Phil Ochs on Let's Sing Out - 27th September 1965 (Remastered)

Cleaned audio version of Phil Ochs' performance on Canada's television show Let's Sing Out.
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[@nbenefiel]

I met Phil in 68. I was working for Gene McCarthy. I was 16. Gene had a rally and Phil sang. After the speeches and songs ended, Phil came down and talked to the kids working the rally. I saw him at nearly every demonstration I went to, and I went to them all over the country.

[@williamweber6843]

I never met Phil Oaks. He died young. He was a singer I always hate missing. His monopoly song was golden. President Nixon would keep me out LBJ's Vietnam war. My lotto number was not a winner.

[@buttholeweeb621]

He passed before I was born. But from what I've seen. He's brilliant.

[@nbenefiel]

@@buttholeweeb621 He was brilliant. He was also kind.

[@buttholeweeb621]

@@nbenefiel I used to be an anarchist. I relate too protest music. I've met pat the bunny. Frank turner. Among others. But Phil I'm a big fan of. Means alot to me

[@nbenefiel]

@@buttholeweeb621 I was big into Civil Rights and then fighting against the Vietnam War back in the 60’s. My dad took me to see Martin Luther King when I was 11. I skipped school and went to my first demonstration when I was a freshman in High School. It was a strange time but I am glad I lived through it. The music was great too.

[@MrWriteright]

"My pen won't pour a lyric line when I'm gone/So I guess I have to do it while I'm here." Those lines get me every time I hear this song. Simply amazing.

[@markjamesmeli2520]

Just as captivating as his song structure and melodies, are Phil's movements while he performs. Do you notice? He's not just keeping time with his foot, or sneering to prove his points. He's feeling the songs with his entire persona. It's just beautiful - and just another thing that make Phil Ochs irreplaceable.

[@matteg490]

Phil was an actor in his mind (like John Wayne, only a much better actor) and practiced facial expressions and body movements for hundreds of hours. Sort of like Jim Carrey. 1 Changes 2 Tape from California Jazzy cool psychedelic sound 3 Flower Lady Exponential poignancy. Baroquian 4 When I'm Gone 5 Cross my Heart. orchestration makes this song 6 The Marines have landed on the shores of Santo Domingo 7 Ringing of Revolution Akin to Charles Dickens' "Great Expectations". lyrics written, they say, in about 15 mins or so. 8 That was the President Here's a memory to share, here's a memory to fade. 9 Another Age 10 Too Many Martyrs 11 Half a century High Eerie, playful and soars and pours from Phil's unconscious. quarter of a century old; half a century high.

[@sallybourne4886]

I owe this man an apology. How I grew up in the seventies without knowing about his music I don’t know. Even one of his best known songs, “Changes” which I knew, like so many others from Gordon Lightfoot’s beautiful cover, I only recently realised was not written by Lightfoot himself. I’m sorry Phil! Perhaps we’ll meet in some other world and I can say “sorry” in person, but in case that doesn’t happen, I Guess I’ll Have to Do It While I’m Here.

[@nigelcroft6175]

I have to say that is a beautifully crafted apology. . . . The last sentence was truly inspired.

[@thomasgore2687]

My sentiments exactly

[@petercalkins245]

Please find all his songs.He was truly an 'angel flying too close to the ground' .

[@rodgerwoods]

the most important songwriter in american history since the lil civil war drummer boys

[@richardsanislo1686]

Poignant comments.

[@richardcoughlin8931]

I was a big fan of Phil Ochs in the 1960s but I never had a chance to see him perform in person. My collection of his records disappeared over the subsequent 50 years of moving around the country. His suicide hit me hard. It was like the end of an era. It’s great that he’s here on KZbin.

[@nbenefiel]

I was at school in Dublin when Phil died. I couldn’t believe it. I cried. Most of my Irish friends had never heard of him. I had a cassette and an old fashioned tape player. It was new then. It went through batteries like water.

[@michaelhoffman5486]

like the end of an era?????????? quite the understatement brother was the closing of the window that was finally open{ing} for a very brief time

[@w.l.graves7228]

phil ochs , spokesman for humanity and tremendous artist ! thank you for uploading this ,,and thank you phil !

[@RobertLouisMoore]

❤ same

[@NewsHistorian]

I discovered Phil Ochs along with Bob Dylan in the late 1980's. Ochs deserved to be remembered as much as Dylan.

[@nbenefiel]

I always preferred Phil to Dylan and I saw both of them multiple times.

[@roberthill799]

Twice the intelligence and none of the ego.

