Zager & Evans - In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) | REACTION

[@denisetowe895]

This song has always fascinated me and to think so much of this has already happened 😮. Test tube babies, robots doing our work….I was born in 1957 and my husband and I were just talking about all the changes, discoveries and inventions have come about in our lifetime….only getting faster! Grandparents warned us! LOL Thanks for checking this one out.

[@taun856]

When my mother was a baby (1933) her family moved from Arkansas to Colorado, traveling by a covered wagon pulled by mules. In 1969 as my family sat watching the first Moon landing on TV, I looked at my mom and said, "Just think. We've gone from Covered wagons to moon landings in one generation." - To which she responded, "Just think how far you'll go if you ever clean your room."

[@guidosarducci]

😁😁❤❤@@taun856

[@trondbolme5435]

​@@taun856"space might be the final frontier but it's made in a hollywood basement" 😅

[@threekidzmom04]

so true! We thought it was sci fi when it came out! They were prophets.

[@PhoenixRisen63]

This song ended up being prophetic and decades ahead of its time. It IS grim, but I am glad you can appreciate it, and even LIKE it. It's very thought-provoking.

[@deannajones3849]

Finally someone reacts to this! This song was way ahead of it's time!

[@mikeroche9986]

Great one from 1969. It’s kinda scary to think a lot of what they’re singing about then is relevant today!

[@RonaldCanfield-m2r]

"The only thing we seem to learn from history is that we don't learn a damn thing from history"

[@mikeconway9849]

I really enjoyed this song when it was released. Very prophetic in many ways.

[@tomloft2000]

When this was released the year 2025 was unimaginable.

[@jayarr961]

This was one of the more famous of the 'one hit wonders' category of songs. An even better one hit wonder from that period was one that was about the A-bomb and the vietnam war - 'Eve Of Destruction" That one is worth a reaction.

[@palmyreatkinson518]

I've heard this song when i was a kid. My mother told me this was going to come true. I don't think we are far off.

[@kathyedleman633]

This song scared me when I was a kid.😮

[@susanmurray7654]

This and the song Timothy...

[@pegajense]

Me too!

[@monkeysuncle2816]

Scares me now, moreso, as we watch elements of it come to pass. Neural-link, anyone?

[@Calloway423]

Same

[@elcypher6102]

​@@monkeysuncle2816also the part about test tube babies wild😮.

[@tonyherrera9329]

I was 15 years old and in the 9th grade when this song hit the airwaves. It was alarming to think of what was said in the lyrics were saying and the images that they created for me. But, it was a cool song that I never got tired of hearing. The Vietnam war was raging and every week you saw the body counts of killed and wounded. Protests against the war were getting more and more violent and songs were voicing the lack of support for the war was dwindling fast. There was never a dull moment and the music was indellibly burned into our daily lives. But all of this chaos brought about monumental changes. Like the end of the war in 1974 and gave 18 year olds the right to vote, in 1972. You had to be there.

[@alanarakelian5021]

Desmond Dekker & The Aces' "Israelites" also came out in the summer of '69 and was the group's only U.S. hit -- a unique one at that, too. It was the first ska song to make the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at #9.

[@hipsville]

Love that song!

[@sheilathailand1903]

Great tune!

[@kellyb.3600]

Excellent choice!!!!❤

[@sukie584]

Desmond Decker had hits outside of the US, including 007 Shanty Town ( before Israelites)is one of the most important Rude Boy songs.

[@joekuul8769]

Whenever I get a receipt with $25.25, or $35.35, or something similar, this song pops into my head and I sing the opening verse...The young cashiers never have a clue, lol.

[@dianamarie1652]

Very telling song for today!!!

[@davemuench7272]

Thanks! An old Boomer here. Does my heart good to see the younger generations appreciating what we left you to enjoy. Nick, you have a voice I've never heard before. Distinctly articulate, knowledgeable, great wit and humor. Gotta be from the South, like me, cuz I heard a couple of Yall's in there. You'd be a lot of fun to talk to. I'm sure I'll comment more on this "2525" video. Take care!!

[@petermizon4344]

Remember this back then and people brushed it off now it's at the right time, brill song

[@Rustyzip53]

On the putting green at the golf course today and somebody was playing this. It's such a unique sound I picked up on it right away from 30 feet away.

