Dawn of Correction by the Spokesmen

[@samturner64]

Lots of people hate this song, but I think it was interesting. The obvious fact is that this was inspired from "Eve of Destruction".

[@TheAnarchitek]

Songs like this were called "answer songs". Leader of the Pack "inspired" Leader of the Laundromat. There were several, in the early days of the Beatles. None, including this one, particularly memorable.

[@danamichelle1290]

That's about the only interesting part.

[@matthewreichlin4993]

​@@TheAnarchitekyou are right that many are not particularly great or memorable, but a few stand out. It wasn't God that made Honky Tonk Angels was a big hit for Kitty Wells and launched her career, and opened the door for women singers in country. Sweet Home Alabama was a bit of a response to Southern Man by Neil Young. And one very well-known song that literally talks about the original and explains that he was the driver of the other car in the original song, although people never even notice, is Hot Rod Lincoln. One of the most interesting stories is the Roxanne Wars of the early 80s that spawned over 200 responses and was the origin of both Roxanne shante, and the real Roxanne. It's a fun read

[@TheAnarchitek]

Come Together borrows from Chuck Berry's Maybelline, but Johnny Burnette's (and Commander Cody's) Hot ROd Lincoln couldn't be, cuz Chuck talks about a Cadillac Coupe deVille, and a Ford. Chuck was driving the Ford.@@matthewreichlin4993

[@tsar389]

It's a very obvious psyop

[@TANMAC43]

I like how the frontman is trying his hardest to imitate Barry McGuire’s raspy growl of a voice, but it’s just not working at all.

[@ryanchungus8972]

TANMAC43 it takes a special kind of Bob Dylan knock off to do that voice

[@jaredcraver3898]

Is he relation of yours?

[@ryanchungus8972]

@@jaredcraver3898 sometimes

[@gladasya1068]

The singer with the blond, curly hair was a member of Danny and the Juniors prior to his joining the Spokesmen.

[@johnstevens9978]

One of the members went on to be a famous D.J. in New York & Philadelphia Shawn Casey & Ray Gilmore in Philly.

[@sadiemobley1488]

He also wrote the song 'you don't own me'

[@joeygaynor4760]

the girl dancing over his left shoulder is VOGUE-ING!!!!

[@PotrzebieConolly]

This song was released at the same time as the Watts Riots happening. Very timely!

[@robertjordinelli3041]

Answer song to the number one Barry McGuire hit, Eve of destruction.

[@davidjones-vx9ju]

the wrong answer

[@dolorescostello1266]

The Spokesmen were: John Madara (trying hard to impersonate Barry McGuire) who was originally from Danny & the Juniors (their greatest hit was 'At the hop' in 1957) and David White (the blonde fellow) also from 'Danny & the Juniors' and Raymond Gilmore.

[@patgavigan3601]

Very clever lyrics and so very true. Heard this on the radio and liked it. I thought it might be the end but I'm still here.

[@Unfamous_Buddha]

I bought this record when it came out. I just searched and found out Gilmore was a DJ at our AM Philly station WIBG. The song, "It peaked at number 22 on the national charts and was even bigger in Philadelphia." But anyway, my politics have changed. We're now closer to The Eve Of Destruction.

[@dolorescostello1266]

@@Unfamous_Buddha I guess you're right. The 'red menace' ended in 1991...but NATO kept on expanding East... and today we're on the brink of WWIII... it's all over again... either a nuclear holocaust or global warming... there's no way out... Mankind is too SELFISH...that's the problem... and DUMB to boot.

[@Unfamous_Buddha]

@@dolorescostello1266- Oh, I agree with everything you wrote. In fact I went to an anti-war rally in DC on Feb 19 to get us to stop funding our proxy-war against the Russians. We've sent Ukraine $100 Billion while we have people living under bridges here. Hey, but (haha) just think - after a nuclear war, with all the debris in the skies, blocking the sun for years and years to come - that would end global warming!

