Zager and Evans
Tocado no programa Beat Club em 1969.
Nunca tinha visto ou sequer ouvido tal canção. É tão, mas tão típica dos anos 60; o tema é bastante óbvio, quase um cliché nos dias de hoje, mas..... É estranha....a melodia é circular e quase psicadélica, mesmo hipnotizante, o video é rudimentar mas intrigante ao mm tempo,o próprio duo tem um ar, sei lá, esquisito e contraditório.... enfim, impressionou-me. E a melodia continua a 'passar' na minha cabeça desde ontem num movimento circular enorme e quase como uma montanha russa. A própria letra que aposta na repetição cíclica da ideia base contribui para isso...e acaba como começou...
In the year 2525
If man is still alive
If woman can survive
They may find
In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lie
Everything you think, do and say
Is in the pill you took today
In the year 4545
You ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes
You won't find a thing to chew
Nobody's gonna look at you
In the year 5555
Your arms hangin' limp at your sides
Your legs got nothin' to do
Some machine's doin' that for you
In the year 6565
You won't need no husband, won't need no wife
You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too
From the bottom of a long glass tube
In the year 7510
If God's a-coming, He oughta make it by then
Maybe He'll look around Himself and say
"Guess it's time for the judgement day"
In the year 8510
God is gonna shake His mighty head
He'll either say "I'm pleased where man has been"
Or tear it down, and start again
In the year 9595
I'm kinda wonderin' if man is gonna be alive
He's taken everything this old earth can give
And he ain't put back nothing
Now it's been ten thousand years
Man has cried a billion tears
For what, he never knew
Now man's reign is through
But through eternal night.
The twinkling of starlight.
So very far away.
Maybe it's only yesterday.
In the year 2525
If man is still alive.
If woman can survive, they may find.
Tocado no programa Beat Club em 1969.
Nunca tinha visto ou sequer ouvido tal canção. É tão, mas tão típica dos anos 60; o tema é bastante óbvio, quase um cliché nos dias de hoje, mas..... É estranha....a melodia é circular e quase psicadélica, mesmo hipnotizante, o video é rudimentar mas intrigante ao mm tempo,o próprio duo tem um ar, sei lá, esquisito e contraditório.... enfim, impressionou-me. E a melodia continua a 'passar' na minha cabeça desde ontem num movimento circular enorme e quase como uma montanha russa. A própria letra que aposta na repetição cíclica da ideia base contribui para isso...e acaba como começou...
In the year 2525
If man is still alive
If woman can survive
They may find
In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lie
Everything you think, do and say
Is in the pill you took today
In the year 4545
You ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes
You won't find a thing to chew
Nobody's gonna look at you
In the year 5555
Your arms hangin' limp at your sides
Your legs got nothin' to do
Some machine's doin' that for you
In the year 6565
You won't need no husband, won't need no wife
You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too
From the bottom of a long glass tube
In the year 7510
If God's a-coming, He oughta make it by then
Maybe He'll look around Himself and say
"Guess it's time for the judgement day"
In the year 8510
God is gonna shake His mighty head
He'll either say "I'm pleased where man has been"
Or tear it down, and start again
In the year 9595
I'm kinda wonderin' if man is gonna be alive
He's taken everything this old earth can give
And he ain't put back nothing
Now it's been ten thousand years
Man has cried a billion tears
For what, he never knew
Now man's reign is through
But through eternal night.
The twinkling of starlight.
So very far away.
Maybe it's only yesterday.
In the year 2525
If man is still alive.
If woman can survive, they may find.
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Zager and Evans were a Lincoln, Nebraska rock-pop duo of the late 1960s and early 1970s named after two members, Denny Zager and Rick Evans. Artists Dave Trupp and Mark Dalton backed up the duo.
Zager and Evans are best known for their immensely popular "In the Year 2525", written by Rick Evans. The song warned of the dangers of technology, portraying a future in which the human race would at length be destroyed by its own technological and medical innovations and Divine wrath. The last stanza of the song intimates a continuing cycle of birth, death and rebirth of mankind.
"In the Year 2525" hit number one on the pop charts in 1969. Coincidentally, it was number one on 20 July 1969, the date of the first manned moon landing by astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. It was nominated for a special Hugo Award that same year.
The band signed with RCA records, which claimed they were "The next big thing", but follow-up singles, such as "Mr. Turnkey" achieved only minor notoriety. "In The Year 2525" was their last top 40 song.
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"In the year 2525" claimed the #1 spot on American pop charts for six weeks, a remarkable achievement. "2525" also topped the charts in the UK.
The song was originally written in 1964 and recorded and released in 1967 on the Truth Records label. After a radio station in Odessa, Texas popularized the two-year old record, RCA Records distributed the song nationwide.
Sales of the original #1 hit recording of "In The Year 2525" (including singles sales, album usage and compilation inclusions) now total over 10 million units worldwide.
Paul Solecki, a singer-songwriter from Kansas residing in Cork, Ireland, wrote an ode to Zager and Evans that appears on his 2005 CD release Paul and Me.
Denny Zager and Rick Evans no longer perform as a duo, but they both remain in the music business and remain friends.
"In The Year 2525" has been covered by both industrial frontrunners Laibach as well as gothic rock frontrunners Fields of the Nephilim
Zager and his son operate a web business selling guitars modified for easy playability and offering video guitar lessons.
(Wikipedia)
The song warned of the dangers of technology, portraying a future in which the human race would at length be destroyed by its own technological and medical innovations and Divine wrath
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