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Philip David Ochs est un auteur-compositeur-interprète américain né le 19 décembre 1940 à El Paso et mort le 9 avril 1976 à New York.

Chanteur politiquement engagé, Phil Ochs participe au renouveau de la musique folk au début des années 1960 avec ses chansons engagées qui mêlent un humour sardonique et un profond humanisme. Celui qui se décrit lui-même comme un « journaliste chantant » participe à des manifestations et des concerts contre la guerre du Viêt Nam et en faveur des droits civiques, entre autres causes. Après des années 1960 prolifiques, Phil Ochs commence à souffrir de troubles mentaux et sombre dans l'alcoolisme. Il se suicide en 1976.

Ses chansons les plus connues sont I Ain't Marching Anymore, Crucifixion, Draft Dodger Rag, Love Me, I'm a Liberal, Outside of a Small Circle of Friends, Power and the Glory, There but for Fortune et The War Is Over.

✵ 19. décembre 1940 – 9. avril 1976
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Phil Ochs: Citations en anglais

“America is two Mack trucks colliding on a superhighway because all the drivers are on amphetamines.”

Source: 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.”

Source: 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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