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I’m trying to put a playlist together with this as a common theme. Something I can label, “In Case of Apocalypse, Play Tape.”
As a result, trying to find all the coolest Apocalyptic/post-Apocalyptic songs I can. Any help is appreciated. So far, I’ve got:
DON’T FEAR THE REAPER, by Blue Oyster Cult
AMERICAN PIE, by Don McLean
WHEN THE MAN COMES AROUND, by Johnny Cash
SILENT RUNNING, by Mike and The Mechanics
TRUE FAITH, by New Order
RED RIGHT HAND, by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
THE END OF THE WORLD AS WE KNOW IT, by R.E.M.
FOREVER YOUNG, by AlphavilleGotta be some more good ones out there I’m not thinking of. Preferably not incomprehensible thrash-metal, which seems to be the only other Apocalyptic stuff I can find.
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The song that immediately sprang to my mind was The End by The Doors (partially, I guess, cause it was used so memorably in Apocalypse Now).
Then there’s post-apocalpsy stuff from Gary Newman like Down in the Park.
I’m pretty sure there’s be some good Pink Floyd songs that would fit in with that theme…. Something like Floyd’s Goodbye Blue Sky might be suitable.
You might be interested in the songs off the compilation album, Like an Atom Bomb.
Blackened -Metallica
I hate Dave Matthews, but “When the world ends” is a great song.
Hmm I should know more, but can’t think of much. There’s a few 311’s songs like that too.
Eighth Day – Hazel O’connor
In the beginning was the word, man said: Let there be more light
Electric scenes and laser beams, neon brights the light abhorring nights
On the second day he said: Let’s have a gas
Hydrogen and cholera and pest
Let’s make some germs, we’ll poison the worms
Man will never be suppressedAnd he said: Behold what I have done
I’ve made a better world for everyone
Nobody laugh, nobody cry
World without end, forever and ever
Amen, amen, amenOn the third we get green and blue for pie
On the fourth we send rockets to the sky
On the fifth make the beasts and submarines
On the sixth man prepares his final dream:
In our image, let’s make robots for our slaves
Imagine all the time that we can save
Computers, machines, the silicon dream
Seventh he retired from the sceneAnd he said: Behold what I have done
I’ve made a better world for everyone
Nobody laugh, nobody cry
World without end, forever and ever
Amen (amen), amen (amen), amen (amen)On the eighth day machine just got upset
A problem man had never seen as yet
No time for flight, a blinding light
And nothing but a void, forever nightHe said: Behold what man has done
There’s not a world for anyone
Nobody laughed, nobody cried
World’s at an end, everyone has died
Forever amen (amen), amen (amen), amen (amen)He said: Behold what man has done
There’s not a world for anyone
Nobody laughed, nobody cried
World’s at an end, everyone has died
Forever amen (amen), amen (amen), amen (amen)
(Amen)U2’s One Tree Hill always reminds me of the Apocalypse, but only if you’re into Revelation. If you don’t know the Bible verses it’s just a song about a guy dying in a motorcycle accident.
Until the End of the World is Judas singing to Jesus.
(BTW, non-Christian speaking; I just think U2 are shockingly literate for a pop band and Revelation would make a good alien invasion movie, if started on Chapter 8. I wrote one in college, but then I never did anything with it. 😉 )
And what’s that oldie that goes “In the year 2525, if man is still alive…?”
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How could I forget!?!
“Greenfields” by The Brothers Grimm. But far better is the ‘Faith no More’ version, waaay better. You’ll hear the ‘Lurker whistle this one half a dozen times a year.
