In the year 2525 ..
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rdfreakThe year was 1969 (ten years before I was born). Zager And Evans performed a well-known hit called "IN THE YEAR 2525".
While it may have got to number 1 in a few countries, I actually had never heard of the song before, until Dad played it to me about ten (or so) years ago. i was immediately taken in; I was fascinated. I didn't think much of the voice/s to be honest, but the words, along with the melody, had such an eary feel to it! It was prediction at its finest! What will exactly happen all those years from now? will any of it, as Scientific as it is, be real? Even back then, they predicted how the world was going! look at it now!
So, not long after the first day i heard the track, I went and downloaded it. Now, if i want to scare myself, I will play it.
Just then, i grabbed the lyrics from google to share in my LJ, just in case anyone hasn't heard it before. The other main reason is that when I listen to songs, I always will listen to the melody first before the words. So even though I had done my best to listen to the words of the song, I thought I'd make sure I had done it properly.
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 lies
Everything you think, do, or say
Is in the pill you took today
In the year 4545
Ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes
You won't find a thing to do
Nobody's gonna look at you
In the year 5555
Your arms are hanging limp at your sides
Your legs not nothing to do
Some machine is doing that for you
In the year 6565
Ain't gonna need no husband, won't need no wife
You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too
From the bottom of a long black tube
In the year 7510
If God's a-comin' he ought to 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's 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 wondering if man's gonna be alive
He's taken everything this old earth can give
And he ain't put back nothing
Now it's been 10,000 years
Man has cried a billion tears
For what he never knew
Now man's reign is through
But through the 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
In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies
Everything you think, do or say
Is in the pill you took today ....(fading
(taken from http://www.lyricsondemand.com/z/zagerandevanslyrics/intheyear2525lyrics.html).
Note, I wasn't sure when this was performed until I looked here on wikipedia.
til next time, RdFreak
While it may have got to number 1 in a few countries, I actually had never heard of the song before, until Dad played it to me about ten (or so) years ago. i was immediately taken in; I was fascinated. I didn't think much of the voice/s to be honest, but the words, along with the melody, had such an eary feel to it! It was prediction at its finest! What will exactly happen all those years from now? will any of it, as Scientific as it is, be real? Even back then, they predicted how the world was going! look at it now!
So, not long after the first day i heard the track, I went and downloaded it. Now, if i want to scare myself, I will play it.
Just then, i grabbed the lyrics from google to share in my LJ, just in case anyone hasn't heard it before. The other main reason is that when I listen to songs, I always will listen to the melody first before the words. So even though I had done my best to listen to the words of the song, I thought I'd make sure I had done it properly.
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 lies
Everything you think, do, or say
Is in the pill you took today
In the year 4545
Ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes
You won't find a thing to do
Nobody's gonna look at you
In the year 5555
Your arms are hanging limp at your sides
Your legs not nothing to do
Some machine is doing that for you
In the year 6565
Ain't gonna need no husband, won't need no wife
You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too
From the bottom of a long black tube
In the year 7510
If God's a-comin' he ought to 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's 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 wondering if man's gonna be alive
He's taken everything this old earth can give
And he ain't put back nothing
Now it's been 10,000 years
Man has cried a billion tears
For what he never knew
Now man's reign is through
But through the 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
In the year 3535
Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies
Everything you think, do or say
Is in the pill you took today ....(fading
(taken from http://www.lyricsondemand.com/z/zagerandevanslyrics/intheyear2525lyrics.html).
Note, I wasn't sure when this was performed until I looked here on wikipedia.
til next time, RdFreak
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Date: 2008-03-10 09:52 am (UTC)