" Eve of Destruction " by Barry McGuire .......Song for these Times!
" Song for these Times "….“Déjà Vu Rock” Check-out the song/video: Barry McGuire - Eve Of Destruction (1965)
Listen to: Eve Of Destruction by The Turtles
The Turtles, Mark Volman & Howard Kaylan, 2003. Photo by Erol Reyal.
Mark Volman from The Turtles, Photo by Erol Reyal.
Howard Kaylan from The Turtles, Photo by Erol Reyal.
The Turtles, (Flo & Eddie) Mark Volman & Howard Kaylan. Photo by Erol Reyal.
The Turtles, (Flo & Eddie) photographed in the early 1990's by Erol Reyal holding a autographed photo of themselves taken by Erol in 1984.
Website: The Turtles
Wikipedia: Eve of Destruction, a protest song written by P. F. Sloan in mid-1964.
The song was offered to The Byrds as a Dylanesque potential single, but they rejected it. The Turtles, another L.A. group which often recorded The Byrds' material, recorded a version instead. Their version was issued as a track on their 1965 debut album It Ain't Me Babe, shortly before Barry McGuire's version was cut in 1965 which was a US number one (and UK no. 3) for Barry McGuire.
McGuire's recording was made between July 12 and July 15, 1965, and released by Dunhill Records. The accompanying musicians were top-tier Los Angeles session players: P. F. Sloan on guitar, Hal Blaine (of Phil Spector's Wrecking Crew) on drums, and Larry Knechtel on bass guitar. The vocal track was thrown on as a rough mix and was not intended to be the final version, but a copy of the recording "leaked" out to a disc jockey, who began playing it. The song was an instant hit, and as a result, the more polished vocal track that was at first envisioned was never recorded.
McGuire recalled in later years that "Eve of Destruction" had been recorded in one take on a Thursday morning, reading lyrics scrawled on a crumpled piece of paper.
The following Monday morning he got a phone call from the record company at 7:00 am, telling him to turn on the radio — his song was playing. McGuire's single hit #1 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and #3 on the UK Singles Chart in September 1965.
Lyrics: Eve of Destruction
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, what's that gun you're totin'
And even the Jordan river has bodies floatin'
But you tell me over and over and over again my friend
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction
Don't you understand, what I'm trying to say?
Can't you feel the fear that I'm feeling today?
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
But you tell me over and over and over again my friend
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction
Yeah, my blood's so mad, feels like coagulatin'
I'm sittin' here just contemplatin'
I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation
Handful of Senators don't pass legislationAnd marches alone can't bring integration
When human respect is disintegratin'
This whole crazy world is just too frustratin'
And you tell me over and over and over again my friend
Ah, you don't believe we're on the eve of destruction
No, No, you don't believe we're on the - Eve of Destruction
“Déjà Vu Rock" Songs For These Times Playlist & Selected Photos by Erol Reyal:
1“Get Together” by The Youngbloods … .... Song for these Times!
2. "Band on the Run" by Paul McCartney & Wings....... Song for these Times!
3. "Life During Wartime" by the Talking Heads....... Song for these Times!
4. "Bad Moon Rising" by John Fogerty.......Song for these Times!
5. "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" by Bob Dylan.......Song for these Times!
6. "I Won't Back Down" Tom Petty.......Song for these Times!
7. "Teach Your Children" by Graham Nash.......Song for these Times!
8. "We Didn't Start The Fire" by Billy Joel.......Song for these Times!
9. "World Turning" by Fleetwood Mac.......Song for these Times!
10. "Don't Stop" by Fleetwood Mac.......Song for these Times!
11. "For What It's Worth" by Buffalo Springfield.......Song for these Times!
12. “ Vaya con Dios ” Les Paul and Mary Ford.......Song for these Times!
13. “ This Land Is Your Land ” Arlo Guthrie and Pete Seeger.......Song for these Times!
14. “ Higher Ground ” Red Hot Chili Peppers .......Song for these Times!
15. “ Livin' On A Prayer ” by Bon Jovi .......Song for these Times!
16. " We Gotta Get Out Of This Place " Eric Burdon ......Song for theseTimes!
17. " When I Wake Up Tomorrow " By Cheap Trick.....Song for these Times!
18. " Won't Get Fooled Again " by The Who.......Song for these Times!
19. " Christmas Song "Linus & Lucy" by Vince Guaraldi.......Song for these Times!
20. " LOVE " By John Lennon .....Song for these Times!
21. Snoopy's Christmas vs. The Red Baron - The Royal Guardsmen.."Song for these Times"
22. "Find My Way" McCartney III by Paul McCartney..... Song for these Times!
23. " Eve of Destruction " by Barry McGuire.....Song for these Times!
Photojournalist Erol Reyal, began his radio days at the "Mighty 92", AM 920 WOKY in 1977 and from 1984 to 1992, hosted as a volunteer DJ the music program, “Déjà Vu Rock” (Inspired by the song, “Déjà Vu” by David Crosby, and album by CSN&Y) on listener supported, Frontier Radio, 91.7 WMSE FM, Milwaukee, WI.
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