Eve of destruction is a protest song written by P.F. Sloan in mid-1964. This recording was made between july 12 and july 15, 1965. The song was an instant hit and as a result the more polished vocal track that was at first envisioned was never recorded. There was a lot of controversy over the vietnam war. The song was written during the vietnam war it discusses how people felt about the war integration and the demonstrations of that time. Younger people thought that america shouldn’t get involved the part of the song that caused controversy was “ you’re old enough to kill but not for votin’ you don’t believe in war but what’s that gun you’re totin’. The people over there fighting aren’t even old. The song was the biggest protest song of the
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They were basically being forced into a war they had no voice or opinion about anything about it. The meaning to this song is basically the world is slowly falling apart and some people are too ignorant to notice or care. As I listened to the song he is definitely anti-war he's explaining how frustrating it is for kids so young to be participating in war but not be able to make their own decisions yet such as voting. It was also credited with boosting momentum for passage of the 26th amendment. The song also was a warning to all that destruction of humanity is imminent.some parts of the song are straight forward such as “the eastern world, ir is exploding violence flarin bullets loadin”. This is referring too the vietnam war.
The next part that ha a strong meaning was the part”you;re old enough to kill but not for voting’ you don’t believe in war but what’s that gone you’re totin’ and even the jordan river has bodies floatin”. The first two lines are showing the hypocrisy within our government. The last lin is referring to the war over water. The next couple examples are also straight forward from the song “handful of senators don’t pass legislation and marches alone can’t bring integration. When human respect is disintegration’, this whole crazy
They were basically being forced into a war they had no voice or opinion about anything about it. The meaning to this song is basically the world is slowly falling apart and some people are too ignorant to notice or care. As I listened to the song he is definitely anti-war he's explaining how frustrating it is for kids so young to be participating in war but not be able to make their own decisions yet such as voting. It was also credited with boosting momentum for passage of the 26th amendment. The song also was a warning to all that destruction of humanity is imminent.some parts of the song are straight forward such as “the eastern world, ir is exploding violence flarin bullets loadin”. This is referring too the vietnam war.
The next part that ha a strong meaning was the part”you;re old enough to kill but not for voting’ you don’t believe in war but what’s that gone you’re totin’ and even the jordan river has bodies floatin”. The first two lines are showing the hypocrisy within our government. The last lin is referring to the war over water. The next couple examples are also straight forward from the song “handful of senators don’t pass legislation and marches alone can’t bring integration. When human respect is disintegration’, this whole crazy