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By Ken HenryIn them of modern*which features Ochs imitatingfew hints of Ochs' opinion onfolksingers, three stand out in Dylan's voice at onepointhimself and hisascommy mind as the best. The first no Pretty Smart on My Part is mentator on our way of life. Ofdoubt, is the master, Bob DylanThe second is Paul Simon andabout all kinds of people rangingcourse it all depends on how youfrom masochlsts to revolulook at itthe third, my favorite, is the tionaries. He is not praisingThe rest of the album is on acynical and sarcastic Phil Ochs. putting anyone down. He is only par with these songs and otherThe unheralded Ochs is a genius poking fun at them and beingtitles include The Worldwiththepenandmakespoignant, oftentimes humorousvery satiricalit he singsinEden but Endedcan see them acorn in! TheyAngeles and Doesn't Lenny Livestatements on our society and its training in the mountainsHere Anymoreprominent people. He stops at And they talk Chinese and theyPhil Ochs Is a premier poetnothing and to me only the spread diseaseand he can always raise a laughsimple honesty and cleverness of They wanna get me, they wanna when you listen to one of histhe immortal Woodie Guthrie hurt me, they want to bring merecordsHe is not warped orcan compare favorably to himdownsick. Hesharp observer ofPhil Ochs has been singing for Ah but some time later when I our society and what he seesyears now and all his albumsfeel a little saferpricelessMyfavoriteIsappalls him. He presents hisRehearsals for RetirementIWe'll assassinate the presidentview in a difficult and oftenand take over the government misunderstood wayHeislike this album best because And then we're gonna fry them usually very sarcastic and cutsChicago 1968 was fresh in hisThe funniest song onthedeep into our systemskinmind when he recorded It. Ochs album is I Kill Therefore I Am Many people don't comprehendwas at Chicago whenthewhich deals with the American this satire and caustic approachDemocratic Convention and the male and his masculinity trip and it may havehurthisriots took place. He also testified since the days of the cowboypopularity over the years andat the famous Chicago TI don't like the students nowbranded him as a misfittrials. In this album he is a little they don't have no respectIf I were asked to describemore cynical and funny than he They don't like to work now, I Phil Ochs' poetry I'd say heusually is. Also, the musical think I'll ring their neckscross between twoofthearrangementsextremely They call me pig althoughmgreatest poets of this countrywell-done. Gone are the days underpaidnamely Carl Sandburg andwhenPhilOchslustaccompanied himselfontheshow those faggots thatmOgden Nashnot afraidguitar. Instead, he uses a full I am the masculine Americancompliment of instruments andmanBooklet Avai lablesome orchestrationI kill therefore I amSome of the best songs on theThe best song on the album isalbum are The DoH House, My Life which might be giving a■on WorkingA LI
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Plattsburgh Cardinal Points
Plattsburgh, New York, US
Tue, Apr 03, 1973
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