He wrote a song condeming Richard Nixon's abuses of power and immorality.
And here's to the laws of Richard Nixon
Where the wars are fought in secret, Pearl Harbor every day/
He punishes with income tax that he don't have to pay
And he's tapping his own brother just to hear what he would say
But corruption can be classic in the Richard Nixon way...
Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam's lead singer covered the song on VH1's July 1st Storytellers. He updated the lyrics for the current administration. Here's a bit about the concert.
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you can guess what the recommended downloads are:
Phil Ochs, Here's To The State Of Richard Nixon
Eddie Vedder, Here's To The State Of George W.
2 comments:
Phil Ochs has a version of "The Highwayman" which I think is really fantastic. It's a poem (by Tennyson?) set to music, and the combination of the words, the haunting melody, and Phil Ochs' voice is pretty cool. It was on the "I Ain't Marching Anymore" album with the graffiti-looking cover.
Sweet. My personal favorite Phil Ochs song is "Love Me, I'm A Liberal" followed by "Outside Of A Small Circle Of Friends" in a close second place.
I'd never heard of him before Core Science.
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