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Line 1: {{~~work~~creator}} '''Philip David "Phil" Ochs''' (1940-1976) was an American [[~~Singer Songwriter~~singer-songwriter]], famous for his [[Protest Song~~\|protest songs~~]]s, or "topical songs", as he liked to call them. He was the most active during [[The Sixties]], when he wrote hundreds of songs, covering many topics, such as the [[Vietnam War]], the [[Civil Rights Movement]] and labor rights. After the events of 1968 (the assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert F. Kennedy, the police riot in Chicago, and the election of [[Richard Nixon]]) he became increasingly disillusioned and depressed. By the mid-'70s, he had serious mental problems, and the eventually ~~[[Driven to Suicide\|~~hanged himself]] in 1976. {{creatortropes}} ~~=== Tropes present in his life and work: ===~~ * [[Apathetic Citizens]]: "Outside of a Small Circle of Friends". {{quote\| ''Oh, look outside the window, there's a woman being grabbed~~<br />~~ ''They've dragged her to the bushes and now she's being stabbed~~<br />~~ ''Maybe we should call the cops and try to stop the pain~~<br />~~ ''But [[Monopoly]] is so much fun, I'd hate to blow the game.'' }} * [[Corrupt Church]]: In "Here's to the State of Mississippi": {{quote\| ''And here's to the churches of Mississippi~~<br />~~ ''Where the cross, once made of silver, now is caked with rust~~<br />~~ ''And the Sunday morning sermons pander to their lust~~<br />~~ ''The fallen face of Jesus is choking in the dust~~<br />~~ ''Heaven only knows in which God they can trust'' }} * [[Creator Breakdown]]: The cover of his 1969 album ''Rehearsals for Retirement'' depicts Ochs' own tombstone, which stated that he died in "Chicago, Illinois, 1968". * [[Courtroom Antic]]: During the [[wikipedia:Chicago Seven\|Trial of the Chicago Seven]], Ochs was called to testify for the defense, and recited the lyrics to his song "I Ain't Marching Anymore". * [[Deep South]]: "Here's to the State of Mississippi" * [[Dirty Cop]]: In "Here's to the State of Mississippi", he depicts the police in ~~Mississipi~~Mississippi that way: {{quote\| ''They're chewing their tobacco as they lock the prison door~~<br />~~ ''Their bellies bounce inside them as they knock you to the floor~~<br />~~ ''No they don't like taking prisoners in their private little war~~<br />~~ ''Behind their broken badges there are murderers and more.'' }} * [[Draft Dodging]]: In "Draft Dodger Rag", the narrator lists several ridiculous excuses to avoid serving in the military. * [[Drowning My Sorrows]]: In the '70s, Ochs increasingly turned to alcohol and drugs to ease his depression. * [[Enlistment-Ending Minor Malaise]]: The "narrator" of "Draft Dodger Rag" has several conditions (in addition to a host of other reasons) that allegedly disqualify him from Vietnam-era military service. * [[Folk Music]]: He was an important figure in the '60s folk revival. * [[Hurricane of Excuses]]: "Draft Dodger Rag" * [[Hypocrite]]: "Draft Dodger Rag" is about a red-blooded conservative who's all for that war in Vietnam, so long as he doesn't have to go himself<ref>Don't bother [[Pothole\|potholing]] this to a certain former president, it'll only get edited out again</ref>, while "Love Me, I'm a Liberal," is about someone who pays lip service to every left-wing cause until it becomes dangerous, distasteful or personally uncomfortable. ("The people of old Mississippi/ should all hang their heads in shame,/I can't understand how their minds work./ What's the matter, don't they watch Les Crane?/But if you ask me to bus my children/ I hope the cops take down your name ....") * [[Lyrical Dissonance]]: "Outside a Small Circle of Friends" is a song about people's apathy towards murder, injustice and poverty, with a cheerful folk tune. * [[Messianic Archetype]]: As the title suggests, "Crucifixion" is about one of these, or possibly a cycle of Messianic Archetypes including Christ and JFK. I say "possibly" because the song as a whole is a bit of a... * [[Mind Screw]]: His eight-and-a-half minute long allegoric song, "Crucifixion". Line 34 ⟶ 35: * [[Signature Song]]: His anti-war song "I Ain't Marching Anymore". * [["The Villain Sucks" Song]]: In 1972, during Nixon's re-election campaign, Ochs rewrote "Here's to the State of Mississippi" to "Here's to the State of Richard Nixon". {{quote\| ''Oh here's to the land you've torn out the heart of.''~~<br />~~ ''Richard Nixon, find yourself another country to be part of.'' }} {{reflist}} [[Category:~~Phil Ochs~~{{PAGENAME}}]]▼ [[Category:Musicians]] ▲[[Category:Phil Ochs]] [[Category:Music]] [[Category:Male suicides]] [[Category:Singer-songwriter]] [[Category:Names to Know in Music]]