Anti-Protest Protest Song
1966 · Mercury 72537 · Chicago, Illinois
- Artist
- David Winters
- Title
- Anti-Protest Protest Song
- Release
- Anti-Protest Protest Song / Hucklebuck Shoes
- Year
- 1966
- Label
- Mercury # 72537
- Format
- 7" · Single
- Language
- English
- Country
- Chicago, Illinois, USA
- Songwriter
- Lenny Revell
- Genre
- Garage Rock · Garage Rock · Novelty
- Primary theme
- US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs
Annotation — McGuire's "Eve of Destruction" & Answer Songs
Garage rock novelty song "Anti-Protest Protest Song" (Mercury Records # 72537) by David Winters, another track mocking the protest movement, especially singers, referencing Barry McGuire's "Eve of Destruction": "Eve of Destruction says we'll soon be dead, but I never knew misery could make such friends". It also referenced Bob Dylan and Sonny and Cher: "comb your hair like Bobby Dylan... Sonny and Cher... protest pair are making a mint". Composed by Lenny Revell. Arranged and conducted by Alan Lorber.
Annotation by Justin A. Brummer
About the artist
David Winters (5 April 1939, London, England - 23 April 2019, Fort Lauderdale, Florida), dancer, choreographer, actor, director and producer who originated the role of A-rab in the Broadway West Side Story and danced in the film version, later choreographing television and film and running his own production companies in the United States. [Source: Wikipedia; Discogs; obituaries]
Themes
Anti-Protest · Answer to Eve of Destruction · Bob Dylan · Beatles · Sonny & Cher
In collections
McGuire's "Eve of Destruction" & Answer Songs · Garage Rock Songs · US 'Patriotic' / Pro-Government / Anti-Protest Songs