I am 65 years old and was a child when this came out. It was a creepy looking future and now its here. So sad

@MN_Cozy

Жыл бұрын

Me too!!

@donnasanchez63

Жыл бұрын

Same here. I'm 59

@garytrew2766

Жыл бұрын

63 now and I remember when that song came out, we are heading in that direction.

@sheilathailand1903

Жыл бұрын

I Was too! Remember every word still, lol.

@robbob5302

Жыл бұрын

They musta meant ten thousand years, metric!

For those who don't know, these are scenes from the 1927 German silent film "Metropolis". It orignlly was released as a cut down version because of its length. It also received mixed reviews. Many critics praised it's special effects, but others called its story "naive". H. G. Wells described the film as "silly". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction called it "trite". Many also criticized its "Communist message". In 1984 a restored copy was shown with a rock music soundtrack. ( I went and saw that release in the theaters at the time.) Another version was shown again in 2001. Then in 2008 a damaged copy of the the director's original cut was found in Argentina. Missing or damaged parts of the film had to be blacked out. However, from that original director's cut along with another copy that was found in New Zeland, a new copy that was 95% reconstructed was released in Germany in 2010.

@quincee3376

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for that info. Interesting.

@danlefou

Жыл бұрын

C3PO = "Maria".

@ErickSowder

Жыл бұрын

Metropolis is a great move but you need to look at it like a play as that is all movies had to reference by. Good stuff

@dsfddsgh

Жыл бұрын

@@TheRetroManRandySavage Sadly many small minded americans think anything that's not red white and blue is communist.

@Hayseo

Жыл бұрын

Red is communist. Only blue and white are ok. …. LOL it’s a joke. Sort of.

Rick Evans said he wrote the lyrics in 10 minutes in the back of a Volkswagen van after a night of partying and a lot of Mary Jane. He tried the song with a few bands he was playing with at the time, but the music wasn't right and it wasn't working. Zager thought the lyrics were intriguing, so he rewrote the music so it blended better with the lyrics. The first night they played it live they knew it was special because the crowd looked stunned and wanted to hear it again and again.

@paulnejtek6588

Ай бұрын

This is a good msg. The main point being athe importance of Mary Jane.

They got the overall concepts right, the timeline was just much shorter than they imagined.

@datkat1643

Жыл бұрын

This ☝️

@bradprice8040

Жыл бұрын

Right? You can do all of this now in 2022 before you get to the part where God shows up but the year isn't over yet...

@mr.bluebird6544

Жыл бұрын

@@bradprice8040 As a wise man once said "it ain't over till it's over"

@dracoargentum9783

Жыл бұрын

@@bradprice8040 heh. we have been sitting "just before god shows up" for over 2000 years...

@spoonunit03

Жыл бұрын

@@dracoargentum9783 Not to mention his love child Jesus who also promised to pop back in no time. I'm fed up waiting. They can piss of now as far as I'm concerned. :)

When I was a kid in the 70's and listened to this, I thought it was nuts. I do not think that now, the song makes much more sense.

A #1 song for six weeks in 1969 and at one time was considered the biggest "One Hit Wonder" ever.

@walterpanovs

Жыл бұрын

Talking about the USA, of course, but they didn't crack the Top 40 again anywhere else either. Their follow-up made it into the 40s in Canada but got nowhere in the states. They barely cracked the Top 100 in Canada and Australia with a couple of other tracks. Billboard officially ranked them the top "One Hit Wonder" of all-time as of the early '00s (based on their overall point system). Don't know if anyone has topped them since then.

The film that shows in the video is called "Metropolis" (1927), which is a timeless classic film. Not only is it ahead of its time, but one of the greatest films ever made. 🎥👌

@LynnThompsonAuthor

Жыл бұрын

And a silent film, to boot!

@3DJapan

Жыл бұрын

The first ever sci-fi movie!

@chefren77

Жыл бұрын

@@3DJapan the first ever sci-fi movie is Georges Méliès' A Trip to the Moon, and it's on KZread (it's under 15 minutes, well worth seeing once): kzread.info/dash/bejne/jIJ1qsWGfbKudZs.html Metropolis is awesome though, although for whatever reason every single restoration of it is sped up which bothers me.

@barrycohen311

Жыл бұрын

@Norman Smithers How Dare You!!!!!!!

