抗議歌曲"Eve Of Destruction"

鄉村歌手Johnny Sea五月14日去世(75歲)，他回應"Eve Of Destruction"而推出的｢愛國歌曲｣"Day For Decision"曾於1966年獲得第35名，暱稱Seay的他因駕駛單引擎飛機撞行動電話天線，而於德州西部喪命。

Johnny Sea 1940年出生於密西西比州Gulfport，自1959 年至1968年他曾有八首歌進過鄉村歌曲排行榜，包括"Frankie's Man Johnny" (#13-1959) 及 "Nobody's Darling But Mine" (#13-1960)及這一首"Day For Decision"。

"Eve of Destruction"是一首知名的越戰抗議歌曲，是P. F. Sloan 於1964年所寫的，錄過的歌手不少，其中最有名的是民歌手Barry McGuire的一版，1965年由P. F. Sloan 負責guitar，Hal Blaine當鼓手，Larry Knechtel 當貝斯手而組成的洛杉磯一級錄音室組合錄了試唱版，本來還不算正式完成，但被熟識的DJ拿到電台播出後立刻大受歡迎，在1965年九月獲得排行榜冠軍。

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfZVu0alU0I

"Eve Of Destruction"

Barry McGuire

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'

 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 tryin' to say

 Can't you feel the fears I'm feelin' today?

 If the button is pushed, there's no runnin' away

 There'll be no one to save, with the world in a grave

 [Take a look around ya boy, it's bound to scare ya boy]

 And 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 sitting here just contemplatin'

 I can't twist the truth, it knows no regulation.

 Handful of senators don't pass legislation

 And 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.

 Think of all the hate there is in Red China

 Then take a look around to Selma, Alabama

 You may leave here for 4 days in space

 But when you return, it's the same old place

 The poundin' of the drums, the pride and disgrace

 You can bury your dead, but don't leave a trace

 Hate your next-door neighbor, but don't forget to say grace

 And, tell me over and over and over and over again, my friend

 You don't believe

 We're on the eve

 Of destruction

 Mm, no no, you don't believe

 We're on the eve

 of destruction.