Talk:In the Year 2525

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I think the last section has overestimated the power of this song. The idea of "advancing technology would finally bring an end to the human race" is rather well-understood by people and appeared in many famous novels and films, not just Huxley or Bradbury as listed. So I can't really see the point of the section. Foreverkeeper2 (talk) 00:39, 25 November 2007 (UTC)

Enjoyed the discussion. I don;t believe that for some writers to rate this as one of the 'worst ever' songs is fair. More likely they were simply sick of hearing it.

Criticising mass taste in restrospect is easy - more appropriate is to give sound and in-depth criticism at the time.

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I thought that the last few words of the first verse were "If woman can survive / They may fall." –Wbwn 18:11, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

Contents 1 9595 2 Lyrics 3 Tone 4 This song was in 30 minutes

[edit] 9595

Why does 9595 lead me to this page?AgPyth

[edit] Lyrics

Wikipedia policy to not contain the full lyrics to a song. Removing the lyrics section. Xthepicturex 21:55, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Tone

I tagged the article with "inappropriate tone" because several sections need a bit of rewriting; eg. Although only its apocalyptic tone would remind anybody of the terrorist attacks. The subject matter is completely different, although I suppose one could say that the unecessarily widespread dissemination of a dangerous technology, jet aircraft flight knowledge, led to the attacks, and the song's lyrics warn of overusage and overdependence on technology. ← amiИa (talk) 20:58, 7 March 2007 (UTC)

To me any attempt to find 9/11 comparisons in lyrics written in 1964 is just forcing the song to say things it was never intended to say. Similarly the comment about the song reflecting the zeitgeist of the Jesus Movement which didn't begin until 1969, five years after the song was written. I think the tone of the article now is reasonably encyclopedic and the banner could be removed. - Mark Dixon 15:13, 2 August 2007 (UTC)

I think it's a nice, informative article... In some cases - like this song - full lyrics may be helpful...

[edit] This song was in 30 minutes

I removed this line from the trivia section. I'm guessing it was supposed to say "This song was written in 30 minutes" or perhaps "recorded in 30 minutes." Or possibly that the song was featured in the 1978-1982 documentary magazine series "30 minutes". Trolleytimes 05:25, 3 April 2007 (UTC)

It was allegedly written in 30 minutes. Smartyshoe 13:19, 15 July 2007 (UTC)

I have added a citation. Smartyshoe 12:11, 1 September 2007 (UTC)

And a bot has deleted it. Smartyshoe 12:14, 1 September 2007 (UTC)