Phil Ochs playing Elvis Presley tunes live at Carnegie Hall is the best goddamn thing you will hear all day.
Trust me on this one. (His version of "Are You Lonesome Tonight" adds
an amazing amount of soul and heartache, like Richard Thompson turning
"Oops I Did It Again" into a kind of Elvis Costello anthem, except in
the opposite emotional direction which left me teary-eyed in front of my
laptop.)
The only thing better is Phil Ochs playing Buddy Holly.
(The little fucker top-and-tailed the medley with "Not Fade Away" and
at the end he sang "Said Buddy Holly not fade away. Said Buddy Holly not
fade away" and I fucking cried, yeah. Phil Ochs not fade away. Love true love not fade away.)
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