[@jeffmatuszak477]

That face.....was he even real? Most brilliant artist I've ever seen or heard.💜

[@michaelmiller7160]

Well, he had a nose job but was very handsome. A genius and it had nothing to do with his politics. Just good melodies and lyrics. About 20 songs are worth my attention. kzbin.info/www/bejne/o2WwcnlnpJZ0g9U rate 9. Men Behind the Guns . lyrics not written by Ochs. The men below who fight the foe oh the men behind the guns! kzbin.info/www/bejne/gIbTdmaeer2jgpY Changes . love this morbidity. 10 kzbin.info/www/bejne/qamndWx5i5KLgJY When I'm Gone. Sweet beautiful song rate 9 kzbin.info/www/bejne/lWGllnh-jc-Lf68 there but for fortune .rate 9 kzbin.info/www/bejne/opfOmXV9jNCEqNU Cross my Heart. Moving, strings and orchestration make the song. rate 9. kzbin.info/www/bejne/joumo2aMjr94n5o Celia. rate 9. A fascist prisoner sings a song to his lady. Corny by gut-wrenching. When will i lie beside my Celia neath the tree oh when will Celia come to me? (Listen to this song and feel the tears almost fall) kzbin.info/www/bejne/in6whpaCeM-hipo Flower Lady rate 10. exponential poignancy. kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGGyaauoq5h5bck Tape from California. Rating 10 Jazzy cool psychedelic sound. One of his top 5 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eXOXqaOng7iMps0 The Marines have landed on the shores of Santo Domingo. Genius Lyrics. Few songs approach this kind of picturesque lyrics such as "And the crabs are crazy, they scuttle back and forth/ The sand is burning. And the fish take flight and scatter from the sight their courses turning. Later on: But the soldiers make a bid, giving candy to the kids/Their teeth are gleaming/ The marines have landed on the shores of Santo Domingo" Ringing of Revolution has great lyrics. Think of the monumental Charles Dicken's "great expectations" lyrics were written in 15 mins? kzbin.info/www/bejne/iprWZauXpMmXjaM Lyrics should be studied in school kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZ-nfZhud6h4fNk Half a century High. eerie playful and soars. 9.5 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fl6zlWqXr96ne80 That was the President. Best tribute song to Kennedy. 8.5 Here's a memory to share, here's a memory to fade. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWWckGZvi7mmnqs Another Age. Catchy. 8 kzbin.info/www/bejne/iaS7aaCVmbGId5Y Pretty Smart on my Part. catchy. 8 kzbin.info/www/bejne/jIKlfXWsnptqnNk I kill therefore I am. country twang sounds good. 8 catchy too. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qmSymn94h81sjpo Too many Marytrs. Topical folk song but still decent. 7.5

[@pegcrane48]

Phil was always my favorite folksinger back then, and now I remember why I felt that way! At age 16, I used to sing "I Ain't a-Marchin' Anymore" at a local coffee house in Washington, D.C.--my home away from home during my high school years. So good to hear him sing it here so beautifully and convincingly. He was the soul of the antiwar movement!

[@BarbaraJaneP]

Me too. He was a wonderful writer. ♥️💔

[@havingagr8time]

Breathtaking singer, lyricist and performer, unfailingly on the side of the common man. My hero. What a loss. Thank you for this video--I could watch him all day every day.

[@lynncarter4964]

You might want to have your obsession checked out. It’s not healthy. But don’t take any farma suit Ickes as those can do more harm than good. Just ask Phil

[@nbenefiel]

I’ve seen Phil quiet a crowd of several hundreds of thousand kids, just by picking up his guitar.

[@petercalkins245]

Find all of his tunes = a truly unique talent. An angel flying too close to the ground! !!😮😢😊

[@paullavan3097]

Have you ever seen a performer like this? All of the other musicians on the stage can't take their eyes off the great man. Blown away by his sheer genius. Always number one, Phil. Bless you.

[@exiguous1]

a very ordinary guy who wrote extraordinary songs

[@paulgallagher5889]

Like all the greats from that era, it's amazing and sad how prescient Phil's messages are to this day! The music of Phil Ochs and Dave Van Ronk have been formative for my revolutionary years. I hope so many more of us spread his message and maybe one day these words won't ring so true anymore!

[@irafutterman5557]

I believe Oscar Brand recently passed, a dedicated performer and patron of folk music, which I believe will make a huge comeback. Great performance by Phil Ochs.There are still Phil Ochs fanatics out there.

[@nbenefiel]

Listen to the Longest John’s. They bring the old days back to me.

[@SashaLaurenAuthor]

Brilliance. I love Phil Ochs.

[@tommyburton9986]

Wonderful to see Phil sing live again in a piece of film that I had not seen before.It is also so good that his songs are remembered and still sung for the same reason that he wrote them.

[@paulgallagher5889]

Happy Birthday, Phil Ochs! We're still trying and your music is still helping!

[@joewilliams8631]

Really wonderful and sad at the same time.. Love it

[@donnscopman8102]

Rest in peace and power , Phil. Saw him 3 times years ago. Nobody like him.

