In 1965, an artist named Barry McGuire recorded a song called “Eve of Destruction,” which came out of nowhere and, within weeks, rocketed up the U.S. charts to No. 1. It’s basically a protest tune about the sixties, but with some ominous international overtones. Lines like, “Don’t you understand what I’m trying to say/Don’t you feel the fears that I’m feeling today/If the button is pushed, there’s no running away/There’ll be no one to save, with the world in a grave/Take a look around you, boy, it’s bound to scare you, boy…” From time to time, when world events ignite fears of the unthinkable – nuclear war – “Eve
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