Frases de Phil Ochs
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Philip David "Phil" Ochs fue un cantante estadounidense de música folk, emblema de la década de 1970, famoso por su estilo irónico y su voz rasgada, similar a la de Bob Dylan.

Fue uno de los compositores más influyentes de la generación "hippie", sus letras en oposición a la Guerra de Vietnam y sus constantes críticas a los organismos del Estado norteamericano. Entre sus obras más reconocidas se encuentra el himno pacifista «I ain't marchin anymore», que denuncia lo irracional de la Guerra de Vietnam.

Murió en 1976 cuando se ahorcó con un cinturón. Wikipedia  

✵ 19. diciembre 1940 – 9. abril 1976
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“America is two Mack trucks colliding on a superhighway because all the drivers are on amphetamines.”

Fuente: The Broadside Tapes 1 (made in the 1960s; published c. 1980), Liner notes

“It's always the old to lead us to the war
It's always the young to fall
Now look at all we've won with the sabre and the gun
Tell me is it worth it all.”

"I Ain't Marching Anymore" http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~trent/ochs/lyrics/i-aint-marching-anymore.html from I Ain't Marching Anymore(1965)
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“And the evil is done in hopes that evil surrenders
but the deeds of the devil are burned too deep in the embers
and a world of hunger in vengeance will always remember
So please be reassured, we seek no wider war,
we seek no wider war.”

"We Seek No Wider War" http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~trent/ochs/lyrics/we-seek-no-wider-war.html (1965) from Farewells & Fantasies (1997)
The song title alludes to a speech by Lyndon Johnson (17 Februaty 1965), in which he said, referring to the war in Vietnam: "We have no ambition there for ourselves, we seek no wider war."
Lyrics

“The final story, the final chapter of Western man, I believe, lies in Los Angeles.”

Fuente: The Broadside Tapes 1 (made in the 1960s; published c. 1980), Liner notes

“The painter paints his brushes black
Through the canvas runs a crack
Portrait of the pain never answers back.”

"The Flower Lady" http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~trent/ochs/lyrics/flower-lady.html
Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)

“Well I've seen travel in many ways
I've traveled in cars and old subways
But in Birmingham some people chose
To fly down the street from a fire hose.
Doin' some hard travelin'…from hydrants of plenty.”

"Talking Birmingham Jam" http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~trent/ochs/lyrics/talking-birmingham-jam.html from I Ain't Marching Anymore (1965)
Lyrics

“I'm gonna give all I've got to give
Cross my heart, and I hope to live.”

"Cross My Heart" http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~trent/ochs/lyrics/cross-my-heart.html
Pleasures of the Harbor (1967)

“I was over there, entertaining the troops. I won't say which troops.”

Introduction to "The World Began In Eden And Ended in Los Angeles" from There and Now: Live in Vancouver (1968)

“Does defending liberalism leave you friendless and perhaps wondering about your breath?”

"Have you Heard? The War is Over!" The Village Voice (23 November 1967) [later published in Ochs' The War is Over (1968)]

“Yet she's only as rich as the poorest of the poor
Only as free as a padlocked prison door
Only as strong as our love for this land
Only as tall as we stand!”

"The Power and the Glory" http://web.cecs.pdx.edu/~trent/ochs/lyrics/power-and-the-glory.html from All the News That's Fit to Sing (1964)
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