Barry McGuire - Eve Of Destruction

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"Eve of Destruction" is a protest song written by P. F. Sloan. Barry McGuire recorded the track in July 1965. It was released by Dunhill Records and was an instant hit reaching #1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in September of that year.
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[@marlinkane7012]

We’re on the Eve of Destruction! This songs resonates in 2024.

[@Joestudly]

The nukes will be flying in maybe 10 years, there is usually a build to a world war

[@joanmavima5423]

Thinking the same myself. The lyrics are timeless; still apply today.

[@Gridiron_Edits]

@@joanmavima5423agreed

[@richardduplessis1090]

LOL "Let's face the music and dance"

[@therealrodhull1]

Yes, and with Biden in power, we are getting ever closer to ww3.

[@stevenmqcueen7576]

"... hate your next door neighbor but don't forget to say grace." One of the most powerful lyrics ever written.

[@Gressethegreat]

I prefer "old enough to kill but not for voting"', so you comment is mute and the lyric was only powerful in your eyes. Also I think you own stuff I want, give it to me.

[@joebrowne9217]

Very prescient..

[@theghostofmaximumvolume3414]

What if you live next to criminals? Do we still have to "love thy neighbor," if your neighbor is part of the problem?

[@markgrande47]

@@Gressethegreat why the snarkey reply...you are both right

[@dutchboyslim5951]

Whoever said that really does understand the American Christian-Nationalist mindset.

[@METAL-ADDICT]

"You can hate your next door neighbor but don't forget to say grace." GREATEST LYRIC EVER.

[@Cassie-iw1qk]

Best lyric Ever!! ✌️ Number 1 protest songs ever. 🇺🇸 Also listen to Bobby Darin 1973 bfor he died...🙏🇺🇸✌️ God bless the world 🌎🌍

[@rogerjoseph2532]

this was just great

[@dis_joint_ed5167]

We're still on the Eve of Destruction, but hardly anyone sings about it now

[@HappyAlligator-tc1hw]

Over the hump with the disintegration of the Soviet system

[@opentrunk]

An eve doesn't last 50+ years! He was wrong, just like you'll probably be wrong.

[@FABMatheus00]

The world has forgotten about the fear of nuclear weapons, in the 50s and 60s there were many nuke innovations and tests, nuclear threats were something new, today we hear nuclear threats at breakfast and we forget it in 5 minutes because it has become something commonplace.

[@dis_joint_ed5167]

@FABMatheus00 too true, sadly.

[@AskAlice112]

The response song :The Dawn of Correction" - The Spokesmen. Lot's to think about.

[@travisbayles870]

In case nobody noticed we are living those all over again

[@633rex100]

Because we never learn! Always fighting wars for the "uber wealthy and corporate elites!

[@feather1950]

@@633rex100, don’t forget the “ religious zelots “

[@minimad8793]

luckily we realised from last time and improved on the realisation that it still doesnt work lol

[@Walesbornandbred]

This song is 57 years old, makes you think. We haven't learned much.

[@marjol3in]

So sad.

[@lennytrepanier3450]

Our leaders have learned nothing. I think people are coming around. People should just stop going to these wars an just say no to it.

[@Walesbornandbred]

@@lennytrepanier3450 I was thinking about that when the news said Russian soldiers were protesting about being involved, I don't know if it's true or propaganda. I think if it were true Putin would have them shot or sent to Siberia. Dissention in the ranks has never been a thing Russia was soft on. I do agree with you though, if a countries citizens said no we've had enough and all refused to fight maybe we would be happier. I don't think it ever happen though. Most species are endowed with the killer instinct to survive, add to that the need to have what the other person has and the technology to achieve it and you have a recipe for disaster.

[@johnotto214]

I was there.. I learned alot.

[@lennytrepanier3450]

@@johnotto214 this song shocked me an i always loved it for its pureness an truth. Im 62. Heard it late when in 7 th grade.

[@freddysnewchannel8885]

At the age of eleven I got my first transistor radio and this was the first song I heard on it. I'm now 70 and NOTHING HAS CHANGED, what is wrong with us?

[@jimkarayianes8976]

What's wrong with us? Maybe it's just all about the almighty $$. JMO

[@greaternysailing8088]

Did not they teach history in schools anymore? I can see Neanderthals singing this!

[@d3z5uy4m]

My grandparents gave me a transistor radio when I was little and they always made sure I had new batteries. That thing was STUCK to my ear all day long. This song and thousands of others came through that tiny speaker. On my school bus I had to sit by the window so the signal could get through. Motown especially, then. And, of course, "the eve of destruction". Not much has changed since the sixties, really. Our government is still f'ing around the world causing trouble. And f-ing our country up.

[@davidhallett8783]

@@d3z5uy4m an amerikan who knows

[@davidhallett8783]

What is wrong with the u s

[@rusty1772]

Best Vietnam War song ever. Period. Top five protest song ever. Period.

[@dis_joint_ed5167]

Name a better protest song? This is perfect. So furious!!

[@damienharbin242]

This, Fortunate Son, and For What It’s Worth are Top 3 in my opinion.

[@Mjoellnir1984]

Well, I'm not sure there ever was a time when this song wasn't relevant, but now we really are again on the eve of destruction.

