Quote:No doubt --- I just listened to Eve of Destruction for the 1st time in over a year. Great song !!!

The eastern world, it is explodin',

Violence flarin', bullets loadin',

You're old enough to kill but not for votin',

You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're totin',

And even the Jordan river has bodies floatin',

But you tell me over and over and over again my friend,

Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Don't you understand, what I'm trying to say?

And can't you feel the fears I'm feeling today?

If the button is pushed, there's no running away,

There'll be no one to save with the world in a grave,

Take a look around you, boy, it's bound to scare you, boy,

And you tell me over and over and over again my friend,

Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Yeah, my blood's so mad, feels like coagulatin',

I'm sittin' here, just contemplatin',

I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation,

Handful of Senators don't pass legislation,

And marches alone can't bring integration,

When human respect is disintegratin',

This whole crazy world is just too frustratin',

And you tell me over and over and over again my friend,

Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

Think of all the hate there is in Red China!

Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama!

Ah, you may leave here, for four days in space,

But when your return, it's the same old place,

The poundin' of the drums, the pride and disgrace,

You can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace,

Hate your next door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace,

And you tell me over and over and over and over again my friend,

You don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.

No, no, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction.



You know you've made an impact when other bands like the Mamas and Papas reference you in their song .....
McGuinn and McGuire just a-gettin' higher[/size]

In L.A., you know where that's at[/size]

And no one's gettin' fat except Mama Cass[/size]

Seems like we have similar tastes in music...ya old hippy.

As far as band references..Charlie Daniels did Souths Going to do it Again and named a bunch. Molly Hatchet followed suit later with Gator Country.

Not a song but maybe more iconic. .... Sgt Peppers Album cover....welcoming the Stones.


Eve of Desruction however is probably the most prophetic song, and is relevant years after it was written, and most likely years to come. Amazing as it is sad and pathetic as to how far we haven't come.

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