances. His songs haven't aged. He was so far ahead of his time. We are so much poorer without his contemporary voice to call out the insanity of the present age, but we have his music to guide us.
Fortunate to see him perform live at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, Calif. I wasn't too familiar with him but the girl I was dating dragged me to the show after dinner at The Palm just down the street. Dinner great and Phil Ochs was greater. Began searching out his records and still have them all. Devastated when i read he had taken his own life. I read his bio by Michael Shumacher and found the reasons why. Then saw "There but for Fortune" Documentary on American Masters TV program on channel 50 in SoCal. I'm so happy a new generation of music lovers are discovering one of our great singer-songwriters.
He died more that 20 years before I was born on a different continent but his songs among the greatest musical influences in my life (just to clarify I'm not a musician, just someone who is moved by his songs).
What year did you see him at the Troubadour? I don’t mean to be invasive. I was told about him. I just remembered that conversation. Decades later I’m listening for the first time. Better late than never . I just want to hear him. You were able to see him live.
blue, get to know phil ochs! try 'flower lady' 'i aint marchin anymore' 'pleasures of the harbor,' 'chanegs' 'outside of a small circle of friends' . . . . so many others. alas he had a tragic life but made his impact felt!
All these comments saying (with love).. I met Phil Ochs! So did I and he was so sweet and sincere. I was 16 and he was in his early 20'a. Cafe Figaro... had coffee together. I am 75.. makes me cry even thinking about it. Never thought his music would still be the score of my life and he would be gone by 35 years old.
I was 7 years old in 1964 when I learned to play the guitar. My guitar teacher basically taught me nothing but Tom Paxton and Phil Ochs songs - with a Dylan thrown in here and there. I remember when I heard he had killed himself, I was a freshman in college, my roommate shared my musical taste - we we both shocked and saddened. Never saw him perform though.
Saw Phil Ochs perform dozens of times. He was a stalwart, a hero of the 1960s antiwar movement, our troubadour. Brilliant, combatative, and a great singer-songwriter. I remember Phil in Chicago 1968 when he sang this song as the tear gas flowed and as the cops were beating us. We burst into the streets, one of the most powerful moments of my life .... HAPPY BIRTHDAY PHIL OCHS - December 19th!
Brilliant artist who told the truth and was punished for it, until he ended up punishing himself. Brilliant song. I was struck when he died. Amazing artist. God bless you, Phil.
I met Phil at a Gene McCarthy rally. I was 16 and working for Gene. I remember it was raining. I was wearing a white dress and was afraid it would become transparent. Phil came down and talked to the kids working the rally. He played at every big demonstration I ever went to, usually for free. We could use him now.
@@monkeyb1820I had no money, but I made it to almost all of them. I usually hitchhiked with a friend. I looked like everybody’s little sister, so it usually took me under 10 minutes to get a ride. When I was hitching around Europe, I made it from Vienna to London faster than the train.
What a special person to have lived and shared his songs with us. He was the best beatnik bodhisattva of his age. This song has so many iconic "that's a keeper" lines.
One of the tragedies of my life is that I never saw Phil perform. My guitar teacher (I started playing in 1964, which I was 7) introduced me to Peter Paul & Mary, Tom Paxton, Bob Dylan, and of course Phil Ochs. He died when I was a freshman in college. It never occurred to me that I had to rush out to see him perform - of course he had already become erratic by that point. I did see Dylan, Paxton (multiple times), Seeger/Guthrie (multiple times). But I still feel his loss all these years later.
Words of a true patriot: "So do your duty, boys, and join with pride Serve your country in her suicide Find the flags so you can wave goodbye But just before the end even treason might be worth a try This country is to young to die" RIP Phil Ochs
I remember hearing Phil Ochs when I was a child in the late 60's and I always grasped the idea that the utility of war is a pointless venture I always loved his message and if the world would understand this we would not be facing nuclear annialation from our leaders.The thing that gets me is when someone tells me "freedom isn't free" but most that say these these things have never worn a uniform to fit their words,it shames me as an American and it shames them a thousand times more.Thank u for the freedom to know what is right and I repellent what they say is wrong.
I'm so happy to have discovered such a great person and musician. And I'm also super glad to see that he keeps his guitar in the same way as me ahaha anyway, I wish I could have born before so that I could witness this genius at work, I can only listen to his songs and watch these rare videos but nobody knews him and everyone seems to have forgotten him! I hope that his memory will still be alive as years go on because this man was precious gold that unfortunately has gone waisted! I love him and I'll remember him for ever! RIP Phil Ochs ❤
Phil Ochs was a really nice person, a good friend of mine a very long time ago. I'm a songwriter also and I still play Phil's songs - I wanted to improve my lyrics, so I asked him how he wrote such great songs, what was the technique? Phil said "they just come to me..." so I left my mind blank when I was writing and it helped a lot. Phil acted sober, but he drank heavily and was very depressed. Here is my version of "The Bells" : ruclips.net/video/dlcWDmGW3NI/видео.html "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (Bob Dylan) ruclips.net/video/S3ju6qSYDfo/видео.html Here are 17 studio songs I posted free, I no longer perform; the audiences don't care anymore and I'm 67 years old, just an unknown starving artist with no friends or family, suits me. "Old George Bush had a Factory Farm" www.soundclick.com/html5/v3/player.cfm?type=single&songid=7610097&q=hi&newref=1
I was in high school in Milwaukee when Phil came to play a club across the street from the storefront where my friends and I used to meet and discuss how to change the world. I didn't go, still not sure why. Not long after that Phil passed. I missed him, and I miss him.