[@mateostaplez7497]

I just remembered a great sax song that y'all will love: Junior Walker & All Stars - What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) 1968

[@jonathansmith3742]

I was 8 in 1969 and remember everyone singin it.

[@NewOldVideos-d5o]

Scared the crap out of me when I was a kid....

[@gregj1295]

Amazing song and things in the song happened a lot earlier then predicted.

[@filifolia]

Oh! This is one great song! And so prophetic...

[@45CarBeck]

It came out when I was 24 years old, and I have always Loved it, and I am now 79 years old I am glad you like it.

[@angelamarino8741]

Makes me laugh all the time too! My dad loved the dramatic songs! This and Someone left my cake out in the rain (MacAurther Park), by Richard Harris. Another song you would never think would become popular, it was!

[@slimpickins9124]

Oh ya, I was about 20 when this hit the charts & it did make you think. I didn't get a lot of what they were talking about but I sure do now. Denny Zager became a guitar maker after his music career & his son is still making guitars today. They sell only online from their website.

[@daleclark7127]

When I was a kid this song was so memorable for me. Though young, I knew the song had deep implications and just had a interesting vibe. Good critique guys!!

[@womanonthinice1276]

I remember this song playing on the radio when I was kid. It was emotional to me. Haven't heard it since then. Takes me back in time.

[@tmr626]

Another good one guy's! 1969 was an awesome year for music.

[@JohnWolfmeyer]

"Not what you were expecting" That is what is so great about so much music from about 1965 -1985. Most everything did not sound the same.

[@ramonacosta2647]

Who needs eyes when virtual reality gets beamed directly to your brain with Neuralink.

[@otter3095]

This song came out when I was ten. The lyrics were quite scary for a kid in elementary school, and not much different for this 64 yr old today 😞

[@kidpoker007]

Thats Funny I'm 64 as well and remeber thinking about these crazy lyrics

[@dow311]

This song gave me nightmares, still does.

[@kenthompson5723]

This song was a big hit in America in July of 1969. When men first landed on the moon, this song was number 1. "Exordium & Terminus" has been covered by some 60 artists and the song has been translated into 7 languages.

[@danielrustom9732]

Always loved this song and listening to it back in the 70's the words didn't really mean anything to me. It was the harmony that pulled me in. Enter the 2020's and it's like OMG.....is it all coming true?

[@Friend_Of_The_Muse]

LOL. One thing this song was not was expected. It still stand on its own uniqueness. Personally I think they were being optimistic with the dates. ; ) What you refer to as "Country" is actually "Folk Music" which was morphing into "Folk Rock" around this time.

[@rustyknyffe88]

As a kid, this song always gave me the creeps because everything sounded SO impossible.

[@bryanspindle4455]

Haven't heard that song in decades.

[@jimroddy6190]

In the year 1969, when this song was released, I was living in Hawaii, not concerned with what the future held. Now, as you two said, all of that is upon us. Technology is advancing exponentially. How wild! Thanks for playing this song. First time I've heard it in over 50 years.

[@LuxRoyale]

I always eagerly await new reactors to check out this song. Haunting yet prophetic.

[@heatherturner6955]

Dang you dug deep... 😂 Love it!

[@bedazzled64]

I was a kid when this song came out and it really was a big song. I remember even as a kid, that it had you thinking.

[@darrenhoskins8382]

Heard this song occasionally all my life and never noticed the western theme. Brilliant unique song with lots to say. Driving it thru with energy!

[@scottjones758]

Watch the version with movie Metropolis from 1920's Germany!

[@billg763]

Still plausible today. Great song!

[@dsfddsgh]

I was only about 8 when this song came out but it just didn't sound like anything else at the time on the radio. Remember Sugar Sugar by the Archie's was also on the radio at the same time but that was a happy song but this one was scary even if i didn't truly understand all of the lyrics i understood enough. And this song was off a few hundred years considering the first "test tube" baby Louise Brown was born les than a decade later.

[@Alan-lv9rw]

#1 in the U.S. for six weeks is amazing. It was just after we landed on the moon and during Woodstock.

[@SMtWalkerS]

This song was fascinating and a little scary. Very deep and makes you think. On another subject: have you guys reacted to "All Right Now" by Free? An old favorite.

[@elizabethavolck7784]

One of my favorite songs relevant to today and so prophetic.