Once there were greenfields
Kissed by the sun
Once there were valleys
Where rivers used to run
Once there were blue skies
With white clouds high above
Once they were part of
An everlasting love
We were the lovers who strolled
Through greenfieldsGreenfields are gone now
Parched by the sun
Gone from the valleys
Where rivers used to run
Gone with the cold wind
That swept in through to my heart
Gone with the lovers
Who let their dreams depart
Where are the greenfields that we
Used to goI’ll never know what made you run away
How can I keep searching when dark clouds hide the day
I only know there’s nothing here for me
Nothing in this wild world for me to seeBut
I’ll keep on waiting
‘Til you return
I’ll keep on waiting
Until the day you learn
You can’t be happy
When your heart’s on the road
You can’t be happy
Until you bring it home
Home to the greenfields and me
Once again99 Red Ballons
you And I In A Little Toy Shop
buy A Bag Of Balloons With The Money We’ve Got
set Them Free At The Break Of Dawn
’til One By One, They Were Gone
back At Base, Bugs In The Software
flash The Message, “something’s Out There”
floating In The Summer Sky
99 Red Balloons Go By.99 Red Balloons Floating In The Summer Sky
panic Bells, It’s Red Alert
there’s Something Here From Somewhere Else
the War Machine Springs To Life
opens Up One Eager Eye
focusing It On The Sky
where 99 Red Balloons Go By.99 Decision Street, 99 Ministers Meet
to Worry, Worry, Super-scurry
call The Troops Out In A Hurry
this Is What We’ve Waited For
this Is It Boys, This Is War
the President Is On The Line
as 99 Red Balloons Go By.99 Knights Of The Air
ride Super-high-tech Jet Fighters
everyone’s A Silverhero
everyone’s A Captain Kirk
with Orders To Identify
to Clarify And Classify
scramble In The Summer Sky
as 99 Red Balloons Go By.as 99 Red Balloons Go By.
99 Dreams I Have Had
in Every One A Red Balloon
it’s All Over And I’m Standin’ Pretty
in This Dust That Was A City
if I Could Find A Souvenier
just To Prove The World Was Here…
and Here Is A Red Balloon
i Think Of You And Let It Go.Why – Roger Whittaker
Something is going wrong
With the singer and the song
And the music isn’t gentle anymore
There’s a mist across the moon
And the sun’s too hot at noon
And the house is dark behind the broken door
Where the flowers used to grow
With their leaves are hanging low
And the constant shadow lies across the floor
There’s a strange and empty sky
Where the wild birds used to fly
And I never tasted bitter rain beforeAnd will the grass be gone from underneath the sky
Will the golden flower wither soon and die
Will the fire burn out the land
And the sea fill-up with sand
Will the last word ever spoken be why?
Will the last word ever spoken be why?Someone’s lost the plan
For the brotherhood of man
And no one’s trying to find it anymore
And the winds become a sigh
For those who hate and those who die
And the waves are black and slow along the shoreAnd will the grass be gone from underneath the sky
Will the golden flower wither soon and die
Will the fire burn out the land
And the sea fill-up with sand
Will the last word ever spoken be why?
Will the last word ever spoken be why, why, why?
Will the last word ever spoken be.WHY?“Wargoul” and a good chunk of their music – GWAR
“Thunderstruck” – AC/DC
“I wanna be Sedated” – RamonesWhen I think Apcopy-clipse I think of Gettin the Hell outta somewhere and taking lives to achieve that goal. So the music has to fit a little nothin’ with harmony and a slow tempo.
Metallica’s “Fade to black” has a post-apocolypse feel to it, I always thought, and is just a great song.
On the lighter side, Europe’s “The final countdown” is definately apocolyptic. Anyone remember that tune? It’s pretty corny…humanity heading to Venus (not sure why) and the line about being light-years away. I can’t help but feel nostalgic whenever I hear it, though.
I repeat myself when under stress….
I repeat myself when under stress….
I repeat myself when under stress….
I repeat….😆
Damn it!!!! My pc locked up and I got frustrated…I sincerely apologize to all! I’ll try and delete the extra posts if I can.
*Hangs head down as he does “walk of shame”*
BILL T. MILLER “X-DAY’S A-COMIN'”
“TAKE ME OFF TO SPACE” Nenslo
THE XISTS HAVE LANDED Buck Naked (former SubGenius pastor)
“CAN’T HIDE”, PRETTY SONG” “TOLD THE JUDGE” — DRS. 4 “BOB”
Zoogz Rift, “When My Ship Rolls In”?
Rudy Schwartz Project, “SHIT ON YOUR GRAVE/FOG AND THE DEW”
The KLINGONS “T.H.E.M.”
“I’M “BOB’S” OWN” — Sivet Stang
Johnny Winter “HIGHWAY 61”
HENDRIX: “Hey Baby (Land of the New Rising Sun),” Hear My Train Comin’, Auld Ang Syn
THRILL KILL KULT: “Apollo 69,” Universal Luxury
GWAR: Ragnarok; Crush Kill Destroy
ZZ TOP: JESUS JUST LEFT CHICAGO
SEX PISTOLS “GOD SAVE THE QUEEN”
Elvis Costello “WAITING THROUGH THE END OF THE WORLD”
QUICKSILVER MESSENGER SERVICE: Pride of Man
NINA HAGEN: UFOs
DEVO — Gates of Steel, Race of Doom
Drule/Steve Slack: Missiles Destroy Civilization
“Convoy”. It’s pretty apocalyptic.
