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"Love Me, I'm a Liberal" is a satirical song by Phil Ochs, an American singer-songwriter. Originally released on his 1966 live album, Phil Ochs in Concert, "Love Me, I'm a Liberal" was soon one of Ochs's most popular concert staples. Introducing the song on the live album, Ochs said: In every American community there are varying shades of political opinion. One of the shadiest of these is the liberals. An outspoken group on many subjects, ten degrees to the left of center in good times, ten degrees to the right of center if it affects them personally. Here, then, is a lesson in safe logic.

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  • "Love Me, I'm a Liberal" is a satirical song by Phil Ochs, an American singer-songwriter. Originally released on his 1966 live album, Phil Ochs in Concert, "Love Me, I'm a Liberal" was soon one of Ochs's most popular concert staples. Introducing the song on the live album, Ochs said: In every American community there are varying shades of political opinion. One of the shadiest of these is the liberals. An outspoken group on many subjects, ten degrees to the left of center in good times, ten degrees to the right of center if it affects them personally. Here, then, is a lesson in safe logic. (en)
  • Love Me, I'm a Liberal est une chanson écrite et composée par le chanteur folk Phil Ochs. Elle est parue en 1966 sur l'album Phil Ochs in Concert. Ses paroles satirisent les libéraux américains : Ochs dénonce la différence entre leurs paroles et leurs actions en parlant par la bouche du libéral moyen. Ainsi, dans le premier couplet, le libéral raconte avoir pleuré après les meurtres de Medgar Evers et John F. Kennedy, mais dit que « Malcolm X a eu ce qu'il méritait ». Dans le dernier couplet, le libéral s'adresse aux auditeurs d'Ochs en leur disant qu'il était comme eux auparavant, « jeune et impulsif » ; « mais je suis plus vieux et plus sage à présent / et c'est pour ça que je vais vous dénoncer ». Tous les couplets s'achèvent sur cette demande : « Alors aimez-moi, aimez-moi, aimez-moi, (fr)
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  • "Love Me, I'm a Liberal" is a satirical song by Phil Ochs, an American singer-songwriter. Originally released on his 1966 live album, Phil Ochs in Concert, "Love Me, I'm a Liberal" was soon one of Ochs's most popular concert staples. Introducing the song on the live album, Ochs said: In every American community there are varying shades of political opinion. One of the shadiest of these is the liberals. An outspoken group on many subjects, ten degrees to the left of center in good times, ten degrees to the right of center if it affects them personally. Here, then, is a lesson in safe logic. "Love Me, I'm a Liberal" is sung from the perspective of an American liberal. In the first verse, the singer laments the assassinations of Medgar Evers and President John F. Kennedy, but says Malcolm X got what he deserved. Each verse ends with the refrain, "So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal." In the song's other verses, the singer says he supports the Civil Rights Movement and "love[s] Puerto Ricans and Negros as long as they don't move next door", but adds that if somebody suggests busing the singer's children to integrate their schools, he "hope[s] the cops take down [their] name". In the final verse, the narrator reveals that he used to be like the listener: Sure, once I was young and impulsive; I wore every conceivable pin,Even went to Socialist meetings, learned all the old Union hymns.Ah, but I've grown older and wiser, and that's why I'm turning you in.So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal. According to Ochs' biographer Michael Schumacher, "Love Me, I'm a Liberal" would evoke "a strange mixture of laughter, from nervous tittering from those who recognized themselves in Phil's indictment, to open roars of approval from the radical factions in the audience." Eric Alterman describes "Love Me, I'm a Liberal" as "a scorching indictment of liberal cowardice by a bitter adversary, not the good-natured ribbing one might expect from an affectionate ally". In 2018, Billy Bragg wrote of "Love Me, I'm a Liberal": "As with all such finely honed topical songs, the cultural references have dated somewhat. However, Ochs's description of a liberal as someone whose politics are '10 degrees to the left of centre in good times, 10 degrees to the right of centre if it affects them personally' still resonates today." (en)
  • Love Me, I'm a Liberal est une chanson écrite et composée par le chanteur folk Phil Ochs. Elle est parue en 1966 sur l'album Phil Ochs in Concert. Ses paroles satirisent les libéraux américains : Ochs dénonce la différence entre leurs paroles et leurs actions en parlant par la bouche du libéral moyen. Ainsi, dans le premier couplet, le libéral raconte avoir pleuré après les meurtres de Medgar Evers et John F. Kennedy, mais dit que « Malcolm X a eu ce qu'il méritait ». Dans le dernier couplet, le libéral s'adresse aux auditeurs d'Ochs en leur disant qu'il était comme eux auparavant, « jeune et impulsif » ; « mais je suis plus vieux et plus sage à présent / et c'est pour ça que je vais vous dénoncer ». Tous les couplets s'achèvent sur cette demande : « Alors aimez-moi, aimez-moi, aimez-moi, j’suis un libéral ». Au fil des décennies, Love Me, I'm a Liberal a été reprise par divers artistes, le plus souvent en adaptant les paroles aux événements du moment. Ainsi, en 1994, Jello Biafra et la reprennent pour critiquer le gouvernement Clinton sur l’album . * Portail de la musique • section Chanson * Portail des années 1960 (fr)
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