Talk:In the Year 2525

old talk
I think the last section has overestimated the power of this song. The idea of "advancing technology would finally bring an end to the human race" is rather well-understood by people and appeared in many famous novels and films, not just Huxley or Bradbury as listed. So I can't really see the point of the section. Foreverkeeper2 (talk) 00:39, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Enjoyed the discussion. I don;t believe that for some writers to rate this as one of the 'worst ever' songs is fair. More likely they were simply sick of hearing it.
 * Criticising mass taste in restrospect is easy - more appropriate is to give sound and in-depth criticism at the time.

Hitler was a disaster for world history, yet a huge majority of Germans voted for him.
 * A pity the know-it-all critics couldn't have been living back then, enlightening the deceived masses at the time. But they never are - all they can do is give petty criticism - retrospectively
 * I thought that the last few words of the first verse were "If woman can survive / They may fall." –Wbwn 18:11, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

9595
Why does 9595 lead me to this page?AgPyth
 * It's a year in the lyrics to "In the year 2525". —Preceding unsigned comment added by Njuuton (talk • contribs) 19:26, 8 December 2008 (UTC)

Lyrics
Wikipedia policy to not contain the full lyrics to a song. Removing the lyrics section. Xthepicturex 21:55, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

Tone
I tagged the article with "inappropriate tone" because several sections need a bit of rewriting; eg. ''Although only its apocalyptic tone would remind anybody of the terrorist attacks. The subject matter is completely different, although I suppose one could say that the unecessarily widespread dissemination of a dangerous technology, jet aircraft flight knowledge, led to the attacks, and the song's lyrics warn of overusage and overdependence on technology.'' ← amiИa  (talk)  20:58, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

To me any attempt to find 9/11 comparisons in lyrics written in 1964 is just forcing the song to say things it was never intended to say. Similarly the comment about the song reflecting the zeitgeist of the Jesus Movement which didn't begin until 1969, five years after the song was written. I think the tone of the article now is reasonably encyclopedic and the banner could be removed. - Mark Dixon 15:13, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

I think it's a nice, informative article... In some cases - like this song - full lyrics may be helpful...

This song was in 30 minutes
I removed this line from the trivia section. I'm guessing it was supposed to say "This song was written in 30 minutes" or perhaps "recorded in 30 minutes." Or possibly that the song was featured in the 1978-1982 documentary magazine series "30 minutes". Trolleytimes 05:25, 3 April 2007 (UTC)
 * It was allegedly written in 30 minutes. Smartyshoe 13:19, 15 July 2007 (UTC)
 * I have added a citation. Smartyshoe 12:11, 1 September 2007 (UTC)
 * And a bot has deleted it. Smartyshoe 12:14, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

Inconsistencies
The article is inconsistent with what is written in Zager and Evans. I don't know enough about 2525, so I cannot fix it myself, sorry. --11:45, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

One-hit wonder
"It is unusual for a recording artist to have a number one hit and then never have another chart single for the rest of their career." Um, no, that is NOT unusual... that is called a One-Hit-Wonder, and it is so common that VH1 dedicates entire programs to them. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.54.250.11 (talk) 23:26, 20 February 2012 (UTC)


 * The "one-hit wonders" who had a top-of-the-charts hit are less common than one-hit wonders in general... AnonMoos (talk) 04:04, 21 February 2012 (UTC)

The quality or lack of quality
Is it only me or does someone else think the "In the Year 2025" song sounds like and old vinyl > tape > analogue digital recording ?? I do. Is that the case and are there any better recordings out than those that exists in public ? —Preceding unsigned comment added by Njuuton (talk • contribs) 19:23, 8 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Complain to the record company who issued the particular release... AnonMoos (talk)


 * Done, awaiting a reply.

"Hi RCA Record,

I was discussing the supposed bad audio quality in the song "In the year 2525" by Zager & Evans on Wikipedia recently when one told me to ask the record company about it. So, why is the audio so bad, is there a better version available somewhere in your archives and how about restoring it and release it as a single ?

..

Sincery Oliver, Sweden" —Preceding unsigned comment added by Njuuton (talk • contribs) 21:04, 30 December 2008 (UTC)


 * Agreed. Every version of this song I've ever heard sounds like it was mastered over the phone. pessia


 * Buy a copy of the record, play it on AM radio, listen to it via a 13-transistor radio* with a 4" speaker. That's how we got to hear it :)

If anything, I think the digital recording I just listened to was *too* clear. Fuzzing it up probably helps the 'audio quality.'


 * That's how we graded receiver quality then, by the number of transistors. It's similar in concept to grading processors by their clock speed :) — Preceding unsigned comment added by 210.22.142.82 (talk) 06:08, 26 December 2012 (UTC)


 * If you want a better quality recording, there's always this cover. LonelyBoy2012 (talk) 19:56, 3 January 2013 (UTC)

enduring impact resource
"In the Year 9595'; Why the singularity is not near, but hope springs eternal" by Michael Shermer Scientific American December 28, 2011 (page 85 in January 2012 issue). 97.87.29.188 (talk) 01:35, 5 January 2012 (UTC)
 * See In the Year 2525 ... and Transcendent Man 99.190.80.182 (talk) 08:20, 6 January 2012 (UTC)
 * And Michael Shermer. 108.195.138.124 (talk) 05:47, 12 April 2012 (UTC)

"...written like a personal reflection or opinion essay..."
Thanks Captain Obvious well of course it is... This song IS precisely a "personal reflection / personal essay" 213.143.60.31 (talk) 09:34, 21 September 2015 (UTC)

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Futurama
Should we add The Late Philip J. Fry in the article? --195.192.205.18 (talk) 12:37, 6 April 2017 (UTC)

Any covers?
Hi. First of all, I do not generally edit there, I usually translate from English to Czech, but I found number of covers of this song. Most of them are only sensation of YouTube, but few of them are actually pretty well known, I guess. Namely one by Jane Rossi (1983, Germany). I failed to find ANY informations about her, only one single release in two versions, both vynil, both 1983, one 7" and the other 12" version: Jane Rossi on Discogs.com

By well known I mean that whenever I encounter this cover, literally every clone on YouTube contains at least one comment from various people that state they have this record home, bought it in Germany in 1983 or later in 80s, or simply heard it long ago in radio. But yet no informations anywhere. Kind of suspicious, I guess. I can't find anything else than these records. Like it was her only single (alongside with "Yesterday Is Gone" on B side) and the only release.

Does anybody know anything more? Because it really feels awkward if you find a record and know nothing about it, about the interpret, yet many people know this particular release. I simply can't believe there's nothing else she recorded, and no additonal info.

Would it be worth of addition into the article, if someone dug up some old reviews, some old newspapers, etc.? Just askin' — Polda18 (talk) 23:18, 15 February 2019 (UTC)


 * The Discogs entry states that "Jane Rossi" is an alias of Jane Comerford. Paradoctor (talk) 05:21, 16 February 2019 (UTC)

"one-hit wonder"
I have tweaked the description of why this is such an unusual one-hit wonder - saying they're the only artist to get No. 1 and never have another chart listing for their entire career. Without that distinction, every time a newbie artist gets a No. 1 hit (which seems to happen more often in the streaming era) they will be one-hit wonders until their next song. - DavidWBrooks (talk) 15:34, 23 May 2019 (UTC)

To add to article
To add to this article: "In the Year 2525" was used as the music for the end credits of Episode 7 of Extrapolations (TV series). 173.88.246.138 (talk) 21:23, 6 August 2023 (UTC)