Coming out of the grocery store this morning, I heard a car radio in the parking lot playing Eve of Destruction, a song which I’m quite certain I have not heard since 1971 or so. (And which, given another five decades, I may manage to forget.) I would like to think that somewhere a radio station's program manager is having a sit-down with a DJ to explain the word “appropriate”.
BeeDeeDubbleU
8:56 pm on Mar 19, 2020 (gmt 0)
Also, "In the year 2525, if man is still alive".
(Actually I liked the Eve of Destruction and you really are showing your age Lucy. It was 1965. ;o)
lucy24
9:29 pm on Mar 19, 2020 (gmt 0)
Yes, I know it came out in 1965--I looked it up--but I can’t possibly have heard it then, because at that age I was listening to, at most, the Monkees.* I thought there might have been a cover in the early '70's, but I couldn't find one.
Yup, I do remember the year 2525. As it were.
* Further lookup tells me the Monkees started in 1966. If so, I really doubt I was listening to anything in 1965.
BeeDeeDubbleU
10:05 pm on Mar 19, 2020 (gmt 0)
I am 71 Lucy so I remember them all.
tangor
10:19 pm on Mar 19, 2020 (gmt 0)
Hmmm ... protest songs not in your faves?
I find the song interesting from a musical point: it was done it one take with no rehearsal, and RELEASED the next day.
MacGuire had been a member of New Christy Minstrels prior to Eve of Destruction ... so this was something "new" for him.
Later went on to write songs for children, among other things. Quite a versatile talent, with a varied and busy career.
With the panic on going the song is kind of appropriate: coronavirus is the eve of destruction (according to reports).
JS_Harris
12:12 am on Mar 24, 2020 (gmt 0)
I would like to think that somewhere a radio station's program manager is having a sit-down with a DJ to explain the word “appropriate”.
Tolerance is important, especially important in difficult times.
