Songs to play during the Apocolypse
Dan Goodman
In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.970421211057.9161C-100000@gemini>,
Mike Ralls <mra...@willamette.edu> wrote:
>I'm writing a story about "The End Of The World" and I wanted to have a
>couple of songs being played that would fit this theme. What songs can you
>think of to play during the "End of Life As We Know It?"
"I Am a Mean Old Pacifist" -- sorry, I don't know where it can be found in
print. Narrator is someone who's given up on trying to prevent The Final
War; now he's going to sit back and enjoy the fireworks.
"Babylon is Fallen" -- it's been in Sing Out!, if I recall correctly. If
you're anywhere near a good library, the music librarian should be able to
help you find it.
>The only two I could think of have already been used.
>
>"Don't Fear the Reaper"
>by Blue Oyster Cult: This was played during the TV mini-series of
>Stephen Kings "The Stand" It was a very creepy effect as it passed over
>all the dead bodies. I'll never think of it the same way again.
>
>"It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"
>by REM: This was played during the Begining of "Independence Day" It
>got a chuckle from the audience when I saw it.
>
>One idea I was thinking about was "The World Turned Upside Down" This
>was played when the British surendered to Washington at Yorktown. But, I
>don't know anything about this song (its words, its tune, its mood). The
>only thing I know is that the British Played it, and that could be a
>Historical Myth.
>
It's been published in Sing Out!, and almost certainly elsewhere. Whether
it was actually played at Yorktown is probably discussed in various
Revolutionary War histories.
From what I remember, it's not suitable for an End of The World in fire
(nuclear war) or otherwise Very Violent. It _is_ suitable for a "world
turned upside down" -- society changed to the equivalent of mice chasing
cats and so forth.
>Any E-mails, or posts would be apreciated.
>Thanks
Note: discussion of _writing_ sf belongs more in rec.arts.sf.composition
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How about "knock Knock Knockin' on Heanen's Door?"
"Dust in the Wind?"
"End of the World for me?"
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Jim Murray
How about song Crosby Stills & Nash (?& Young) did "Wooden Ships"?
Been a while but par goes something like this:
First Voice: Well I can see by your coat my friend your
from the other side,
theres one thing that I'd like to know, who won?
2nd Voice: Say can I have some of your purple berries?
1st Voice: Yes I've been eating them for six or seven weeks now,
haven't got sick once.
2nd Voice: Probly keep us both alive.
Robin Reyburn
S. M. Fitzgerald wrote:
>
> From "The Nuclear War Fun Book" by Victor Langer and Walter Thomas (NY:
> Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1982).
>
> THE NUKE JUKE BOX
>
> (Stocked with "direct hits for listening pleasure in the fallout
> shelter.") A partial list:
>
> Heat Wave
> Blowin' in the Wind
> There'll Never Be Another You
> Apocalypso Rhythm
> Hit Me With Your Best Shot
> There's Gotta Be A Morning After
> Oh Say Can You See
> Return to Cinder
> It Hurts So Bad
>
> All best,
> Fitz
>
> -----
>
> In <jadcox-ya02408000...@tabloid.internal.mindspring.com>
Hey, How come no-one mentioned Tom Leher's classic "So Long, Mom; I'm
Off To Drop The Bomb"? From "That Was The Year That Was" album.
Geeze, This younger generation! :)
Robin
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Robert G McCausland
>In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.970421211057.9161C-100000@gemini>,
>Mike Ralls <mra...@willamette.edu> wrote:
>>I'm writing a story about "The End Of The World" and I wanted to have a
>>couple of songs being played that would fit this theme. What songs can you
>>think of to play during the "End of Life As We Know It?"
What a cheery scavenger hunt! Kinda depends on the tone and
treatment you're looking for, but here's a few first impressions:
"The Day that the Ship Goes Down" The Oyster Band
"All You Zombies" The Hooters
"Before the Deluge" Jackson Brown
"So Long, Mom, I'm Off to Drop the Bomb", and
"We'll All Go Together When We Go"
Tom Lehrer
"Desolation Row" Bob Dylan
"What a Wonderful World" Louis Armstrong, etc
(this was used to end the last of the 1st 6 BBC radio episodes of
"Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy." It also featured prominently in
"Good Morning, Vietnam", I believe.)
What's the song that closes "Dr. Strangelove"?
"We'll meet again, don't know where, don't know when..."
And - I don't have it - but wasn't there a Simon & Garfunkle song, late in
their career as a duo, "The Only Living Boy in New York." I've not heard
it in years, so I can't say if that's appropriate or not.
