Judas went electric and he never looked back
Harvey Bojarsky
story about Dylan throwing Phil Ochs out of his car over Phil's criticism of
Dylan's new single "Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window".
Snider is another of those lesser-known talents who deserve notice. Praised
by John Prine and Jerry Jeff Walker among others, his live shows are a true
joy.
Thin Wild Mercury
From The Devil You Know
Todd Snider
Poor Phil Ochs, sad and low
Hands in his pockets, wonderin' where to go
Watching those tail lights leave him behind
Thrown from the limousine for speaking his mind
Like a red-eyed photo into a garbage can
At the corner of hero and also ran
A fragile heart skipped a fragile beat
It's warm in the limousine, cold on the streets
Thin wild mercury
And gold lame
Where things will go your way
Or they won't
Thin wind mercury
And gold lame
You know what they say
Or you don't
It was all over some new Dylan song
That Phil had the nerve to say sounded wrong
Dylan stopped the car, words shook like a fist
"Phil, you ain't a writer, you're a journalist"
Death of a rebel, twist of fate
If he ever thought better, he thought too late
Poor Phil Ochs, he slipped through the cracks
Judas went electric and he never looked back
Thin wild mercury
And gold lame
Where things will go your way
Or they won't
Thin wild mercury
And gold lame
You know what they say
Or you don't
No, you don't
Best
HB
steve lescure
wrote:
interesting - i have his Daily Planet (?) recording - can't say i like
it a lot, but the song I'm an Alright Guy is pretty damn funny.
steve
Wilbur Slice
wrote:
>interesting - i have his Daily Planet (?) recording - can't say i like
>it a lot, but the song I'm an Alright Guy is pretty damn funny.
>
Todd Snider is great - if you like early Dylan and John Prine, you'll
probably like Todd. He gives a GREAT live show, I highly recommend
that if he comes to your town, you should go see him. You'll have a
great time.