First listen to Barry McGuire - Eve of Destruction (REACTION)

[@tonydagostino6158]

The saddest part is the sentiment and meaning are just as timely as when it was written

[@bamacopeland4372]

Sadly we have not learned. This song could have been written today and still applies even though it's 60 plus years later.

[@mikephalen3162]

Imagine what it was like to be a kid when this song first came out on the radio. A lot of us grew up in very turbulent times. BTW, Phil Ochs was one of the best protest singer-songwriters.

[@foxandscout]

Phil Ochs: My hero. From age 13 until now.

[@jamesmason3348]

Love Phil Ochs.

[@famat161]

The B side of this one is wonderful. "What's Exactly the Matter with Me".

[@gijsbertuslaurensvandevooren]

And Donovan

[@oldstudent2587]

@@foxandscout There But for Fortune.

[@melissakhalar1842]

So many memories this brings back to me, the war, the assassinations, the movements....

[@HamiltonRb]

You are right Melissa So many geezers my age fondly look back at the 60's & 70's and only think of the great music, and act as though it was it was so wonderful then

[@andythrush3341]

Barry started with the New Christy Minstrels in early 60's (Folk Group). He later became a Christian and wrote/folk gospel. The song fits in with all of the other groups / individuals who sang protest songs. Well done sir!

[@Alan_CFA]

Yeah, it’s hard to imagine that the guy who sang Green, Green also ang this😁

[@johnfullford163]

After 50 or so years we are still here.

[@parisbrat]

And, unfortunately, still squabbling over things, such as basic human rights. Yet and still, I remain hopeful for humanity.

[@maryerpenbach9517]

Yah, if you're in your sixties/seventies, this song has been in your mind for your whole life so far. You'll never know, but thanks for reacting. Good job.

[@sharidyer4332]

So true, Mary. I'm 72.

[@rosmeeker1964]

'Anyone who is still here?'...*waves* I'm glad you did this song. It did have to be done.

[@rosmeeker1964]

I suppose there always is some dude holding a sign saying the world is coming to an end. But the fear of imminent destruction was there then. In the states the kids practiced duck and cover in school. It's amazing it didn't all blow sky high. Climate change destruction is now a looming reality but it is a slower pot to boil. Not a Macguire song but 'I was only 19' by Redgum captures Vietnam. Its an Aussie song but it chills everyone.

[@donaldducheneaux9590]

One of my best songs ever growing in the 60sand the 70s we had the best songs bàck then a generation we will never see again i was glad i lived through it 😊😊😊😊 and was part of that generation a lot of things happing back including the Vietnam War !!!

[@jeffcrisp5531]

It may be simple but it’s a powerful song. Kind of bitter sweet watching a young lad discovering its brilliance.

[@lijohns57]

I grew up during the time this song came out and it was a very volitile, violent time, lots of injustice, discrimination, and the country was consumed with war protests and the government waging war on protestors. Kent State happened just a few years after this song was released. Barry had a one-hit song with this, but what a song! I'm sad it doesn't get more play today

[@brittonparnell2168]

This song was recorded in the early days of stereophonic recording. Engineers were still very much experimenting with how to best use stereo, and hard panning tracks was an early phase they went through. You can hear similar results on some of the early Beatles tracks where vocals and guitars are panned to one side, and bass and drums in the other. It's a horrible way to record usually, unless used for special effect, and the practice didn't last long, but it was a thing in 64-65.

[@dougca7086]

React to I feel like I'm fixin to die rag AKA The Fish cheer by Country Joe and the Fish another protest song done live at Woodstock

[@edprzydatek8398]

Great anti-war, anti-social injustice song. Right up there with Dylan's "Masters of War", which is probably Dylan's angriest song.

[@HamiltonRb]

I would put The Fish Cheer ( I feel like I'm fixin to die) from Country Joe& the Fish from Woodstock One of my favorites from the festival

[@Mike-rk8px]

“GIMMIE AN F!!!!”. If you want to hear another great Country Joe & The Fish song, watch the video for “Section 43 at Monterey Pop Festival” from 1967. It’s amazing how well these guys could play on acid.

