"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." Phil Ochs had vision decades ahead of most of his progressive contemporaries: missing him still!
Yes and no. People, specifically leftists like Ochs, have been talking about Palestine for decades. The conversation just hasn't been quite mainstreamed like it was recently.
Okay. Just a few updated lines... Mostly it's the original. Here is what I was able to cobble together. I couldn't quite make out the "cocaine" line. Please make corrections... I cried when they shot Medgar Evers The tears ran down my spine And I cried when they shot Mr. Kennedy As though I'd lost a father of mine But Malcolm X got what was coming He got what he asked for this time So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal I go to civil rights rallies And I put down the old D.A.R. I love Harry and Sidney and Sammy I hope every colored boy becomes a star But don't talk about revolution That's going a little bit too far So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal I cheered when Humphrey was chosen My faith in the system restored I'm glad that the commies were thrown out Of the A.F.L. C.I.O. board I love Puerto Ricans and Negroes (and students) As long as they don't move next door So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal
The people who wear all the hard hats Should all hang their heads in shame I can't understand how their minds work They must have believed John Wayne I guess we're gonna have to beat them And turn and sniff some cocaine ??? So love me, love me, love me, I'm maniacal I read underground papers and Newsweek I've learned to take every view The war in Vietnam is atrocious I wish to god that the fighting was through But when it comes to the armies of Israel There's no one more red, white and blue So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal I vote for the Democratic party They want the U.N. to be strong I attend all the Phil Ochs concerts I sure wish he'd write some new songs And I'll send all the money you ask for But don't ask me to come on along So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal Sure, once I was young and impulsive I wore every conceivable pin Even went to socialist meetings Learned all the old union hymns Ah, but I've grown older and wiser And that's why I'm turning you in So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal
@@Artzner52 the US was arming the Arabs out the wazoo and it was not remotely trendy in 1971 to support the Arab nazis of the plo. So in essence, he was promoting cia ideology, snarkily saying that it was hypocritical to claim to be anti-war, but be in favor of arming Israel. This bolsters my theory that he was a cia mk ultra creation, but the mind control didn't 'take'--his brain eventually splintered.
The full concert can be streamed at ua-cam.com/video/-y6pyhJrFiM/v-deo.html.
"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."
Phil Ochs had vision decades ahead of most of his progressive contemporaries: missing him still!
+David Heap I've uploaded the entire concert at ua-cam.com/video/-y6pyhJrFiM/v-deo.html, hope you like it!
Still topical
Yes and no. People, specifically leftists like Ochs, have been talking about Palestine for decades. The conversation just hasn't been quite mainstreamed like it was recently.
The best. Such a loss. I still mourn him.
save me phil ochs
This song was already super relevant to what's happening today, but this version even more so...
Thanks for keeping the spirit of Phil alive. Check out the website Celebrating Phil Ochs and the Facebook group Celebrating Phil Ochs' 75th Birthday.
+Celebrating Phil Ochs I've uploaded the entire concert at ua-cam.com/video/-y6pyhJrFiM/v-deo.html, hope you like it!
Okay. Just a few updated lines... Mostly it's the original. Here is what I was able to cobble together. I couldn't quite make out the "cocaine" line. Please make corrections...
I cried when they shot Medgar Evers
The tears ran down my spine
And I cried when they shot Mr. Kennedy
As though I'd lost a father of mine
But Malcolm X got what was coming
He got what he asked for this time
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal
I go to civil rights rallies
And I put down the old D.A.R.
I love Harry and Sidney and Sammy
I hope every colored boy becomes a star
But don't talk about revolution
That's going a little bit too far
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal
I cheered when Humphrey was chosen
My faith in the system restored
I'm glad that the commies were thrown out
Of the A.F.L. C.I.O. board
I love Puerto Ricans and Negroes (and students)
As long as they don't move next door
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal
The people who wear all the hard hats
Should all hang their heads in shame
I can't understand how their minds work
They must have believed John Wayne
I guess we're gonna have to beat them
And turn and sniff some cocaine ???
So love me, love me, love me, I'm maniacal
I read underground papers and Newsweek
I've learned to take every view
The war in Vietnam is atrocious
I wish to god that the fighting was through
But when it comes to the armies of Israel
There's no one more red, white and blue
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal
I vote for the Democratic party
They want the U.N. to be strong
I attend all the Phil Ochs concerts
I sure wish he'd write some new songs
And I'll send all the money you ask for
But don't ask me to come on along
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal
Sure, once I was young and impulsive
I wore every conceivable pin
Even went to socialist meetings
Learned all the old union hymns
Ah, but I've grown older and wiser
And that's why I'm turning you in
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal
Arming of Israel? "Arming" is probably right.
"As soon as we sniff some cocaine
So love me, love me, love me I'm a radical"
@@Artzner52 the US was arming the Arabs out the wazoo and it was not remotely trendy in 1971 to support the Arab nazis of the plo. So in essence, he was promoting cia ideology, snarkily saying that it was hypocritical to claim to be anti-war, but be in favor of arming Israel. This bolsters my theory that he was a cia mk ultra creation, but the mind control didn't 'take'--his brain eventually splintered.
“cia mk ultra creation” LMAO