The song “Eve of Distruction” by Barry McGuire is from the time of the Vietnam War. There is a lot of controversy over this war. It discusses how people felt about the war integration, and the demonstrations of that time. Most of the younger people thought that America shouldn’t get involved in the Vietnam War. This was cause for controversy. The song says, “You're old enough to kill but not for votin' you don't …showed first 75 words of 331 total…

…showed last 75 words of 331 total…most part, didn’t want to fight in the war but if drafted still had to fight. It also reflects the music of that time because it tells how some people felt. A lot of music of the time did that. The Barry McGuire song “Eve of Distruction” represents the way some people felt about war and the Civil Rights Movement. It is a good example to show some things that were going on in 1965.