There But for Fortune

Artist: Phil Ochs
Label: Elektra / Wea
Category: Music

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Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1

UPC: 075596083225
EAN: 0075596083225
ASIN: B000002H6U

Release Date: 1990-10-25

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Tracks:

What's That I Hear
One More Parade
Too Many Martyrs
Power And The Glory
I Ain't Marching Anymore
Draft Dodger Rag
The Highwayman
Here's To The State Of Mississippi
There But For Fortune
I'm Goin To Say It Now
Is There Anybody Here
Cops Of The World
Ringing Of Revolution
Santo Domingo
Bracero
Love Me, I'm A Liberal
Changes
When I'm Gone

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The best folk singer of his generation!.......2007-02-11

Of all the topical folk singers of the sixties, none surpass Phil Ochs. Whether he's singing about student protests, the horrors of segregation, the U.S. war on Vietnam, police repression, or U.S. intervention in the Americas, his lyrics are always right on target. A much more militant voice for social justice than Dylan or Baez, his legacy has largely been erased. Sadly, while many of the lyrics are about events that took place some forty years ago and politicians who have long been out of office, his songs are just as meaningful today. Just substitute Vietnam for Iraq. For activists new to his music, this cd is the perfect introduction to his work as it is more or less a collection of his greatest hits. It is also an excellent way to learn about the turbulent sixties.

Relevancy.......2006-04-09

Writing this on the 30th anniversary of Phil's death (4/9/06
begs the question of relevancy. How real were his perspectives?
How meaningful were his observations? Are what he was singing about then make any sense now? I guess it all depends upon one's own point of view, but when looking back at all he said and where we've been, one must suck a breath and gaze upon the sully load through the years that beat us down today. If any relevancy is negated through time, how is it that we gape in wonder at his lyrical splendor and his seeing the emperor's hairless [...] swinging through the air from side to side? Perhaps the idea of fruitless protest persists at his self-imposed demise, or perhpaps the importance of standing tall remains from his struggle. In any, or all situations one picks his/her path and shimmys through the aisles. No doubt, some special thoughts will always remain at his listenning. This album is a a valid stream of thoughts, of timbered melodies, and harrowing lyrics. There are so many samples in the workplace, that this is just one of many. However, it will do for the short term as we continue to question who he really was, what he really did, and what have we become. Give a listen

Excellent Phil Ochs Collection, but missing a few highlights.......2006-02-23

'There But For Fortune' is an omnibus album of 18 tracks from three important Phil Ochs albums. Unfortunately, 'Pleasures of the Harbor', the album for which I always had the highest regard is not among them.

Ochs, along with Richard Farina is one of the two great pretenders to Bob Dylan's throne (inherited from Woody Guthrie), as the great American folksong singer / songwriter, after Dylan went electric.

Unfortunately, both Ochs and Farina died long before they were able to achieve their full potential. It is especially interesting with Ochs to imagine if he would ever outgrow his tendency to write songs which rapidly became dated. In this album, there is an odd mix of references and subjects which are probably totally unfamiliar to young people today, with some other songs, such as 'Cops of the World' which have become remarkably more relevant with recent events.

In contrast, Dylan's genius was in writing so many great songs which, like many of Guthrie's songs, have all the earmarks of enduring for a long, long time.

With some caveats, I agree with other reviewers that this is about as good as it gets for Ochs collections. Enjoy them often.

phil lives.......2005-07-09

these phil ochs cd's are like life nowadays, just keep listening to keep your soul and mind from drowning in the absurdity of the times. It's music and poetry for the thinker that will face the pain and reality of being trapped in the situation of being fodder unit for the tyrants.

Arguably, the best one-disc collection of Phil you can get.........2002-01-21

Phil came along shortly after Dylan in the mid-60's, and when Dylan went to rock, Phil stayed in the urban protest mode, pleasing those of us (alas, too few) who were not ready to follow Bob into electrification and non-political topics. I saw Phil in concert around l965, and he was wonderful. This disc has an excellent sampling of his most accessible and powerful songs. There are a few really good ones missing, but this is a fine collection to start with, or to have if you can only afford one item. Phil didn't have the best voice, or the best stage presence, or the best business sense of the 60's singers, but he wrote some wonderful things..."Power and the Glory" and "I Ain't Marching Anymore" and "Draft Dodger Rag" are excellent pacifistic promotions. "Here's to the State of Mississippi" has to be the most powerful put-down of an entire state ever written, and Phil isn't joking when he describes the tragedy of that area's racist culture of the time. "There But For Fortune" is one of his most famous and copied tunes, and will always be relevant and influential. I can go on and on...almost every selection here is high-quality. He didn't just savage right-wing white racists..."Love Me, I'm a Liberal" has plenty of bite as well. For a change of pace, "Changes" is just plain beautiful, and given the fact of his alcoholic-haze suicide when his career was over, the anthem "When I'm Gone" is heartbreaking...but a gem as well. Anyone interested in singer/songwriters as a class, and the 1960's in particular, has to own something by Phil. He is unfairly neglected now, and it is a shame.

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