Corky was taking a drive and this came on the radio. She says sans a few references to the 70s, this songs’ lyrics are as apropos as the day it came out.
People movin’ out, people movin’ in.
Why, because of the color of their skin.
Run, run, run, but you sho’ can’t hide
An eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth.
Vote for me and I’ll set you free
Rap on, brother, rap on.
Well, the only person talkin’ ’bout love thy brother is the preacher
And it seems nobody’s interested in learning but the teacher
Segregation, determination, demonstration, integration, aggravation,
humiliation, obligation to our nation
Ball Of Confusion that’s what the world is today (yeah, yeah)
The sale of pills is at an all time high
young folks walkin’ ’round with their heads in the sky
Cities aflame in the summer time, and oh the beat goes on
Eve of destruction, tax deduction,
City inspectors, bill collectors,
Evolution, revolution, gun control, the sound of soul,
Shootin’ rockets to the moon, kids growin’ up too soon
Politicians say more taxes will solve ev’rything, and the band played on.
Round and round and around we go, where the world’s headed nobody knows.
Great googa mooga, can’t you hear me talkin’ to you, just a
Ball of Confusion that’s what the world is today. (yeah, yeah)
Fear in the air, tension ev’rywhere
Unemployment rising fast, the Beatle’s new record’s a gas,
and the only safe place to live is on an Indian reservation,
and the band played on
Eve of destruction, tax deduction,
City inspectors, bill collectors, mod clothes in demand,
population out of hand, suicide too many bills, hippies movin’ to the hills
People all over the world are shouting end the war and the band played on.
Round and round and around we go, where the world’s headed nobody knows.
Great googa mooga, can’t you hear me talkin’ to you, just a
Ball of Confusion that’s what the world is today
Let me hear you, let me hear you, let me hear you
Ball Of Confusion that’s what the world is today
Lawrence Welk did a version of this.
If you play it backwards, it says everything is going according to plan
And the band played on.
Wait, Corkeys a gurl? We need pink avatars around this joint.
I’ll see your Temptations and raise you with Too much information…..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K18p1tDHtxI
https://youtu.be/qfZVu0alU0I
Eve of destruction
Well, except for this part…
“Unemployment rising fast, the Beatle’s new record’s a gas,
and the only safe place to live is on an Indian reservation…”
…other than that, plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose.
There was a time when a lot of local AM top 40 radio stations would not play Eve of Destruction by Barry McGuire, it was considered to be too controversial. I still get shivers up and down my spine whenever I hear that song. But they’d play to death crap like Harper Valley PTA, Ode To Billy Joe, Watching Snotty Grow etc. at least every 10 minutes
I don’t know, Corky. Songs like Ball of Confusion were intended, I think, to pour gas on the fire and make kids believe in the hopelessness of the times. I don’t think it was a real reflection of reality of the time any more than I think BLM or antifa are a reflection of the majority now. It was just another song that reflected the radicalism of some — mostly young — Americans. I hope no one listens to “Money For Nothing” and thinks it was a complete depiction of the ’80’s.
Money for Nothing, I took as a commentary on welfare.
I sing this song all the time along
with the same time period “MONEY MONEY MONEY”
People die for it,people kill for it….
Love And Rockets also did a version.
https://youtu.be/NcfXWtI7ML0
Listen to the Temptations greatest hits chronologically and it is a reflection of the era. At first it was sweetness and innocence.
My Girl
The way you do the things you do
Then gets darker and darker with songs like…
Ball of confusion
Papa was a rolling stone
As the black community came apart the temptations reflected it in their music. Plus, members were dealing with their own personal demons.
Buffalo Springfield – ‘For What It’s Worth’
The democrats had been running Detroit for what, 20 years when this song came out. No wonder Motown moved to L.A.
Half-A-Century later our run-down, shot-up, burned-out, poverty-stricken, crime-ridden, rat-infested, urine-soaked, feces-friendly, Shit-hole cities, controlled by corrupt democRAT politicians, are still busy rewarding cronies with public funds, establishing hostile business environments, heavily taxing the most productive citizens, setting up fat pensions for their union friends, dividing Black people with fabricated “Racism” while selling them Hope & Change® Snake Oil every time there is an election… because it pays really, really well to maintain that “Ball of Confusion”!!
I still get shivers from the “Barney Song” ………….
that and “hi- HO!”
I thought that Joey Biden’s favorite song was The wheels on the short bus go around, around, around….
Anthrax also did a cover of this. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acrUyp0pdoA
Reminded me of National Lampoon’s Radio Dinner album.
Bob Dylan selling “Golden Protest”.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l-8JIy01YaM