[@unstrung65]

In no way ,shape and form is this song the equal of any song Dylan ever wrote . The song sounds almost manufactured for the times . Barry McGuire had very little talent and went nowhere .

[@stevensprunger3422]

So glad you featured this this came up before I graduated from high school and I haven’t heard this forever although I think it is in my collection of 1500 record albums but thank you for featuring this so much I think it’s just as relevant today as it was way way way back then

[@NotData]

Barry was pretty much a one hit wonder as a solo act. But he also had a hit as lead singer of the New Christy Minstrels called Green Green. They were a relatively tame folk group by comparison.

[@mattshaw6180]

On the topic of protest songs, a very influential but now-forgotten classic used weaponized sarcasm: Country Joe and the Fish, "I-Feel-Like-I'm-Fixin'-To-Die Rag". The live performance at Woodstock is notable, but the studio version rocks a kazoo solo.

[@foxandscout]

“Give me an F...”

[@papercup2517]

@@foxandscout What does that spell?

[@LadyIarConnacht]

The best anti-war song around.

[@1nelsondj]

I've been begging reactors for a long time to listen to this, a one-hit wonder that doesn't pull any punches. Yes it's blunt and he's justifiably angry at the world situation, like Dylan's 'Masters of War'. It still brings me to tears after half a century. Thanks for giving it a listen. One change at least is they lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 so our children at least get a say in who's sending them off to die on foreign soil. Yesterday I watched a couple listen to Billy Joel singing 'We Didn't Start the Fire' and one of the lines is "And Russia's in Afghanistan". Now it's us instead but yeah otherwise what's changed? Thank god we fixed the middle east problem. All warring aside it will probably be climate change that does the bulk of us in, that and pandemics.

[@rydelldownward7808]

It grinds my gears that songs like this are still relevant. When I was a kid I’d hoped we’d be way more evolved by now. I love the anger. It makes me want to break stuff.

[@jamescox4231]

Me too. As I comment 20 years after 9-11.

[@markoneil2055]

When this song came out I was 10 yrs old and it single handedly inspired my liberal views of today. I knew every word of this song. The first I ever memorized as a child.

[@patcavanaugh4941]

My experience exactly.

[@Amaberean]

Really? One of the most simplistic songs ever written. About as dumb as “Imagine”.

[@markoneil2055]

@@Amaberean I take it you are not a big fan of Woody Guthrie also..

[@dhrh0591]

in 1964 there was no real stereo, they were working with it but it was not consistant

[@Gregory......]

Love this song !!! It's still true today ! Just think Daniel, if this was 60's, you would be getting ready to be Drafted when you turn 18.

[@Yosef1952]

Holy crap! I think I was 13 when this came out. "Eve of Destruction" was premature, but it might ultimately not be wrong. Had never seen the video. Man. A lot of us in that time simply acclimated ourselves to the idea that a nuclear war could end human society in one day, and continued our child-like pursuits. Kind of surreal when you think of it.

[@TTM9691]

As opposed to what? Living now? Is it any less surreal?

[@donthomasdunigan7004]

The threat is still with us. Even more so with unchecked proliferation and development of weapons that are more and more devastating to humankind. We are oblivious to the real possible of a "push button war" anihilating the whole planet. Some would hide in their bunkers and die a slower death, but nobody would be saved. That reality still causes people (look around at the tent cities and addicts sleeping on the streets) to continue their child-like pursuits of getting high, escaping reality because reality sucks, and denying their personal problems while the problems of the world rage on endlessly. >sigh

[@mojo0307]

Great review. Reaction suggestion: Another relevant and probably better known song - Buffalo Springfield "For What It's Worth".

[@janeterambert5455]

Exactly

[@FuzzyMarineVet]

Seems this song is much more relevant today than when Barry recorded it.

