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05-24-2006, 02:13 AM

thanks for bringing this up affair. phil ochs is one of my favorite songwriters and i just learned a lot more detail about "outside a small circle of friends" thanks to all of the responses. auburn annie, as with every topic involving phil, your response was nothing short of enlightening.
phil ochs felt that "not getting involved" was all too common in many americans at that time. whether it was civil rights or the war against the war, phil believed in the power of the people and that real change could be realized if only everyone cared enough to really try. He was disgusted as he continued to see injustice waged against a person, a people or a country, and there weren't too many songwriters better at pointing that out and crying for change.
it's a true shame he chose to go to sleep some 30 years ago, because we could really use him now.

05-24-2006, 02:13 AM	#8
<jbt> Guest Posts: n/a	thanks for bringing this up affair. phil ochs is one of my favorite songwriters and i just learned a lot more detail about "outside a small circle of friends" thanks to all of the responses. auburn annie, as with every topic involving phil, your response was nothing short of enlightening. phil ochs felt that "not getting involved" was all too common in many americans at that time. whether it was civil rights or the war against the war, phil believed in the power of the people and that real change could be realized if only everyone cared enough to really try. He was disgusted as he continued to see injustice waged against a person, a people or a country, and there weren't too many songwriters better at pointing that out and crying for change. it's a true shame he chose to go to sleep some 30 years ago, because we could really use him now.