[@lyndarutherford7270]

48 yrs ago he took his life. Phil was an incredible songwriter, he saw life like most of us didn't.

[@Ravenwing2024]

May God forever bless you Phil. Thank you my friend

[@stupidas9466]

8:37 That's my mom! I'd seen her in a couple of photos from before i was born but finding this video of her is priceless. Thank you!

[@michaelhoffman5486]

no effen was dude does she tell u stories from growing up in that time?????????

[@RobertLouisMoore]

WOW

[@vsibirsky]

Loved Phil from when I was 16 years old. He was so Handsome as a young man! I was so touched with this early performance. Brought me back to the first time I heard these songs. I would listen to the first tune on a n new Ochs album until I had memorized it. Then figured it out on piano and then guitar. Then did the same on every tune . Phil taught me about music. Grew up to be a Music teacher.

[@galenstrickland9117]

Every time I watch this I think that if I was one of the other musicians waiting their turn I'd be thinking to myself, "Well, might as well pack up and go home. I can't compete with this guy."

[@tickledtodeath0]

This is so good. Nicely captured performances of Ochs prime.

[@ffpr1]

This is amazing stuff. First time ever I see a full video performance of When I'm Gone. Loveit

[@paullavan3097]

Always my hero. God bless you Phil.

[@JimGlover1]

Phil was against War in all forms and for Love and Peace

[@whitefiberman2094]

so many beautiful songs, RIP

[@PHJimY]

These lines make this a great anti-war song: Is there anybody here who thinks that following the orders takes away the blame? Is there anybody here who wouldn't mind a murder by another name?

[@2Links]

My favourite line is: "Is there anybody here who would like to wrap a flag around an early grave?". It's the first line that really breaks down the illusion of glorious war, and it paints a really tragic, poetic image of the human toll.

[@Lance0714]

Phil O & Melanie singing together forever. ❤🙏🥰

[@padraiggillon]

Thank you. This is amazing.

[@anyoutubeaccount]

All credits go to Tori Nelson. All I've done is fix the audio issues :)

[@DanFrechette]

The best songwriters write what everyone is already feeling and thinking.

[@stepno]

Oscar Brand, introducing Canadian TV audiences to so many great songs, singers and ideas with this show, after U.S. TV had dropped its "Hootenanny" folk music series for "Shindig" and "Hullabaloo" -- both of which I remember as mostly Brit pop rock, miniskirts and gogo boots.

[@ndotl]

Simply amazing.

[@daviddowdall6000]

I love how the audience are very politely mesmerized by this performance. Unheard of in today’s ego driven nonsense

[@brucekellam5203]

Of course, they're Canadian!

[@russcohen3779]

Love love love

[@patrickkeyes5916]

Interesting that each of these songs from 1965 could have been sung in 2002’s America and today’s Russia with equal conviction, a few names and references updated.

[@moonxliqht]

THANK YOU FOR UPLOADING THIS!!!

[@connierenna-xf9um]

“Changes”….such pathos and poignancy……incredible writer and performer.

[@oppothumbs1]

The world's spinning madly, it drifts in the dark It swings through a hollow of haze A race around the stars A journey through the universe ablaze with changes

[@margaretross9150]

Incredible imagery! What a talent he had. He may have been too good for this troubled world.

[@oppothumbs1]

@@margaretross9150 In a building of gold, with riches untold, Lived the families on which the country was founded. And the merchants of style, with their red velvet smiles, Were there, for they also were hounded. And the soft middle class crowded in the last, For the building was fully surrounded. And the noise outside was the ringing of revolution. Sadly they stared and sank in their chairs (many verses later ..) Too late for their sorrow they've reached their tomorrow And reaped the seed they were sowing Now harvested by the ringing of revolution In tattered tuxedos, they faced the new heroes And crawled about in confusion And they sheepishly grinned for their memories were dim Of the decades of dark execution Hollow hands raised, they stood there amazed In the shattering of their illusions As the windows were smashed by the ringing of revolution Down on our knees, we're begging you, please We're sorry for the way you were driven There's no need to taunt, just take what you want And we'll make amends if we're living But away from the grounds, the flames told the town That only the dead are forgiven As they vanished inside the ringing of revolution

[@nbenefiel]

I’d give anything to hear Phil sing about Trump.

[@6thwatergateplumber]

He'd commit suicide

[@clearfield2009]

I hear Bob Dylan in his songs and realize it's the other way around.

[@BazookaTooth707]

Bob Dylan is the corporate version

[@timjohnson7628]

Really? There are lots of differences. As great as Phil is, he doesn't have Dylan's overflowing creative energy or Dylan's selflessness - his ability to transcend himself.

