Eve of Destruction(P. F. Sloan)
Interpretada por: 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 you tell me
Over and over and over and over again, my friend
You don't believe
We're on the eve of destruction
Mmm no, no, you don't believe
We're on the eve of destruction.
Una canción protesta del año 1965.
¿Sabes si es original suya? Yo la conocía pero en boca de otros: el grupo The Turtles, y no sabía que nadie más la hubiera cantado.
ResponderEliminarA mí la frase que siempre me impacta es la de: "You're old enough to kill, but not for votin'"
Ah, ya me he enterado gracias a la wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eve_of_Destruction_(song))
ResponderEliminarThe Turtles, another LA group who often recorded The Byrds' discarded or rejected material, recorded a version instead. Their version was issued as an album track shortly before McGuire's version was cut. It eventually hit number 100 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1970.
Supongo que es porque es la que conocía, pero me gusta más la de los Turtles ;)
Hola Cristina: Yo había puesto un enlace a wikipedia en el nombre del compositor y otro en el nombre del cantante.
ResponderEliminarEste disco lo compró mi hermano Gustavo cuando yo tenía 11-12 años. A mí me gustaba ya entonces, cuando no sabía nada de inglés y no me enteraba de la letra. Sí, esa frase es tremenda, y por desgracia, cierta en muchos casos.
Voy a escuchar la versión de los Turtles.
Aquí está:
ResponderEliminarVersión de The Turtles