Don K- I will give them all the education I can about standing up to a tyranical government. "March for life" give me a break... but thanks for bringing me back to Phil
@@frizlepop3 I think you mean "The March for Our Lives" which was/is a student-led movement in support of tighter gun control laws. (It took place on March 24, 2018 in Washington D.C., as well as all across the country. It was organized in response to the Parkland shootings. Students are finally getting active, esp., I think, due to their disgust with our corrupt politicians (who, after the egregious, & ever more frequent school massacres, refuse to take any responsibility. Instead, they blame people with mental illness, while spewing meaningless platitudes). They NEVER pass ANY meaningful anti-gun legislation (e.g., banning assault weapons, closing the "gun show-loophole" (incl. addressing internet weapons sales), demanding comprehensive background checks ...). Our so-called "representatives" only represent their powerful donors & corporate lobbyists. [Here: the despicable NRA, who are even against background checks of persons on the terrorist watch list!] "The March for Our Lives" is, primarily, a fight against the NRA's agenda & against our politicians' corrupt complicity in these massacres. "The March for Life" on the other hand, is a right-wing, anti-abortion (i.e., anti-choice) movement. In any case, I think WE NEED A ROBUST ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT ASAP!!! ... Both The Dems & the Repubs, as well as the Corporate Media, are promoting a new "Cold War" (Russia, Russia, Russia, ad nauseum) along with pushing overt McCarthyism (anyone who comes out against the present narrative vis a vis Russia, Venezuela, etc. is branded a "Putin Puppet", while the MIC (Military-Industrial Complex) is pushing for WW III ! -- I WISH PHIL was still among the living!!! If only he had known HOW DEEPLY he is MISSED!!!
Phil Ochs "the war is over" has always been one of my favorites because of its issue and where I stand for stupidity in our demonic world...this one always brings tears to my eyes because of so many freinds I've known that have been lost in our world...its time for change in our world and if the world don't change we sure as hell won't due to repeat what we have gained and that is nothing sad thing is you never hear these words anymore just some new pop star that sings about money,pussy,or something not of our serious issues in the world.
This song gives me the chills especially when he says "I believe the war is over". I'm a Millennial and I'm so disappointed our musicians now don't even come close to touching the lyrical genius and message of this song.
I remember sitting at the breakfast table before school in Junior High and listening to Phil's song Small Circle of Friends on WBAI New York. His music made an impact on me at a young age.
He was such a huge part of my late teens. I went to every demonstration I could get to. Phil was always there, from Chicago to NYC. To Washington DC. Phil was always there.
@@davebuchan81 A TRUE VISIONARY DAVE! WHAT IS SAID ABOUT VIETNAM 🇻🇳 HE SAID 50 YEARS AGO. I AINT A MARCHING ANYMORE, HOW MANY NEEDLESS WARS FOLLOWED THE NAM?🤦♂️🇺🇸🤦♂️
First got interested in Phil Ochs in 88/89 thru my friend David the brother of Michael who died in 88. We wee v close then. He was a v good friend to me. I drove him to see Johnny cash in a beetle on Kilburn high road in national ballroom when Johnny sang Forty shades of gree. Twice. FFS. Crowd Irish ghetto there loved it. I loved Johnny n June too. Amazing venue n night. David n me swopped books n music all the time. He's now about 65 I think. Married to a great woman. Two sons. Design n technology teacher who at home makes beautiful mandonlins and am hoping banjos too. Lives off Brixton hill London
Also, study Nature. Ants and other species go to war all the time, over territory and resources. Same reason people do, basically. Reality is harsh sometimes.
@@bookguitarguyBut we are better than that. God has given all things richly. Most importantly, we have the brains and ability to turn the cost of energy acquisition and transmission to ~ 0, just as we have already done to the cost of communication and computing. When we achieve that war will be completely irrational if it isn't irrational enough already.
The Anniversary of his Suicide, is this month. I remember him well, and remember how heart broken we all were, that he chose to kill himself, and even made sadder that he chose do it here in Rockaway Beach, where there were so many of us, who, had we known, would have done what we could to help him.
He was such a good live performer!! The whole conceit from this song of just saying "hell with it, it isn't real" was pretty much repeated note for note by John & Yoko with the whole "bed peace" thing. Phil Ochs was postmodern before it even got to be post.