The Stones’ “Gimme Shelter”
Indian Rope Burn: “Strike”
Jefferson Airplane “HAVE YOU SEEN THE SAUCERS”
MOJO NIXON “Gonna Be A New World”
Parliament/Funkadelic — Mothership Connection; Landing of the Holy Mothership;
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; etc.
“Beat the Reaper” and “Waffenspiel” from Frank Zappa’s
Civilization Phase III.Wagner’s “Ride of the Valkyrie.”
1812 Overture.
Ramones: Blitkrieg Bop
“It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)”, R.E.M.
(((I DO NOT have copies of the following:)))
The Clash: Stop The World, Armagideon Time
“Doomsday”, Mephiskapheles
“Having A Blast”, Green Day
Fishbone’s “Party at Ground Zero” Ska is good for you.
Talking Heads: Life During Wartime
David Byrne: Two Soldiers, The Red House, both from The Catherine Wheel
and both instrumentals.Meat Puppets: We’re Here
The The: Red Cinders in the Sand
Big Audio Dynamite II: When The Time Comes
The Residents: Selections from Mark of the Mole
The Dukes of Stratosphere: 25 O’Clock
Ministry’s Psalm69 record of a few years back… one song toward the end
sounds like crashing commercial jet airliners and powersaws with this
disembodied voice booming “Armegeddon …Doomsday …Apocalypse…” over
and over … maybe itd be a good program closer.Pastor Craig wrote:
> I’ve always thought that Blondie’s song “Rapture” caught the spirit
> of X-day just right.“Christmas At Ground Zero” by Weird Al Yankovic.
“Soskotome” (sp?) – Diamanda Galas
“Amused to Death”, I remembered The Final Cut, the last Pink Floyd record w/Roger Waters, which ends with “Two Suns in the Sunset”, a charming little ditty about nuclear apocalypse.
“Black Leather” by Nightmares in Wax
“Let’s Have a War” by Fear.
Columbus Devival tapes: “Coming To Columbus” (this is NOT recorded well)
Mambo Macabre by Prez Prado
Jeff Wayne’s Musical Version of The War of the Worlds?
my favorite:
The X-ists Have Landed
by Rev. Buck NakedThe Xists have landed
Earth’s under their control
“Bob’s” vision stands proven
The cities, radioactive holesWe don’t know why they came here
What there name is
Unpronounceable
We don’t know what they came for
But, what they aim for
Is impossibleThe Xists have landed
Earth’s under their control
“Bob’s” vision stands proven
A world without slackErr.. how about
Komm Susser Todd (Arianne)
from the End of Evangelion.I’m definately agree with Logan, “The End” by The Doors is the definitive apocalypse song.
Also try “Apocalypse Please” by Muse.
This song can be a depressive “breaking up” lovesong as well, but anytime I hear it, apocalyptic visions come to my mind. Maybe it’s just me…:-)
Deine Lakaien – Lost
We did…used to…laugh and
We did…used to…breathe and
And now all is stuck in tears
Your eyes they are burning
Lips remain in taciturnity
No more returningWhat we did had to be done
All our faith lost and gone
What we did we never won
Lost our hope our aim
All is gone
To close the door is never easy
But we can’t ignore
We can’t ignore
What we lost we won’t find
See those eyes
They turned blindAll those…nights warm…as fire
Take them…with me…cold desire
Where teh naked fairies played
The soil…it is…burning
Leaving…gloomy…emptiness
Nothing to sayWhat we did had to be done
All our faith lost and gone
What we did we never won
Lost our hope our aim
All is gone
To close the door is never easy
But we can’t ignore
We can’t ignore
What we lost we won’t find
See those eyes
They turned blindOh, and how is New Order’s “True Faith” an apocalypse song? 😕
here’s a few tracks for your compilation!
BREED 77- La Ultima Hora
PINK FLOYD- High Hopes
CHRISTOPHER FRANKE- Voices of Authority
OZZY OSBOURNE- No more tears
ROLLING STONES- Paint it Black
S O A D – Ariels
probably a bit of a confused mix here…. 😕 🙂
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