[@dolorescostello1266]

@@Unfamous_Buddha I have to AGREE with you... it's very frustrating to see how DUMB the whole thing is...

[@etanaedelman9011]

Incrementalism: the theme song.

[@Kirke182]

If we were on the dawn of correction in 1965, what the fuck happened?

[@lesleygurnick4050]

LOL

[@billdecompsa4705]

Well, it didn't all fucking end.

[@Briellen_Mellott]

We corrected. We´re a great county.

[@jeffmellott8928]

It got corrected. the Commies lost. Racial and gender was largely achieved. Everyone eats and has shelter.

[@scotschieftan2961]

@@Briellen_Mellott What are you on?

[@JimmySteller]

Ah yes, don't forget about the United Nations. To quote Dan Harmon, that fundamentally symbolic organization founded on the principles of high-minded rhetoric and empty gestures.

[@cherylkelly4106]

This sad song was written in response to Barry McGuire's successful "Eve of Destruction." At the time, it was seen as a joke and didn't quite pack the punch it intended. From the raspy voice to the harmonica, they really tried to compete, but failed.

[@GAM3RK1NG.]

Calling this bull

[@anthonytrollope3922]

A lot of people seem to be under the mistaken impression this song was meant to be written from a conservative perspective-I do not believe it was. Going off Johnny Madara's history writing anthems for feminist movements and the like, as well as the explicit endorsement of integration and expressed opposition to colonization, that Johnny Madara was probably more of a liberal hawk in the spirit of Henry M. Jackson.

[@JeetHeer1]

That's way worse than being a conservative.

[@gutfrets1693]

@@JeetHeer1jeet heer?

[@Vahktang]

The chick in the background: pose, wait, change pose, wait, change pose, wait, repeat

[@sosaesco1005]

Fr that shit weird

[@kmorris180]

That was a dance style mainly used by the beatniks from about 1925-1970.

[@link-so9wn]

@@kmorris180 interesting 🤔🤔🤔

[@TighelanderII]

I doubt that any of our guys were humming this while burning a village to save it.

[@jeffmellott8928]

+TighelanderII And you probably were humming Eve of Destruction while spitting on "our guys" at the airport.

[@TighelanderII]

Had I been old enough, (I was a little kid at this point) I would have worked to stop the war, not to insult the victims of it. This war was s stupid choice. A modern day equivalent would is if we fought to keep Saddam in power.

[@jeffmellott8928]

That's what you say on May 16, but you insulted them in writing on February 8.

[@TighelanderII]

"burning a village to save it" was a real thing, no? That's not an insult unless the truth hurts you?

[@GAM3RK1NG.]

Johnny, you beat him lol. He hasn’t replied for about 4 years, good thing too. He was uneducated anyway.

[@opentrunk]

"where there once was no cure there's now vaccination..." Don't get me started on that topic!!

[@roberteckler5317]

I actually bought this record when it came out. It was probably one of the more famous "answer songs". Looking back at it now, it seems rather silly. Whereas, Barry McGuire's Eve of Destruction, is still a classic.

[@GAM3RK1NG.]

A stupid classic

[@butidontwantachannel]

@@GAM3RK1NG. Just because something is over your head doesn't mean it's stupid.

[@TheHappipuppi13]

A stupid classic 😅 and what's a great classic? "Baby One More Time" by Britney Spears?? 🤣🤣

[@robertbayer7935]

All the stupid classic rock stations play the same boring music over and over.

[@realemmcee]

the guy in the front looks like the people they use on cigarette packets to try and prevent people from smoking.

[@Dion1957]

Great Career. They toppled the Beatles from...I can't do this...they were one hit Weasels!

[@PotrzebieConolly]

Yep, this song got all the way to #36 !!

[@danamichelle1290]

Toppled The Beatles?

[@FilthyPeasant6]

​@@danamichelle1290 it was a joke

[@TheHappipuppi13]

😅 This is a hoot.

[@Marshall_-nm6qp]

Did anyone’s teacher make us listen to this?