@SEANBANOG4

Жыл бұрын

also used by Freddie Mercury for Love Kills video...brill

I always loved this song its a great tune ...... we are own worst enemy

Fun Fact: In the year 2525, Brad & Lex will have completed their 25252525th music reaction video

@thomastimlin1724

Жыл бұрын

😂

@hulkhatepunybanner

Жыл бұрын

*It's funny because you think there will be a KZread.*

@AlBarzUK

Жыл бұрын

@@hulkhatepunybanner no, it will be piped directly into subscribers’ brains. 🤗

@rondeneef

Жыл бұрын

it will not exist.2900. the change. rich will be k.k. the. trapist1 and eos2. xxxthe past

Another song you might want to hear is Barry McGuire. Eve of destruction. 1965

@giuseppenero110

4 ай бұрын

That was my first favorite song; it was a huge hit

I always did like this song for having an ominous but hopeful feel, like maybe our kids’ future won’t be so bad… the line that always struck me is “he’s taken everything this old Earth can give, and he ain’t put back nothing.”

@MatthewC137

Жыл бұрын

That Malthusian line just shows the ignorance of the average hippy.

"In The Year 2525" came out when I was in Junior High, and this song kinda freaked me out the first couple of times I heard it. I think Lex called it "predictive", and that is just how I felt. Almost a sense of hopelessness, we will not go on forever. Sad but ultimately true, I fear. Unless things change dramatically.

Zager and Evans were from Lincoln, Nebraska and I remember following this song as it went from local to regional to national hit.

@mikelucas3072

5 ай бұрын

I'm from Omaha and was a baby when this song came out and became a huge hit! Very proud of these guys!

When I was a kid I had the 45 record of this and played it over and over and over. My older brother came in my room smashed it and walked out. He is now a scientist, kind of ironic.

@mikehollingworth2262

Жыл бұрын

liar

We had this on 45 when I was a kid. Being a sci-fi and space nut, this song always hit me in the feels. The 60’s and 70’s had a good run of post-apocalyptic literature and movies and this song. Of course, Zagar and Evans didn’t give humanity enough credit for screwing things up: most of this has already happened!

@dennis2966

Жыл бұрын

So true!

@IdahoRanchGirl

Жыл бұрын

You remember the song "D. O. A."? That was a freaky macabre song right there!

I did some copywriting for Denny Zager. One day a big box appeared on my doorstep. It was an autographed guitar! What a nice gift…he was paying me for my work and didn’t have to send it. I still have it, obviously! He’s in the guitar-building business now, and you can buy his guitars online.

Denny Zager has been making guitars for decades. I recently bought one for my wife to learn play on. It’s a beautiful easy to play instrument.

THAT'S NOT 60'S GRAPHICS: Those are 1920's graphics. Specifically the classic 1927 Fritz Lang film "Metropolis" which was a dark vision of future human societal development. It is a silent movie that has impacted the concepts of thinkers, imaginers, movie makers and authors ever since.

@johnpublicprofile6261

Жыл бұрын

PS Clips from the same film are used in Queen's "Radio Ga Ga" music video, as well as in many, many other videos, programs and memes.

@Cosmic86x

Жыл бұрын

This movie was indeed so ahead of its time! 😳

@taoist32

Жыл бұрын

@@Cosmic86x Not ahead of its time. It was planned.

@Pstephen

Жыл бұрын

@@taoist32 Obviously; they don't just turn up and start filming.

I really enjoy your reactions. You and MOST Americans are suffering from a thing they call "Normalcy Bias" A condition where, It is how it is, and this is how it always has been, and will be. Makes me recall Mr. Milk (no lie real name) when he caught me looking out the window spacing during world history. "Those who don't know their history are doomed to repeat it." It is scary how close to the edge civilization is. Keep up the good work.

It's amazing how so many bands and people had so much insight. Love this song, glad you played it

Am 70. Things in the song were sci-fi, seen on shows like 'Twilight Zone'. Now living them. Mind blowing

I heard that when I was a kid. It freaked me out, sooo creepy. One hit wonder but they left their mark. So well done.

This was #1 for seven weeks in the summer of 1969. Recorded in a Texas cow pasture by two guys from Lincoln, Nebraska.

@BobSoltis1

Жыл бұрын

To be fair - the STUDIO - was located in a big field. The Odessa Symphony Orchestra played the orchestral parts.

@robbob5302

Жыл бұрын

I would have guessed someplace further west, and south from Lincoln.

@Alan-lv9rw

Жыл бұрын

@@BobSoltis1 Thanks, Robert. I didn’t know that.

Lexi is such a pleasure to watch...!

So glad y’all reacted to this one ! This song freaked me out when I was a teen …imagine how it felt to see some of it come to fruition…!

