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"Crucifixion" usually is interpreted by listeners as an allegory likening the life and assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy to the career of Jesus, [10] [15] [16] [17] although Ochs intentionally chose not to tie the title directly to the famous crucifixion, allowing the listener to understand that "the same tragic sacrifice recurs ...
Chords Of Fame is a two-LP compilation from American folk singer Phil Ochs, compiled by his brother Michael Ochs shortly after Phil's death and released in 1976 on A&M Records. With the exception of 1969's Rehearsals for Retirement , all studio albums are represented, as well as a number of live releases.
Alice Skinner Ochs wrote the original liner notes printed on the back of the album. In 1966, Jim and Jean's second album, Changes, was released on the Verve Folkways record label. The title track was written by Phil Ochs, and the album also contained two other Ochs songs ("Flower Lady" and "Crucifixion"). Ochs also wrote the album's liner notes.
His sister, Sonny Ochs (Tanzman), runs a series of "Phil Ochs Song Nights" with a rotating group of performers who keep Ochs's music and legacy alive by singing his songs in cities across the U.S. [142] His brother Michael Ochs is a photographic archivist of 20th-century music and entertainment personalities. [143]
American singer-songwriter Phil Ochs (December 19, 1940 – April 9, 1976) wrote or recorded at least 238 songs during his brief career. [1] Most of the songs which he performed he composed himself: they ranged in style from protest songs and topical songs to ballads and folk rock .
Pleasures of the Harbor is Phil Ochs' fourth full-length album and his first for A&M Records, released in 1967.It is one of Ochs's most somber albums. In stark contrast to his three albums for Elektra Records which had all been folk music, Pleasures of the Harbor featured traces of classical, rock and roll, Dixieland jazz and experimental synthesized music crossing with folk, in hopes of ...
Cross My Heart (Phil Ochs song) Crucifixion (song) D. ... The War Is Over (Phil Ochs song) This page was last edited on 10 August 2020, at 22:46 (UTC). ...
Rehearsals for Retirement was the poorest-selling of all of Ochs's albums released during his lifetime, [citation needed] having been deleted from the A&M Records catalog before sales of 20,000 units had occurred. Reviewing for The Village Voice in 1969, Robert Christgau said the musical arrangements are "excellent and work for [Ochs'] voice ...