The most significant melody of that age. As good as any Elvis Young and Beautiful, Buddy Holly Everyday, Just My Imagination. There is only this. Poetry to music. If Walt Whitman could sing int he 1960s, he may have been angry he didnt write and sing this.
I'm glad this survives. The interviewer was very thoughtful as well, and she clearly had good insight into Phil's work. And now he's off to California....
@11xzxzxz I don't remember having seen a more backhanded and inconsistent comment in my life. Unsuitable lyrics? I disagree. Mediocre melodies? I can name an artist or two who've had more consistently good melodic sense, but I disagree with you still. Vapid voice? Quite the opposite. I think it was very distinctive and had a lot of character. Poor politics? Apparently you're not liberal; only conservatives would think a thing like that. I do agree, however, that he was indeed very handsome.
@YourFaceWillDie468 No I never wrote that he was not a consistently great melody maker or didn't have a great voice at all. You misinterpreted my humor. I was just stating that the song the highwayman was not up to his great standards. He didn't even write the lyrics..you know? You radical liberals .. get off my back. And if you can't understand what SOLV is then I am a moderate liberal.
Interviewer: One thing about poetry you know how when you learn something, and you know it's taught to you and you feel you know, terribly stupid, and the thing you're left with is ignorance. But good poetry somehow doesn't make you feel ignorant. It really makes you feel like, ahhhh!, like you've known it all along.
The most significant melody of that age. As good as any Elvis Young and Beautiful, Buddy Holly Everyday, Just My Imagination. There is only this. Poetry to music. If Walt Whitman could sing int he 1960s, he may have been angry he didnt write and sing this.
jasonsheftell 14 hours ago
So young and vulnerable, and tender and true. What's the point of arguing?
fairf22 6 months ago
I'm glad this survives. The interviewer was very thoughtful as well, and she clearly had good insight into Phil's work. And now he's off to California....
gropingwithastoker 8 months ago
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11xzxzxz 9 months ago
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11xzxzxz 9 months ago
@11xzxzxz I don't remember having seen a more backhanded and inconsistent comment in my life. Unsuitable lyrics? I disagree. Mediocre melodies? I can name an artist or two who've had more consistently good melodic sense, but I disagree with you still. Vapid voice? Quite the opposite. I think it was very distinctive and had a lot of character. Poor politics? Apparently you're not liberal; only conservatives would think a thing like that. I do agree, however, that he was indeed very handsome.
YourFaceWillDie468 7 months ago
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11xzxzxz 7 months ago
@11xzxzxz Wait, what?
"I meant that compared to the normal great Phil Och's songs"
Didn't you call him "Phil Jokes Ochs" in your previous comment?
"wrong that I would disagree that Phil was a consistently great melody maker"
You said in your previous comment that his melodies were mediocre.
" don't think he doesn't have one of the greatest & most distinctive voices ever"
You said in your previous comment that his voice was vapid.
Make up your mind, because you're giving mixed signals here. O_o
YourFaceWillDie468 7 months ago
@YourFaceWillDie468 No I never wrote that he was not a consistently great melody maker or didn't have a great voice at all. You misinterpreted my humor. I was just stating that the song the highwayman was not up to his great standards. He didn't even write the lyrics..you know? You radical liberals .. get off my back. And if you can't understand what SOLV is then I am a moderate liberal.
11xzxzxz 7 months ago
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11xzxzxz 7 months ago
@11xzxzxz radicals are not liberals. the last radical liberal was Robespierre
Dwaggysnaxx 3 months ago in playlist YouTube Mix for Phil Ochs
@Dwaggysnaxx Yeah thanks for wasting my time with your inexplicable incongruous moronic semantics. I'm so impressed that you know Robespierre.
11xzxzxz 3 months ago
@11xzxzxz no problem 11xzxzxz i'm happy to help
Dwaggysnaxx 3 months ago
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11xzxzxz 7 months ago
Best moment of the interview:
Interviewer: One thing about poetry you know how when you learn something, and you know it's taught to you and you feel you know, terribly stupid, and the thing you're left with is ignorance. But good poetry somehow doesn't make you feel ignorant. It really makes you feel like, ahhhh!, like you've known it all along.
dcortex 1 year ago
@dcortex Beautiful
11xzxzxz 9 months ago