I was going to recommend this song months ago. I wasn’t sure I would get picked, so I am stoked to see someone else got to recommend it. This song holds a special place in my heart as when I hear it, I’m immediately a 10 year old all over again, and I’m riding back from a long trip with my father while this song came on the radio. It’s always been my time machine to my youth and happier times. But I digress. Do either of y’all have a song that can put you back in a certain place and time immediately when you hear it??? Keep putting out the amazing content. God bless.

@seanphelan7271

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome. I kept on requesting it in chat during their many live streams.

This one-hit wonder holds a ton of memories for me. I grew up with this song in Lincoln, NE, the hometown of Denny Zager & the late Rick Evans. They were kind of a big deal in 1969 with this all-time classic soaring to No. 1 on the charts. Zager, who still lives in Lincoln and reportedly now makes custom guitars, once taught guitar to one of my best friends. Or maybe it was Evans. Oh well. It was one of them. Just surreal seeing you all react to it. Great job, by the way. It will really make you think!

Love that you guys are speculating about our future...if we're smart enough to have one.

@taoist32

Жыл бұрын

If nuclear war happens soon, we won’t have much of a future.

I like the song because I think it's like a science fiction movie done in folk rock. It's like Brave New World in song form. I think the tempo helps a lot too, it has an action movie pace to it.

Enjoy watching people that are 30 or 40 years younger. When l see kids like this l believe there is still hope 🙏.

This song has so much truth within the lyrics.

I was 15 years old when this song came out. I always thought the song was eerily prophetic. I still have this on a 45rpm record. Lol !

This was the #1 song of 1969. It stayed #1 on the pop charts more weeks than any other song that year. I was in the 1st grade at the time and would listen to the radio all day until this song came on.

A song that really makes you think about the existence of the earth and humans.

Amazing how a song from the sixties makes you think about the future

I remember this song as clearly as yesterday....was a MAMMOTH hit that for some reason has been forgotten today...thanks for your thoughtful reaction.

Came back for second watch...And hope that humanity makes it to 2525. The world is getting crazier each moment! Love you guys! I just realized the song is prophetic, just 500 years off!

When this came out in 1969 it seemed like science fiction, now it is starting to happen...scary!!

So happy you guys reacted to this. What a great time it is for us slightly older folk (59 - will be 60 soon) to get to see the younger generation on fantastic channels like yours discovering and enjoying songs from our youth. Brad, I've always liked your reactions, but probably even more lately (maybe it's just me) but it seems like you are "getting into" the songs more than ever now and that's the thing I love most about song reactions. I've probably spent a couple thousand hours over the years building a unique song library of 13,000 plus songs from many genres in hi-fidelity formats that I store on my "Cowon P1" (yeah, I'm a bit of an audiophile). If you ever run out of ideas for reactions I'm sure I could send suggestions that would keep you going for long time. Lots of songs I think people would enjoy your reaction to that may not be so readily recalled by a lot of us.

My mum got the single of this song and we always listened to it when me and my siblings were kids.Great song

I had just graduated high school in 1969 when this song came out. Little did we know that the 10,000 year projection on the song came about in 50 years.😢

Now it's been ten thousand years Man has cried a billion tears For what, he never knew, now man's reign is through

we are already a zoo. love y'all, keep it up.

What an amazing concept for a song! I've never heard this band/song before, that was really cool!!

It’s fascinating that they should use shots from Fritz Lang‘s 1927 movie Metropolis I realize it’s quite famous for those of us who are into old films but you would think the new generation wouldn’t have no idea where this reference came from.

@taoist32

Жыл бұрын

They thought they were clips from the 60’s.

Summer of 1969, I was 9 years old, in YMCA summer camp in High Rolls, New Mexico when I first heard this song.

I am 74 and in 1969 my husband who is now dead loved this song. It was taken to our hearts and the film was a German silent film which was also very predictive of the future. That film was produced in the year my parents were born.

I was 10 when this came out. Never paid much attention to the lyrics at that age. It has a great beat, and it's fun to dance to. 😊

This song scared the crap out of me when I was a kid.

Love this song. The music lends a desperate feel to the dystopian lyrics. Another great vision of dystopian future you should check out is Rush 2112. It's a long (album side) song, but well worth a listen.

Glad that the re exploration of music has started. Love reaction vids .

Great song....lyrics are awesome!

That movie was 1927 sci-fi, 60's sci-fi looked groovy... Barbarella(1968) Green Slime(68) Planet of the Apes(68) Fahrenheit 451(66)

Great idea Brad! I wish some artist would do an up to date cover of this song.

Holy cow! That is the origin of the theme song from Cleopatra 2525! That is an old CW style show from back in the day, always liked the theme song so I am happy to know it's origin.

