My Life (Phil Ochs song) explained

My Life
Artist:Phil Ochs
Album:Rehearsals for Retirement
Published:1969
Released:1969
Genre:Folk rock
Length:3:11
Label:A&M
Producer:Larry Marks
My Life
Cover:My Life (Phil Ochs song) disc snapshop.jpg
Caption:Promotional copy of "My Life"
Type:single
Artist:Phil Ochs
B-Side:The World Began in Eden and Ended in Los Angeles
Released:1969
Genre:Folk rock
Length:3:11
Label:A&M
Producer:Larry Marks
Prev Title:The War Is Over
Prev Year:1968
Next Title:One Way Ticket Home
Next Year:1972

"My Life" is a 1969 song by Phil Ochs, a US singer-songwriter best known for the protest songs he wrote in the 1960s.

"My Life" is the fifth song on Rehearsals for Retirement, an album Ochs recorded in the aftermath of the protests at the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago.[1] In the song, Ochs says that his life, which had once been a joy, had become like death to him.[2]

In "My Life", Ochs sings "Take everything I own/Take your tap from my phone/And leave my life alone."[3] Years after his death, it was revealed that the FBI had a file of nearly 500 pages on Ochs.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Schumacher, Michael . There But for Fortune: The Life of Phil Ochs . 1996 . Hyperion . New York . 0-7868-6084-7 . 208–213 . registration .
  2. Book: Eliot, Marc . Death of a Rebel: A Biography of Phil Ochs . 1979 . 1989 . Franklin Watts . New York . 0-531-15111-5 . 168–169 .
  3. Schumacher, p. 212.
  4. Book: Blair, Eric . Folk Singer for the FBI: The Phil Ochs FBI File . 2007 . Lulu Press . Morrisville, North Carolina . 4 .