[@Blue-k9p4y]

Really enjoy your reactions guys! Keep on trucking👍

[@SusanBishop555]

I was 13/14 when this came out. I bought the single. It freaked me out. But going to Woodstock on my 14th birthday that year didn't freak me out! 😆😮

[@757optim]

The dawning of the Space Age brought intense speculation about the future.

[@oldladylovesBruno]

This song always made me sad.

[@no2all]

This great song came out when I was just 10-years-old...but I already had my full sci-fi nerd on. It helped kindle the curiosity of the genre even more. As the years wore on, the rather musically upbeat song also served to remind that human technological advancement is indeed a two-sided coin....there is a convenience, but at what cost.

[@MattB-h3n]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/homtaWCji9SSjbssi=pqBlQG5y2CrVbL8T kzbin.info/www/bejne/homtaWCji9SSjbssi=HR6F-N0nClTQxtJE Thanks for the post, no2all. Your point about the advancements in technology and the moral dilemmas have been covered in art for some time. In our lifetimes, outside of this song, the inherent issues are probably best known through the "Jurassic Park" series. However, it may be very surprising to learn that these concerns were being considered in literature over 200 years ago. English writer Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's classic Gothic horror novel "Frankenstein" (published when Shelley was incredibly only 20 years old) tells the cautionary tale that so many of us are aware of when the absolute drive for advancements happen without ethical safeguards. In many ways, "Frankenstein" became the foundation on all future art that predicted what might happen if technology/advancement ran rampant, even including this song. It is fascinating to consider this was a topic being communicated about in the early 1800s, yet it remains just as (if not more) relevant today. As for the song, it appears that it has been documented as being sampled at least 4 times (all occurring from the late 1960s to the early 1980s). Given the song's well-known message, it should not be a surprise that the song has been documented as being covered at least 35 times. From what I could tell, it looks like the most famous artist or group to cover the song so far was R.E.M. in the mid 1980s. The first link above is to that live version (Please be aware that there were a very small number of choices available for the R.E.M. cover on KZbin and none were of great audio quality). Perhaps in the most ironic twist to date, I observed that several individuals have apparently used artifical intelligence ("AI") technology to make videos for the song and posted them on KZbin. The second link above is to what appeared, after a quick glance, to what might have been the most sophisticated looking of those videos. As I wrote above, there is an irony that should not be ignored that using the technology that the song warns could irreparably damage humanity to make a video for the song itself. 🤖

[@shawnk7832]

Guys have you done 10 Years After and their song, I'd Like To Change The World? 😁

[@williamweiss6128]

Liked it when it came out. Interesting song.

[@codyhenrichs9699]

I was 13 when this song came out and it fascinated me.

[@7red7]

Visage did an excellent cover of this classic 🤘

[@ronbeck201]

Another song along the same lines that came out just 8 years later is "Sparks of the tempest" by Kansas.

[@kelleebowers8525]

You need to watch the video. Chilling

[@ckonrad666]

Troglodyte (Caveman) - The Jimmy Castor Bunch (1972) .....check it out

[@billwhitted252]

I remember when this came out it was so wild but could be coming true.

[@terryjones3827]

I was in the 8th grade when this song came out and it scared me too. But just like George Orwell and Jules Verne, I think we tend to be pessimistic when we try to predict our future. We see all the technological advances, which can seem frightening, but we forget to consider how our humanity advances too. The song seems silly now, but it's fun to hear it again.

[@Kairon111161]

YOU GOT IT -- "Maybe it's only yesterday" -- in other words, maybe this has all happened before, and we've built back up again, only to go through the same cycle of creation, evolution, growth, devolution and destruction again...and again...and again

[@richardhamilton9936]

I dare you to do "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro.

[@domn1c]

Goofiness aside…many of the subject matters are coming, or brought, to fruition. The song is way before its time.

[@rayvanhorn1534]

Oh man, what a song for the times….wish y’all would have done the video it’s so good….makes your hair stand on end

[@bluelionvintage8134]

"cowboys and aliens" hahahahaha

[@ericmccann21]

The part about the starlight and maybe it's just from yesterday... The fact that the light and the light from the stars is not real time but already ancient light getting to us. That is enough of a mind blow already

[@larrybailey517]

I went to school with cap guns strapped to my sides. So, hell yeah westerns were the thing in the 60s lol.