[@TTM9691]

Once Dylan hit - especially when The Byrds came out - everyone was rushing to do "folk rock", and this was one of the earliest examples. Dylan, by this point, was not writing these kinds of "protest" songs (like "The Lonesome Death Of Hattie Carroll"), he was writing more abstract stuff like "Mr. Tambourine Man". So here comes Barry McGuire to pick up the slack, not unlike The Monkees doing a version of early moptops once The Beatles had moved on to Sgt. Pepper. It's a commercialization of Dylan, basically. But a catchy song!

[@anahatatutu]

Truer today than even back then.

[@RickZackExploreOffroad]

I remember as a kid driving in the car with my uncle who had fought at the Battle of the Bulge. When this song came on the radio, I In all my righteous teenage wrath, born of months of experience, told him the world was going to shit. He just smiled and said "These are the good times, believe me it can be a whole lot worse".

[@kj320175]

The Turtles did a version of this song 🎵. Fixin' to die rag- Country Joe and The Fish A great anti-Vietnam song which he performed at Woodstock.

[@tomh1754]

This song was recorded in 1 take at the end of very long session and his voice was shot. Hence the gravelly [angry] tone. Quite fitting to the message of the song

[@abelhansen]

Hats off to all the young men girls who gave every Thing for thier country. Some gave there and lives.

[@IvorPresents]

When this hit the airwaves it was revolutionary. Early stereo. Great protest song, a song of social relevance. not your standard fare.

[@jannsmart7005]

As I recall, it was banned from the airwaves.

[@visaman]

The reason you are only hearing his vocal on one side, is because this was the 1965 version of stereo, actually, it's a faux stereo mix. It Might be better to hear the mono version.

[@NotData]

Correct! Many songs of the era were originally recorded in mono. Years later, artificial fake stereo versions were created with half the song on one speaker and the other half on the other side.

[@jimmybutler1379]

And the song also got rid of all fear, when you may not live through it; and show no body shape or age respect, but prove your ability to win against all attackers !...

[@remmymafia3889]

I've been surfing these type of channels such as yours today, and this song, which is relevant today, almost as much as it was then.('67) It's without a doubt, not only the most paused and discussed song by the presenters such as yourself. I've ran across 12 sites on KZbin profiling this song, and they all, juts like you did here. stopped, to either discuss with a partner, or just comment to us the viewer. This song is an education for sure- and I love that, it's being dissected by this generation, which it needs to be.

[@HenriHattar]

The issues have NOT been resolved!

[@user-gt2uf8cq9y]

Written by the great P.F. Sloan. "Secret Agent Man" by Johnny Rivers is another of his great songs. He also played the guitar intro on "California Dreamin'".

[@stpnwlf9]

Barry McGuire went on to be a leading voice in the Jesus Music era of the 70s contemporary Christian music. He started his career with the New Christy Minstrels folk group. He was clearly a songwriter who was guided by his conscience. And in saying that, I suspect this might be the only song ever written that rhymes the word 'coagulatin'.

[@mikebailey3723]

A great VietNam protest song. Everybody loved it at the time.

[@roberttreborable]

In 1965 when we were all listen to the BEATLES, The Rolling Stone and Motown, this song hit home like a sledgehammer. Although some of the issues have improved the song is still relevant today and powerful.

[@daveking9393]

Enjoyed. Thanks. Another nugget or two gained. What a great day.

[@donaldducheneaux9590]

I shared this video many times on Facebook feed !!!

[@jimmybutler1379]

Did you ever hear about the banning the song being played in 1965 on the radio ?...

[@Orange-Jumpsuit-Time]

About the voice in only one headphone, 1964, Recording studios only had 4 tracks, 8 tracks didn't show up in recording studios until the tail end of the 1960's.

[@marcogerner132]

a strongly underrated and always up-to-date song.