[@miraleeks]

Lol yep

[@dojindori]

That's sickening, you have my respect for surviving that torture

[@ZeroTwo-gd5nq]

yup

[@cole1223]

Yes, I have 10 more songs after just like this one.

[@adoriandchilds1]

yes

[@kappykev1039]

The most unintentionally hysterical music video in history.

[@greaternysailing8088]

They left out mastication, and constipation!

[@BarbinAZ]

They named the group right, Spokesmen for the military industrial complex.

[@MarcBerman-z8p]

Love these “answer songs” from the 60’s

[@loupires176]

forgot about this one,actually pretty good tune, enjoyed it then and now, like BOB Dyland say's , the times are a changing,

[@myepiphone]

Something is wrong with this evaluation, it shouldn't happen in my generation ,try as I might ,I can't change the situation, no kind of pills can help my constipation.

[@roberteckler177]

I actually bought this record on 45 rpm. Why? I don't know why. Maybe because my sister bought Eve of Destruction.

[@goalie9198]

How did I miss this back in '65? This shit is hilarious.

[@dolorescostello1266]

it was probably written by a Pentagon staff.

[@whlrradio]

Dolores Costello This is the most underrated comment of all time! The Pentagon Papers reference is heavy here

[@TheHappipuppi13]

You missed it because thus song was NOT a hit. Best of intentions but, I can only imagine the 'nicest' kids/teens in the world buying the 45rpm.

[@Unfamous_Buddha]

I think it was more centered in the Philly area. I was 13 when it came out.

[@robertbayer7935]

There are so many great songs that don't become hits and they are severely over looked, because there are no good radio stations anymore!

[@Themaddprof]

Today this just comes off as a bizarre parody of "Eve of Destruction." While I understand the basic idea of the song, how can anyone sing such outrageous lyrics with a straight face? Great for unintentional comedy.

[@LooneytoonsIndville]

The American Storyteller It was 1965. We are still alive. Nobody pushed the button. Guess who was RIGHT?

[@Themaddprof]

Looneytoons Indville Up to a point I agree. It's true that the nuclear war never happened (yet), and that some of the things The Spokesmen sang about were true (regarding vaccinations and voter registration), clumsy lyrics aside. But Barry McGuire (through P.F. Sloan's lyrics) I think accurately reflected much of what was to come in regard to cultural division in the 60s.

[@skolworksedits8543]

I guess it's supposed to be a response song

[@joeanthonyhernandez6570]

The American Storyteller ha! Ha! I totally agree. Weird Al should record this! @weirdalyankovic

[@reservoirfrogs2177]

@@LooneytoonsIndville the only reason there was even a button to begin with is because of idiots like them and you. They didn't nuke the entire planet so we should be grateful????? Are you that brainwashed? Its not like any of these issues have even been solved. There is still a massive racial divide, we are still sending young men to die in pointless wars, the government still doesn't pass laws that aren't minor nonsense or things that benifit them. The fact you think them not bringing humanity to a total nuclear holocaust is something to be proud of is astonishing. If your expectations are that low you know we're fucked up

[@sjmoss148]

So this is where John and Yoko got their inspiration!

[@hamiotaville]

Whatever happened to the short-lived mid-’60s far right wing folk revival?

[@markoblazney6360]

You can hear the Sandoz in their voices clearly. Sigh-25.

[@Unfamous_Buddha]

I don't know. This was from the Philly area in 1965. I did my first dose in 1970 - in Delaware.

[@PhilMante]

"What about the work of the United Nations?" Yeah, what about pointing machine guns & sniper rifles at Canadian truckers?

[@oldschoolfixes]

The girl dancing is STACKED! There's your dawn of correction.

[@bradybaylis6252]

gladasya,Danny and the Jrs' lead singer,Danny Rapp,41,blew out his brains Apr. 10,1983!!!!

[@CommunityGuidelines]

I'd say that was a bit of an over-correction.