I have never seen this video, what a fantastic surprise. I can't believe this has only 900 views. American society is pathetic.Phil was such a great person and an awesome singer songwriter. I get tears in my eyes watching him and hoping somehow he is still alive. Phil thank you and I wish this had 900,000 views.
Personally, I'd like to think it's not the absolute number of views, but the quality of the viewer that is of prime importance. Go out and support the performers who are keeping his vision alive at a Phil Ochs Song Night!
@ Nicholas Pratt I went to one when I lived in NY in either '98 or '99. I've never heard of any other city having them but I lived in Asia for twenty years or more so I wouldn't have known even if they were still going.
I remember this very well! I was visiting New York and saw all these giant billboards all over place that John and Yoko had put up! When I saw them after more than a decade of getting targeted and getting the shit beat out of me those giant billboards did it for me. I went around everywhere yelling the war is over and I never thought about Vietnam where all my childhood friends died as teenagers Again! THE WAR IS OVER!
I liked the previous song Okie from Muskogee I believe it is from his 1970 Live from Carnegie Hall Concert where he wore a Gold lame suit (in answer to Elvis’s gold suit) sang Elvis songs and the Famous Merle Haggard song Okie from Muskogee, for some reason ‘they’ (decided to turn off comments) he talked about why he wanted to do different songs by from Others, apparently his record company wouldn’t release the album because it wasn’t liked by most of his ‘fans’ However it was released a few years later, I think it is a marvellous album, And his version of Okie is terrific!.
Also just wanted to say that our figure head Trump should take heed in these songs because with what we have now we all go down together in this world,peace means freedom and not the other way around.
LOL. Obama was more into having our troops overseas fighting than Trump is. He believes in a strong military, and talking tough as a DETERRENT, to keep us out of wars. Don't forget he was a Democrat most of his life, and opposed the Iraq invasion.
@bookguitarguy Sure. Trump was too busy trying to destroy our democracy from within. No time to turn his tiny mind toward the international stage. And that stage was too complicated for him to comprehend.The silly tw** couldn't even find N.Korea on a map.
Look at the suit and tie. Wow. God how I miss the years after the war was finally over. A dark period the draft, horrible how our young men were sacrificed.
If they were around now they'd be absolutely huge. Sadly, record companies preyed on upcoming artists because artists had no other choice if they wanted exposure. Look at the amount of songs that were unreleased or edited because they were too political. Such a shame.
I saw Phil at the Gaslight. His haunting melodies and incredibly relevant words turned a switch in my life. I hop on RUclips frequently to get a Phil fix. I wish....
Never heard this guy before, thank you for uploading, I love you tube. His voice reminds me of the singers from the 50s with their clear voices, beautiful song
I love his music .. so underrated. Though i may be his only fan who doesn't necessarily agree with his far Left politics. But his music is haunting, his lyrics in songs like Ringing of Revolution are fantastic.
Oppothumbs M; It's funny how you can always find good art and good music coming from people with a twisted and unhealthy mind. The KKK and the Nazis had some good music , too.
Unfortunately another victim of the madness that plagues humanity. I'm glad he gave us all the songs he did before his untimely death. I say untimely death for a lot of reasons, but I'm almost positive he'd be as well known as Dylan if that never happened.
"I declare the war is over." If only President Zelensky could say that today. The words to this song have to do with the rediculous Viet Nam war so are not fully relevant but the cruelty, destruction, havoc on the peoples are universal are. I believe if Phil Ochs was alive today he would have a relevant version about a democratic country minding its ownnbusiness which is in war against the Goliathnneighboring country run by a mad man and mafia economics which has poisoned the minds of its people for generations to come.
To be fair, I'm not a proponent of the Ukraine War, but someone like Zelensky at least has a reason to pushback, but he's also a hypocrite. He ran on a platform of peace, but since winning it's been nothing but war mongering. If only Putin, Zelensky, and American diplomats would call for peace. Ukraine is already doomed. Their real estate and farmland has been systematically captured by foreign and corporate interests. They will never be the same again. Zelensky and western diplomats sold them down the river.
There But For Fortune is my favorite...beautiful man who ended his own life at 35. He was bipolar. You ought to see the documentary: "There But For Fortune"...so fucking sad. And Bob Dylan shunned him....stupid ass.
Phil was a genius with a voice of an angel. I think he was everything that Dylan hoped he could be, and wasn't. I suffer from bipolar disorder, too. Phil, I wish you could have conquered your demons, because the world is a much lesser place without you.
I think Dylan was wonderful with images, made beautiful stuff... But as as far as really getting to the heart of the matters at hand, Phil was the master while Dylan was the master of imagery. People like Dylan more because his work was more accessible, not because it was better. Dylan could get in touch with you in making you see the world through his poetic vision, while Phil could nail some of the deepest, darkest aspects of society and humanity, like the cycle of sacrifice depicted in "The Crucifixion", or the emotional depths of depression present in songs like "Doesn't Lenny Live Here Anymore" and "Rehearsals For Retirement". Neither is objectively better than the other, because they pursued very different poetic styles and excelled in them. An apple is only better than an orange when it is defined as so within the confines of subjective opinion.
