Piano/Vocals: Love Me, I'm a Liberal - Phil Ochs

Sorry, I do not have the sheets. All arrangements are done by ear. Patreon Link if you'd like to support me: patreon.com/monsieurjack

[@hans-rosakrause590]

Never heard this piece before. Absolutely love it and absolutely relevant.

[@camaradecarter]

Do you use twitter? I think i saw you tweet something

[@hans-rosakrause590]

@@camaradecarter Yes?

[@camaradecarter]

@@hans-rosakrause590 Wait, do you know about Finbols discord? or nah?

[@jplayzow]

I love the pace of the song almost as much as your voice This sort of feels like the other end of republican town from family guy

[@mrttripz3236]

“As long as they don’t live next door!” Yep still true to this day.

[@jamesbrust2055]

I know a lot of us have been waiting for this one but I'm glad you made us wait. Other Phil Ochs songs you've covered like "Another Age" and "The War is Over" have such power in them and I'm grateful that I got to hear them through you

[@silashellebrand462]

I stand with Ukraine’s resistance Those Orcs will never get through And I support Taiwanese independence And their fight against Winnie the Pooh But Palestine has gone too far now We must help, and defend Israel So love me, love me, love me, I’m a Liberal.

[@matty1094]

clever and topical

[@user-cw3wm9lx7w]

sad but true.

[@MCDreng]

Gotta make it rhyme. "But Palestine has gone too far now / I give my support to the Jews"

[@pigeonpower42]

ochs did actually later himself update the lyrics to mention Israel/Palestine! in 1971: "I read underground papers and Newsweek, I’ve learned to take every view Ah, the war in Vietnam is atrocious, I wish to God that the fighting was through But when it comes to the arming of Israel, there’s no one more red, white and blue So love me, love me, love me, I’m a liberal"

[@silashellebrand462]

@@pigeonpower42 Wow, i did not know that.

[@ghostramen6134]

absolutely my favorite song by him. The level of irony and hypocrisy is so spot on

[@mcalkis5771]

If only Phill could actually see this. You breathed new life into it Jack. Thank you.

[@starflowers1751]

AHHH FINALLY!!!! LOVE THIS SONG!

[@yuven437]

One of my favorites!

[@jplayzow]

I just saw the your doomer wojack said healthcare pls solid idea

[@zimmerwald1915]

A couple awkward intonation choices in this one. The low notes at the beginning of the first phrase of each stanza are a step down from the recorded melody; the high notes at the end of the third line, a step up. Shows off your range, I guess.

[@MonsieurJack95]

Wow, I just relistened to Ochs' recording. I guess I remembered it wrong cuz you're right and that wasn't intentional. Maybe I'll have to play with it some more.

[@imgonnasayitnow]

your thumbnails are fabulous

[@griffin2465]

This reminds me of "National Brotherhood Week" by Tom Lehrer, another song I think you could cover well

[@mikem668]

And Folk Song Army.

[@BenZedrene]

YES

[@flamingeskimo1136]

Not sure I'm the biggest fan of the decision to hold those notes and scale descents at the end of each bar, but a great song to cover nonetheless

[@2Links]

yeah I've noticed he does that in pretty much all of his covers, very different from how Ochs sounds. guess it's part of Monsieur Jack's style. personally I do think it sounds a little off for Ochs covers but there's pros and cons to both

[@sabotabby3372]

You're spoiling us jack

[@Sunnycloudyrainy1]

Why did you decide to omit the spoken intro? That was crucial to the song

[@zimmerwald1915]

In every American community there are varying shades of political opinion. One of the shadiest of these is the liberals - an outspoken group on many subjects, ten degrees to the left of center in good times, ten degrees to the right of center if it affects them personally. So here then is a lesson in safe logic. . .

[@dd-fo8jv]

can you do “all used up” by utah philips ?

[@ashkitt7719]

You should do an updated version too btw.

[@BenZedrene]

DO IT!!!