[@bobangell1679]

Yup. 60s stereo production was a new toy and it took a while to get it right. So you had voices in one speaker, instruments in the other and all sorts of odd configurations. There's a band from Portland, Maine that did an awesome cover of this song. Wish I could remember their name. I know it came out in 1999.

[@SafferPOV]

Over the years there have been some good protest songs. To name a few War - Edwin Starr Beds are Burning - Midnight Oil (an Australian protest song about the treatment of Aborigines) Gimme Hope Jo'Anna - Eddie Grant (an anti-Apartheid song) Weeping - Bright Blue (an anti-Apartheid song) Universal Soldier - Donovan (anti-war) Ohio - CSN&Y (about the Kent State shootings) Born in the USA - Bruce Springsteen For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield

[@appledoreman]

Written by P.F. Sloan, a performer himself. In many ways, 'Dylan with heart,' he explored areas the latter never did, eg identity, self-esteem, the dysfunctional family. Definitely a man of his era, practically all his best songs were written in a short, two-year period (1965-66). Check out 'This precious time.'

[@cheryla7480]

This is a great song that demonstrates that not a lot has changed! I’d love to hear you’re reaction to Gordon Lightfoot’s “Black Day in July”, if you can find it. It’s about the 1967 Detroit Riots. It was played a lot in Canada, but US radio stations were “discouraged” from playing it for fear it might cause unrest. It’s from Gordon’s album “Did She Mention My Name”

[@sheilagimino6685]

Thank you, this song meant so much to us in the 60's

[@patcavanaugh4941]

At 14 seconds, you get a Like from me. This song is one of the most influential pieces of music on my life. I was in 5th grade when it came out. No other song captures the turmoil and mood of those times so completely, from the lyrics to the music to his voice. So happy you are going to dig into this one.

[@RichardArnista]

@@patcavanaugh4941 same as me I was 11 years old when this came out and really affected me, my cousin was drafted, sent to Vietnam and was never the same, he never talked about what he went thru.

[@keymack2477]

Great reaction, Daniel - next up is "Something In The Air" by Thunderclap Newman! Glad you checked the lyrics and realized you had misheard the line about hating your neighbor!

[@bentemjanger1030]

Being a teenager back in the 70's, this song followed me for years, and I loved it. I still do...but my all time favorite protest/anti war song is still to this day "Universal Soldier"....written by Buffy Saint-Marie. I think though, that Donovans version is the best known, and the one I first took to my heart. The music is light, but suites the text, which is spot on, and could as well have been written today. I would love to hear your reaction on this...here is the link, just in case ;) kzbin.info/www/bejne/d2aTnYmCqbiEn80

[@danl.909]

This song was a teenager in the 70s?

[@bentemjanger1030]

😆...one could read it that way too I guess. I'm norwegian, and I live in Sweden, so my english leaves much to wish for...sorry for that...but smart as you are, I take it you got the point anyway✌🥀

[@danl.909]

@@bentemjanger1030 Please forgive me. I should have paid closer attention to your name. My second language is Spanish, and your English is better than my Spanish!

[@bentemjanger1030]

It's oki...no harm done...as long as you like "Universal Soldier" that is 😉

[@brainsareus]

At the time of the Vietnam war, you could be drafted at 18; but had to be 21 to vote.

[@michelle88960]

This song was released in 1965 about the Vietnam War, communism, segregation and the threat of the atomic bomb. Yet it's 2022 and nothing has changed. Barry's vocal is so powerful, passionate and angry. One of the best anti war songs ever written.

[@firebird7479]

How about The Doors' "The Unknown Soldier"?

[@nanner3200]

A few artist recorded it but this was the most famous version. I remember hearing it the first time in middle school....damn I'm old! So blast from the past that I haven't heard in forever. Still remember every word. It explores war, racism ,injustice and hypocrisy. The more things change (?) the more they stay the same......

[@erikahlander3489]

There is an interesting cover of this song by Johnny Thunders from New York Dolls. Associated with quite chaotic music, Thunder released an acustic low-key solo album in 1984. A surprise to me. In that album is a short (1:20) cover of this song (all 19 songs are very short).