@@ughhhjohnmiles Nah it is decent but played out and way too long. Dylan didn't give a shit one way or the other so hearing him rail against society is grating
Phil was speaking truth to power thru his music , for this he was Murdered.newspapers say he killed himself , Lies Lies Lies, we all know WHO owns the newspapers Etc.Etc.Etc.
It has to be after 67' because that is when Phil first performed The War is Over and the song wasn't released until 68'. I think it is 68' because the interview that accompanies performance this talks about Phil's "new album" which must be Tape from California which was released in mid-1968.
He may have felt some jealousy towards Dylan's success but he had way more serious issues than that. To say that it caused him to kill himself is absurd.
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I saw this man perform and met him briefly afterwards. He was just the kind of man you would expect him to be, kind, generous with his time and friendly to the point of explaining his new album to me. I miss him.
A TRUE VISIONARY! AS WE LOOK BACK 50 YEARS AGO. MAN WAS A PROPHET. VIETNAM 🇻🇳 WAS A WASTE OF LIVES!!🤔🇺🇸🤔
that's a beautiful memory you get to keep
Yes. And, unlike Dylan, he showed up when it counted.
Aww u lucky man!
Same experience. I talked to him after a show at Max's Kansas City. Yes, kind and generous and compassionate.
"Trust your leaders where mistakes are almost never made, and they're afraid that I'm afraid". Such a timeless line.
I discovered Phil's music in high school in the 1960's. Went to the Newport Folk Festival after graduating in 1966 and saw him perform in the nightly concerts as well as the "workshops" held during the day there. In college I was fortunate to travel to Vassar College to see him in concert again. I will never forget the electricity of his live performances. His songs haven't aged. He was so far ahead of his time. We are so much poorer without his contemporary voice to call out the insanity of the present age, but we have his music to guide us.
Fortunate to see him perform live at the Troubadour in West Hollywood, Calif. I wasn't too familiar with him but the girl I was dating dragged me to the show after dinner at The Palm just down the street. Dinner great and Phil Ochs was greater. Began searching out his records and still have them all. Devastated when i read he had taken his own life. I read his bio by Michael Shumacher and found the reasons why. Then saw "There but for Fortune" Documentary on American Masters TV program on channel 50 in SoCal. I'm so happy a new generation of music lovers are discovering one of our great singer-songwriters.
He died more that 20 years before I was born on a different continent but his songs among the greatest musical influences in my life (just to clarify I'm not a musician, just someone who is moved by his songs).
Ochs May be gone, but he will never die, as long as we struggle for unity and peace.
What year did you see him at the Troubadour?
I don’t mean to be invasive. I was told about him. I just remembered that conversation. Decades later I’m listening for the first time. Better late than never . I just want to hear him. You were able to see him live.
@@arleenbutner9741 1971
@@steveroberts8719 Thank You
I don't know him.. I actually have no idea how I got to this video but I will never regret it. Beautiful voice. Great song.
Even more then that. A beautiful message.
Phil is a lovely musician. A true folk rebirth is due I think.
blue, get to know phil ochs! try 'flower lady' 'i aint marchin anymore' 'pleasures of the harbor,' 'chanegs' 'outside of a small circle of friends' . . . . so many others. alas he had a tragic life but made his impact felt!
@@SteveonLI but I'm sure it wouldn't interest anybody outside of a small circle friends
@@Hi_Brien . . . . . . probably not
All these comments saying (with love).. I met Phil Ochs! So did I and he was so sweet and sincere. I was 16 and he was in his early 20'a. Cafe Figaro... had coffee together. I am 75.. makes me cry even thinking about it. Never thought his music would still be the score of my life and he would be gone by 35 years old.
I was 7 years old in 1964 when I learned to play the guitar. My guitar teacher basically taught me nothing but Tom Paxton and Phil Ochs songs - with a Dylan thrown in here and there. I remember when I heard he had killed himself, I was a freshman in college, my roommate shared my musical taste - we we both shocked and saddened. Never saw him perform though.
Saw Phil Ochs perform dozens of times. He was a stalwart, a hero of the 1960s antiwar movement, our troubadour. Brilliant, combatative, and a great singer-songwriter. I remember Phil in Chicago 1968 when he sang this song as the tear gas flowed and as the cops were beating us. We burst into the streets, one of the most powerful moments of my life .... HAPPY BIRTHDAY PHIL OCHS - December 19th!
Brilliant artist who told the truth and was punished for it, until he ended up punishing himself. Brilliant song. I was struck when he died. Amazing artist. God bless you, Phil.
Always my hero, Phil. Your like will never be seen again. The world lost something special in you. Adios Amigo.