[@MrsRobinson0741]

Prince’s 1999 blew our minds, in the 80’s…99’ seems like worlds away!

[@hustledude]

This is a freaky song that usually makes me depressed afterward

[@IllumeEltanin]

Shocking storytelling songs… Have y’all done “Timothy” by The Buoys yet? Similar time frame to this one, I think.

[@Coowallsky]

“Can I get a side of fries with him?”

[@brentcox7772]

Cool song! Try “Classical Gas” by Mason Williams!!🤘🔥

[@Coowallsky]

Denny Zager still sells low impact guitars (easier on the fingers). Just down the road from me.

[@jjo154]

Suggestion for your list: "Little Bit O' Soul" by The Music Explosion.

[@Madsgan]

I was 20 and I remember thinking, if I'm still alive in 2020 (which was very far away in 69), this s**t could be reality. Hmmm. I'm 75 now.

[@donnaralph4413]

Have you guys ever checked out Kensington Pennsylvania? The people on drugs walks around ,no buddy sees them, walks around zombie like, I think that falls in with song

[@Glittersword]

That song could ONLY have been made in the '60's or '70's.

[@AmyW-qo4se]

Been awhile since I heard it. Interesting indeed. 🤔

[@donbeckman884]

Other good story songs: The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia - Vicki Lawrence W*O*L*D - Harry Chapin Taxi - Harry Chapin Sequel - Harry Chapin Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg

[@Belluser-we1uc5cb2l]

Night the lights went out in Georgia. Scared me. So did Angie baby by Helen Redding.

[@carlpeterkirkebo2036]

Grim but not totally unrealistic unfortunately.

[@Redbuzzcut]

It's ironic, my dad hated this tune in the 60s. I rather liked it for its meaning. I can still see him driving our old 60s Impala and saying "what nonsense" when this song came on and then very deliberately changing the radio channel.... ha ha ha! Very prescient lyrics though!

[@thomasjacques5286]

They should release it TODAY

[@JazzDrummer1946]

"From the Kingdom of Nye." Who's with me? RIP Art Bell.

[@correctlyrics]

And all the western movies are saying...look at all the superhero movies you guys make. It never stops.

[@ViewsFromThe502]

Yeah there are way too many of those too

[@mikeroche9986]

I’ve always thought the sound was crappy even for 1969, but apparently this was recorded before they got signed to a big label.

[@jackempson3044]

I never thought about it but it does sound like a coffee brand. haha! It is a very memorable song however.

[@Coowallsky]

Chase & Sanborn has been around since 1864.

[@davidpaulk785]

In the year 2025 the 502 will surely thrive.

[@davemuench7272]

You didn't show the video you were watching, but I know which one it was. Best part was when Death calls forth the Seven Deadly sins. Notice the names above them. In German. Loved your reaction at that point. Metropolis was a landmark German movie, and that was 97 years ago!! You guys rock!!! Glad 2525 made your playlist. Try reacting to the Righteous Brothers if you want some incredible, beautiful music you can't help but enjoy.

[@HalkerVeil]

It somehow hits harder with the video using the 1920's film Metropolis.

[@TruthIsNotTemporary]

I heard an interview many years ago and he said he came hime drunk from the bar and wrote it all that night 🤣

[@bobthebear1246]

This song predicted _The Matrix._

[@paulkeahtigh2]

Don't forget "Venus"by Shocking Blue, you will enjoy 😎 thanks 👍

[@john.brown.]

The birth of the world's first 'test-tube baby', Louise Brown, on 25 July 1978 in Oldham, northwest England has come to represent the origin story of technologically assisted human reproduction

[@MikeGarland22]

Truth today

[@TheClarita1984]

And when humans are going to awake, when are going to be aware and do the right thing to do?

[@quietwoodworking]

Ex Google X professional Mo Gawdat on the dangers of AI, said that Artificial Intelligence is already 1000 times smarter than any human on planet earth, and by 2045, AI will be one billion times smarter.

[@Valentin_I]

The AI is more well-read, not smarter. AI knows a lot, but doesn't know why it needs to know a lot until a human makes it think

[@traceycater]

The video is tough.

[@DannyMarshall-z4o]

Live or Video 50s threw 80s

[@rebeckahowens3520]

History repeats because people don't learn from mistakes.