Zager & Evans - In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus) | REACTION
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This song has always fascinated me and to think so much of this has already happened 😮. Test tube babies, robots doing our work….I was born in 1957 and my husband and I were just talking about all the changes, discoveries and inventions have come about in our lifetime….only getting faster! Grandparents warned us! LOL Thanks for checking this one out.
When my mother was a baby (1933) her family moved from Arkansas to Colorado, traveling by a covered wagon pulled by mules. In 1969 as my family sat watching the first Moon landing on TV, I looked at my mom and said, "Just think. We've gone from Covered wagons to moon landings in one generation." - To which she responded, "Just think how far you'll go if you ever clean your room."
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@@taun856"space might be the final frontier but it's made in a hollywood basement" 😅
so true! We thought it was sci fi when it came out! They were prophets.
This song ended up being prophetic and decades ahead of its time. It IS grim, but I am glad you can appreciate it, and even LIKE it. It's very thought-provoking.
Great one from 1969. It’s kinda scary to think a lot of what they’re singing about then is relevant today!
This song scared me when I was a kid.😮
This and the song Timothy...
Me too!
Scares me now, moreso, as we watch elements of it come to pass. Neural-link, anyone?
Same
@@monkeysuncle2816also the part about test tube babies wild😮.
I really enjoyed this song when it was released. Very prophetic in many ways.
When this was released the year 2025 was unimaginable.
Very telling song for today!!!
This song came out when I was ten. The lyrics were quite scary for a kid in elementary school, and not much different for this 64 yr old today 😞
Thats Funny I'm 64 as well and remeber thinking about these crazy lyrics
Desmond Dekker & The Aces' "Israelites" also came out in the summer of '69 and was the group's only U.S. hit -- a unique one at that, too. It was the first ska song to make the Billboard Hot 100, peaking
at #9.
Love that song!
Great tune!
Excellent choice!!!!❤
Desmond Decker had hits outside of the US, including 007 Shanty Town ( before Israelites)is one of the most important Rude Boy songs.
I was 15 years old and in the 9th grade when this song hit the airwaves. It was alarming to think of what was said in the lyrics were saying and the images that they created for me. But, it was a cool song that I never got tired of hearing. The Vietnam war was raging and every week you saw the body counts of killed and wounded. Protests against the war were getting more and more violent and songs were voicing the lack of support for the war was dwindling fast. There was never a dull moment and the music was indellibly burned into our daily lives. But all of this chaos brought about monumental changes. Like the end of the war in 1974 and gave 18 year olds the right to vote, in 1972. You had to be there.
I was 8 in 1969 and remember everyone singin it.
I've heard this song when i was a kid. My mother told me this was going to come true. I don't think we are far off.
Oh! This is one great song! And so prophetic...
I just remembered a great sax song that y'all will love: Junior Walker & All Stars - What Does It Take (To Win Your Love) 1968
Scared the crap out of me when I was a kid....
Amazing song and things in the song happened a lot earlier then predicted.
Another good one guy's! 1969 was an awesome year for music.
On the putting green at the golf course today and somebody was playing this. It's such a unique sound I picked up on it right away from 30 feet away.
Oh ya, I was about 20 when this hit the charts & it did make you think. I didn't get a lot of what they were talking about but I sure do now. Denny Zager became a guitar maker after his music career & his son is still making guitars today. They sell only online from their website.
I remember this song playing on the radio when I was kid. It was emotional to me. Haven't heard it since then. Takes me back in time.
This is a freaky song that usually makes me depressed afterward
Whenever I get a receipt with $25.25, or $35.35, or something similar, this song pops into my head and I sing the opening verse...The young cashiers never have a clue, lol.
"In the Year 2525 (Exordium & Terminus)" is a 1969 hit song by the American pop-rock duo of Zager and Evans. It reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks commencing July 12, 1969. Due to Zager and Evans never releasing another charting single, it in turn effectively made them one-hit wonders. "In the Year 2525" opens with an introductory verse explaining that if mankind has survived to that point, they would witness the subsequent events in the song. The following verses jump the story approximately with 1000-year intervals, specifically 3535, 4545, 5555, 6565, 7510, 8510 and finally 9595. In each succeeding millennium, life becomes increasingly sedentary and automated: thoughts are pre-programmed into pills for people to consume; eyes, teeth, and limbs all lose their purposes due to machines replacing their functions; and marriage becomes obsolete because children are conceived in test tubes. The song ends after 10,000 years. By that time, humans have finally become extinct. But the narrator notes that somewhere "so very far away", possibly in an alternative universe, the scenarios told in the song have still yet to play out, as the song repeats from the top (but in the same key, tone, and speed as the previous verse) and the recording fades out. The overriding theme, of a world doomed by its passive acquiescence to and over dependence on its own overdone technologies, all while neglecting the unchecked exploitation of the Earth, struck a resonant chord in millions of people around the world in the late 1960s. The song was recorded primarily in one take in 1968, at a studio in a cow pasture in Odessa, Texas.