I met Phil at a Gene McCarthy rally. I was 16 and working for Gene. I remember it was raining. I was wearing a white dress and was afraid it would become transparent. Phil came down and talked to the kids working the rally. He played at every big demonstration I ever went to, usually for free. We could use him now.
This is great. A great memory.
kind of odd how he had the money and ability to get to so many demonstrations.
@@monkeyb1820I had no money, but I made it to almost all of them. I usually hitchhiked with a friend. I looked like everybody’s little sister, so it usually took me under 10 minutes to get a ride. When I was hitching around Europe, I made it from Vienna to London faster than the train.
What a special person to have lived and shared his songs with us. He was the best beatnik bodhisattva of his age. This song has so many iconic "that's a keeper" lines.
"The mad director knows that freedom will not make you free...."
That line goes way beyond temporal concerns
One of the tragedies of my life is that I never saw Phil perform. My guitar teacher (I started playing in 1964, which I was 7) introduced me to Peter Paul & Mary, Tom Paxton, Bob Dylan, and of course Phil Ochs. He died when I was a freshman in college. It never occurred to me that I had to rush out to see him perform - of course he had already become erratic by that point. I did see Dylan, Paxton (multiple times), Seeger/Guthrie (multiple times). But I still feel his loss all these years later.
Phil was simply a better songwriter than the rest except for Dylan I suppose.
Have a listen to " I ain't marching anymore". Never get tired of that song, words so true.
AMAZING LYRICS AND MESSAGE! PHIL KNEW MORE WARS WOULD FOLLOW THE NAM!🙏🏼🔥🙏🏼
Best folk singer ever been. Too much forgotten by now sadly..
Words of a true patriot:
"So do your duty, boys, and join with pride
Serve your country in her suicide
Find the flags so you can wave goodbye
But just before the end even treason might be worth a try
This country is to young to die"
RIP Phil Ochs
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@@colinjohnrudd thanks for sharing. Beautiful song.
Wonderful to actually see him perform. Heard he was great live; wish I was that lucky.
I saw him live many times in Boston. My favorite. His death was so sorrowful.
I remember hearing Phil Ochs when I was a child in the late 60's and I always grasped the idea that the utility of war is a pointless venture I always loved his message and if the world would understand this we would not be facing nuclear annialation from our leaders.The thing that gets me is when someone tells me "freedom isn't free" but most that say these these things have never worn a uniform to fit their words,it shames me as an American and it shames them a thousand times more.Thank u for the freedom to know what is right and I repellent what they say is wrong.
I'm so happy to have discovered such a great person and musician. And I'm also super glad to see that he keeps his guitar in the same way as me ahaha anyway, I wish I could have born before so that I could witness this genius at work, I can only listen to his songs and watch these rare videos but nobody knews him and everyone seems to have forgotten him! I hope that his memory will still be alive as years go on because this man was precious gold that unfortunately has gone waisted! I love him and I'll remember him for ever! RIP Phil Ochs ❤
Phil Ochs was a really nice person, a good friend of mine a very long time ago. I'm a songwriter also and I still play Phil's songs - I wanted to improve my lyrics, so I asked him how he wrote such great songs, what was the technique? Phil said "they just come to me..." so I left my mind blank when I was writing and it helped a lot. Phil acted sober, but he drank heavily and was very depressed. Here is my version of "The Bells" :
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"It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (Bob Dylan)
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Here are 17 studio songs I posted free, I no longer perform; the audiences don't care anymore and I'm 67 years old, just an unknown starving artist with no friends or family, suits me.
"Old George Bush had a Factory Farm"
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I was in high school in Milwaukee when Phil came to play a club across the street from the storefront where my friends and I used to meet and discuss how to change the world. I didn't go, still not sure why. Not long after that Phil passed. I missed him, and I miss him.
We need to have more of those talks. How to change the world
@@criminalchicken499 The French, who have Seen It All, say,
"Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose."
I heard him at Pershing Square in 1969 at a SDS rally we marched on City Hall demanding the end of the Vietnam War
You are lucky to have heard him.
Phil Ochs one of my heros!
Loved him, we could use his talent and commentary these days.
From a time when songs had meaning, and we were able to change the world ...