[@EMINEMisTHEbest919]

No we are not, Ukraine temp yes

[@ricknelson7045]

Don’t be so sure it’s just Ukraine 🇺🇦 that will suffer. World War 3 could happen tomorrow for all you know because Putin is mad enough to do anything.

[@rosemonteiro7049]

Traduzindo

[@colinlynn9934]

Think you just might be right

[@ronduff4325]

I agree .

[@rodcleaves9904]

I have the pleasure of calling Barry and his wife Mari as friends of me and my wife. One weekend we went lobstering off the Maine coast together before his concert in Portland. I honestly believe he is THE most underrated man in his profession. It kills me to see him in concert, giving his all, to about two dozen people. Here's a man who has written hundreds of songs and given them away to other artists and he gets no credit. Eve of Destruction is his most recognizable but one of his most reviled songs. He told me it should never had to be written and he hated taking royalties for it, but a man has to live. He made some good money, you know where it all went? He paid for his children and grandchildren's housing and education. I can say without reservation he's high on my list of the best men I've ever known.

[@joannagillespie2353]

That he created a work of art like this, I'm not surprised he's a wholly wonderful person.

[@samanthao1240]

P.F.Sloan did write this,but with no takers wanting to record it, Barry recorded it and made it his own. Not to his benefit,though,while it is perhaps one of the greatest protest songs of it's time,it was reviled at the time. This is NOT my take on it. Barry and this song is iconic. Period.

[@johnmurphy7316]

Eve of Destruction was such a powerful, thought provoking song. It moved me at 17 and still moves me now 55 years later. Sadly it will always be relevant and never become dated because of human nature

[@lisamac8503]

Lobstering? You see ?

[@veggiemom09]

Thanks for sharing your story. He sounds like an incredible man. ❤️

[@Howitzer09]

Can we bring this song back in the daily top songs? The world needs songs like this.

[@thekrutchinator]

Yes I've been promoting it where ever I can!

[@AndersonCrouch]

Which way are you going Jim Croce or better yet Arlo Guthrie's Alice's restaurant 😂❤

[@klong3105]

Apparently they are too busy playing Alanis and other wailing banshees

[@1953alaska]

They need to re release this song again…

[@JimBering]

There is an Australian group called the Screaming Jets that has covered it. It is funny when you read the comments. They think that it is it is an Aussie song! You can find their version on KZbin. Really, not as good in my opinion.

[@thecatalist9117]

This song came out in 1964, funny how it makes sense still to this day. Daughter of a Vietnam War Veteran- Rest Easy Dad

[@lynnpace5481]

Thank you for your service...

[@anhbayar11]

@@lynnpace5481 yeah thx for throwing your life over some rich assholes and elites.

[@natesmith5493]

God bless your dad for his service and sacrifice

[@bogotaangela6908]

Sadsadsadsad.

[@sandragrant1785]

Eternal gratitude to your dad. Sincerely.

[@antjuanwebster1386]

I've always loved this song. Can't say it's the prettiest song, Just the Truest.

[@A_YouTube_Commenter]

Yep.

[@Daniel_Krivoshey]

Недооцененный комментарий

[@sillyoldfrog]

If ever there was a song that fits the world we live in today more than this one, it has never been written yet.

[@11froglegs]

Yes another great song david clayton thomas " Brainwashed" or maybe csny for what its worth😢😮😊

[@ashleybergstrom8934]

Never get tired of this song at 70 years old.

[@Hatbox948]

Ditto.Takes you back doesn't itl?

[@sylviahanna8497]

I was 70 this year 2024!

[@jamesarthur2557]

Me2

[@PJL3791]

This song is timeless for all the wrong reasons.

[@MegaJustGeorge]

That, my friend, is putting it mildly.

[@mikerhodes6906]

It's amazing we still exist same old progessive B.S we ain't going anywhere

[@marcelinoperez2926]

@@mikerhodes6906 you made a point for me. Good luck

[@unknownbro7612]

People protest the war in Vietnam but we were there to stop north Vietnam from takeing over south Vietnam.

[@mikerhodes6906]

@@unknownbro7612 I'm a vet to 78-82 I love you guys wish I was as tough as you Mike

[@DaisyBloom]

SONG Released: 1965 NOTHING HAS CHANGED 😢

[@Laura-hk8wn]

Watching this in 2023, the same issues still exist.

[@egomaniac8510]

This song is WAY more relevant today than it ever was at anytime before.

[@Paultjepaul422]

100% true. In fact, it's many times worse now.

[@cascade3769]

Garbage. It's always equally relevant.

[@damnrapunzel8130]

​​@@cascade3769 sadly you're right. And the tactics to keep us against each other have always been the same even when the scapegoats are different

[@HaroldHivart]

No..

[@jaredadams5748]

how?

[@jhljhl6964]

More relevant today then ever.

[@miket4560]

This song has never been more true. I feel we are moving backwards. Timeless. 🇨🇦

[@KevinJohnson-jc9ju]

We are your right

[@frankcurtis3708]

That song rings so true of this present time we live in. December 2021

[@cindymann3538]

Went to visit the Nixon library a few years ago. We're still fighting the same enemies and problems. Insanity.

