"What's That I Hear?" or Freedom Song, written by Phil Ochs, performed by Tracy Newman?

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"What's That I Hear?" or Freedom Song, written by Phil Ochs, performed by Tracy Newman?

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From my 1965 "What's New" public TV series for children on WNET out of Brooklyn College. This is a Phil Ochs song. I love it.

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@trackie1957 4 жыл бұрын

I can’t believe this has only a few thousand views. This series is a treasure!

@michaelbourke6143 3 жыл бұрын

A wonderful song beautifully interpreted by a lovely talented woman.

@davidrakes3618 5 жыл бұрын

I discovered you in 65. You led me to playing guitar and to folk songs from all over the world. I remember photographing you from the tv. I still have those photos, and I still play my twelve string: singing songs from here, there and everywhere. The great songs from the mid sixties seem to need being sung and heard now more than ever! I have sung " Turn Turn Turn" in church and people love I. Also I have carried " What's This I Hear" in my heart for decades, and now I can here it free and new, get the lyrics right, stars performing it again. Thanks for your music and for once again being a part of my life. God Bless, David

@tracynewman3256 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, David!

@snowtiger44 2 жыл бұрын

I love your songs , greetings from the Netherlands ❤️🙂👍

@41Martn 2 жыл бұрын

Nice resonate voice speaking and singing

@steveroberts8719 5 жыл бұрын

She is an excellent guitarist and sings well. I hope Phil Ochs enjoyed this cover.

@Hillbilly_and_bike 2 жыл бұрын

Qué descubrimiento, estoy fliping con el programa de Tracy Newman. Great!!! :)

@UncleWiggy252 6 жыл бұрын

Another version of this song was taught to us by LAURA WEBER also on public TV in the mid sixties. (God rest her lovely soul) I was eight years old when I learned it and I still play it today at 63. AND now I'm finally learning to play and hopefully remember all the words to "Changes". Wish me luck. Some things worth it take time. Thanks for bringing this video back to us.

@TracyNewmanOfficial 6 жыл бұрын

I love this song, too! I'm happy it brought back memories for you. - T

@tracynewman3256 5 жыл бұрын

My pleasure, Uncle Wiggy! Sorry it took me forever to answer this!

@davidcoyle1084 4 жыл бұрын

I have a guitar instruction booklet by Laura Weber, published by the station her show was on. Some previous owner gave her a mustache. :-)

@air139 3 жыл бұрын

rip phil ochs

@Nokorola 8 жыл бұрын

Really neat, as are the other videos a few of which I've viewed so far. I wish all NET footage was this well preserved. I'd love to see a complete show. Thanks for sharing!

@tracynewman3256 8 жыл бұрын

Thank you, Nokorola! I think it's amazing, too. Did you see the video I did back then called "Vamos al Baile?" It's pretty cool. And "Cripple Creek" too.

@musiccentral2333 3 жыл бұрын

I love phil ochs

@musiccentral2333 3 жыл бұрын

I will suppose Phil ochs music on my KZfaq channel

@KennBurch 3 жыл бұрын

Tracy is Laraine Newman's sister. (I spelled her first name wrong initially and corrected it after somebody pointed out).

@ferdinandthecrow Жыл бұрын

Laraine??

@KennBurch Жыл бұрын

@@ferdinandthecrow OK, Laraine. Sorry for the misspelling and I'll correct it. Laraine's daughter, btw, is Hannah Einbinder, who plays Ava on the HBO show HACKS.

@defilippis5297 7 жыл бұрын

Beautiful song. Thanks for posting it.

@imretarkany4462 8 жыл бұрын

Beautiful singing! Nothing changed ( even "Changes")! :) Congratulation, Imre

@ezekielsmukler2903 5 жыл бұрын

I heard you before, Tracy. This is you performing.

@tracynewman3256 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching, Ezekiel! I have a lot of recent videos up on KZfaq as well. Here's the most recent: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nLmng8WCqp3Zcqc.html Very different from this 1965 video you like here!

@davidsOO50 8 жыл бұрын

Nice!

@robbiekipping1124 4 жыл бұрын

Wow

@davidrakes3618 5 жыл бұрын

You're welcome!!!

@alnicospeaker 7 жыл бұрын

Tracy, that was a fantastic performance, thanks for sharing it with us on youtube. Did you know Phil personally; perhaps have a story to share? All the best..

@tracynewman3256 7 жыл бұрын

I met Phil a few times. (Each time I had to 'meet' him again, because he didn't remember me.) In LA at the Troubadour bar I ran into him, and he tried to fix me up with the guy he was sitting with, whose name was Jack. I declined, for some reason, and later, after I saw "Easy Rider," I realized it was Jack Nicholson. I'm not sure if I dodged a bullet or missed an opportunity. Probably the former.

@tracynewman3256 5 жыл бұрын

Al - Sorry this took me so long to answer. Two years! Yikes! Yes, I did know Phil and he once tried to fix me up with a guy at the Troubadour bar way back then. The guy was Jack Nicholson, but I hadn't yet seen Easy Rider. I said no. I don't know what I would have done if I had been star struck!

@margaretross9150 5 жыл бұрын

@@tracynewman3256 That's very interesting. My impression of Phil (I'm currently reading Michael Schumacher's biography of him) is that he was rather careless with his personal relationships, but then again, he was on a mission.

@tracynewman3256 5 жыл бұрын

@@margaretross9150- What is Michael describing as Phil's mission? I'm curious as to how he's putting it. I guess I could read the book.

@margaretross9150 5 жыл бұрын

@@tracynewman3256 I'm not finished the book yet, but Phil put enormous energy into succeeding in his chosen career. "He was up every day at dawn, sitting with his guitar, working and writing for hours everyday..." (related by a colleague who travelled with him on page 55 of The Life of Phil Ochs). Not much time to attend to the niceties of life, but he seemed well loved anyway.

@Awesomenoob25 6 жыл бұрын

Nice version, bit Phil Ochs does it way better, you can hear the passion in his voice.

@TracyNewmanOfficial 6 жыл бұрын

I agree with you but that didn't stop me from doing it back then. I love the song. Thanks for listening/watching!

@tracynewman3256 5 жыл бұрын

I agree, Michael. I did my best here, but found this song very hard to sing at the time. 1965.

@davidcoyle1084 4 жыл бұрын

That's rather nervy of you. You could've said "Nice version, but Phil's is still my favorite." As for passion, she was singing it for kids, not a civil rights match! Kudos to you, Tracy, this IS a pretty tricky one to sing.

@ferdinandthecrow Жыл бұрын

I bet Phil liked this version...