Legendární americký folkový písničkář (voc, g) a kultovní osobnost. Narozen v r. 1940 v texaském El Pasu. Začínal jako novinář (vystudoval žurnalistiku). Počátkem 60. let se objevuje v N.Y.C., kde ho výrazně ovlivňuje Bob Dylan. Na rozdíl od něho...
Píseň: Men Behind The Guns
- Interpret:
- Phil Ochs
- Album:
- I Ain´t Marching Anymore
Let's drink a toast to the admiral, and here's to the captain bold, And glory more for the commodore, when the deeds of might are told. They stand to the deck with the battle's wreck, when the great shells roar and pound, And never they fear when the foe is near to lay their orders down But off with your hats and three times three for every sailor's son, For the men below who fight the foe, The men behind the guns: Oh, the men behind the guns. Their hearts a-pounding heavy when they swing to port once more With never enough of the greenback stuff, they start for the leave ashore. And you'd think perhaps the blue-blouse chaps had better clothes to wear, For the uniforms of officers could hardly be compared: Warriors bold with straps of gold that dazzle like the sun Outshine the common sailor boys, The lads who serve the guns: Oh, the men behind the guns. But say not a word till the shot is heard that tells the fight is on, And the angry sound of another round that says there must be gone Over the deep and the deadly sweep, the fire and the bursting shell, Where the very air is a mad despair, the throes of a living hell. But down and deep in a mighty ship unseen by the midday sun Oh you'll find the boys who make the noise, The lads who serve the guns: Oh, the men behind the guns. And well they know the cyclone blow loose from the cannon's steel. And they know the hull of the enemy ship will quiver with the peal. And the decks will rock with the lightning shock and shake with the great recoil While the sea grows red with the blood of the dead and swallows up her spoil. But not until the final ship has made her final run Can we give the rest to the very best: The lads who serve the guns Oh, the men behind the guns. So let's drink a toast to the admiral, and here's to the captain bold, And glory more for the commodore, when the deeds of might are told. They stand to the deck with the battle's wreck, when the great shells roar and pound, And never they fear when the foe is near to lay their orders down. But off with your hats and three times three for every sailor's son, For the men below who fight the foe, The men behind the guns: Oh, the man behind the gun.
I Ain´t Marching Anymore (1965)
10. Men Behind The Guns