If you want to do any reactions of what some thought in the 60’s of what Today would be like, Call up some videos by Paul Harvey (a news commentator from back then) and react to them. I would highly recommend his video, “If I Were the Devil”. He has a few. Start with that. It would be a whole lot of fun for US to see your reaction. A lot of folks thought he was crazy back then. But he turned out to be Dead Right. Lol

Glad you played this . Creepy predictions 😜! You both pick awesome music to never hear it before . Love your channel 😍

One of the greatest songs ever written

Excellent choice. There were no official videos back in those days, so apparently this was created by a master video editor from a really old sci-fi classic. Whatever, it was also just a good song. I like you guys.

Oh, wow! This rings true for today. I remember this song when it came out...a one hit wonder.great song!

Both the song and the film Metropolis are truly great works of art!

This was created in 1969... and those predictions are scary accurate.

@bartstarr100

Жыл бұрын

None of them are accurate. none of this has happened. Not one thing,

I've always loved this song. But I totally agree with you both on how predictive this song has become. Shoot, those of us who were around in the 80s, be it kids, teens, or adults, we're far more active and social than we are now. Same can be said for the 90s to an extent. Good call!😘😘💖💖👏👏👏

The first time I heard this song was in the movie gentleman broncos. Great movie, great song. Love y'all's reactions. Keep up the good work!!

Your "welcome to florida" comment at the end is the classic inside joke.

I went for a run this morning. I saw maybe a dozen kids. All on motorized skateboards, motorized razors, motorized bicycles, ... I didn't see a single one making much effort. I think we're there.

One of the most incredible songs ever! Deep!

When this song broke, it really made everyone think about his or her mortality like no song before it. And, when I hear it today, I'm swept back to hearing it on the radio when my friends and I slept beneath the stars on the farm on warm summer nights. It's one of those songs that you know where you were and what you were doing at that time in your life. This is a great song.

A lot of science fiction tales are a glimpse into our future. IE in Star Trek there was a futuristic communicator now called a mobile (that is usually glued to our face) and doors opened automatically. computers were voice activated as are now televisions and we have Siri, Alexa and Google Assistant to talk to.

My mom had the 45 of this and I played the hell out of it as a kid. I found the music boppin' and the lyrics interesting.

You guy's are right , man has reached his peak, we are now devolving not evolving.

Loved this song in my day. Still love it.

I particularly liked the way they used this song on Futurama

When this came out, I took it as "if we want a better future than this, I better up my game!" So I tried. Good of you to look at this.

Thanks Futurama for introducing me to this great track

This was the #1 song in UK singles charts the day i was born

Always loved this when it was on the radio when I was a kid.

FINALLY !!! Thank you!

Just a 150 years ago people had a crazy hard life!!! We have it so easy!! Thanks

I bought this record when it came out. I'm old lol.

Most of the time I roll my eyes at Brad's all too practical utilitarian take on songs, but he's pretty well dead-on with this one.

My biology teacher in high school used to play this during class all the time.

Oh, yeah! I remember that Florida rain! 5 minutes, then 20 minutes later, 5 minutes. Raining on your side of the street, and sunny and dry RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET. Also, driving through a band storm because of the direction the storm was headed, and the direction YOU were driving. I kinda miss that about Florida, lol! Not the fire ants!😂😂😂

Great choice again. Very prophetic lyrics i own a copy the movie from this video. It scared my wife back in the early 70's. Keep up the good choices.

I'm glad you finally did this one. Did I miss a 60s stream?! "But Stop" by The Hollies (including Graham Nash of CSN) or "Red Rubber Ball" by The Cyrkle or The Seekers would be my pics for your next 60s hit.

the song is older than me, but I have always known it. love it

This song came out when I was a child. I was always fascinated with melody.

u guys r so insightfull..respect...

I remember listening to this song as a kid in the late 80s (Dad always had the oldies on the radio) I always found it eerie and scary then, who knew it was somewhat predicting the future. Such a great song.

I have a guitar hand made by Denny Zager, and it's wonderful. That's what he does these days. He is a master luthier.

Love this, and test tube babies huh.

Great tune, and brilliantly utilized in the underrated "Gentlemen Broncos".

That was a brillant idea to add footages from Fritz Kang"s 'Metropolis' on the music.

This was always a catchy tune too me

There's nothing odd about this song being written when it was. It was right for its time.

Great song…. Love how it got you guys thinking 🤔 ! Frances

I could easily go days without leaving the house and be very happy..

Great analysis!

do Reflections of my Life by The Marmalade.

Number 1 for 6 weeks starting July 69. Followed by honky tonk woman as number 1. Two songs you've done different style but number 1 right in a row. By the way Street fightin' man a good stones tune that never gets reviewed.