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Eve of Destruction (Original Post) kentuck Jan 2022 OP
I was 12 when that song hit. MuseRider Jan 2022 #1
His only Top 40 hit. rsdsharp Jan 2022 #2
Still true.. Deuxcents Jan 2022 #3
Hilarious downer tune, from an era that seems comparatively mild to what's going on, now. Paladin Jan 2022 #4

MuseRider

(34,060 posts)
1. I was 12 when that song hit.
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 06:36 PM
Jan 2022

Damn, it was scary and really powerful. 5 years later when I was away at music camp we would do our little protest things and that song was ever present.

rsdsharp

(9,042 posts)
2. His only Top 40 hit.
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 07:08 PM
Jan 2022

Done in between his time with The New Christie Minstrels, and performing Contemporary Christian Music.

Deuxcents

(15,785 posts)
3. Still true..
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 07:38 PM
Jan 2022

Hate your next door neighbor but doesn’t not forget to say grace.. I used to think of that as my racist parents bitched at the dinner table..and always prayed. Thankfully, I survived and found a better way

Paladin

(28,204 posts)
4. Hilarious downer tune, from an era that seems comparatively mild to what's going on, now.
Sat Jan 8, 2022, 07:51 PM
Jan 2022

"Think of all the hate there is in Red China." Christ, we were naive, back then.

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