Music

Phil Ochs – AMA Song

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"Hooray for A.M.A.
And for us doctors gluts of higher pay
If you can't afford my bill don't you tell me that you're ill
'Cause that's the free enterprise way
We've divided up the sections of the body
Every day we specialize more and more
But we really love to stitch the diseases of the rich
We are sure there is a clinic for the poor"

Peter Yarrow – YouTube

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This was Peter Yarrow's introduction of Phil Ochs during the Newport Folk Festival in 1963. The song that Ochs would open with was the Ballad of Medgar Evers, the civil rights leader slain only a few weeks earlier.

“There is something happening in the world of art today. There are people who some think are new idols, new grand personalities. A lot of people resent the fact that these people are saying critical things, penetrating things. But it’s not idolatry, it’s the most positive, most affirmative aspect of our nation today.”

Phil Ochs – Here’s to the State of Richard Nixon (Live) – YouTube

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"And here's to the government of Richard Nixon
In the swamp of their bureaucracy
They're always bogging down
And criminals are posing
As advisors to the crown
And they hope that no one sees the sights
And no one hears the sounds
And the speeches of the president
Are the ravings of a clown"

"Oh here's to the land you've torn out the heart of
Richard Nixon: find yourself another country to be part of"