There may be some who have never heard of the Doomsday Clock or Two Minutes to Midnight.
Two Minutes To Midnight by Iron Maiden
https://www.songfacts.com/facts/iron-maiden/two-minutes-to-midnight
This song is about the threat of nuclear war. On disc 2 of the DVD release of Live After Death, Bruce Dickinson explains: "It's about the romance of war, and how we're all repelled and fascinated by it at the same time." >>
The title is a reference to the Doomsday Clock, which was created in 1947 by the magazine Bulletin Of Atomic Sciences. It was set at 7 minutes to midnight, indicating that due to the threat of nuclear war, the world was running out of time. As tensions escalated over the years, the clock was moved forward, but has been set back several times as treaties are signed and the threat decreases. In 1958, the United States and Soviet Union were both testing hydrogen bombs, and the clock was moved up to 11:58 - the closest it ever got to midnight. >>
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