[@roberthill799]

@timjohnson7628 “Dylan’s selflessness”? 🤣 Dylan had, and probably still has, one of the most immense egos in the history of popular music.

[@davidwilhelm4091]

"When I'm Gone" always breaks my goddamn heart. I mean... it's like he knew how his life would end when he wrote it, but that could just be depression. I know I felt the same before I got medicated. I wish he'd had that chance. If you'd asked me who I'd rather keep, Ochs or Dylan, I'm taking Ochs every time. As much as I like a lot of Dylan's work, I don't feel like we NEED him. But damn do we need Ochs.❤

[@nbenefiel]

I don’t think things got so bad for him until he lost his voice after the attack in Tanzania. As he said in his suicide note “ it seems that there are no more songs” it breaks my heart, even now.

[@brucekellam5203]

Agree 100% So well said, David!

[@deborahlesco5704]

I have every album, bought when released. First folk singer I ever got to see in Boston 1965. The, who knows, he was at the Folk Festival, I mean Newport for I lived 45 minutes away ! So sad. I was finishing my Master's final copy of my thesis...and The Boston Marathon was running 2 blocks away. WBCN came on and said he was gone..You did iy while you were here. Damn, I am glad you can't see what we Jews are going through now. Yes, folks, Phil was Jewish.

[@paullavan3097]

Phil was not interested in Judaism in any way whatsoever. He never set foot in a synagogue in his life.

[@anyoutubeaccount]

@@paullavan3097 Jewish ethnic background, but far removed from the religious side.

[@paullavan3097]

@@anyoutubeaccount Yes I could have worded it a bit better. Thanks.

[@stevenhanson6057]

Performers Ode Is it worth another penny In my heart I know it isn’t But if I don’t go all the way I would always know I didn’t

[@lekunberriko1]

Qué bueno era, leñe.

[@canuck-guy2384]

When I looked at the number of likes it was stuck on 666! I couldn't leave at that. It's now 667. I first heard this song covered by Gordon Lightfoot on his first self titled album: Lightfoot. Gordon's version was shorter with slightly adjusted chord arrangements. Nonetheless an excellent cover by one of the world's best song writers.

[@willweaver5024]

Barry Goldwater gave Phil Ochs his graduation diploma from the Staunton Military Academy.

[@RobertLouisMoore]

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Staunton_Military_Academy That's cool

[@BazookaTooth707]

Is the entire episode available? I wonder who all the other artists are on the stage? What an experience it must've been. RIP Ochs. Wish I was alive to see him play

[@anyoutubeaccount]

It exists but is locked away in archives... Canadian archives for this one

[@BazookaTooth707]

​@@anyoutubeaccountFigures. Along with the JFK files lmao

[@anyoutubeaccount]

@@BazookaTooth707 Err its not that big of a conspiracy.

[@BazookaTooth707]

​​@@anyoutubeaccountlol I was only kidding. Thanks for sharing this btw. Much appreciated

[@Eduardo-Ferreira1982]

Can you confirm the date of this program? Is there a way to check it? I guess it may be from 65, indeed. Is that David Cohen on Phil's Bio-bliography puts this show around May of 1966... Thanks in advance.

[@anyoutubeaccount]

Phil performed twice on this show, with his 1966 performance only being partially available showing him playing The Party (clip available. on KZbin). I took the info from a Phil fansite that has since been shut down when I last checked.

[@terrykrall]

Who’s the bird behind Phil with the guitar... checking Phil out as he sings Anybody here/When Im gone? I can’t find a listing for this episode.

[@nighthawk292]

I was just about to post that myself. Looks like at the end of the vid there are more than a few women up there.

[@matingeddes8151]

This guys like Dylan , but can sing!!!

[@georgefelton2975]

I'm trying to think of a better song than "Changes," and I'm having trouble.

[@RobertLouisMoore]

Ave maria?

[@brianoidperson]

He doesn't hit the note. Sorry.

[@roberthill799]

@brianoidperson "Hit the note"? What does that even mean? And if you don't like it, fine. Just move on. No need to drop some vague turd of disapproval in the comments.

[@brianoidperson]

@@roberthill799 i don't disapprove Ochs. Talented guy . But not above criticism.

[@BazookaTooth707]

​@@brianoidpersonYou're allowed to have your own opinion, but that doesn't mean you're right in believing what you believe. Good day

[@RobertLouisMoore]

​@@brianoidpersonit seemed like obvious sarcasm, at first. You typed that in, seriously, and hit enter? That's remarkable

[@michaelhoffman5486]

just so #1 lyrics that force literally you to think and feel just wow was in my hometown of far rockaway queens at his sisters house who was by younger bros english teacher that he ended it all

[@stupidas9466]

From profile/side view he sure looks a lot like Martin/Charlie Sheen.