Talk:Eve of Destruction (song)

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The Turtles used as a protest song?
In their 'Best of: Happy Together' album they say they did not use it as a protest song, I don't remember the exact wording, but when I find that CD again I will. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.218.29.125 (talk) 00:54, 6 April 2008 (UTC)

In 1966 I lived in Nairobi and heard the (female) person on the radio say about the upcoming track "You might like this, but I don't!". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 202.65.93.86 (talk) 13:23, 20 August 2008 (UTC)

The Spokesmen's answer record
"Dawn of Correction" was an optimistic and patriotic answer record to "Eve of Destruction", but a product of the conservative right it was not -- it was quite representative of Cold War liberalism and New Deal consensus politics, lauding the work of the Peace Corps and United Nations, and civil rights marches bringing integration. I removed the reference to this being of the conservative right. 96.239.135.216 (talk) 22:51, 19 December 2008 (UTC)

Juliane Werding (German artist)
Juliane Werding used this song as the basis for her song "Ein morscher Baum trägt keine guten Früchte" on the album "In tiefer Trauer" That song has a completely different subject matter: It talks about the cycle of poverty, crime, and dysfunctional families. The lyrics (in German) can be found at http://www.juliane-werding.de/songtexte/ein_morscher_baum_traegt_keine_guten_fruechte.htm —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.146.80.191 (talk) 20:10, 18 April 2011 (UTC)

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Cover Versions section missing?
Afternoon Wikipedians. I've just very belatedly realised that an edit I made some time ago has been removed. Well, in fact, the "Cover Versions" section was deleted in it's entirety. Such a section is very common on many song pages, and there have been many interesting cover versions. I noted that Public Enemy recorded a version in 2007. Can we re-add this section? I note from the edit history there was quite a long chunk of info there originally. Maxcelcat (talk) 04:34, 6 May 2022 (UTC)


 * List of covers are indeed common on song pages, though they typically fail to meet the criteria of WP:COVERSONG. Those sections often devolve to indiscriminate lists of unsourced content, similar to an issue laid out at WP:POPCULTURE. That was true of the cover section on this article before I removed it. Content was either unsourced or poorly sourced (Last.fm, Amazon, YouTube, Spotify, &c.).  Tkbrett  (✉) 13:29, 7 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Seems kinda hinky, that the long list of “references”,”parodies”, etc., to the song, still stands, yet, the covers are missing.( Which is more important, I suppose, is open to debate.)
 * The “punk” band, The Dickies covered it on their 1978 debut album “The Incredible Shrinking Dickies” (A & M Records,SP-4742), and as single in the U.K. (A & M Records 7373). It is played at a faster tempo. 75.107.41.198 (talk) 20:33, 20 February 2023 (UTC)

Relevancy of the green beret song?
"A few months later, Green Beret medic SSgt. Barry Sadler released the patriotic "Ballad of the Green Berets" it says. But I don't see how that's relevant to the article. Spider Gwen from Spider Gwen (talk) 20:57, 27 August 2023 (UTC)