Find a flag so you can wave goodbye
The March for life may actually be the start of a new youth movement. It’s long overdue. Give them all the support you can
Don K- I will give them all the education I can about standing up to a tyranical government. "March for life" give me a break... but thanks for bringing me back to Phil
@@frizlepop3 I think you mean "The March for Our Lives" which was/is a student-led movement in support of tighter gun control laws. (It took place on March 24, 2018 in Washington D.C., as well as all across the country. It was organized in response to the Parkland shootings. Students are finally getting active, esp., I think, due to their disgust with our corrupt politicians (who, after the egregious, & ever more frequent school massacres, refuse to take any responsibility. Instead, they blame people with mental illness, while spewing meaningless platitudes). They NEVER pass ANY meaningful anti-gun legislation (e.g., banning assault weapons, closing the "gun show-loophole" (incl. addressing internet weapons sales), demanding comprehensive background checks ...). Our so-called "representatives" only represent their powerful donors & corporate lobbyists. [Here: the despicable NRA, who are even against background checks of persons on the terrorist watch list!] "The March for Our Lives" is, primarily, a fight against the NRA's agenda & against our politicians' corrupt complicity in these massacres. "The March for Life" on the other hand, is a right-wing, anti-abortion (i.e., anti-choice) movement. In any case, I think WE NEED A ROBUST ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT ASAP!!! ... Both The Dems & the Repubs, as well as the Corporate Media, are promoting a new "Cold War" (Russia, Russia, Russia, ad nauseum) along with pushing overt McCarthyism (anyone who comes out against the present narrative vis a vis Russia, Venezuela, etc. is branded a "Putin Puppet", while the MIC (Military-Industrial Complex) is pushing for WW III ! -- I WISH PHIL was still among the living!!! If only he had known HOW DEEPLY he is MISSED!!!
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My college roommate introduced me to the music of Phil Ochs. I will never forget this truth-teller.
Phil Ochs "the war is over" has always been one of my favorites because of its issue and where I stand for stupidity in our demonic world...this one always brings tears to my eyes because of so many freinds I've known that have been lost in our world...its time for change in our world and if the world don't change we sure as hell won't due to repeat what we have gained and that is nothing sad thing is you never hear these words anymore just some new pop star that sings about money,pussy,or something not of our serious issues in the world.
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This song gives me the chills especially when he says "I believe the war is over". I'm a Millennial and I'm so disappointed our musicians now don't even come close to touching the lyrical genius and message of this song.
Timely yet again. Another madman, another madness.
I remember sitting at the breakfast table before school in Junior High and listening to Phil's song Small Circle of Friends on WBAI New York. His music made an impact on me at a young age.
He was such a huge part of my late teens. I went to every demonstration I could get to. Phil was always there, from Chicago to NYC. To Washington DC. Phil was always there.
This brilliant man keeps making me cry. I will not stop listening Phil, I promise :)
amen
You still listen to the messenger after a year?
@@Hi_Brien Oh yes. I live on a protest camp and I play this to my friends too. The youngsters still respect this messenger :)
@@davebuchan81 beautiful!
@@davebuchan81 A TRUE VISIONARY DAVE! WHAT IS SAID ABOUT VIETNAM 🇻🇳 HE SAID 50 YEARS AGO. I AINT A MARCHING ANYMORE, HOW MANY NEEDLESS WARS FOLLOWED THE NAM?🤦♂️🇺🇸🤦♂️
Never is too late to know him.
I wish the war was over.
War is a continuum, it seems.
First got interested in Phil Ochs in 88/89 thru my friend David the brother of Michael who died in 88. We wee v close then. He was a v good friend to me. I drove him to see Johnny cash in a beetle on Kilburn high road in national ballroom when Johnny sang Forty shades of gree. Twice. FFS. Crowd Irish ghetto there loved it. I loved Johnny n June too. Amazing venue n night. David n me swopped books n music all the time. He's now about 65 I think. Married to a great woman. Two sons. Design n technology teacher who at home makes beautiful mandonlins and am hoping banjos too. Lives off Brixton hill London
War is never over. It will never be allowed to be finished. Read 1984.
It's already been said that "peace is the period between two wars". Most wars are settled by secret talks and diplomacy, not by bombs and bullets.
Also, study Nature. Ants and other species go to war all the time, over territory and resources. Same reason people do, basically. Reality is harsh sometimes.
@@bookguitarguyBut we are better than that. God has given all things richly. Most importantly, we have the brains and ability to turn the cost of energy acquisition and transmission to ~ 0, just as we have already done to the cost of communication and computing. When we achieve that war will be completely irrational if it isn't irrational enough already.
I wonder if the people in the audience even understood how intense these lyrics were? Timeless.
Absolutely timeless, just as Dylan's Masters of War.
Mostly .
The Anniversary of his Suicide, is this month. I remember him well, and remember how heart broken we all were, that he chose to kill himself, and even made sadder that he chose do it here in Rockaway Beach, where there were so many of us, who, had we known, would have done what we could to help him.
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Happy Heavenly 82 Phil ! RIP 🙏
He was such a good live performer!! The whole conceit from this song of just saying "hell with it, it isn't real" was pretty much repeated note for note by John & Yoko with the whole "bed peace" thing. Phil Ochs was postmodern before it even got to be post.
I have never seen this video, what a fantastic surprise. I can't believe this has only 900 views. American society is pathetic.Phil was such a great person and an awesome singer songwriter. I get tears in my eyes watching him and hoping somehow he is still alive. Phil thank you and I wish this had 900,000 views.
Personally, I'd like to think it's not the absolute number of views, but the quality of the viewer that is of prime importance. Go out and support the performers who are keeping his vision alive at a Phil Ochs Song Night!