[@charleneevans5848]

like deja vu

[@Maximus5775]

Yep us Canadians 🇨🇦are doomed 😂

[@MarliQueen721]

This song was popular & relevant in the era of late 60's! It still resonates to this day! 💯🙏🏼💛🌻

[@garydavidparton1746]

You are so right

[@poloshirtsamurai]

@Cathy Berry Yeah, Communism shouldn't be fought. Right, commie bastard?

[@calvinthestormfreak]

30 progressive democrats signed letter to pursue peace Ukraine Russia but then retracted it. If a Republican did that they would be severely criticized

[@writerpaperback6284]

Now and then this song awakes in my memory

[@onemanarmysswampparty]

@Cathy Berry seems history books don't even teach the policy of lebensraum any more and it puts people like you in ignorance good to know the education system is dumbing you down

[@16nowhereman]

This song will live forever until humans stop killing each other for senseless things.

[@ritualpenguin]

Sound like it will live forever then! Bummer!

[@flamlingo3566]

@@ritualpenguin 😩✝🙏 😊❤🎶🎶🎼🎼🎶🎶

[@jimmurphy7863]

I was a 17 year old soldier in 1984 when I first heard this . I was serving in Lebanon at the time....wasn't the legal age to vote 🤷‍♂️ ....yet could carry arms and use them in a volatile theatre in those days....Will always remember Barry's fab song 🎵

[@dougjohnson5487]

You volunteered fellow in the 1960s there was a DRAFT. Big difference.

[@jimmurphy7863]

@@dougjohnson5487 No draft in my country ' fellow ' , we actually educate our people, not shepherd them 😁

[@afetticini]

Bless you 🙏 ✝️🛐💜

[@jimmurphy7863]

@@afetticini You're very kind, thank you 😊

[@kengeorge5197]

Thank you for your service

[@letliveluci9606]

My dad and I were having one our late night talks and I was telling him, I hate the world we're in and how I stopped having hope with humanity a long time ago. My dad told me, "You know, when I was a kid, we were so terrified of the wars going on. The cold war had even the strongest and scariest bully, shaking in his boots. The Vietnam war killed many of my friends, and I was almost drafted, my number was called. The war was over and I can't tell you how long I've had survior's guilt. When you kids were born, I cried happy tears because I knew you wouldn't have to go through the fear I did growing up. The world has always been a bad place, baby. Don't go thinking it turned bad. There has always been evil". I love this song.

[@Jameslopez5682]

Hello Luci how are you doing hope you’re having a great time with your family may God bless you and your family

[@cathoderaytube7497]

Your dad is wise and tight. We've always been like this.

[@vivibartron2383]

It's even more relevant this year.

[@jolindsey9239]

Never has a song been more relevant for the past, current and future events in our world. Thank you Barry for your courage and vision.

[@Jason_Burgess]

Queensryche's song Revolution Calling is rather relevant in this time frame as well. Despite being made 30 years ago.

[@norbert7297]

and a year ago you couldnt even knew that there will be a war in ukraine...

[@arlenebecea1664]

It's so sad that the world has not even learned by their past mistakes. Thank you BARRY FOR THAT REVALENT 🎵 🎶 SONG.

[@maureennewman905]

Thanks to the politicians, swear the love stirring up hate

[@kmerena]

Barry McGuire didn't write this song. He just sang it (very well, in my opinion) P.F. Sloan wrote it. Credit where credit is due.

[@mtmarcy4495]

Sorry to recognize this song's timelessness and relevance in February of 2022.

[@JillAnnCampoy]

This song came out in 1965. Unfortunately, nothing has changed. This is one of my favorite songs. Please share it as widely as you can. Let's make it universal again. Maybe somebody will pay attention this time.

[@davidfernandes920]

@@JillAnnCampoy , I agree that it's a great song, I love it,but unfortunately it says volumes about human nature. Human nature, doesn't change, you can change the technology,but the good and the bad of human nature doesn't change.

[@z.stone9016]

I've been singing this song in my head for a few days now. I think it's extremely relevant today. It's scary how relevant!

[@paulaward6764]

This song says a lot about the way the world is today!

[@marcelinoperez2926]

I like it, you are right, and the number of idiots did not change

[@Tequilasun48]

I keep saying that history repeats itself

[@atwitsend]

I lived back then it never changed until now .POTUS has us. Thank God. what you see is the lost throws of the CIA. the military industrial complex the commies the deepstate. the muslimbrotherbood and the Nazis. Celebrate I am

[@marcelinoperez2926]

@@Tequilasun48 History does not repeat itself. History is repeated. Because it worked. The signs I see remind me of the Weimar Republic. Also the stock market scenario between 1920 and 1930. America made Hitler. There were brotherhoods between German and American Nazis. It's a great plan. One should learn from history. The selfish and consumerist masses do not know it. They don't want to think. Not even all historians are aware of the parallels.

[@marcelinoperez2926]

@@atwitsend This is the beginning. Separating the masses, creating enemy images. Denunciation and envy. Then you need hunger, food shortages will come, looting, racism will be encouraged, then totalitarian regimes can recruit their idiots. That is what will happen.

[@TheNorthernAlex]

How very true this song rings even today

[@zmyslowykalosz]

you have to replace eastern to western and then it will work for now

[@mqbitsko25]

Why? It's been 53 years and we're still here.

[@lil__shmeat]

Off topic, but fuck Trump

[@sirdigsalo1]

Trumps doing pretty alright actually, don't get me wrong, he's a wordy asshat, but he's doing... stuff.

