Quote: wrote:Wasn't "Eve Of Destruction" originally sung by Bob Dylan?
"Eve of Destruction" was a '60s protest anthem, but it was sung by someone named Barry MacGuire, and it was written by P.F. Sloan. Our version borrows the title from the original and a melody line from its refrain, but we've rewritten the verse and very nearly all the words. The people listed at the beginning are our friends.
We hadn't heard the '60s recording of "Eve Of Destruction" until after Charm School was done; our version is derived from The Dickies' cover of the Sloan song, which was a hit for them in '78. We couldn't understand The Dickies' singer, his being punk and fake-English and all, so we wrote our own words.
Folk music on the eve of destruction
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I want to know, I want to know What it'd feel like to tell it all I don't know, love, I don't know, love How this town would treat the fall
I want to know, I want to know What it'd feel like to tell it all I don't know, love, I don't know, love How this town would treat the fall
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Quote: wrote:Wasn't "Eve Of Destruction" originally sung by Bob Dylan?
"Eve of Destruction" was a '60s protest anthem, but it was sung by someone named Barry MacGuire, and it was written by P.F. Sloan. Our version borrows the title from the original and a melody line from its refrain, but we've rewritten the verse and very nearly all the words. The people listed at the beginning are our friends.
We hadn't heard the '60s recording of "Eve Of Destruction" until after Charm School was done; our version is derived from The Dickies' cover of the Sloan song, which was a hit for them in '78. We couldn't understand The Dickies' singer, his being punk and fake-English and all, so we wrote our own words.
–--
I want to know, I want to know What it'd feel like to tell it all I don't know, love, I don't know, love How this town would treat the fall
I want to know, I want to know What it'd feel like to tell it all I don't know, love, I don't know, love How this town would treat the fall
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Folk music on the eve of destruction – STHayden on March 21st, 2006