I always eagerly await new reactors to check out this song. Haunting yet prophetic.
Haven't heard that song in decades.
When I was a kid this song was so memorable for me. Though young, I knew the song had deep implications and just had a interesting vibe. Good critique guys!!
This was one of the more famous of the 'one hit wonders' category of songs. An even better one hit wonder from that period was one that was about the A-bomb and the vietnam war - 'Eve Of Destruction" That one is worth a reaction.
Who needs eyes when virtual reality gets beamed directly to your brain with Neuralink.
"The only thing we seem to learn from history is that we don't learn a damn thing from history"
"Not what you were expecting" That is what is so great about so much music from about 1965 -1985. Most everything did not sound the same.
Always loved this song and listening to it back in the 70's the words didn't really mean anything to me. It was the harmony that pulled me in. Enter the 2020's and it's like OMG.....is it all coming true?
Remember this back then and people brushed it off now it's at the right time, brill song
Watch the version with movie Metropolis from 1920's Germany!
As a kid, this song always gave me the creeps because everything sounded SO impossible.
Dang you dug deep... 😂 Love it!
#1 in the U.S. for six weeks is amazing. It was just after we landed on the moon and during Woodstock.
Troglodyte (Caveman) - The Jimmy Castor Bunch (1972) .....check it out
Makes me laugh all the time too! My dad loved the dramatic songs! This and Someone left my cake out in the rain (MacAurther Park), by Richard Harris. Another song you would never think would become popular, it was!
I dare you to do "Honey" by Bobby Goldsboro.
I was 13/14 when this came out. I bought the single. It freaked me out. But going to Woodstock on my 14th birthday that year didn't freak me out! 😆😮
I was only about 8 when this song came out but it just didn't sound like anything else at the time on the radio. Remember Sugar Sugar by the Archie's was also on the radio at the same time but that was a happy song but this one was scary even if i didn't truly understand all of the lyrics i understood enough. And this song was off a few hundred years considering the first "test tube" baby Louise Brown was born les than a decade later.
I was a kid when this song came out and it really was a big song. I remember even as a kid, that it had you thinking.
The dawning of the Space Age brought intense speculation about the future.
It's ironic, my dad hated this tune in the 60s. I rather liked it for its meaning. I can still see him driving our old 60s Impala and saying "what nonsense" when this song came on and then very deliberately changing the radio channel.... ha ha ha! Very prescient lyrics though!
Finally someone reacts to this! This song was way ahead of it's time!
In the year 1969, when this song was released, I was living in Hawaii, not concerned with what the future held. Now, as you two said, all of that is upon us. Technology is advancing exponentially. How wild! Thanks for playing this song. First time I've heard it in over 50 years.
I was 20 and I remember thinking, if I'm still alive in 2020 (which was very far away in 69), this s**t could be reality. Hmmm. I'm 75 now.
Cool song! Try “Classical Gas” by Mason Williams!!🤘🔥
Still plausible today. Great song!
One of my favorite songs relevant to today and so prophetic.
Goofiness aside…many of the subject matters are coming, or brought, to fruition. The song is way before its time.
Prince’s 1999 blew our minds, in the 80’s…99’ seems like worlds away!
I was in the 8th grade when this song came out and it scared me too. But just like George Orwell and Jules Verne, I think we tend to be pessimistic when we try to predict our future. We see all the technological advances, which can seem frightening, but we forget to consider how our humanity advances too. The song seems silly now, but it's fun to hear it again.
Another song along the same lines that came out just 8 years later is "Sparks of the tempest" by Kansas.
I remember when this came out it was so wild but could be coming true.
"cowboys and aliens" hahahahaha
You need to watch the video. Chilling
Heard this song occasionally all my life and never noticed the western theme. Brilliant unique song with lots to say. Driving it thru with energy!
That song could ONLY have been made in the '60's or '70's.
Denny Zager still sells low impact guitars (easier on the fingers). Just down the road from me.
This song gave me nightmares, still does.
I went to school with cap guns strapped to my sides. So, hell yeah westerns were the thing in the 60s lol.
I heard an interview many years ago and he said he came hime drunk from the bar and wrote it all that night 🤣
Suggestion for your list: "Little Bit O' Soul" by The Music Explosion.
Been awhile since I heard it. Interesting indeed. 🤔
Grim but not totally unrealistic unfortunately.
LOL. One thing this song was not was expected. It still stand on its own uniqueness. Personally I think they were being optimistic with the dates. ; ) What you refer to as "Country" is actually "Folk Music" which was morphing into "Folk Rock" around this time.
This great song came out when I was just 10-years-old...but I already had my full sci-fi nerd on. It helped kindle the curiosity of the genre even more. As the years wore on, the rather musically upbeat song also served to remind that human technological advancement is indeed a two-sided coin....there is a convenience, but at what cost.
