DONAL2228 - Eve Of Destruction
DONAL2228
Sep 21, 2024 12:12am
<p>BARRY MCGUIRE................THE EVE OF DESTRUCTION.......................1965..............TURN IT UP!</p><p><br></p><p>"<strong>Eve of Destruction</strong>" is a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protest_song" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">protest song</a> written by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P._F._Sloan" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">P. F. Sloan</a> in mid-1965. Several artists have recorded it, but the most popular recording was by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barry_McGuire" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Barry McGuire</a>, on which Sloan played guitar.</p><p>The song references social issues of its period, including the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Vietnam War</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_in_the_United_States" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">the draft</a>, the threat of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_war" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">nuclear war</a>, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Movement" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Civil Rights Movement</a>, turmoil in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_East" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Middle East</a> and the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">American space program</a>.</p>