[@TheRealRedAce]

One of the great songs of the 60s.

[@bobangell1679]

The Troubles are power pop/classic rock personified. Semi-legendary in their home state of Maine, the band consists of passionate students of rock & roll who have spent decades getting it just right.The band was formed in 1993 during a recording session for another group produced by guitarist/singer Joe Brien, one of Maine’s most revered musicians. While complimenting drummer Rusty Gates on his press roll technique, Brien inquired if he would be interested in record a few Brien originals. The reply was “absolutely.”To cement their blooming partnership, Brien and Gates stayed behind after the session and recorded a version of the 1960s’ folk-rock classic “Eve of Destruction” by Barry McGuire. The song was sent to local radio stations and became an instant hit, and several months later, received high praise from McGuire himself.

[@jerry6549]

A correct statement of its time. Pointing out the hypocrisy of events of that time. He grew up during the "duck and cover" generation, and atomic war was a reality. There is still a lot of truth in what he says, especially the hate in our own country and around the World. Barry started as a folk singer. Most og his songs were on the lighter side like, "Green Green." kzbin.info/www/bejne/hpfbmJWpjcqHmqc His gravely voice is something I liked. He recorded many, many songs; most of which are on You Tube.

[@brandonflorida1092]

Good choice of song. Nice to hear you getting back to some older music. Good analysis.

[@IceCubeJohnson]

Early on in stereo recording they hadn't yet developed conventions like "don't pan vocals 100% to L or R channels. Often times, people's home music equipment was mono anyway so people didn't know or care. You'll hear this on lots of 60's recordings.

[@sinenominecc]

Straight out of the New Christy Minstrels, with the support of the producers and musicians (The Wrecking Crew) that played on the Mama's and Papa's records (and countless others), and the carefully crafted imitations of Dylan from the pen of P. F. Sloan, this song hit the airwaves like a building dropping on top of you. Nothing was quite this angry at the time, but that was to change. Later on, McGuire became a Christian musician. Interesting life, that guy. [The destruction referenced in the song is the fear of nuclear annihilation during the Cold war.]

[@sinenominecc]

I'll patch this information on here because sometimes when I include a link I get deleted by KZbin. PF Sloan recorded "Sins of the Family," and if you listen you will notice how much like Dylan he's trying to sound. Donovan in his earliest work does the same kind of thing, but with a little less politics. "Sins" uses the same backing musicians and production team. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hqakYpqcgMp-jsU

[@wpollock1]

"When the button is pushed" always seemed to me to be about the atomic bomb. I grew up in the 60's and we would have bomb drills (everyone goes into the hallway) where you sit and put your head between your legs....that stayed with me and I associate it with this song. Great song!

[@patcavanaugh4941]

We did drills as well, particularly during the Cuban Missile Crisis. We lived just a few miles from a strategic military base. The klaxon would sound over the school PA, we would crawl under our desks, and be reminded not to look at the bright light. It kind of freaks me out more in hindsight than it did then.

[@bobangell1679]

The Troubles is the name of the band from Portland, Maine that did the awesome cover of "Eve of Destruction." It's on an album called "It's About Time" but I can't find a stream. You can purchase the CD for 6 bucks at Amazon. Great album. It would be worth it.

[@sjw5797]

Do "it's Alright, Ma, I'm Only Bleeding" by Bob Dylan.

[@thehorrorfanx]

I love your new zombie lyric (“eat your next door neighbor, but don’t forget to say grace”). Made me laugh so hard for about 5 minutes straight. I really needed that!😂

[@TheGathumpus]

The lyrics are as true today as when it was written. The only other famous song I know he was involved in was with the New Chrisy Minstrels "Three Wheels On My Wagon"

[@IvorPresents]

for the best in the protest genera, look into Phil Ochs. His "Small circle of Friends" About apathy, His song, "Crucifixtion" about the Kennedy Assassination, and his famous, "I Ain't a Marching Anymore" Became the anti war song. He also did the beautiful, Changes. Sadly he took his own life.