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Thanks for the post, no2all. Your point about the advancements in technology and the moral dilemmas have been covered in art for some time. In our lifetimes, outside of this song, the inherent issues are probably best known through the "Jurassic Park" series. However, it may be very surprising to learn that these concerns were being considered in literature over 200 years ago. English writer Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's classic Gothic horror novel "Frankenstein" (published when Shelley was incredibly only 20 years old) tells the cautionary tale that so many of us are aware of when the absolute drive for advancements happen without ethical safeguards. In many ways, "Frankenstein" became the foundation on all future art that predicted what might happen if technology/advancement ran rampant, even including this song. It is fascinating to consider this was a topic being communicated about in the early 1800s, yet it remains just as (if not more) relevant today.
As for the song, it appears that it has been documented as being sampled at least 4 times (all occurring from the late 1960s to the early 1980s). Given the song's well-known message, it should not be a surprise that the song has been documented as being covered at least 35 times. From what I could tell, it looks like the most famous artist or group to cover the song so far was R.E.M. in the mid 1980s. The first link above is to that live version (Please be aware that there were a very small number of choices available for the R.E.M. cover on TH-cam and none were of great audio quality).
Perhaps in the most ironic twist to date, I observed that several individuals have apparently used artifical intelligence ("AI") technology to make videos for the song and posted them on TH-cam. The second link above is to what appeared, after a quick glance, to what might have been the most sophisticated looking of those videos. As I wrote above, there is an irony that should not be ignored that using the technology that the song warns could irreparably damage humanity to make a video for the song itself. 🤖
They should release it TODAY
Visage did an excellent cover of this classic 🤘
Shocking storytelling songs…
Have y’all done “Timothy” by The Buoys yet? Similar time frame to this one, I think.
“Can I get a side of fries with him?”
Guys have you done 10 Years After and their song, I'd Like To Change The World? 😁
Liked it when it came out. Interesting song.
Other good story songs:
The Night The Lights Went Out In Georgia - Vicki Lawrence
W*O*L*D - Harry Chapin
Taxi - Harry Chapin
Sequel - Harry Chapin
Same Old Lang Syne - Dan Fogelberg
Night the lights went out in Georgia. Scared me.
So did Angie baby by Helen Redding.
Oh man, what a song for the times….wish y’all would have done the video it’s so good….makes your hair stand on end
Have you guys ever checked out Kensington Pennsylvania? The people on drugs walks around ,no buddy sees them, walks around zombie like, I think that falls in with song
"From the Kingdom of Nye." Who's with me? RIP Art Bell.
I was 13 when this song came out and it fascinated me.
YOU GOT IT -- "Maybe it's only yesterday" -- in other words, maybe this has all happened before, and we've built back up again, only to go through the same cycle of creation, evolution, growth, devolution and destruction again...and again...and again
And when humans are going to awake, when are going to be aware and do the right thing to do?
Really enjoy your reactions guys! Keep on trucking👍
It somehow hits harder with the video using the 1920's film Metropolis.
This song was fascinating and a little scary. Very deep and makes you think. On another subject: have you guys reacted to "All Right Now" by Free? An old favorite.
And all the western movies are saying...look at all the superhero movies you guys make. It never stops.
Yeah there are way too many of those too
Don't forget "Venus"by Shocking Blue, you will enjoy 😎 thanks 👍
The video is tough.
This song predicted _The Matrix._
In the year 2025 the 502 will surely thrive.
I’ve always thought the sound was crappy even for 1969, but apparently this was recorded before they got signed to a big label.
It should have been titled In The Year 2025. The Year 2525 is a fairytale.
Zager makes and sells guitars.
I never thought about it but it does sound like a coffee brand. haha! It is a very memorable song however.
Chase & Sanborn has been around since 1864.
You say you like story songs? How about three charting singles written and released by one man in 1959, 1966, and 1976 - and all three about one deadly fight over a woman but from the perspective of three different people. Listen to them in the order they were released - El Paso, Feleena (from El Paso), and El Paso City by country megastar Marty Robbins. As far as I know, it's a musical trifecta that's never been equaled.
The years mentioned are irrelevant, it's a simple tale of self destruction as seen from over fifty years ago.
They saw the future!
Nick and Ryan, if you like story songs I have two for you from Canadian folk/pop icon Gordon Lightfoot. If you haven't listened to them yet on your channel do yourselves a favour and react to The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald (a true tragedy) first and then The Railroad Trilogy (a history lesson). Keep up the great work and your interesting and entertaining reactions.
History repeats because people don't learn from mistakes.
Try what a fool believes Kenny loggins and Michael McDonald version
I found it interesting that the lyricist distinguished the survival of men and women. "Will men be alive?.." versus " Can women survive?"
The birth of the world's first 'test-tube baby', Louise Brown, on 25 July 1978 in Oldham, northwest England has come to represent the origin story of technologically assisted human reproduction