[@carlosa.sanchez896]

My best friend's mom bought this and played it nonstop. I think the idea was a counter to "Eve of Destruction" but they came off like clueless do gooders who were endorsing the establishment status quo.

[@scottsent8120]

Weak! A "song" only a diehard Conservative could love! Just put a bunch of multi-syllable words that end in "-shun" in a bowl, pick 'em out to make some lyrics, sing with a raspy voice like McGuire, add a harmonica, and voila! Embarrassing. A couple of the guys who wrote and performed this song wrote "At the Hop" and "You Don't Own Me" so this wasn't the pinnacle of their careers.

[@markv1274]

I reckon Jack Webb adored this song.

[@markv1274]

I can imagine Jack Webb dancing to this.

[@TheJudgeraye]

geezus Right Wing McCarthy youth much? Can't wait to see how they disallow the Selma Alabama part

[@Briellen_Mellott]

Patriotic Liberals, actually. They were run out of the party decades ago. The right disliked both the UN and the Peace Corps.

[@TheHappipuppi13]

This song, yes, the answer record to "Eve Of Destruction" . The guys you see singing wrote it and its slightly a 'sarcastic' commentary of McGuire's hit. "Dawn Of Correction" reached an embarrassing #36 on rhe Billboard Hot 100. They tried a few legit single releases, all bombed and they only released ONE album.. Which is great evidence what direction our nation was going in. I will say, it is still good this T.V. clip exists, as so much 1940s/50s & 60s TV is lost to neglegence. ...and yes, the song is unintentionslly funny. Did he really say, "Where tgerebonce was a desert, theres now vegetation" ??🤣 I wasnt aware the Pilgrim's Mayflower boat landed innthe desert! 🤣

[@johnmarengo3988]

Love eve of destruction. It says so much, with so much power. It might seem bleak, but think the point was a warning to get off our ass's , and do something. Had never heard of Dawn of Correction till just today. Pretty disappointing on all levels. I'll give the 3 main reasons it's disappointing. 1. It's not just that the lead singer seemed like he was trying to somewhat copy McGuires voice, which I don't know might've been ok. But he had no soul, no emotion , no immediacy of the importance. The lyrics to eve of destruction was great. But so was McQuire' voice. Not that he had this raspy sound, but the emotion, he made it life or death. We were with him right on the edge. 2. The lyrics are so wrong. Eve of Destruction might be bleak looking, but it is real. These lyrics are propaganda...."the western world has a common dedication. To keep free people from Red domination", it's that typical conservative propaganda of the fear of Communism. To be clear, I'm not capitalist or Communist. That said, at least I have read Socialist and Communist writings, it's merely a different system. Saying it is evil are lies. There might've been some bad leaders, like Stalin is always mentioned, there's also been bad capitalist leaders. That's not either of the systems necessarily. So to say 'free people of red domination' is propaganda and a lie. We jumped into Vietnam, because of Eisenhowers wrong paranoia of Communism. His fear he called the Domino Theory, that if Vietnam becomes Communist country, they will takeover the whole area ie Cambodia, Laos, Thailand. For one, that's not true, there wasn't an agenda like that. More so, so what if they did, capitalist countries like US are always invading, overthrowing , taking power in other countries. Hell, US has 800 american military bases around the world. Why? I lived for 20 years in S.E.Asia. Mainly Thailand, but some time in Vietnam, Malaysia. Just moved back to the States. Vietnam right now is quite the 'happening' place. Cool country. Lots going on in culture, the Arts, commerce, etc in Vietnam. And guess what... The Communists won that war. And to today they're pretty successful, all under a Communist government. Thats not a promotion for Communism. Vietnam isn't perfect there's problems there. But I'd put the same problems they have , that Thailand has. And Thailand is not a Communist country at all. Communist or capitalist, the problems usually are the ones in power being greedy and screwing over their own people. 3. Lastly, I'm all for someone doing a song alternative to another, as far as the politics,etc.. But I hate that they do it exactly. The way the stanzas are, the lead singer really copying mcquire, the rhthym of it.. they just copied eve of destruction verbatim, on every leve. I hate that

[@joeygaynor4760]

wait they're all vogue-ing in 1966...whoa!!!!!!!

