Draft Dodger Rag
E365091
"Draft Dodger Rag" is a satirical anti-war folk song by Phil Ochs that humorously portrays a young man's attempts to avoid being drafted into the Vietnam War.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Draft Dodger Rag canonical | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3517256 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Draft Dodger Rag Context triple: [Phil Ochs, notableWork, Draft Dodger Rag]
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Nashville Skyline Rag
"Nashville Skyline Rag" is an instrumental country tune by Bob Dylan featured on his 1969 album *Nashville Skyline*.
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Rags
Rags is a lesser-known Broadway musical by composer Stephen Schwartz that explores the struggles and hopes of Jewish immigrants in early 20th-century America.
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Wrong Note Rag
"Wrong Note Rag" is a lively, comic musical number from Leonard Bernstein’s Broadway musical *Wonderful Town*, known for its playful use of deliberate musical “mistakes.”
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Waiting for Lefty
"Waiting for Lefty" is a landmark 1935 one-act play by Clifford Odets that dramatizes a taxi drivers' labor strike and became a defining work of American leftist theatre.
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The Armageddon Rag
The Armageddon Rag is a 1983 dark fantasy novel by George R. R. Martin that blends supernatural horror with rock-and-roll culture and a murder mystery centered on a legendary 1960s band.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Draft Dodger Rag Target entity description: "Draft Dodger Rag" is a satirical anti-war folk song by Phil Ochs that humorously portrays a young man's attempts to avoid being drafted into the Vietnam War.
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A.
Nashville Skyline Rag
"Nashville Skyline Rag" is an instrumental country tune by Bob Dylan featured on his 1969 album *Nashville Skyline*.
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B.
Rags
Rags is a lesser-known Broadway musical by composer Stephen Schwartz that explores the struggles and hopes of Jewish immigrants in early 20th-century America.
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C.
Wrong Note Rag
"Wrong Note Rag" is a lively, comic musical number from Leonard Bernstein’s Broadway musical *Wonderful Town*, known for its playful use of deliberate musical “mistakes.”
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D.
Waiting for Lefty
"Waiting for Lefty" is a landmark 1935 one-act play by Clifford Odets that dramatizes a taxi drivers' labor strike and became a defining work of American leftist theatre.
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E.
The Armageddon Rag
The Armageddon Rag is a 1983 dark fantasy novel by George R. R. Martin that blends supernatural horror with rock-and-roll culture and a murder mystery centered on a legendary 1960s band.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
anti-war song
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folk song ⓘ protest song ⓘ song ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Vietnam War era ⓘ |
| composer | Phil Ochs ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| creator | Phil Ochs ⓘ |
| culturalContext | 1960s American folk revival ⓘ |
| describedAs | satirical anti-war folk song ⓘ |
| firstPerformer | Phil Ochs ⓘ |
| genre |
folk
ⓘ
protest music ⓘ satire ⓘ |
| hasCharacterType | reluctant conscript ⓘ |
| hasInfluenceOn | later anti-war music ⓘ |
| hasStyle | acoustic folk ⓘ |
| hasTheme |
bureaucracy of the draft
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moral opposition to war ⓘ satire of patriotism ⓘ youth resistance to conscription ⓘ |
| hasTone |
humorous
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satirical ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
folk music listeners
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opponents of the Vietnam War ⓘ |
| intendedMedium |
audio recording
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live performance ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| lyricist | Phil Ochs ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Vietnam War
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conscription in the United States ⓘ draft evasion ⓘ |
| movement | 1960s anti-war movement ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | young man avoiding the draft ⓘ |
| narrativePerspective | first-person ⓘ |
| notableFor |
critique of U.S. military conscription
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humorous catalog of draft-dodging excuses ⓘ |
| partOf | Phil Ochs’ protest song repertoire ⓘ |
| performer | Phil Ochs ⓘ |
| portrays |
attempts to avoid military service
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conflict between individual conscience and state demands ⓘ |
| positionOnWar | anti-war ⓘ |
| workPeriod | 1960s ⓘ |
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Subject: Draft Dodger Rag Description of subject: "Draft Dodger Rag" is a satirical anti-war folk song by Phil Ochs that humorously portrays a young man's attempts to avoid being drafted into the Vietnam War.
Referenced by (4)
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