[@tessesmom]

Yes, great suggestion!!

[@Peter-oh3hc]

Yes! Phil ochs! Small circle of friends, I ain't marching anymore and changes. I gotta look up crucifixion - thanks

[@IvorPresents]

@@Peter-oh3hc Ochs work was beautifully covered by Jim and Jean in their album Changes.

[@Peter-oh3hc]

Thanks. Gonna check it out

[@Peter-oh3hc]

@@IvorPresents quickly checked them out. OMG, they are great. Thank you so much

[@garytaylor8697]

Barry McGuire is mentioned in the Mamas and Poppas song, Crique Alley twice, along with The Byrds Roger McGwyn. A few years later McGuire became a Christian and started to play on the Christian circut.

[@catfishcave379]

Not every recording was done in stereo in those days.

[@Rhiannon011]

You notice there is absolutely no thumbs down for this song and video? Says a lot.

[@peircedan]

The words that hit me most when I was young were: "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" Yes. Today climate change is a big concern. There is little doubt that even a full scale conventional war would fail to push climate issues even further in the wrong direction. Only international cooperation is going to work I think. All reminds me of another song. "I'm a Stranger Here" kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZa5mZt-h6mWh7c

[@Yaktahbay]

Climate Change - a natural phenomenon to which mankind always has adapted - is of concern only to those who are easily propagandized. Unfortunately, those seem to be in the majority.

[@drieuxkoeppel8152]

@@Yaktahbay nope. My cousin is a climate scientist. He has an MS in Atmospheric Sciences. Do youZ? He has 10’s of millions of pieces of data. Information. Proof? Would you like me to share it with you? You’re. Dead. Wrong. HUMAN ACTIVITY has accelerated climate change. Period. When you’ve graduated from a prestigious university with a Master’s degree in this discipline and did your research at the SOUTH POLE; you can speak. Otherwise, kindly. STFU. NOW.

[@Yaktahbay]

@@drieuxkoeppel8152 There are plenty of scientists who dispute the attribution of significant climate change to human CO2 emissions, and their arguments are far more compelling than mere appeals to authority. For starters, can you debunk this? kzbin.info/www/bejne/nZ_XaoyQrqiHd7M

[@mstrut9510]

Climate Change has always been a New World Order grift - raising money for wars and child trafficking. They want to preserve the oil dollar and bs windmills that leak oil. And hide technologies that give free energy. Wake up.

[@rattlesnakeconservation]

YES!! Brilliant song that is as relevant today as it was when he sang it. He shifted from folk to Christian music and I think the folk crowd felt he had just kind of disappeared because it was such a niche genre

[@1nelsondj]

You may want to listen to the mono version which has the vocals in both ears, it's what some companies did back then. The Beatles' first 4 albums often had vocals in 1 channel.

[@azcaclark1]

I remember when this song first came out. A year later I was a senior in high school and my draft number was 1. It was tense time in my house and in my mind. Fortunately they were only take men 19 and older. The next year Carter canceled the draft.

[@bob_garrard]

He was in New Christy Minstrels; listen to them to hear him. "Green, Green" was quite popular.

[@timlynch5710]

I was working in a corporate office in Toronto on 9-11. When the 2nd plane hit, a guest speaker from the States, ex Military, pounded his fist on the boardroom table and bellowed: "This is WAR!!!". My colleague, a Vietnamese refugee yelled at him, saying: "It's always war with you people. You come to my country, you kill my relatives, you shoot everybody, then you burn my village, and guess what? You lost that war! You lost. Stop with your wars! Stop it.:" The boss came in and said: We all agree with her, and we left the dude alone in the boardroom. Then we got sent home, and some of us went to Chinatown for Pho while NYC and the U.S.fell apart. (Not that anyone was hungry.) True story. And 20 years later?.....same old. Peace to you Dan. Always peace.

