Five pissyourpantsstupid answer songs to eve of destruction. Were on the eve of destruction and dont you understand. The album features mcguires most known hit eve of destruction. Vietnam war music the byrds eve of destruction youtube. Eve of destruction johnny thunders album wikipedia. Mcguires raspy voice makes this a unique set of songs. Bob dylan born robert allen zimmerman, may 24, 1941 is an american singersongwriter, author, and artist who has been an influential figure in popular music and culture for more than five decades. Our readers pick the greatest activist anthems by artists like bob dylan, neil young and rage against the machine. The eastern world it is explodin violence flarin, bullets loadin youre old enough to kill but not for votin you dont believe.
Eve of destruction is a studio album released by american folk music singersongwriter barry mcguire, released in 1965. Along with bob dylans emergence came countless other folkbased protest singers in the early to mid60s, including barry mcguire. Much of his most celebrated work dates from the 1960s, when he became a reluctant voice of a. Eve of destruction, written by teenage bob dylan fan p. Sloan, a nineteenyearold admirer of bob dylan s like a rolling stone. Id heard the first dylan album with electrified instruments. The eastern world it is explodin violence flarin, bullets loadin.
The title piece eve of destruction is worth it by itself and is certainly a timeless song which certainly speaks to multiple generations. It also features mcguires cover versions of songs by several artists, including bob dylan, tom jones, as. Apocalyptic, adolescent and aporetic, it was loathed as only a hit can be. He sings bob dylan s she belongs to me in a way that makes the song believable emotionally. Sloans priorities and made him want to be the next bob dylan, or whatever, mr. The eastern world it is explodin violence flarin, bullets loadin youre old enough to kill but not for votin you dont believe in war, whats that gun youre totin and even the jordan river has bodies floatin. Barry mcguire eve of destruction hullabaloo sep 20, 1965. It was clearly influenced by bob dylan, the articulate spokesman for the emergent genre of folk rock, and different. The topic of this article may not meet wikipedia s notability guideline for music. The turtles are an american rock band led by vocalists howard kaylan and mark volman, later known as flo and eddie. The eastern world it is explodin violence flarin, bullets loadin youre old enough to kill but not for votin you dont believe in war. The feeling, if you will, is that this purchase was worth it if only to have had a good recording of eve of destruction however this is the recommendation for this albums place in its entirety though i have as of yet listened to the album in its entirety i wish more to list that that there are other songs, a few by bob dylan, a few other. Mcguires solo debut, the barry mcguire album, was released in 1963, but it wasnt until two years later that mcguire scored a massive hit with the sloanpenned track eve of destruction, which topped the u. Lyrics for eve of destruction by barry mcguire songfacts.
Musically, the group the mamas and the papas is known for. Sloan and sung by former new christy minstrel barry mcguire, spent eleven weeks. The 18cd collectors edition of the cutting edge 19651966. Explain your version of song meaning, find more of bob dylan lyrics. Sloan, eve of destruction songwriter, dead at 70 rolling stone. Lyrics and video for the song eve of destruction by barry mcguire. Not bob dylan barry mcguire eve of destruction youtube. Eve of destruction barry mcguire release info allmusic. The band became notable for several top 40 hits beginning with their cover version of bob dylan s it aint me babe in 1965. The elusive singer, songwriter, guitarist and producer pf sloan composed eve of destruction, the epochal and prescient protest song barry mcguire took to the top of the us charts in. Il testo e il video della canzone eve of destruction di bob dylan.
Eve of destruction lyrics by bob dylan original song. The vietnam war the soundtrack by various artists on. Barry mcguire eve of destruction lyrics genius lyrics. Bob dylan born robert allen zimmerman on may 24, 1941 in duluth, minnesota, united states is an american musician, poet and artist whose position in popular culture is unique. In addition the british musician alan klein wrote and performed a parody and attack on folksingers such as donovan and bob dylan entitled age. Eve of destruction was so present on the airwaves at its height in 1965 that as it ended play on one station, it would start up on another, a dominating hit single which charted higher than any protest song written by bob dylan, the man whose own masters of war must have inspired p. I gave phil sloan a pair of boots and a hat and a copy of the dylan album, and a week later he came back with ten songs, including eve of destruction.
Sloan and sung by former new christy minstrel barry mcguire, spent eleven weeks on the billboard chart in 1965, reaching number one that september. The eastern world it is explodin,violence flarin, bullets loadin,youre old enough to kill but not for votin,you dont believe in war, w. The eastern world it is explodin violence flarin, bullets loadin youre old enough to kill but not for votin you dont believe in war, whats that gun youre. Please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. The eastern world it is explodin, violence flarin, bullets loadin, youre old enough to kill but not for votin, you dont believe in war, whats that gun youre totin, and even the jordan river has bodies floatin, but you tell me over and over and over again my friend, ah, you dont believe were on. Several artists have recorded it, but the bestknown recording was by barry mcguire the song references social issues of its period, including the vietnam war, the draft, the threat of nuclear war, the civil rights movement, turmoil in the middle east, and the american space program. Though eve of destruction will tell you something about it, dylan said of the sloan song that barry mcguire took to no 1 in the us in 1965. The eastern world it is explodin, violence flarin, bullets loadin youre old enough to kill but not for votin you dont. Dylan started his musical odyssey in 1959 when he began playing in dinkytown, minneapolis while attending the. The eastern world it is explodin, violence flarin, bullets loadin youre old enough to kill but not for votin you dont believe in war, whats that gun youre totin. Eve of destruction by barry mcguire on amazon music. If notability cannot be established, the article is likely to be merged, redirected, or deleted.
If you want to find out anything thats happening now, you have. Read or print original eve of destruction lyrics 2020 updated. Duane eddy duane eddy does bob dylan 1966, vinyl discogs. Patterson takes his title from a song that was released in september 1965, written primarily by p. One of the most iconic protest song of all times which takes on racism, war, hypocrisy and injustice at a volatile time in world history. Bob dylan once said of eve of destruction, which was originally penned with the byrds in mind, there are no more escapes.
I remember in an interview that terry melcher stated that eve was 1st offered to the byrds and they passed on it melcher was the byrds producer in 1965. Dylan started his musical odyssey in 1959 when he began playing in dinkytown, minneapolis while attending the university of minnesota. The best thing about it might be mcguires voice, a raspy growl that still works as a more conventionally melodic instrument than dylan s. The eastern world it is explodin violence flarin, bullets loadin youre old enough to kill but not for votin you dont believe in war, w. The extensive harmonica in this track gave the song a bob dylan feel, which was appropriate, given that eve of destruction has been called dylan esque. I gave phil sloan a pair of boots and a hat and a copy. You have to be ok for bob dylan to mention one of your songs when summing up the state of the world.
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