[@ObamaFromKenya]

Trump is selling the country out to Russia

[@captainkeyboard1007]

With this song, Barry McGuire touched every act of violence in this world, without discrimination. It was guidance for me from junior high school that is called "middle school," today up to high school. That was like my era.

[@debgresham4398]

Still applies to the world today..thank you Barry.

[@petervarone8462]

We all need to request this to be played on local radio.

[@reginalewilliams4472]

Over and over again. Are there any were traveling by Lift and back to Brass Amarillo which us now who what understand and dissassemble or shall we run our children headlong straight into hell?

[@williamgardner2739]

Or how about National Radio, maybe World wide Radio.

[@lorildiamond4987]

Yes everyday.

[@yvonnelotz4440]

Play it on the Jukebox when you go out, I do

[@dianahoward6024]

Or we could all do as I have and post to our FB pages.

[@lorildiamond4987]

Isn't it sad this song is so timeless? Brilliantly classic.

[@jroysims44]

This song is so applicable today it ought to be played all summer this election year. If we hear it enough, maybe we'll wise up.

[@bob-sb2zu]

It's nigh on 60 years and we're still here !

[@RazorStrap]

How long do you suppose the world can survive living on the eve (edge) of destruction? Only takes one oops to end it all.

[@BoobzTwo]

This was one of my favorites that seems to apply to the entire time I have been alive ... 62 years and still counting.

[@georgelangley6806]

Great music and powerful message, but I don't believe we are on the edge of destruction. Getting further away from it, once we get rid of the Neocons.

[@BoobzTwo]

Sadly for me I was on the side of the establishment back then (Joined the USN in 1970 when I was 18). But when I look around me today I see the same things happened over the past ~45 years and are still happening ... and now I do understand. Our government is out of control with their foreign and domestic policies.

[@georgelangley6806]

We have been going backward. No doubt about that.

[@animalcrackersong]

Michelle Campbell For sure ,,, a person spoke on BBC Question time from the audience .... saying the lies must stop ,,because we are learning the truth through the internet ,,why they are trying to curb our freedom on that too , but old Cameron still seems happy to spew out the lies ..... our country must live within it's means ...ha ha ..to excuse why they are reducing the working class to a slave staus in poverty ,,,but they find the money for super fast trains nobody wants and rediculous wages for the elite club ,,, They found the money for the bankers to keep them sitting pretty ,,,and have changed nothing , the next crash will be worst ... they are not using bombs and bullets on the likes of us ,,they are using financial corruption , the incitement of terrorism to excuse taking away our freedom ... they are at war with us ,,, behind our backs ....

[@animalcrackersong]

Great song, has,nt aged a bit ,unlike us !!

[@ceejayvillanueva4232]

eve of destruction 2024.

[@wildrootvnam1645]

I was in those damn helicopters. 26 months but I was one of the lucky ones who came home. Too many friends didn't. Wars are stupid things!

[@oldiesguy7552]

Thank you for your service, Wildroot.

[@1953beetle]

Wars come and go,and only what remains are the values of culture.

[@illicitaction3862]

Thank you for your service and welcome home sir.

[@sandy5548]

Welcome home brother, nam 69

[@wcarfagno]

Wildroot V'nam ,thank you for your service. Stay safe

[@rusko123]

still real in 2024.

[@faustosar6151]

Dictators can't get enough

[@faustosar6151]

@u.s.inteconadvisorygrouplt2668 Essentially about Maduro, Putin and Xi Jinping. I don't like Trump either, but I wouldn't call him a dictator or wannabe dictator.

[@shellytanner]

@u.s.inteconadvisorygrouplt2668 I knew some poor soul would say this. With all his faults, at least Trump loves this country. The libs are giving it away. He was great before he'll be great again

[@228Brendon]

“Hate your next door neighbor, but don’t forget to say grace”. 54 years and still relevant.

[@elijahscealf9824]

Hello brak

[@Sir_Smigle]

Just as i read that he was singin the same thing

[@JamesRossiter57]

Yes its OK to kill thousands!! So long as you pray to god!

[@pubicnozzle9775]

he says eat im pretty sure

[@donjonsen5295]

gotta love the hypocrisy of them god people

[@Saxon1947]

The best protest song ever, the sad part being it's still true of today's world.

[@robertstevens199]

You're right Bob I am nearly seventy years old and this song was written when I was a teenager

[@abjectt5440]

@@robertstevens199 I'm the same age and Canadian. When I watched the Ken Burns special it floored me to learn that 35 thousand Canadians signed up for the war.

[@zainulzainul1880]

@@abjectt5440 Signed up for " Nam " duty ? Were they accepted ?

[@pachamadresita]

sad

[@pachamadresita]

war

[@joann1917]

It's more violent than it's ever been!

[@BarbelsTablet]

57 years later and nothing has changed!!!

[@Nicky-b8o]

Amen to that.

[@Ace-xe2uo]

This song is sign of the times today. God bless Barry McGuire.

[@nre4d]

And P. F. Sloan.

[@clairelowry9122]

Checks all the boxes even in 2021. An anthem for the ages.

