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Mar 10, 2013 · 95K. 10M views 11 years ago. Subscribe to The Best Of for more classic music history, videos and playlists: http://bit.ly/WdJ36u "Eve of Destruction" is a protest song written by...
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"Eve of Destruction" is a protest song written by P. F. Sloan in mid-1965. Several artists have recorded it, but the most popular recording was by Barry McGuire . The song references social issues of its period, including the Vietnam War , the draft , the threat of nuclear war , the Civil Rights Movement , turmoil in the Middle East , and the ...
Aug 15, 2017 · 21K. 1.6M views 6 years ago #BarryMcGuire. "Eve of Destruction" is a protest song written by P. F. Sloan in mid-1964. [ Several artists have recorded it, but the best-known recording was by...
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Eve of Destruction Lyrics: 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...
7.2K. 871K views 13 years ago. Barry Mcguire performs his hit Eve of Destruction on the NBC music show Hullabaloo (1965). The song was written by P. F. Sloan in 1965 when he was 19. Several...
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The song takes on racism, hypocrisy, and injustice at a volatile time in American history. The assassination of US President John F. Kennedy in 1963 was a big influence on the lyric. This was written by 19-year-old P.F. Sloan, who was a staff songwriter at McGuire's label and went on to form The Grass Roots.
Jul 24, 2023 · July 24, 2023. By. Tim Dillinger. Photo: CA/Redferns. It was 1965: A year in which Malcolm X was assassinated, American combat troops were sent to Vietnam, anti-war protests erupted, and civil...
