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Thread #17726   Message #173013
Posted By: M. Ted (inactive)
03-Feb-00 - 04:06 PM
Thread Name: Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, Pat Sky
Subject: RE: Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, Pat Sky
Pleasures of the Harbor--A great, but not very well known or much appreciated album--there are a couple of cuts on the Phil Ochs boxed set that was put together by his daughter, but the arrangements seem different than I remember from the original vinyl, which, sadly, I lost about ten years ago--

I had heard that there was a movie being made about Phil, does anyone know about this?

This thread brings back a lot of 60's memories--the kind of music that never makes it to the oldies stations, but was much more important, personally, politically, spiritually--than the stuff that is there--

I just pick up the old 12-string and play "I can't Help but Wonder Where I'm Bound" and started to go into "I ain't a Marchin' Any More"and "Outside a Small Circle of Friends" and "Mr. Blue" and it's got me thinking about a time when songs could have irony, wit, and poignancy, a melody you could sing, and a hook that you could remember--oh, and a message that you could actually understand!!!