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Thread #32281   Message #424457
Posted By: BobP
23-Mar-01 - 04:31 PM
Thread Name: Songs Tommy Wouldn't Get
Subject: RE: BS: Songs Tommy Wouldn't Get
Yes Jim,

I'm actually a huge Phil Ochs fan, and pay special attention other folks doing things with his legacy.

I check each sleeve when prospecting through cheap stacks and buy almost anybody's version of an Ochs tune.

I have listened in wonderment to impassioned, serious-as-can-be (I call it "chain-dragging") interpretations of the aforementioned. I play it at home, by myself, love the tune; it's very singable.

I think you're right, while a bit tipsy, he simply built a song out of nonsensical fragments to see if his dedicated would notice.

PS: Kim & Reg Harris do alotta PO, and terrifically.

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