But - come to think of it - their song on "Bookends" is quite eligiac -
"Preserve your memories, they're all that's left you."
More later, I expect.
On the sunny side,
~~Rob McCausland
rg...@world.std.com
Mary Creasey
Dan Goodman wrote:
>
> In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.970421211057.9161C-100000@gemini>,
> Mike Ralls <mra...@willamette.edu> wrote:
> >I'm writing a story about "The End Of The World" and I wanted to have a
> >couple of songs being played that would fit this theme. What songs can you
> >think of to play during the "End of Life As We Know It?"
Leslie Fish's album _Firestorm: Songs Of the Third World War_ is specifically
to that theme: first half covers events leading up to the war, second half is
reflections of, and teaching songs for, the survivors. Unfortunately this
album is out of print, and is out of stock at the filk music dealers. Some
of the songs are available on various convention albums.
(Songs relating to anything SF-related are on-topic on rec.music.filk, which
is SPECIFICALLY about such music. Try there for more suggestions; I have
crossposted my reply there.)
Mary the Filker
Frank Hamilton
dsg...@visi.com (Dan Goodman) wrote:
>In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.970421211057.9161C-100000@gemini>,
>Mike Ralls <mra...@willamette.edu> wrote:
>>I'm writing a story about "The End Of The World" and I wanted to have a
>>couple of songs being played that would fit this theme. What songs can you
>>think of to play during the "End of Life As We Know It?"
How about the song "When The Stars Begin To Fall"? An apocalyptic
hymn. Weavers recorded it on Vanguard Records.
Joseph C. Sanders
> > Mike Ralls <mra...@willamette.edu> wrote:
> > >I'm writing a story about "The End Of The World" and I wanted to have a
> > >couple of songs being played that would fit this theme. What songs can you
> > >think of to play during the "End of Life As We Know It?"
David Wilcox's _Nightshift Watchman for the Planet_ features a
title track about the poor sod who has to sit in the underground room
ready to fire off nukes, should we suddenly go to nuclear war. It's a
wry, pretty song.
I think the Police's first radio hit was "Fall Out." It's brash
and loud. . .well, it's early Police; I guess that pretty describes it for
me.
Joe Sanders
Marty Jones
S. M. Fitzgerald wrote:
>
> From "The Nuclear War Fun Book" by Victor Langer and Walter Thomas (NY:
> Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1982).
>
> THE NUKE JUKE BOX
>
> (Stocked with "direct hits for listening pleasure in the fallout
> shelter.") A partial list:
>
> Heat Wave
> Blowin' in the Wind
> There'll Never Be Another You
> Apocalypso Rhythm
> Hit Me With Your Best Shot
> There's Gotta Be A Morning After
> Oh Say Can You See
> Return to Cinder
> It Hurts So Bad
>
> All best,
> Fitz
>
> -----
>
> In <jadcox-ya02408000...@tabloid.interna
l.mindspring.com>
> jad...@mindspring.com (John Adcox) writes:
> >
> >How about "knock Knock Knockin' on Heanen's Door?"
> >
> >"Dust in the Wind?"
> >
> >"End of the World for me?"
Don't forget "EVE OF DESTRUCTION" and "THE SHAPE
OF THINGS TO COME".
Marty Jones
Harbringer
Robert G McCausland wrote:
>
> >In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.970421211057.9161C-100000@gemini>,
> >>I'm writing a story about "The End Of The World" and I wanted to have a
> >>couple of songs being played that would fit this theme. What songs can you
> >>think of to play during the "End of Life As We Know It?"
>
"Living Thru the Aftermath" Bob Seger - for the "Like a Rock" album
"Right outside your door" Terrill - Dreams of Dirty Angels
"Sinking like a sunset" Tom Cochrane - Mad, Mad, World LP
"Strange Americans" World War III
"Don't have to live like no refugee" Tom Petty
"Living on the Edge" Aerosmith
"Nightmare" Rumors of the Big Wave
Anything by Pink Floyd (if your that manic depressive about it all)
Christina McVety
Frank Hamilton (ham...@atl.mindspring.com) wrote:
: dsg...@visi.com (Dan Goodman) wrote:
: >Mike Ralls <mra...@willamette.edu> wrote:
: >>I'm writing a story about "The End Of The World" and I wanted to have a
: >>couple of songs being played that would fit this theme. What songs can you
: >>think of to play during the "End of Life As We Know It?"
Well, there's always the R.E.M. song "It's the End of the World As We Know
It" on their album Eponymous. Admittedly, it was used in the movie
Independence Day, but it is still appropriate.
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You know it's a serious drought when washing your car won't produce rain.