[@Superbl0bby]

Boy im sure you’ve seen the news already It just keeps getting worse every year

[@ElizabethPrentice-zy1ec]

Even more so in 2023

[@doctorbohr1585]

@@ElizabethPrentice-zy1ec esp October 2023.

[@nitro5247]

Back here in the dusk of 2023. This song will never, ever get old.

[@Deebz270]

Timelessly appropriate. One of the best anti-war protest songs ever written.

[@kieranmilner4208]

It’s gonna get worse

[@frankmiller95]

This is great, but there are plenty of other good ones, try Mark Knopfler's "Brothers ln Arms or "Done With Bonaparte" or Steve Earle's "Jerusalem"

[@freestate208]

It’s my favorite too. It has too much truth to be popular.

[@monicacoyle3760]

Phil ochs was another great song writer

[@LarsDcCase]

These lyrics are just as meaningful today AS THEY WERE THEN. And will have the same meaning in the future.

[@patriciaguth6882]

Agreed. The world goes around in circles!

[@beltonite2243]

We're here to witness how man can ruin paradise.

[@crystalpower1217]

Here in 2024 🎉🎉 hello from Ireland 🇮🇪, 🇮🇪

[@dianehill3279]

Hard to believe more than 50 years after this song was released we are still facing the same problems in the World. This could have been written today. Sad!

[@tomwalker7889]

Except today it would be Auto tuned. 🙄. Just kidding, but it's true.

[@christinecook4352]

so true

[@55Quirll]

'Those who forget history are bound to repeat it', Government doesn't care about history but I do and I will do what I can to make sure those I love don't get pulled into a mess that politicians and generals want so they can get rich - by money and power.

[@donnieglenellyn]

I admire Barry for all of the reasons mentioned in prior comments. Why has the world forgotten his many accomplishments. May this song be played in every house and in Congress until its profound message sink in

[@jaybee5310]

this song brings tears to my eyes, we haven't learnt anything it's been 60 yrs since this song was heard and it still resonates today.

[@Sundae_Times]

It's been 58 years since this version came out.

[@bobhunsicker8852]

No, the world has not learned anything from the same old story The rich want more power

[@Sundae_Times]

@@bobhunsicker8852 Agreed - so it's up to all of us to stop 'people' like Johnson, Trump and Putin getting into power.

[@NuadaRP]

As of June 25th, 2020. This songs is once again 90% Relevant.

[@swyman10]

I just posted it on Twitter 7/10/20 Still relevant today, sad...

[@omniowl3515]

swyman10 The world changes but we as people don’t we’re stuck in a loop unless someone can break it.

[@killian9314]

how so?, ah, damn 2020.

[@lemurianchick]

@brian bowes Just have to say no to Dims. Say no to satanic pedophile globalist warmongers.

[@drivertsunami5966]

2020 theme song. Head to head with the Snake Plisken themes.

[@alexdelarge1652]

The optimism you seem to have as a kid sadly disappears with age. I’m guilty of this myself. So I say to you random KZbin comment reader, take care.

[@ohwell94]

Oh those days of innocence, of having the future in front of us Sadly they are gone forever

[@supermarx]

You must be incredibly old to have had optimism as a kid.

[@brian.phillips1985]

Most kids aren't even optimistic anymore.

[@Krovald]

Until you realize that "You" is an illusion, and with every passing day you get closer to the moment of liberation where you will no longer be separated from the being of One

[@mintypickle4]

@@brian.phillips1985 agreed now they are edgy and stupid it’s sad

[@dinahbandersen5157]

it never changes......

[@Dracula616-u5g]

Please look at: BLACK METAL TEENS HEARING PINK FLOYD

[@allan8371]

Barry's only hit, but what a hit. Although the world has yet to take heed, it should, as one day, "The bell will toll for thee"

[@wolverine2244]

I’ll take head.

[@allan8371]

@@wolverine2244 Haha. Thanks for pointing that out. I'm sure we all would want head.

[@stefjefimowicz281]

@@allan8371 that is true .. hold on we got trump

[@barbaracannizzaro308]

No wars under President Trump only peace!!!

[@allan8371]

@@barbaracannizzaro308 hahahaha. It was fortunate there wasn't a major conflict with good old Trumpty Dumpty at the helm. There would be a different flag flying on the Capitol building.

[@eamonnmunroe6102]

Human respect has definitely decimated

[@jaredadams5748]

the crime rate is lower now than it was in the 80's when everyone let their kids run around all day

[@w.rustylane5650]

I've always loved this song. One of the greatest protest songs ever written. After hearing this song it's a wonder that I joined the USMC in '69 and went to Vietnam in '71-'72. Guess it just didn't sink in like it should have. But then I had a death wish back then and just knew I'd give my life in Vietnam. I guess the good Lord had other plans for me. I've survived Vietnam, a stroke and triple by pass heart surgery after a heart attack, so He must have other plans for me. Now I thank Him I've survived all that.

[@jimcarroll7644]

me too, i agree with you my friend.

[@joannagillespie2353]

We don't know one another, but it's clear to me that this world is a better place with you in it. Thank you for your service. Best wishes.

[@w.rustylane5650]

@@joannagillespie2353 Thank you.

[@mdogg1604]

@@w.rustylane5650 same best regards, and 'thank you' doesn't cut it, but you fought for a lifestyle of freedom, rather than the one-size-fits-all Mao shirt of oppression.

