Eve of Destruction (song) will grin, and shoo us away". Eve of Destruction (song) "Eve of Destruction" is a protest song written by P. F. Sloan in mid-1964. Several artists have recorded it, but the best-known recording was by Barry McGuire. This recording was made between July 12 and July 15, 1965, and released by Dunhill Records. The accompanying musicians were top-tier Los Angeles session players: P. F. Sloan on guitar, Hal Blaine (of Phil Spector's Wrecking Crew) on drums, and Larry Knechtel on bass guitar. The vocal track was thrown on as a rough mix and was not intended to be the final
The Magnificent (song) The Magnificent (song) "The Magnificent" is a 1995 song by the One World Orchestra (Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty, better known as The KLF), recorded for the War Child charity compilation, "The Help Album". The song is a drum 'n' bass cover version of the theme from "The Magnificent Seven", with vocal contributions from the Belgradian counter-culturist DJ Fleka of Serbian radio station B92. The track was used by B92 as a jingle and, in 1996, it became recognised as a protest song against the Serbian government of Slobodan Milošević. In late summer 1995, Tony Crean of Go! Discs Records