I Ain't Marching Anymore

Phil Ochs (Artist)

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 21, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 1965
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collector's Choice
• ASIN: B000BR6DAI
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #28,199 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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Product Description
As the conflicts and divisions in American society deepened in the mid-60s, Phil Ochs sharpened his songwriting pen on 1965s I Aint Marching Anymore to deliver some of the most passionate and pointed protest songs of the decade. WIth topics ranging from American militarism, civil rights, labor struggles and the Vietnam War, the album may sound dated...or maybe not.

Customer Reviews

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11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Truth, June 28, 2006

By	Harlan Traughber (Kansas) - See all my reviews

Phil Ochs, in his open and triuphantly victorious album, "I Ain't Marching Anymore", influences our minds, energizes our bodies, and aids our souls in the never-ending, human quest for truth. Phil Och's music is truth, and that's the only way to describe it. It's not exactly folk music, with its tragic, painfull, though, allbeit, common songs about the depth of humanity's suffering, but something greater. Something not limited to the suffering of poor people and indegents, but of the human condition in general. The infinite human compassion, and the violent, terrible human history; two parts of humanity, both seperate and precious, and both necessary. Violence, in its past tense, is useful: without it, no one could learn from it. With it, however, humanity can expand and progress. This is what Phil Ochs was trying to communicate with his music.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I love Phil Ochs, April 5, 2008

By	D. Nelson (Borrego Springs, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

You cannot believe how wonderful the sound is on this CD. I have all of Phil's albums and the CD is SO much better. I love Phil Ochs. So sorry he had to leave us so soon....

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Generation's Troubador, August 1, 2008

By	Michael Everett (Santa Monica) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this record when it came out which must have been around 1965. I only had to listen to it once to know I ain't marching anymore either. The title song played over and over again in my head as I made my way through the act of refusing the draft at Fort Holabird, Maryland in 1967.
Phil Ochs had guts and he told it like it was. His songs inspired us, spoke for us, and urged us on. He was one of many musicians invited to sing at the 1968 Chicago Democratic convention protests. But as the protests drew near, it became obvious to all this would be bare knuckles going up against a wild and poorly trained right wing police force. One by one all those musicians except Phil Ochs and MC-5 got scared and dropped out. And that's just one or two reasons Phil Ochs was our troubadour. Now 40 years later he's as relevant as ever and discerning kids are still listening to him.
This I believe was his very first album and one of his best. The other one I'd recommend is "Then and Now: Live in Vancouver," which is a reprise of some of his best work. It was recorded in a club in Vancouver just weeks after the Chicago protests and you'll have no problem feeling the electricity in the air.