FACTS
Yeah, I would love to go to one, but they are only in New York if I remember correctly.
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@ Nicholas Pratt I went to one when I lived in NY in either '98 or '99. I've never heard of any other city having them but I lived in Asia for twenty years or more so I wouldn't have known even if they were still going.
I remember this very well! I was visiting New York and saw all these giant billboards all over place that John and Yoko had put up! When I saw them after more than a decade of getting targeted and getting the shit beat out of me those giant billboards did it for me. I went around everywhere yelling the war is over and I never thought about Vietnam where all my childhood friends died as teenagers Again! THE WAR IS OVER!
I can't even sing along without breaking into tears. 💔😭
Hero ,Fine Soul,man of Love and Peace
I love him. RIP
I liked the previous song Okie from Muskogee I believe it is from his 1970 Live from Carnegie Hall Concert where he wore a Gold lame suit (in answer to Elvis’s gold suit) sang Elvis songs and the Famous Merle Haggard song Okie from Muskogee, for some reason ‘they’ (decided to turn off comments) he talked about why he wanted to do different songs by from Others, apparently his record company wouldn’t release the album because it wasn’t liked by most of his ‘fans’ However it was released a few years later, I think it is a marvellous album, And his version of Okie is terrific!.
Also just wanted to say that our figure head Trump should take heed in these songs because with what we have now we all go down together in this world,peace means freedom and not the other way around.
LOL. Obama was more into having our troops overseas fighting than Trump is. He believes in a strong military, and talking tough as a DETERRENT, to keep us out of wars. Don't forget he was a Democrat most of his life, and opposed the Iraq invasion.
@bookguitarguy Sure. Trump was too busy trying to destroy our democracy from within. No time to turn his tiny mind toward the international stage. And that stage was too complicated for him to comprehend.The silly tw** couldn't even find N.Korea on a map.
Look at the suit and tie. Wow. God how I miss the years after the war was finally over. A dark period the draft, horrible how our young men were sacrificed.
my hero.
My hero as well
got to see him in Toronto many times in the summer of 1965 Toronto was in love with him!
That was his first trip to Canada, and that’s when he wrote Changes.
Phil, Tim Hardin, Tim Buckley, David Blue i thought all should have been massive, such talent and beautiful songs.
If they were around now they'd be absolutely huge. Sadly, record companies preyed on upcoming artists because artists had no other choice if they wanted exposure. Look at the amount of songs that were unreleased or edited because they were too political. Such a shame.
The best of the best
We are the maniacs Ladies and gentleman
I saw Phil at the Gaslight. His haunting melodies and incredibly relevant words turned a switch in my life. I hop on RUclips frequently to get a Phil fix. I wish....
動くフィル オックスを初めて見た。素晴らしい演奏だ。
フィル オックスのレコードは全部好きだ。
i hope for 2023 !
Never heard this guy before, thank you for uploading, I love you tube. His voice reminds me of the singers from the 50s with their clear voices, beautiful song
I love his music .. so underrated. Though i may be his only fan who doesn't necessarily agree with his far Left politics. But his music is haunting, his lyrics in songs like Ringing of Revolution are fantastic.
Oppothumbs M; It's funny how you can always find good art and good music coming from people with a twisted and unhealthy mind. The KKK and the Nazis had some good music , too.
@@JohnAlexanderiii A PROPHECY CAME TRUE. HE KNEW VIETNAM 🇻🇳 WAS PURELY POLITICAL. 50 YEARS LATER PEOPLE ADMIT IT WAS A WAR THAT COULD NOT BE WON!🤔
@@nataliep.9047 what the fuck
But Phil wasn't "far Left" at all, unless maybe you consider Jesus, Elizabeth Warren, or Stacey Abrams "far Left."
@@sjsturgis He was far Left. If the word has any meaning. He was getting involved with crazy reminants of the New Left after it went off the edge.
We all need peace and love. Not a war. Europeans should not kill each other.
@Hannah primary! It seems to me that only Europeans are capable of creating world peace.
We need phill now more than ever👍👍👍🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻👏👏👏
Great song. Great man.
Happy Birthday, Phil. Thank you for everything.
What a voice! 😢
Back in the day, Phil Ochs was a big inspiration for the bass player in the Woodlawn Four Blues Band out of Chicago.
It's Up to Me!
Awesome footage!
awwwww 💕
I have loved Phil since the 1970’s and while I know the songs very well and have never seen this footage. Yes sooo much better than Dylan!!
Unfortunately another victim of the madness that plagues humanity. I'm glad he gave us all the songs he did before his untimely death. I say untimely death for a lot of reasons, but I'm almost positive he'd be as well known as Dylan if that never happened.
I've heard some other stuff from him years ago, but didn't know how much he wrote. A talent that went too soon.
there afraid that im afraid .. pretty interesting perspective..
bars bars bars
The key changes
Beauti FULL.
