Phil Ochs Chicago 1968

[molotovcockfight]

I miss him. If he was alive today I wonder what he would've been able to do in our time

[TREYOLDHIPPIE]

Pwer to the people. PEACE!! Vote.

Kids standing up, when the draft was a terrifying fact.  Now no draft but guys who must serve in Iraq for years.

[hollywoodartchick]

call it peace, or call it treason, call it love or call it reason....still true today.

[tomitstube]

Burn them draft cards baby. Don't know who Phil Ochs is. That sounded like Pete Seeger. Woodstock was next year right? Next stop is Vietnam, yeehaw, we're all gonna die"

[JosephEaorle]

Oh my god, I can't believe i just found this!

[magicman2001]

his words echo from the past

video seems very surrealistic

God Bless Phil. I know hes in Heaven

[ofdrywit]

THANK YOU!

[hangeygirl]

we need this guy now. more than ever. alt least he was intelligent and had some balls. some guts.....

[deucalion26]

phil ochs was amazing... too bad more people don't know the man

[bluebellrock]

Thank you for sharing this.

[IBMeddling]

crazy year 1968

[tlcompanion]

Cool video sds all the way.

[RCA76]

Interesting, I wonder what other films are burried at UIC?

[KennBurch]

As Phil sang this at that rally during the infamous Chicago "Democratic" Convention, thousands of young men burned their draft cards in unison. Phil later considered this one of the greatest moments of his life. At the same time, Phil saw the convention as the week in which America(and part of himself)died. The cover of his first album after the convention "Rehearsals for Retirment" alludes to this.

[adhdkid91]

they had camera phones in 1968?

[lfceleven]

Great to see this. I lived in Chicago at the time but did not get near this performance. Didn't even know that a film existed. Brings back lots of memories. U of I, Lincoln Park. Thanks.

[dadangel51]

What a waste of life. He was a totally brilliant wordsmith with a social consciousness beyond the ken of the young of today. How sad. Why did you kill yourself? We need your voice even today.

[booksol]

Brilliant archive footage. Thank you very much for posting this

[jbindalian]

Phil Ochs makes me proud (somestimes) to be an American. He was the best of us. To see him, I can't stop smiling and I can't stop crying. I hope those who don't know him, learn...do your homework. We SO needed his voice, and still do.  What power in simple truths spoken or sung from the heart....what a risky thing to do ....what a beautiful thing to do...

[muhjaheed]

Call ir peace or call it treason,

Call it love or call it reason,

But I ain't a-marching anymore!

[pylgrym]

Right on! The whole world's watching....

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[Ascentia]

Thanks for posting this! These are precious images of Phil and the past in passing, backed by his ghostly voice that once sang to so many. That we lost him is tragic, that we seem to have all but forgotten him and his vision gives true meaning to the word "shame". The man in these songs and videos needs to be remembered, especially now, as his country fights yet another ideological "civil war" over what defines us as Americans - heroism or hubris.

[tsokay]

Thank you. Viva Phil

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Peace

[montannea2]

Wow! Does this take me back!

[Beadbud5000]

This was 1968

[neibotlai]

this was a good man.

yippie for president.

[Tuscanson]

THank you for this great footage

[schoolboy77]

i love the footage of Dan Rather getting physical.

[hippypaul]

It was a long time ago but I was there - what happened? Why didn't it work - we had a revolution and nobody came

[themerrymurderess]

i love you phil!

[liam12]

that's the most inspirational thing I've ever seen, thanks for posting that.