[@stevetimms4100]

It is an August 1965 Single. But - yes, the Female Dances seem to be Vogue-ing...

[@BobDavis-n1f]

The 25th inf division calls this a crock , a real moral builder

[@LdeinerProductions]

Here is my question, has there ever been another song like this? Has there ever been a song where somebody did a response to another song in this kind of point counterpoint way this is such a weird thing that this happened. It’s like if one of the exes of Taylor Swift did a response song and said, yeah, I broke up with you, and it is entirely your fault. Now let me list the reasons why you are a terrible girlfriend.

[@raremusicman]

"Answer Songs" were a big thing for many years. In fact, "Eve Of Destruction" inspired several answer songs, including one called "Age Of Corruption" by British singer Alan Klein.

[@LdeinerProductions]

@@raremusicman OMG you’re right. I found that song and a KZbin playlist of like 200 answer songs, and they are all, so terrible. I love it.

[@PotrzebieConolly]

A classic example is Hank Thompson's 1952 hit "The Wild Side of Life" and the answer song that basically made Kitty Wells the Queen of Country Music, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels".

[@cahnman1]

Yes, there was The Youngbloods' "Hippy From Olema" a response tio "Okie From Muskogee"

[@markusalcudia]

There are a couple. "Tell Tommy I miss him" And "Your Boyfriend's Back" come into mind

[@suzywernet5312]

The United States “pushed the button” twice, once on Hiroshima, Japan, and once, on Nagasaki, Japan. 😦

[@germancat429]

if they didnt we would have to land on mainland japan and waste the lives of tens of millions, the nukes while costing lives saved millions

[@metalkreatorx37]

well damn! I came here looking for some heavy metal band Dawn of Correction that's now defund. The drummer is suing Elon for millions. I can say this is not it. This video was fun to watch though. Song was not bad either. Reminds me of the Animals in some ways.

[@Smatt702]

Me too. Now I’m caught up in some conspiracy of this band lifting the song idea from Eve of Destruction? What happened to the heavy metal guy who is suing Elon?

[@metalkreatorx37]

@@Smatt702 I haven't gone down that rabbit hole but i love Eve of Destruction. killer track

[@alanmurr6562]

When I was 15 I thought this was a good answer song to that great Barry McGuire song Eve of Destruction. WOW! This song is no where close to the song Eve of Destruction! So I guess unfortunately Eve of Destruction wins over Eve of or Dawn of Correction!

[@jazznjive]

Is the glass half full or half empty? Here's hoping it's half full.

[@lyonnelmatthieuland6509]

Answer (just like Johnny Sea's 'Day for decision') to 'Eve of destruction' !

[@tomzeeh6618]

Sorry, meant to hit like button. I like to laugh.

[@mrob75]

RIP David White of "Danny & the Juniors"

[@KeithOtisEdwards]

Yeah, and these guys also wrote _You Don’t Own Me_ for Lesley Gore, which is a fine song. So how much lucre did it take to induce them to write this shit?

[@kkachi]

The stop-motion go-go dancer on the right is more interesting than the fellas in the middle making noise.

[@richardhussong7232]

The best part of this performance is that groovy Jew's harp!

[@catmon430]

"There are buttons to push in two mighty nations but who's crazy enough to risk annihilation. The buttons are there to ensure negotiation." Right, and the only way to peace is the threat of war. What have you been smoking?

[@thedemonspawn8289]

He's right tho, they're at a stalemate If they both say that they'll fire if the other one fires, they can't do anything but wait or find another way to find peace

[@micv5149]

@@thedemonspawn8289 you are correct

[@KMF-nj8kr]

It may sound quite mad but mutual assured destruction did have an affect on international relations.

