Phil Ochs - Is There Anybody Here?

[grammariscool]

I think he just used it for the picture, but it is misleading.

[thesantoshow93]

The song is not included in the album "A toast to those who are gone", as the picture instead shows

[Monkeyssaycheese]

the Best.

[grammariscool]

I fully agree with philochslives

[PhilOchsLives]

I won't say that Phil changed my life, or my way of thinking. All he did was give a voice to what I had always hoped for: Please work to end war, poverty, ignorance and hatred. Simple, yeah? How many (including Phil) have given their lives trying to fulfill this simple hope?

[HiddenFormula]

one of his best. 

[LeeMike233]

My absolute favorite song! God love you Phil! Wish you were still here!

[OMGDeBest]

"Is there anybody here who thinks that following the orders takes away the blame" ... Wow!

[OMGDeBest]

Wow WHAT A POWERFUL MESSAGE, ...IMHO Mr. Phil Ochs exemplified both Truth & Genius. He really was someone special. So very sad how his life turned and he sank so low then passed away... his mind was a huge mess.... his passing was a huge national loss.

[LeeMike233]

Any guy joining the army should listen to this song and wonder what the the hell he is doing and what the government bureaucracy is leading him into. God love you Phil and I only wish you were here today to help us out.

[jaygeecee13]

It makes me so happy to see all the people who apppreciate Phil Ochs. I will never forget the first time I laid eyes on his first album. He so inspired me as I learned to play guitar. I still have the Phil Ochs songbook I bought when I was 15. I have fond memories of seeing him in concert in NYC. I still sing his songs. "Changes" is one of the most beautiful songs ever written.

[OMGDeBest]

Phil's musical messages are very special and his music needs to be enshrined.

[Sandra3594]

This is the best antiwar song I have ever heard.

[06hatter]

You should stop your friends from enlisting (too late now I know), bodily if necessary.

[SteverinoCanEat]

During the early 1970's a counselor at a camp I attended would play Phil Ochs' music late afternoons and evenings... and although I was too young at the time to fully appreciate these lyrics I could recognize the force... as I grew older I've never forgotten the power his messages implied.

[r7yrb7]

This song was in the 60's & it is more relevent now. We're right back there. Iraq / Afganistan? I wish J.F.K. was here.! What crap have we been sold? We're living in fear; Because we've been told to. Is this our fate - to hate? Wrap the flag around us & say God bless ... Somehow, i think God would not approve.

[11xzxzxz]

Yeah let's get the Marines have landed on the the shores of Santo Domingo up here fast - please all you marines let's hustle. And a good version of Changes instead of a 20 sec weird video. And let's not put up his politics, the guy was a great songwriter even if he was writing about bowling.

[GGWarrior]

@11xzxzxz "He wrote them for a reason, why not sing them for the same?"

[11xzxzxz]

@GGWarrior You never heard Phil's bowling songs? You don't know why he wrote them... for comedy. Some he wrote for reasons you might guess but hey look at Dylan he was somewhat of a false god writing for more commercial reasons . But I am not saying that of Phil, just a little tired of everyone appreciating Phil's politics and not one of the greatest song writers of all time. When I heard phil ochs I always think great songwriter lyricist voice painter of pictures first. Just my opinion.

[GGWarrior]

@11xzxzxz I haven't, no! I'll have to look around. Right now I'm using a 30-second sample of "Bwatue" as the intro to my podcast so I'm always looking for apolitical Phil stuff to ease the apathetic into my web. ;)

[11xzxzxz]

@GGWarrior Apolitical stuff is relative. Changes is very great, there but for fortune is less political. Want to wish you love this weekend.

[11xzxzxz]

@GGWarrior I get yours.. no problem.

[amimillie]

Phil left us on the day after my 5th birthday - not that I knew it at the time.

Some years ago, through a door, I heard a song being played and it drew me in like a tractor beam - I asked what this wonderful sound was, and it turned out to be 'The Highwayman' - hooked from that moment and ever since. God Bless You Phil.

[bobbylight422]

phil ochs-- what a hero!

[arhatyellow]

Anyone who can't hear the courage and heart that this man had in the songs and words he sang, has no heart. These songs and words are as timeless and relevant today as they were 40 (!) years ago when they were sung. Thanks for this posting and all the others of Phil Ochs - one of the American giants of the 20th century. Thank you Phil Ochs - for doing what you did. Peace Love Light Life

[11xzxzxz]

Great song, great to know Phil is with us still. Pin a medal on that man.

[11xzxzxz]

I get choked up thinking we lost a great man in a terrible way. No matter Phil's politics; the man was full of charisma ,sincerity, love, with and one beautiful soul (and face), and so much talent

[valorite]

one of his best, great people

[sc1460]

Every sentence just strikes home, maan his lyrics are like a laser guided bomb, "is there anybody here that thinks following orders takes away the blame",,,, genius

[AnarchistOpposition]

@sc1460 Agreed

[CPSJSMSUUMUGA]

@sc1460 Is there anybody here who wouldn't mind a murder by another name?

[nick1137]

fuck i accidentaly gave this a nothing special rating

[vendosh]

@nick1137 you're the nothing

[unionguy36]

A big thanks to whoever posted this. There's not enough of Phil's song on YouTube. Sadly, classics like "Love Me I'm A Liberal" and "Santo Domingo" aren't here. His songs keep showing their relevance as the decades go by, and our country keeps making the same mistakes again and again.

Phil Ochs was a very special artist who spoke truth to power, and to all of us.

[mussman717word]

I've considered myself a huge Phil Ochs fan for several years now, and I can't recall hearing this song ever before. Haha, I did leave a comment on this same video three months ago, though, lol! I blame the THC, lol.

[VeganaExPuta]

To this very minute, I still get choked up when I think of our loss of one of my greatest heroes of my war-protesting years.

Used to watch him perform in the coffeehouses in The Village in the mid- to late-60s, and his words and melodies always got into my heart.

[AnarchistOpposition]

I wasn't alive then, but I can guess see what you mean.

[mussman717word]

Phil Ochs is a beautiful human being, definitively.

[fossilpreparator]

Is there anybody here? Hell yes!