Where Were You in Chicago
2005 · Hush HUSH 052 · Portland, Oregon
- Artist
- Kind of Like Spitting
- Title
- Where Were You in Chicago
- Release
- Learn: The Songs of Phil Ochs
- Year
- 2005
- Label
- Hush # HUSH 052
- Format
- CD · Live
- Language
- English
- Country
- Portland, Oregon, USA
- Songwriter
- Phil Ochs
- Genre
- Rock · Indie Rock
- Primary theme
- Post-War
Annotation — 1968 Chicago Seven / Eight Songs
Indie rock group formed in 1996 in Portland, Oregon, USA, currently based in Seattle, Washington, USA. The song "Where Were You In Chicago" is a cover of Phil Ochs, tagged onto the tail end of the song "William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park and Escapes Unscathed", which appeared on his 1969 album Rehearsals for Retirement, discussed above.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
Lyrics
English: Oh, where were you in Chicago? / You know I didn't see you there / I didn't see them crack your head or breathe, the tear gas air / Oh, where were you In Chicago? / When the fight was being fought / Oh, where were you in Chicago? 'Cause I was in Detroit
Notes
Released 6 September 2005; track 6, written by Phil Ochs (the tag of "William Butler Yeats Visits Lincoln Park and Escapes Unscathed", Rehearsals for Retirement, 1969). Recorded live at the Gene Autry Theater, Los Angeles.
About the artist
Indie rock group formed in 1996 in Portland, Oregon, later based in Seattle, Washington. [Rate Your Music]