[@davidjones-vx9ju]

@@KMF-nj8kr until now

[@matthewreichlin4993]

I was expecting this to be a really conservative reactionary, but it was a pleasant surprise. Just a more optimistic take on the Troubles of the times, except for their take on Vietnam which is obviously more conservative, but rightfully points out opposing communism is virtuous, although the war turned out to be a big s*** show

[@kappykev1039]

I grew up in the 60's. What the hell were they correcting?

[@joeyjamison5772]

Failed libtard policies, that's what!

[@killingmewillnotbringbacky9177]

uh? a lot of shit got corrected in the 60s and after. lots of caveman shit that republicans like because they are savages.

[@Briellen_Mellott]

The imperfections in our society, like racial injustice.

[@YonDivi]

I've never seen a person with teeth like this before

[@cmnick58]

a positive spin on the eve of distruction

[@PeterChoyce]

No it's not. It's complete apathy

[@dojindori]

I know it seems positive at first glance, but that's because it just ignores the issues that did and still do exist. I sincerely hope you were joking, but if you weren't, I sure as hell hope old dogs can learn new tricks, because yours aged poorly.

[@09marathon]

Dawn of destruction reply? What is this trumper nonsense

[@monicadanon5786]

Éste tema lo escuchaba siempre a mis 17 años y aun vigente !!!!

[@Unfamous_Buddha]

I was 13 when it came out. I think by mother didn't like, "The Eve of Destruction," so she said I could get this one.

[@markwilliams7054]

the song barely fits together the way they try to jam in "but i say you're wrong!" is hilarious

[@gregorykopchak3475]

Maybee

[@rps57x]

Until they mention the UN it was good

[@GAM3RK1NG.]

The U.N. in those days were good, but these days they suck.

[@aaronaragon7838]

Marches alone won't bring integration, So look out boy for voter registration and look out for Rotten house If he comes to your demonstration

[@bradybaylis6252]

Mullins,you should love McGuire today,as he is presently an 83-year-old (presumably right-wing-nut) religious fanatic !!!!!!

[@paulmick2006]

I don't see this as comical, but a positive reference to Eve Of Destruction, I once won a radio contest for this, won a vhs movie I think, announcer said-" if anyone who knows group that recorded this , you have a great life", Yay! I knew, and I won several other trivia questions.

[@09marathon]

LOL what the hell 😂

[@nowdid]

I fuck with this song

[@goalie9198]

David Stanley is the name I use when I sign into a hotel under a fake name. I shit you not.

[@nowdid]

You probably had more fun at those hotels with that name than I ever will or did...cheers.

[@goalie9198]

Truth be told the hotel thing was only on my wedding night. But I have used David Stanley here and there as the situation required.

[@bruceallen8651]

Right-wing attempts at co-opting popular culture and music are always pathetic and hilarious.

[@zinger5375]

Left wing

[@rex8958]

As it was the democratic president Lyndon Johnson pushing us deeper into war

[@dumontpictures7303]

Oddity Archive brought me here.

[@Mynamesalexa]

I have this 45. The flipside of Michelle. I always found this as a Conservative protest song An answer to The Eve Of Destruction by Barry McGuire.. LBJ was president. We were HEAVILY in Viet Nam. I was 12. 1966

[@Briellen_Mellott]

More like a patriotic liberal song. Some liberals used to be patriotic.

[@danieleyre8913]

This is so bad that someone could mistake it for parody.

[@butidontwantachannel]

Eve of Destruction is as relevant as ever, while these knuckleheads just come off foolish.

[@PeterChoyce]

These guys were wrong then and they are twice as wrong now

[@GAM3RK1NG.]

Tell that to video evidence that proves you wrong.

[@Briellen_Mellott]

Sorry the revolution failed. Cry a little, then enjoy life in this great country.

[@markv1274]

@@Briellen_Mellott Actually, a lot of things changed in the '60s. Maybe not a revolution, but certainly an evolution. Meanwhile, The Spokesmen were left in the past. Now they just get to be a laughing stock on YT.