Lee Gold
Some years ago I read an account of an interview with Ted
turner in which the topoic of the CNN Signoff came back.
CNN is, of course, normally 7 days a week, 24 hours a day.
But it seems that Turner likes being prepared. So there is
a signoff tape at CNN HQ.
If you ever turn the station on and see a film of military
marching bands parading on a football field while playing
"Nearer My God to Thee," you'll know that CNN is about to go
off the air -- with, said Turner, the most probably reason
being imminent nuclear destruction.
My own state of mind is somewhat warped, so my immediate
response to the correct background song for Apocalypse was
one from "Hello, Dolly": "Wave Your Little Hand and Whisper
'So Long, Baby.'"
There was an SF anthology of End of the World stories some
decades ago. But my favorite story (author forgotten) had
people lining up in the street to watch the World end --
as the first rocket came back from Mars and Earth stopped
being an isolated planet.
S. M. Fitzgerald
In <335E8A...@same.as.CC> Marty Jones <mjo...@same.as.CC> writes:
>
>>Don't forget "EVE OF DESTRUCTION" and "THE SHAPE
>OF THINGS TO COME".
>
>Marty Jones
I still have the vinyl LP of Barry McGuire singing "Eve of
Destruction." Who did "Shape"? Not sure I've heard it.
All best,
Fitz
Richard A. De Castro
Mary Creasey <cre...@worldnet.att.net> writes:
>Dan Goodman wrote:
>>
>> In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.970421211057.9161C-100000@gemini>,
>> Mike Ralls <mra...@willamette.edu> wrote:
>> >I'm writing a story about "The End Of The World" and I wanted to have a
>> >couple of songs being played that would fit this theme. What songs can you
>> >think of to play during the "End of Life As We Know It?"
>Leslie Fish's album _Firestorm: Songs Of the Third World War_ is specifically
>to that theme: first half covers events leading up to the war, second half is
>reflections of, and teaching songs for, the survivors. Unfortunately this
>album is out of print, and is out of stock at the filk music dealers. Some
>of the songs are available on various convention albums.
It's a great tape. I especially like "Changling of the Snow"?
I wish/wonder if the sheet music is available, or at least the words. And
if we could encorporate them into a music FAQ.
Mary, is it still available from Off-Centaur? What's their address? TIA
>(Songs relating to anything SF-related are on-topic on rec.music.filk, which
>is SPECIFICALLY about such music. Try there for more suggestions; I have
>crossposted my reply there.)
>Mary the Filker
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In <decastroE...@netcom.com>, deca...@netcom.com (Richard A. De Castro) writes:
>Mary, is it still available from Off-Centaur? What's their address? TIA
Off Centaur is out of business. Anything labelled OCP will probably never be
republished in its current form, and hence generally ranges from "scarce" to
"collector's item" depending on how many are left in decent shape. Some of
the songs are available on recordings from other filk publishers, some aren't.
(This question tends to provoke groans from the filk community, I'm afraid.
Apparently the fallout has mostly settled but the ruins are likely to be
radioactive for the next hundred years... Don't ask me for details; I don't
know 'em and don't think I want to know.)
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Mary Creasey
Richard A. De Castro wrote:
>
> Mary Creasey <cre...@worldnet.att.net> writes:
>
> >Dan Goodman wrote:
> >>
> >> In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.970421211057.9161C-100000@gemini>,
> >> Mike Ralls <mra...@willamette.edu> wrote:
> >> >I'm writing a story about "The End Of The World" and I wanted to have a
> >> >couple of songs being played that would fit this theme. What songs can you
> >> >think of to play during the "End of Life As We Know It?"
>
> >Leslie Fish's album _Firestorm: Songs Of the Third World War_ is specifically
> >to that theme: first half covers events leading up to the war, second half is
> >reflections of, and teaching songs for, the survivors. Unfortunately this
> >album is out of print, and is out of stock at the filk music dealers. Some
> >of the songs are available on various convention albums.
>
> It's a great tape. I especially like "Changling of the Snow"?
"Freedom of the Snow"; it was originally recorded on _Skybound_, Leslie's
first album for OCP (long out of print and unavailable--see below, and
the other replies).
> I wish/wonder if the sheet music is available, or at least the words. And
> if we could encorporate them into a music FAQ.
I know that the lyrics are/were available on a Web site (not Eli's); but I
haven't checked it lately to see if it is still viable. You might want to
do a Web search; use "Leslie Fish" and "Firestorm" as keywords.