[@annabinksy1694]

I didn't think I had heard this one until it started playing...very vaguely recall this one :O

[@tomst.antoine7742]

Another song from the same era is Sky Pilot, by The Animals. Use the long version. Once heard, never forgotten.

[@donaldleider7382]

This song meant a lot more when we practiced air raid drills in elementary school in the sixties!

[@theresareynolds3133]

When I was born in 1958 Dwight D Eisenhower was president, I grew up during the Vietnam war, those of us born in this era remember segration and integration, practicing air raid drills, it was a very scary time. This song covered a lot of what was happening during this time.

[@bthompson524]

I just came across this content you posted. I'm 68 and I remember this song as a child and beyond. Your video is a few years older now. Do you think it's more relevant now than when you posted this? I believe it is. I always have. But maybe you do as well now. I'd love an update.

[@wayne_twentyfive]

Barry McGuire performed with The New Christy Minstrels, who had a great song called Green Green .. Definitely worth giving it a listen .. Cheers, Wayne

[@janenichols879]

Watch the live version (on Hullabaloo) such raw emotion….

[@gooberclese]

I first heard this song on tv. A made movie mini series based on a Steven King book called The Stand. It was quite weirdly fitting through juxtaposition as the "World" has already ended......buy yet here is this guy playing an amazing tune on a nice 12 string in the middle of stalled traffic in a dead world. A song warning of what will happen if....after the fact....and it hits as very pretty and sad. Great cinematography imo.

[@JO-ub9rt]

A great one that also has good music: Lee Michaels and "What Now America?" also Ten Years After "I'd love to change the world"

[@cliffordjones9226]

it's coming through one speaker because it's recorded in Mono, not Stereo

[@jamesshaffer9890]

The bodies in the Jordan was a reference to the 6 Day War.

[@quecksilber457]

I think there is only this one mono voice version. I have had the same one for years.

[@bendancar]

Glad you like this. If so and you really want to dive into lyrics (as in L. Cohen and Nick Cave), try Dylan's "It's Alright Ma (I'm Only Bleeding)," "Masters of War," or "Stuck Inside of Mobile (With the Memphis Blues Again)... and of course hundreds of other Dylan songs.

[@rydelldownward7808]

“It’s Alright Ma” definitely.

[@ValerieValeska]

We have been on the eve of destruction for a long time, you have to think of time in cosmic terms, and we are closer to the day of destruction now than when the song came out, I grew up when we ended WWII fought in Korea, and Viet Nam,The Cuban Missile Crises, The eve of destruction is a warning, we are going to eventually destroy ourselves if we do not change our ways , it is just a matter of time when The Day of Destruction comes on us. My compliments on your style of doing the extended follow up.

[@claudiaclark6162]

It is about practicing what you preach and how things never change because you won't allow it because someone has to be the Enemy

[@joekell7377]

another one of barry mcguire's songs is the ballad of the green berets song.

[@alanarakelian5021]

This song needed to be louder and angrier. Ha ha. Seriously, I believe Barry McGuire sang lead on the New Christy Minstrels' "Green, Green" in 1963, two years earlier. That's likely his next-biggest claim to fame.

[@dalem8332]

This is a classic #1 song. Great timeless lyrics! 🎼🎵🎶🇨🇦

[@le7669]

Loved insight to the line red china the writing process is fascinating 🔆

[@AnnKirk-f2c]

My generation lived through such turbulent times and did what we could to end inequality and the Vietnam War. It took a long time, but at least we tried and our music saw us through.

[@funktionwebweb6735]

Yes, hating your next door neighbor is bad, but it's not as bad as eating your next door neighbor. Unless, of course, your next door neighbor is delicious and has lots of Omega 3 fatty acids, which is good for your heart, lungs, blood vessels, and immune system.

[@detroitpolak9904]

First verse: “he sounds angry” My first thought: “just wait Daniel. Just wait”