[@Jamie-rr5me]

Welcome home you brave men. Much love from Jamie in Utah.. My dad served in Vietnam 68-69

[@UpIrons777]

This song right here and In The Year 2525 are some of the most prophetic songs I have ever heard. And both songs came out in the late 60's.

[@sueanndelozier8385]

I have been looking up different songs and the lyrics to them. These artists were way before their time's. And who would have known that here in 2022, that this song has more meaning then ever.

[@sandraburns24]

So true. The sound of silence was not far behind.

[@guidaguida2]

2525?? No making it that far my friend.

[@BanditoGames]

The world will most likely end in 2250-2300 from where the tensions of countries will end up

[@kerrynkane2041]

Omg I thought I was the only one who loved this ,in the yr 2525 and sounds of silence (orig n Disturbeds version). What a trifecta.. I chose not to have kids growing up and as Australia gets more woke and destroys all our land and animals . I can't see much future at all . I prefer the animals I help save to most humans lately sadly . Our politicians are on the verge of Dividing us yet again . They will never learn and we will never realise that we have the power to get rid of them if only we could be bothered and worked together . Humans will never learn from their mistakes (and ego)

[@DavidsirSinthammphi]

1966 in our dormitory we listened to this prophetic ballad proudly thank God for the inspiration

[@danielwilder6185]

Extraordinarily prophetic. I am proud of my generation and I am proud I was called a "Freak" and a "dirty hippie" and a "DopeHead" just because I enjoyed an occasional joint (and still do) of course I was none of those biased and hateful labels of the 60's. I was and I am "Anti-Establishment" and a true believer of "Power to the People" This song, like many others from my era was meant as a warning to the powers-that-be and to the people who would not listen to our pleas for peace but sadly, like everything else we tried to convey to the world, it was ignored and written off as the drug induced ramblings of just another DopeHead. Today, 50 something years later this "DopeHead Freak" has a master's degree in social psychology from the university of TX, has 2 Adult daughters, 4 grandkids, 1 great grandkid, a great job teaching great young adults. And I still smoke at least 3 joints a day as I sit and ponder the insanity that surrounds me.

[@nitro5247]

I really respect that mindset. There's nothing "freak" about you, and if there is, then I'm guilty of it too. I'm only 20 but I love this song and its message, because it rings true both back then and now, and certainly will for a long time to come.

[@davebanfield4440]

This song never ages is very true in today's climate

[@lemurianchick]

I am so glad $hillary didn't win. Obomba was bad enough to start all those covert wars. She would have brought us to true destruction.

[@debrajones7344]

@@lemurianchick Now Trump's gonna let everyone die gasping for breath. You're an idiot.

[@wbaumschlager]

@@debrajones7344 Take your medicine.

[@debrajones7344]

@@wbaumschlager I have to wait for a vaccine like everyone else. It's the only thing that will save us from Trump's inept bumbling.

[@wbaumschlager]

@@debrajones7344 I'm not talking about corona medicine.

[@suerobinson3004]

This is how we’re are living today 4-2023!!😢

[@JohnKeith-x7w]

Fists clenched in helpless rage at the flat circle spiralling downwards today. And this anthemn echoing louder than ever. Homo sapiens? The wise man? Would laugh, but be drowned by tears.

[@fabiorezzonico4426]

This song hasn't aged a day... 😔

[@nicolajackson7992]

Bloody brilliant isn't it? 😀

[@nre4d]

Actually, a few things have changed. The 26th amendment, 1971, lets 18-year-olds vote. And please, some credit to P. F. Sloan who actually WROTE the song.

[@jeffeastland7023]

My favorite song in 1965 when I was 14 years old. In many ways more relevant today then back in the 60s.

[@G.E.F.3]

🤗 ich war 1965 auch 14 Jahre alt! Die Welt hat sich leider zum Schlechten verändert

[@440pierce]

In 1965 I knew all the words to this song (at age 11); now I hear it again after more than 50 years, and it all comes back to me; the memory is an intriguing phenomenon, no?

[@MrNussbuss]

And I'm thinking this about songs I heard 10 years ago (I'm 23)

[@georgeevangel3956]

@@MrNussbuss Same Here 66 years and a survivor

[@dimasvicente9880]

@@georgeevangel3956 woodstock jimi hendrix contra a guerra protestou! janis joplin sua voz rouca encantou! joe cocker sua guitarra imaginaria emocionou! joan baez paz e amor cantou! woodstock o mundo mudou! viva o rock and roll meu livro arte e poesia em breve na editora autografia.com.br/publique.

[@marilynsmith5427]

Nothing has changed ❤ 2023 ❤

[@dustintaylor1408]

And to think this song is more than 50 years old. And as Seeger sang "when will they ever learn? "

[@paularmstrong2306]

With you brother.

[@rmcvyp8633]

...and Steppenwolf with Monster back in '69

[@GradyPhilpott]

Humans have been fighting wars since time immemorial and protests against it are probably as old. Every hear of "Lysistrata?" en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lysistrata

[@ted331]

There was discontent in Mesopotamia and the Khmer empires. But all opposition was killed or suppressed it's so long agoe no one cares about them so don't bother to look for the evidence

[@axiomist4488]

NEVER !