War is never over never . It's a repetition of battles untill we destroy ourselves . I just thought of this maybe sounds strange sorry . Thanks
Jesus...Phil Ochs on Vevo.
Amen 🙏
"I declare the war is over." If only President Zelensky could say that today. The words to this song have to do with the rediculous Viet Nam war so are not fully relevant but the cruelty, destruction, havoc on the peoples are universal are. I believe if Phil Ochs was alive today he would have a relevant version about a democratic country minding its ownnbusiness which is in war against the Goliathnneighboring country run by a mad man and mafia economics which has poisoned the minds of its people for generations to come.
To be fair, I'm not a proponent of the Ukraine War, but someone like Zelensky at least has a reason to pushback, but he's also a hypocrite. He ran on a platform of peace, but since winning it's been nothing but war mongering. If only Putin, Zelensky, and American diplomats would call for peace. Ukraine is already doomed. Their real estate and farmland has been systematically captured by foreign and corporate interests. They will never be the same again. Zelensky and western diplomats sold them down the river.
There But For Fortune is my favorite...beautiful man who ended his own life at 35. He was bipolar. You ought to see the documentary: "There But For Fortune"...so fucking sad. And Bob Dylan shunned him....stupid ass.
You pegged Dylan. Didn't show up for his Nobel. Should have gone to Leonard Cohen anyway.
Phil was a genius with a voice of an angel. I think he was everything that Dylan hoped he could be, and wasn't.
I suffer from bipolar disorder, too. Phil, I wish you could have conquered your demons, because the world is a much lesser place without you.
Have you heard It's Alright Ma? Because uhh, it shits on this
I think Dylan was wonderful with images, made beautiful stuff... But as as far as really getting to the heart of the matters at hand, Phil was the master while Dylan was the master of imagery. People like Dylan more because his work was more accessible, not because it was better. Dylan could get in touch with you in making you see the world through his poetic vision, while Phil could nail some of the deepest, darkest aspects of society and humanity, like the cycle of sacrifice depicted in "The Crucifixion", or the emotional depths of depression present in songs like "Doesn't Lenny Live Here Anymore" and "Rehearsals For Retirement". Neither is objectively better than the other, because they pursued very different poetic styles and excelled in them. An apple is only better than an orange when it is defined as so within the confines of subjective opinion.
@@ughhhjohnmiles Nah it is decent but played out and way too long. Dylan didn't give a shit one way or the other so hearing him rail against society is grating
Fucking great!
better than Bob Dylan.
Perhaps not better, but just as good.
Yep! Better singer than Bob for sure and near as good a writer
The antiwar-song that I love most of all antiwar-songs is blowing in the wind. And it is also in the top 10 of all my favourite songs.
Amen sir. Amen.
Phil was speaking truth to power thru his music , for this he was Murdered.newspapers say he killed himself , Lies Lies Lies, we all know WHO owns the newspapers Etc.Etc.Etc.
I love his songs, but one thing I notice, is he had a most unusual way of holding his guitar.
Lmfao Of course I get a Kamala Harris ad as soon as this song ends
1964? Someone on you tube said it's at The Bitter End?
It has to be after 67' because that is when Phil first performed The War is Over and the song wasn't released until 68'. I think it is 68' because the interview that accompanies performance this talks about Phil's "new album" which must be Tape from California which was released in mid-1968.
That brick wall is a signature of The Bitter End
O. Z. Yeh you're right! Tks! God to have been there
It looks just like the Bitter End. That was my impression, also.
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Has he tuned his guitar down two steps? Because this song is is Bm and he's playing in C#m
those high notes are high
What year was this?
Don't you want to hear Lady Gaga cover "Power and the Glory" at the Superbowl, dedicating the fourth verse to Donald?
That would have been epic.
No.
No
agreed
What a loss to the music world
Interesting that he wrote a song about JAMES DEAN
Read the biography.
0:54
In before WWIII really kicks off.
Pour one out for the soon to die.
I declare the war is over...
Where was PETA for the chick in the mink coat ?
Jon LaLanne I’m guessing this late 60s - before PETA.
Why do we always elect psychopaths??
I see now why they needed to End his Talent. John Butler Train ... a manifestation or an agent who botched his assignment slightly.
*fangirls obnoxiously*
He committed suicide because he was trying to compete with Bob Dylan
Bi-polar
He may have felt some jealousy towards Dylan's success but he had way more serious issues than that. To say that it caused him to kill himself is absurd.
no. But they were likely both part of cia mind control. Ochs brain ended up rejecting it, i.e. it didn't 'take'.
He couldn't have been living on the streets with all of the druggies and vagrants that he loved so much if he could afford to buy a Gibson guitar.
where does he say he lived on the streets. He often played for free and made a charity event for Chilean refugees though
@@DoctressZ in the mid 70s he was practically penniless and living on the streets of Greenwich Village
What an utterly asinine comment.
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