[@frasermacdonald2175]

Am I the only one who thinks the lead singer's nose is running

[@barefootbilly9705]

...and the agents counter Truth with...CORRECTION!!! lol

[@BEVERLYDISTIN]

so true

[@davidjarczewski5812]

A true rip off of The Eve of Destruction by Barry McGuire

[@eddieboggs8306]

Answer songs are good.

[@blacksheep6996]

Actually one of the members of Danny and Juniors. Didn't like the Liberal hippy version by Barry M. I barely remember it because it didn't get airtime on radio stations back then. Remember radio was pretty strict back in the day and the powers that be were just like the freaks that run the show today.

[@davidjones-vx9ju]

so wrong about today

[@bradybaylis6252]

It wasn't NEARLY "the greatest protest song of all time",Rev. Bud; it can't hold a candle to Edwin Starr's 1970 anti-war classic "War (What Is It Good For ?") In fact,with its anti-Commie lyrics,it seems an Old Left Cold War song. The Communists of "Dawn Of Correction" have been replaced by today's white nationalists,including Trump; Florida and Georgia African American voter suppression kept Andrew Gillum and Stacy Abrams for being their respective state's first black Governor. (The suppression done "legally" not with bloated goober "deputies" beating Voting Rights protestors as happened 54 years ago .(Of course ,even in benighted Mississippi today,a black man such as I can date or marry white women,which was still illegal there in' 65 .) The song to me proves that the more things change,the more they remain the same .

[@billdecompsa4705]

But it hasn't ended yet, has it.

[@jamesgorski7551]

Dude needs serious braces.

[@birdgod5584]

Yeah, he looks like he still has his baby teeth or something

[@Operation_Lukey]

This is one of the worst songs I’ve ever heard, I’m not kidding

[@mattdeinken6580]

I actually enjoyed the song,it felt like proto metal

[@Wagsss2x]

Fucking made me puke damn near

[@Briellen_Mellott]

Commie

[@rareblues78daddy]

This is the kind of dopey crap Decca records thought was "good music for kids" back in the '60s.

[@goyadressunofficial]

Yeah, like The Who...

[@Kirke182]

Same label that passed on signing the Beatles because they said guitar groups were on their way out.

[@rareblues78daddy]

@@goyadressunofficial You mean British Brunswick, a company that had nothing to do with US Decca? Yeah, that's what I thought.

[@goyadressunofficial]

@@Kirke182 That was British Decca, not the US label of the same name (which by then was owned by MCA)

[@OuwetBoa]

Based song

[@bosnianantediluvian4067]

15 Viet Cong spies disliked this

[@dolorescostello1266]

it is a rip off from'Eve of destruction'...

[@jakobruppert6531]

Dolores Costello not a rip off it’s a reaction song

[@reservoirfrogs2177]

It's a parody/response

[@dolorescostello1266]

@@jakobruppert6531 I see, it's a reactionary song...

[@ScottLynck]

This is a good a stuff! a protect, song-against a protet song . It is a good goodsong.I like Love it ........D..O.D> Thanks for the very thoight proviving song but this o no is more prebivinh!ng- we all live.

[@islandknight6105]

Republicans!

[@hellsing507]

They where democrats, front man was a big JFK supporter.

[@rex8958]

Democrats were the ones pushing the war…

[@chadthurs8078]

weak

[@markkennedy4936]

Check his teeth out man

[@blinkie7]

Awkward.

[@greatestever184]

Eve of destruction is a crap song by a crap singer, made listenable by a band called the screaming Jets And seriously this song makes a good point It's just so BAD

[@rex8958]

Why is it bad? I’m curious

[@Briellen_Mellott]

I just listened to the jets version. not bad. The Turtles did a good version except for leaving out the verse about the handful of senators.

[@Briellen_Mellott]

California Dreamin' illustrates even better how bad his singing is.

[@markv1274]

Screaming Jets? Don't make me laugh. That band *always* sucked. Represented the worst of Australian music.

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