Fun Music Information -> Barry McGuire
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Misspellings and other Alternate Names:
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Barry McGuire/PF Sloan, Barry MaguireMusic Quotes:
And there was a real shedding of the old dogma, like boundaries of morality were being broken down and everybody was into the new party mode of just loving on each other. Which destroyed thousands of us. I lost 16 of my personal friends through that lifestyle. You know, the music business is like the Lotto. Just put your numbers down and sometimes they hit, and sometimes they don't. There's just no rhyme or reason. Submitted by: LucidLupin
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Use a Song Title to Answer a Different Song:
Song & Band Name | Song & Band Name | Comments & Submittor Name |
| "Eve of Destruction 1965" | "The Dawn of Correction," The Spokesmen | Oh, A Tree in Motion does exist as a parody - Larry Speigel |
Add a Letter To a Song Title:
"Eave Of Destruction" originally "Eve Of Destruction"
Heather Brockwell
Change a Letter In a Song Title:
"Eye Of Destruction" originally "Eve Of Destruction"
Heather Brockwell
"Ewe Of Destruction" originally "Eve Of Destruction"
Heather Brockwell
Song Parodies:
Original Song Name | Parody Song Name | Parody Author |
| "Eve of Destruction" | "Read the Directions" | Michael Pacholek |
| "Eve Of Destruction" | "Did Not Get The Instructions" | Mikey Squirrel |
| "Eve of Destruction" | "Ring of Destruction" | Tokusou Sentai Blessranger |
| "Eve Of Destruction" | "Eve Caused Destruction" | Alvin Rhodes |
| "Eve Of Destruction" | "3rd World Reproduction" | YouKnowItsJoe |
| "Eve Of Destruction" | "My Eve Of Destruction" | Donny Rotten Whiting |
| "Eve Of Destruction" | "I Can't Believe I Bought Some Weed, So Disgustin'" | Alvin Rhodes |
| "Eve of Destruction" | "Eve of Construction" | Johnny D |
| "Eve of Destruction" | "Developmental" | Henry Moon |
| "Eve of Destruction" | "Brink of Constriction" | Les Tivers |
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Bad Choices for On Hold Music:
Song Name | Company/Organization | Submittor |
| Eve Of Destruction | Defense Department | FussBudgetVanPelt |
Duets Not Yet Performed:
First Band/Song Name | Second Band/Song Name | New Song Name | Submittor |
| Desperados Under the Eaves Warren Zevon | Eve of Destruction Barry McGuire | Desperados Under the Eaves of Destruction I suppose anyone facing destruction is desperate. | Martha Hankins |
| When It's Nighttime In Italy, It's Wednesday Over Here The Everly Brothers | The Eve Of Destruction Barry McGuire | When It's Nighttime In Italy,It's The Eve Of Destruction Over Here | Marian |
Misheard Lyrics:
"Eve Of Destruction"
Misheard Lyrics: It's your next dawn, neighbor.
Original Lyrics: Hate your next door neighbor.
| "Eve Of Destruction"
Misheard Lyrics: It's your next darn neighbor.
Original Lyrics: Hate your next door neighbor.
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"Eve Of Destruction"
Misheard Lyrics: My butt's so mad; feels like coagulatin'.
Original Lyrics: My blood's so mad; feels like coagulatin'.
| "Eve Of Destruction"
Misheard Lyrics: Think of all the hate there is in Regina.
Original Lyrics: Think of all the hate there is in Red China.
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Misheard Lyrics Story:
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"Eve Of Destruction"
Misheard Lyrics: Think of all the hate there is in Regina.
Original Lyrics: Think of all the hate there is in Red China.
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Story about this misheard lyric by: Mean Gene My mother grew up in a small city about 150 miles from Regina, Saskatchewan (rhymes with a female body part, thus sounds similar to Red China in the song). She used to hear this lyric incorrectly and wonder, 'Why is there so much hate there? I live in Regina.' To me, it's a funny story. |
Misrhymed Lyrics:
"Eve of Destruction"
The Misrhymed Lyrics: Think of all the hate there is in Red China,
Then take a look around at Selma, Alabama Why They're Misrhymed: Let's not kid ourselves: 'Red China' and 'Alabama' don't even come close to rhyming. Even for a 60's/folk/protest song, that's a bit of a stretch.
Submitted by: Charlie Buttrey
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The Misrhymed Lyrics: My bloods so mad, it's like coagulatin'.
I'm sittin' here just contemplatin' then later Think of all the hate there is in Red China! Then take a look around to Selma Alabama ! Why They're Misrhymed: I think the vision for this song was too big for the rhyming dictionary. Regulation, legislation, integration, disintegration ... finding rhymes must have been way 'too frustratin' '
Submitted by: Minerva
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Dated Lyrics:
"Eve of Destruction"
The Dated Lyrics: You may leave here for 4 days in space
But when you return, it’s the same old place Why They're Dated: Four days in space was major headlines back in the mid-60's. We now have the International Space Station which has been occupied continuously since 2000.
Submitted by: Glenn
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The Dated Lyrics: You're old enough to kill,
but not for voting You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're toting? Why They're Dated: This was written when the voting age was 21 and a young man could be drafted at 18.
Submitted by: cygna
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Real Places Mentioned in Songs:
"Eve Of Destruction"
The Lyrics: The eastern world, it is exploding Violence flarin', bullets loadin' You're old enough to kill, but not for votin' You don't believe in war, but what's that gun you're totin' And even the Jordan River has bodies floatin'
Why: Forgot earlier about the opening verse, upabove, of Barry McGuire's "Eve Of Destruction", had a shoutout to the Jordan River, a real river in the Middle East.
Submitted by: Peter
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The Lyrics: Think of all the hate there is in Red China Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama
Why: "Eve Of Destruction" by folk rocker Barry McGuire was a #1 song in the fall of 1965, and literally one of the first of it's kind -- an anti-Vietnam War song and expresses worry about the continuing escalation of the nuclear arms race between the then Soviet Union and the United States. "The hate in Red China" reference is referencing the Mao violent "Cultural Revolution" that was taking place in the mid-1960's. The "Selma, Alabama" reference is about the civil rights movement that was meeting with stiff and sometimes violent reaction in that area of the country, with one of the more violent places being Selma. The two lines above are the first two lines in the fourth and final verse.
Submitted by: Peter
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Songs That Are Banned:
"Eve Of Destruction"
In 1965 this tune is pulled from many record stores and radio stations when some groups complain that it is nihilistic and could promote suicidal feelings amongst teens.
Submitted by: Peter
Upbeat Songs With Depressing Lyrics:
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The Lyrics: you say you don't, beleive in war, but what's that, gun you're toting?,hate your next door, neighbor, but don't forget say grace!
Why: what's so upbeat about, calling your neighbor's {I PRESUME}, LIAR"S!?
Submitted by: art E.
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The 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 gun you're totin' And even the Jordan River has bodies floatin'. Why: Basically, it's a song about death, war, hate, killing, and gore all set to a lively, rockin' marching tune.
Submitted by: Rocky
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Movies Named After Song Titles:
"Eve Of Destruction"
1990 robot action thriller with Gregory Hines
Submitted by: Mr. Oblivious