[@gokublack3107]

I'm 31 be 32 in 2months away,..this song literally has woke me up..and now I'm sad and my heart is cold...after I know the true meaning of this song..and see what going on today world 🌎.

[@geo_walters]

Just get some loudspeakers and play it everywhere. Ask people why they support war.

[@birgittawidman9184]

Why will we never learn? I think that we must start with ourselves! Respect each other regardless of nationality, religion or gender identity. I am convinced that everything starts at home and in the little things. Take care of each other! ❤

[@doughoffman9463]

You are mostly right about this song.But it had nothing to do with gender identity or men in girl's sports, etc. This song did include our racial struggles, but the primary focus was Mutually Assured Destruction via atomic bombs.

[@Simbobwayson]

i found this song years ago as an 12 year old boy with free access to napster and limewire... thank god that it showed me this song so early in my life.

[@myistcat2212]

As strange as this sounds this song of protest still rings true in our current day and age. Scary to know that we've not changed much.

[@jaxongillespie6618]

A new civil war/culture war is looming

[@pachamadresita]

war

[@natalierampone9750]

generational B

[@jackreacher4297]

Well we do live in the time period of the Kali Yuga

[@alfredt1219]

It don't sound strange at all. We seem to learn damn little over the years.

[@royskuderin2386]

I'm near 70 now, and watching the footage of the helicopter formations took me back to when I was in the U.S.A.F. during Vietnam and served in an Air Rescue unit and I choked up as this song was playing thinking about landing in hot LZ's evacing wounded and not being able to save some of those guys. War wounds are horrific and the scenes have stayed with me all these days.

[@Smokerise4969]

Thankyou for your service. Yes Nam was hell & so was the return of those young heros. Never to forget the ones that didn't make it home.

[@leslie1977]

Thank you for your service sir.

[@link-so9wn]

Thanks 😊

[@bkempa-iq5hl]

Was hattet ihr dort zu suchen, die Freiheit bringen??

[@Realityisnotmatter]

U.S.A.F Aircraft Instructor... Tan Son Nhut... Saigon 1968

[@DarrenConner-mj3rk]

Old song wise words and still the world don't learn.

[@RoamingUndertheStars]

"hate your next door neighbour, but don't forget to say grace" - GAWD, the chills. the lyrics to this song are so powerful.

[@ЕрсұлтанКалмұрат]

democracy is to blame!

[@cacatua2429]

Go home ivan, you're drunk.

[@photonotavailable7936]

Ditto. When I sing that lyric it makes my cry.

[@TheReck12]

I thought he said "eat" lol

[@b1akjak]

It's about people like Trump's evangelicals.

[@bloodykills7509]

This song is more relevant than ever...

[@NoName-cv2om]

I came here to say the same. 1/5/2020

[@marthabaerreis4075]

still.

[@eddie7480]

Here we are a few weeks later...and...gasp...everything is still fine. You need to calm down with your pearl clutching and thinking we’re all going to die. There are issues in the world that need addressing, always has, always will be. But this, is not a situation to be concerned with at all. Ridiculous and weak.

[@NoName-cv2om]

Eddie James has it occurred to you that we’ve been on the eve of something for a long time? And this is the closest we’ve been in almost 20 years? That’s a whole generation (my generation) that’s never seen this before. And to blindly say that nothing will ever happen is completely ignorant. There will be something. Maybe not now. But probably in our lifetimes

[@ljd8557]

@@eddie7480 it's not that were all going to die you loon. It's the fact the world is still so fragile and scary (depending where you live) all this shit with Iran could start ww3, probably not but tell that to the passengers of the plane the Iranians shot down last week.

[@stephenfricke9298]

What a song. One of the most powerful songs ever written.... Sad, true, the talk heads start it, the young and poor fight it and we try and live through it. Heard this in 1965 and it EVEN THEN hit me hard!!!!

[@Grenas61904]

Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Angola, Rhodesia, Guatemala, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Lebanon, Iraq, Iran, Congo, Bosnia, Serbia, Croatia, Palestine, and Sudan. 😢

[@richardbool4232]

You missed some of the most important Great Britain, America, Germany and Russia. Greedy Greedy Countries.

[@196924mike]

not greed, just power

[@richardbool4232]

@@196924mike GREED IS POWER.

[@jthemagicrobot3960]

Well socialists tend to start wars and slaughter their own people

[@kouta1311]

"We're on the eve of destruction..." 2022 here we go.

[@FemboySalad2000s]

Fallout Is Soon Coming, And This Is Gonna Be My Theme Song.

[@yvonnehemlick9504]

Yes we are, more now than ever. We are in tribulation times.

[@MikeBrown-ex9nh]

This song came into my mind this morning. I was in high school when this song was recorded, and it is still so true. Why can't the human race ever learn?

[@Ju-jt8gc]

i feel ya bruh

[@danmetcalf7184]

Too many freaking LIBERALS!!

[@shauneden4229]

Humanity's fallen nature.

[@maureennewman905]

It’s politicians, not the people

[@MikeBrown-ex9nh]

@@maureennewman905 And who elects the politicians?

[@firebladeadam]

Love this song. We're all standing on a rock together spinning through space and we fight with each other so badly that footage like this exists. It's hard to contemplate. The best thing to come out of war is this song!

[@lorildiamond4987]

Is it a little creepy that this song could have been written yesterday!

