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Pleasures of the Harbor

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33: 455: 450: 445: 440: 435: 352:"The Party" savaged high-class snobs, with Ochs taking the role of a lounge pianist, observing the ridiculous nature of their gatherings. "Flower Lady" was a six-minute narrative about contrasting characters in the city, with each anecdote having one thing in common; everyone ignores the poor woman trying to sell her flowers. 392:
to tears when Ochs performed it for him a cappella in early 1968, months before the younger Kennedy's own assassination. All live versions of the song performed in concert featured Ochs alone, with just his guitar and voice, and one of those live performances is on the posthumously released
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in New York City (which numerous people witnessed, doing nothing to help), set to a Dixieland backing. The mention of marijuana in one verse was misinterpreted, and its release as a single failed to do anything on the charts as it was banned from radio play by many stations.
972: 355:"Pleasures of the Harbor", the title track, is a dirge to lonely sailors seeking human comfort and connection while in port. Ochs composed it after watching a screening of John Ford's 1940 film 656: 142: 388:, and explore the "cycle of sacrifice" where we build up our leaders into heroes so that we can enjoy tearing them down. The song is said to have brought Kennedy's brother 1202: 979: 1208: 50: 944: 1103: 839: 1036: 487: 365:. It features a lilting melodic line and what some consider to be an overblown film score-like orchestration (supposedly including a young 341: 674: 1188: 1130: 1022: 739: 772: 683: 97: 910: 846: 116: 69: 1154: 1043: 141: 1029: 807: 477: 76: 54: 1280: 1181: 951: 896: 380:) is concerned. Lyrically and musically, however, many consider the song to be Ochs' masterpiece. Its ten verses compare 83: 1117: 779: 376:", which closed the album, was deemed a failed experiment by Ochs, as far as its avant-garde production experiment (by 1285: 917: 596: 65: 43: 1290: 1270: 1110: 1064: 997: 832: 800: 1050: 570: 345: 958: 401: 1195: 732: 344:", a sarcastic jab at the apathetic nature of people in certain situations, at its base the story of the 1146: 1124: 903: 757: 308:, released in 1967. It is one of Ochs's most somber albums. In stark contrast to his three albums for 1275: 1224: 825: 793: 357: 332:
and experimental synthesized music crossing with folk, in hopes of producing a "folk-pop" crossover.
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20th Century Masters โ€“ The Millennium Collection: The Best of Phil Ochs
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Studio album
Phil Ochs
Genre
Baroque pop
folk
Dixieland
pop
Label
A&M
Producer
Phil Ochs
Phil Ochs in Concert
Tape from California
Phil Ochs
A&M Records
Elektra Records
folk music

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