[@ABPHistory]

he don't miss

[@Shamrocks847]

This is a banger, I LOVE LIBERALISM

[@joshmorton7283]

Just curious why doesn’t he like Pete Seeger I thought he was a leftist as well? (I’m not political so idk these things)

[@MCDreng]

Nothing wrong with Seeger. Ochs is making fun of liberals who act like they're more progressive than they are to get brownie points, so they'll go to leftist artist's performances

[@joshmorton7283]

@@MCDreng thanks

[@gangstalker2552]

what does the D.A.R mean?

[@imgonnasayitnow]

daughters of the American revolution

[@gangstalker2552]

@@imgonnasayitnow ty!

[@mikem668]

Crane

[@Anon26535]

I cried when they beat Rodney King up And they shot Jacob Blake in the spine I cried when they killed Floyd and Breonna All those pigs should be doing hard time But Chris Dorner got what was coming Killing's wrong, even if they were swine So love me, love me, love me I'm a liberal

[@KathleenMcCormickLCSWMPH]

How prescient.

[@adamski8985]

how dare you Biden is the next marx

[@phily708]

i guess the liberal in the title is not good for t he yt algorithm

[@__40su]

sounds like something from freedomtoons

[@cameronmcallister7606]

Much the same as David Rovics "Democrats make me want to vomit", they're still the better choice. They're just not going to be the ones we should go to for change.

[@whatifiputsomethingsilly]

It's so annoying because on the one hand you have people who absolutely hate pragmatism saying that we just shouldn't vote and the Democrats just keep doing nothing (ignoring some obviously good things, for example child tax credit) to the insanity of the Republicans ;-;

[@mnamesname6059]

Democrats are never a better choice

[@whatifiputsomethingsilly]

@@mnamesname6059 If you care about any marginalized group they really are, even though they refuse to do anything substantial.

[@ashkitt7719]

@@whatifiputsomethingsilly They are the better choice. Ipecac is also the better choice to bleach in terms of beverages.

[@mnamesname6059]

@@whatifiputsomethingsilly Wrong. Democrats are just evil. Republicans may be moderates but they're way better.

[@chickeness1976]

skill issue

[@Fordring1776]

i fundamentally disagree but the thumbnail is really funny

[@aidank7090]

K Liberal

[@Natalietrans]

You don’t even want social democracy?

[@freudianslippers6567]

@@Natalietrans Why would people within the leftwing spectrum just want more capitalism?

[@Natalietrans]

@@freudianslippers6567 I thought they were saying that they were a liberal

[@yaous2081]

Smartest liberal

[@ashmarten2884]

Most cursed song x.x

[@imgonnasayitnow]

*blessed

[@conangaming2156]

Capitalism for the win, y’all don’t understand what an absolute god send the free market is.

[@rom26ik]

🤡

[@conangaming2156]

@@rom26ik communists are the real clowns.

[@whatifiputsomethingsilly]

How

[@conangaming2156]

@@whatifiputsomethingsilly to answer that question I will ask you one. How many died under Mao? Or Stalin? Or Castro? Any of that is proof enough that Marxism and any of its derivatives are wrong.

[@Niko_from_Kepler]

Oh, a „god“ person.

[@IrieFiery]

You should have used a photo of Bernie Sanders. Joe Biden is no liberal.

[@Niko_from_Kepler]

But Bernie has too much backbone to be represented in such a satirical way.

[@jdw3843]

Actually Bernie shows up and doesn't necessarily fund things...look at him 45 years ago and his ideas have not shifted enough for anyone to notice

[@mikem668]

I think you missed the point.

[@Natalietrans]

1st: how is he not 2: Bernie is more left wing then the democrats (he is actually an independent)

[@mikem668]

@@Natalietrans I don't disagree with point 2. Biden is an opportunist who blows whichever way the wind does. He's a grandstander, a third-rate mind and politician. He only succeeded because of death: his wife and kids and Covid. The whole term liberal is meaningless unless uttered by someone old enough to have lived through most of Biden's political career. And many of them are old fools, who clutch to their past, while Rome burns. A young Dylan once wrote, Get out of the way if you can't lend a hand. Biden isn't an old wise man or a steady hand, he's a senile mediocrity and grifter.