> Mary, is it still available from Off-Centaur? What's their address? TIA
It was NEVER available from Off Centaur; _Firestorm_ was recorded and released
by Firebird AFTER OCP died its messy death. The company (address in the FAQ)
is still out there, but the album has not been available for about three-four
years.
As others will tell you: Off Centaur died acrimoniously and messily about
1988, and most of the albums died with it. A few of them were either
re-released or re-recorded by Firebird (mainly Fish, Lackey, Longcor,
and Meg Davis), but most were not. However, since Leslie has now broken with
them, all her albums THERE are now out of print, and most are out of stock;
_Firestorm_ was one of the first ones to go. There are possibilities of
re-recording, but not by FAMI; stay tuned.
This IS an official reply from Random Factors.
Sincerely,
Mary Creasey
of Random Factors, a filk dealer
[for those not on rec.music.filk]
Joyce Reynolds-Ward
On Wed, 23 Apr 1997 17:17:19 -0500, Marty Jones <mjo...@same.as.CC>
wrote:
snip
>
>
>Don't forget "EVE OF DESTRUCTION"
Which version? Barry McGuire's preChristian conversion or
postChristian conversion?
My nomination:
"Last Plane Out" by Toy Matinee. Anyone else remember that one going
during the Gulf War?
jrw
I spamblock
Mary Kay Kare
In article <decastroE...@netcom.com>, deca...@netcom.com (Richard
A. De Castro) wrote:
>
> Mary, is it still available from Off-Centaur? What's their address? TIA
>
What time warp are you living in? Off-Centaur has been defunct for going
on 10 years.
MK
Mary Kay Kare
Compuserve's Team SF/F
Joyce Reynolds-Ward
On 22 Apr 1997 20:37:09 GMT, Cybe...@ix.netcom.com(S. M. Fitzgerald)
wrote:
>From "The Nuclear War Fun Book" by Victor Langer and Walter Thomas (NY:
>Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1982).
>
>THE NUKE JUKE BOX
>
>(Stocked with "direct hits for listening pleasure in the fallout
>shelter.") A partial list:
>
>Heat Wave
>Blowin' in the Wind
>There'll Never Be Another You
>Apocalypso Rhythm
>Hit Me With Your Best Shot
>There's Gotta Be A Morning After
>Oh Say Can You See
>Return to Cinder
>It Hurts So Bad
>
>All best,
>Fitz
>
Oh yeah, besides "Last Plane Out," by Toy Matinee:
American Pie by Don McLean
All of Midnight Oil's Diesel and Dust album
All of Roger Waters' Radio K.A.O.S. album
From the Greenhouse by Crack the Sky
A lot of Depeche Mode....
Jessica Krucek
>If you ever turn the station on and see a film of military
>marching bands parading on a football field while playing
>"Nearer My God to Thee," you'll know that CNN is about to go
>off the air -- with, said Turner, the most probably reason
>being imminent nuclear destruction.
It's one tape i hope I never see.
Another famous quote was from the 1980's. Simon LeBon, the lead
singer of Duran Duran, once said "We want to be the band people dance
to when the bomb drops."
I'd say "Planet Earth" by Duran Duran would be a GREAT end of the
world tune.
MTV also had a "last Request" Weekend some years back, asking
people on the streets of New York, "What would you like to be doing
when the world ends?" One guy had a cool idea. He'd like to be
skydiving over the Earth when she blew up.
Really good songs would be Wierd Al's "Christmas at Ground Zero,"
and REM's "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)."
Some B-52's would be great, too (There's a song called "Is that You
Mo-Dean?" that I played when I uploaded the Heaven's Gate site).
- Jessica
chuck ware
Dan Goodman wrote:
>
> In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.970421211057.9161C-100000@gemini>,
> Mike Ralls <mra...@willamette.edu> wrote:
> >I'm writing a story about "The End Of The World" and I wanted to have a
> >couple of songs being played that would fit this theme. What songs can you
> >think of to play during the "End of Life As We Know It?"
>
SPHERE
Joyce Reynolds-Ward wrote:
>
> On 22 Apr 1997 20:37:09 GMT, Cybe...@ix.netcom.com(S. M. Fitzgerald)
> wrote:
>
> >From "The Nuclear War Fun Book" by Victor Langer and Walter Thomas (NY:
> >Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1982).
