Changes - Phil Ochs | The Midnight Special

April 19, 1974
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[@lindamcnelis6374]

Still listening in 2024❤️

[@JohnnyJimsAZ]

LOVE IT!! at 62 that keeps bringing me back to my teenage years.

[@llraven6357]

60 here feeling the same way. 😊

[@curtisphilumalee1447]

Although I don’t remember this song in particular when ever I hear America on the radio it takes me back to my teenage days.

[@StephanieJeanne]

This was on the radio in the '70s? I'm thinking it was older than that.

[@thewingedavenger1007]

@@StephanieJeanne You're right. "Changes" came out in March 1966. Gordon Lightfoot made a great cover version later the same year.

[@matteg490]

@@StephanieJeanne 60s and probably never made it on the radio much. The original version is more powerful and sadder.

[@johnmitchelljr]

Great artist that had his demons get the best of him. Sweet sorrow. Thank you.

[@bennyhillschineseblokechar3689]

Those damn demons!

[@StephanieJeanne]

This is a beautiful song...sort of melancholy, too, at the bittersweet feeling of enjoying the moments, but knowing those changes will come. I like Phil's voice, and they both sang great together.😌💜

[@SteveKraus]

A wonderful memory of folk music.

[@swainsongable]

My guitar teacher used this song to teach me finger picking in 1967 and I still play it to this day. Funny thing, I always thought it was a Lightfoot tune and this is my first time hearing the original 🙃

[@meganh4011]

What an awesome song to learn how to pick. Thanks for sharing. And it just goes to show there's always room for new knowledge.

[@fumanchu1977]

A timeless drop of hope for dark times

[@matteg490]

A dark song with little hope. Though this version belies the sadness of the album's song.

[@ryancasablancas8361]

One of El Paso, Texas’ greatest musical exports. Wish more people knew about him. Amazing music.

[@LANDSEAAIRCANADA]

Beautiful Thank you

[@herbertmarques4424]

Sit by my side, come as close as the air Share in a memory of gray And wander in my words Dream about the pictures that I play Of changes Green leaves of summer turn red in the fall To brown and to yellow they fade And then they have to die Trapped within the circle time parade Of changes Scenes of my young years were warm in my mind Visions of shadows that shine 'Til one day I returned And found they were the victims of the vines Of changes The world's spinning madly, it drifts in the dark Swings through a hollow of haze A race around the stars A journey through the universe ablaze With changes Moments of magic will glow in the night All fears of the forest are gone But when the morning breaks They're swept away by golden drops of dawn Of changes Passions will part to a strange melody As fires will sometimes burn cold Like petals in the wind We're puppets to the silver strings of souls Of changes Your tears will be trembling, now we're somewhere else One last cup of wine we will pour And I'll kiss you one more time And leave you on the rolling river shores Of changes So sit by my side, come as close as the air Share in a memory of gray And wander in my words Dream about the pictures that I play Of changes

[@JustFortheRecord66]

Phil had lost his upper range due to being mugged and strangled and for dead on a beach while in Latin America. Jim Glover’s voice helped to fill in the gaps. A very nice version of Changes.

[@davidlenander]

I thought that the mugging was in Africa? In the end he may have lost a note or two of his range, which apparently greatly distressed him, but probably wasn't so noticeable to others. He didn't need Jim to perform, except that he'd broken his hand and that might have impacted his playing, I suppose. But they'd been friends and singing partners since college, as the "Singing Socialists" and "The Sundowners," and Jim & Jean Glover had put him up in their apartment in Greenwich Village when he went to New York, and he'd written back cover notes to one of Jim & Jean's albums--and they'd done more covers of his songs than anyone else.

[@wnewfmer]

@@davidlenander It was Africa...

[@Eduardo-Ferreira1982]

Tanzania

[@JeffreySmith84]

Actually I believe it was Kenya.

[@Eduardo-Ferreira1982]

@@JeffreySmith84 it was on a beach, in Dar-es-Salaam.

[@PRISMN54]

Thanks so much for sharing.

[@ronm6585]

Thank you. Great song.

[@loganperry5167]

Much appreciated

[@that70sgirl90]

The lyrics ... time goes on, and nothing stays the same. Happy Friday 🥳 thank you for sharing! 💖

[@colorfulpig5016]

I love Phil Ochs so much.

[@tinman8518]

Phil Ochs and Jim Glover.

[@username-yc3bd]

Jim’s got a great voice

[@davidlenander]

Have you heard his recordings from the 60s with Jim & Jean? I LOVE those records. And he has several solo records, too, though I've only managed to obtain one via iTunes, I think.

[@markgrunzweig6377]

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@DavePlaysTrombone]

Man, he was goin through it at this time...

[@roneastman4457]

So beautiful and comfortable. With the nation near dictatorship "on day one" I need good music.

[@BIZARBIES]

I can hear the sounds of your pearls as you clutch them in fear.

[@rosskstar]

I guess Dan Fogelberg never did the MSp... and the cultists running things will soon see a sudden downfall ~ "in one hour"

[@matteg490]

Stop worrying about Trump and worry more about a Leftist Marxist takeout. I am not Rep or Dem but the nation is so divided by the Liberal Media. What did Trump do that was so bad during his presidential years other than say the election was fraudulent and it was but not so much in the way Trump communicated .. he is such a bad communicator. Dozens of huge lies and prosecution from the .. you know I can't use that word because it is censored on here though "Rightist" is not. Both sides are dangerous and obviously censorship or media rule by one party.

[@matteg490]

Anyway my comment will not made it through. And this song is not at all comforting .. read the lyrics someday.

[@username-yc3bd]

@@BIZARBIES ochs definitely wouldn’t have agreed with that guys comment no way

[@justinherbert9146]

Two years after this performance Phil committed suicide - hung himself in his sisters house. RIP

[@terrykrall]

I read that Phil bet Jim that JFK would win the 1960 election, Jim took the bet and lost his guitar to Phil.

[@BazookaTooth707]

I hate to even say this, but it's quite sad to see the state of Phil here. He's clearly not doing well. RIP

[@jerryfenwyck]

This had to be shortly after his last Carnegie Hall concert. As can be plainly seen, his right hand is still bandaged after he banged his fist through the plate glass of the lobby door in an effort to gain admittance to the concert hall. This, of course, was the second show of the infamous gold lame' concert.

[@JustFortheRecord66]

Phil and Jim Glover

[@Blooze_hound]

I LOVE this song but it's hard to listen to this version. Seems kinda rushed. The song really shines when it's just Phil slowly picking the guitar

[@kthstefani]

This is actually my favorite version.

[@gohel50]

Phil still sounds good here, but nowhere near as good as he used to before the attack.

[@DCartRow]

How good is Jim Glover?

[@michaelrochester48]

He would be dead in two years

[@mga2899]

Sounds sort of flat. Could use a Mary Travers.

[@joewhy]

No

[@4508bluesky]

⁠Considering he’d had vocal cord trauma, he sounds like he did in the mid 60s recordings, to my ear… I always liked Phil’s voice… the harmony is a neat change…

[@orbison]

​@4508bluesky I was just wondering if this was around the time he got assaulted and his vocal cords were damaged. I know it was shortly before his death. You can hear it in his 1975 performance (here on YT) to mark the end of the Vietnam War. His voice sounds bad even when he sings The War is Over in a lower key.

[@4508bluesky]

@@orbison Wiki says it happened in the summer of 1973… maybe I just don’t hear it….

[@BazookaTooth707]

Go to the original version by Phil. I hate to say it but this is a time where Phil wasn't exactly at his best to put it nicely.