[@siobhantaylor-ward4835]

Why does it feel like this song is so relevant so regularly 😭

[@diannegregg2213]

Barry McGuire would not believe how true this is today - more than ever!!

[@Dracula616-u5g]

Dianne Gregg watching at death metal vs Pink Floyd

[@LibbySlaughter101]

Barry McGuire is still alive!

[@MerlinAmbrosius17]

It's depressing how relevant this song remains in this day and age.

[@James-dx8qb]

What's truly depressing is that there is no hope of the future being any better. We leap from one potential disaster to the next with the same 'ol bullshit system in place. Why would you not expect to still be depressed in the 2020s when we still have the same 'ol corrupt systems of government and finance running this shit show? If you want radical change, then seek to radically change the fundamentals underpinning this nonsense. Worldwide. NOTHING is ever going to change, really, until our governments do what the people as a whole actually want them to do. For too long now, the facade of personal freedom has come a distant 2nd to maintaining the authority of a dictatorial government. Can you imagine a world where there are no wars, injustices, corruption? Well, if you can, it MUST necessarily be a world in which our politicians become our speakers, not our masters.

[@sylviahanna8497]

Today is 8/18/2024 it for us now!

[@freedom4kaz]

AMAZING this song was recorded in July of 1965 yet every note RINGS TRUE TODAY!! Greed, Power, Money, Lust, Oil, Gold, what's left, food and water?? DAMN!!

[@theeddorian]

+freedom4kaz You should look up and read "MacDonough's Song" by Rudyard Kipling. These issues have been current for a lonnnng time.

[@MrTheHillfolk]

+Rene Caldeira I hear ya ....I'm not one of the sky is falling people but it's comin someday...maybe not in our lifetime , or it could be tomorrow...either way , good song to listen to when you are pissed off about all the bad crap goin on in the world....

[@michaelvgenderen]

I feel this song perfectly describes our current situation with all the terrorism going on all around the world and all the battles going on in the middle east.

[@charlesdunfield3715]

+MrTheHillfolk Its coming and its coming in our life time and its coming in your life time...wake up fully its NOW not OUR childrens''.... it this year its now..... its hard to believe isn't it and to actually realise it innit? We are here.it is now NOW...this song was fing brilliant and then it was in the future that is NOW.. we are the future .then .posted end of may 2016

[@charlesdunfield3715]

+freedom4kaz Absolutely.... and even more so.... totally 100% agree

[@ianbell7342]

best song in my eyes sign of our times alas god help us all

[@joegongora2200]

It's a great song for a Folk Rock tune and the message still holds true today. I'm 64 Yrs old and who is still listening to this song in 2020 ?

[@peterbalac1915]

Me and I'm 64 , take care my freind scary times ❤

[@andreamasiniluccetti1793]

Anche io ascolto brani musicali degli anni 60 sia per la grande musicalità e ritmo sia per i testi che devo tradurre😒Italy nato nel 1947

[@dr.migalitoloveless1651]

Your mom

[@jarvisjennings3774]

I will be 60 next month. I remember this song as well as what has happened in 55 years of my life.

[@barbkearns3296]

Another 64 year old ☮️💟

[@ChefGary58]

It's never been more relevant than today... This song should be translated into every language. We are all Citizens of this world and Everyone will suffer the consequences of ignorance, greed and stupidity in the struggle for power and control...😥

[@allopez33]

Nah, this song is always relevant. Your living history is not special.

[@app_manifestation]

"War. War never changes"

[@rcyadav9746]

Today I am drinking my choice of communism from market

[@nre4d]

Actually a version of it is very popular in Japan. Who'da thunk it?

[@toastah]

"Ah, you may leave here, for four days in space But when you return, it's the same old place" right when the Spacex shuttle launches during massive protests and riots, this song really is eternal

[@rfwm]

"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'" Somehow more relevant now than back then.

[@betoblues1313]

I'm 67 years old now, and the first time I heard this song I was 13 years old. It was big hit here in my country Brazil - South America. That years, 1965 I began to play guitar proffisssionaly and I've never stop unti now. It is been a long time not listenning this song. Well, I'm listen now.

[@rayespinoza7029]

I. Am 73 we. Need to turn. To. Lovre

[@josegimenez7508]

My compatriot Beto. I'm 68 and I confirm the sucess that hit reached in Brazil.Barry McGuire was as famous as Donovan and even Bob Dylan at that time.

[@Halloween111]

50 years later, and it's the same old tune now as then.

[@vanessaparker6232]

Don't forget the Aussies that served and a lot of others.

[@hotbowlofstu9228]

Oh course its the same tune but the message it tells is still just as relevant.

[@shaggy312]

I can't think of a time in recent history where this fits so well

[@randomgames4063]

The Jordan river has bodies floating once again...

[@originalhippy9431]

This was a song that resonated heavily in the 60s and is once again in 2020 All For power and the almlghty DoLLaR Hang on kids its going to be a hell of a Ride !!

[@jualinesadler1886]

That's the sad horrible Truth .The rotten Elite dogs are the ones needs to be killed off . Poor innocent people suffer for there stinking greed !! And lust for power ..soon God will get rid of all of them ..

[@Vivungisport]

@@jualinesadler1886 Very true Jualine (Kill Bill and his friend)