> >
> >THE NUKE JUKE BOX
> >
> >(Stocked with "direct hits for listening pleasure in the fallout
> >shelter.") A partial list:
> >
> >Heat Wave
> >Blowin' in the Wind
> >There'll Never Be Another You
> >Apocalypso Rhythm
> >Hit Me With Your Best Shot
> >There's Gotta Be A Morning After
> >Oh Say Can You See
> >Return to Cinder
> >It Hurts So Bad
> >
> >All best,
> >Fitz
> >
>
> Oh yeah, besides "Last Plane Out," by Toy Matinee:
>
> American Pie by Don McLean
> All of Midnight Oil's Diesel and Dust album
That is a pretty good suggestion, but MO'd 10,9,8,.... album would be
much more apropriate ( I can't spell). Especially the songs "Maralinga"
and "Short Memory".
sphere
eileen_stone
Responding to: Mary Creasey <cre...@worldnet.att.net>
}RE: <335E24...@worldnet.att.net>
}
}Dan Goodman wrote:
}> In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.970421211057.9161C-100000@gemini>,
}> Mike Ralls <mra...@willamette.edu> wrote:
}> >I'm writing a story about "The End Of The World" and I wanted to have a
}> >couple of songs being played that would fit this theme. What songs can you
}> >think of to play during the "End of Life As We Know It?"
}
}Leslie Fish's album _Firestorm: Songs Of the Third World War_ is specifically
}to that theme: first half covers events leading up to the war, second half is
}reflections of, and teaching songs for, the survivors. Unfortunately this
}album is out of print, and is out of stock at the filk music dealers. Some
}of the songs are available on various convention albums.
}
}(Songs relating to anything SF-related are on-topic on rec.music.filk, which
}is SPECIFICALLY about such music. Try there for more suggestions; I have
}crossposted my reply there.)
}
}Mary the Filker
Before uwp.edu took down the late, lamented lyric list, I snagged a file
with all the words to this album, though I've never heard it. From the
afore mentioned group, I know that Leslie doesn't mind her work being
passed about on the net, as long as it is credited to her.
I snagged one song from the list (there are a bunch of them), and formatted
it to show you here. To see the rest, Email me.
_Firestorm: Songs of the Third World War_
By Leslie Fish
@SONG: "Rhododendron Honey"
What do we do for our freedom, oh,
what do we do for our corn?
Poor Big Boss Jones an' 'is bully boys
came here last Sunday morn.
He marched right into the village square
an' grabbed everybody in sight
An' made a big speech about how he'd come
to set this country right.
He said that he'd come to save us all
from livin' in anarchy.
He'd give us a government an' laws again,
the way it used to be.
He swore he'd make this country great
like it was before the war,
And all that he wanted was half our crops
like taxes was before.
When he was finished, he took his boys
and went to the meetin' hall
An' chased out everybody left in sight
and moved in one and all.
So we strolled over to the teacher's house
and held town meetin' there
To talk 'bout what we were gonna do,
just how and when and where.
Early next mornin' the old folks come,
all smilin' to beat the band.
They told Boss Jones they were glad he's here,
'n they're proud to shake his hand.
They fawned on him an' his bully boys
an' flattered 'em left an' right
An' promised a big feast in their honor
in the meetin' hall that night.
That evenin' everyone in town showed up,
all bringin' the food an' beer.
Boss Jones, he sat at the head of the table,
and all his boys sat near.
Oh, they ate 'n drank 'n bragged no end
'bout what they were gonna do
While they scarfed up rhododendron honey and
amonida stew.
Now, we'd been careful o' what we ate,
so we didn't take no harm,
But the Boss an' 'is bully boys all keeled over
while the coffee still was warm.
We dragged 'em down to the old mine shaft
that was dug before the war
An' dropped 'em down there with all the others
who'd tried that trick before.
Yes, we remember the world that was
and the way that it used to be,
And we'd just rather be left alone;
we're used to bein' free.
Don't want no more of laws or bosses,
don't want no government here.
I hope they don't come again too soon ...
they've tried three times this year.
Eileen Stone, #2 The MultiVersal Dreams BBS, kmcc...@goldrush.com
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Marty Jones
Max Frost and the Troopers. I was the theme song
for the late-60s TEOTWAWKI movie "Wild in the
Streets, starring Christopher Jones. A cult
classic!
Marty Jones
P Nielsen Hayden
Christina McVety <star...@camelot.bradley.edu> wrote in article
<5jmffm$u...@camelot.bradley.edu>...
> Well, there's always the R.E.M. song "It's the End of the World As We
Know
> It" on their album Eponymous.
Dunno about EPONYMOUS, but this song originally appeared on DOCUMENT.
Perversely, the songs that occur to me are Joe Jackson's "Evil Empire" and
Elvis Costello's "What's So Funny 'Bout Peace, Love, and Understanding."
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Kevin McKenzie
Richard A. De Castro wrote:
> It's a great tape. I especially like "Changling of the Snow"?
>
> I wish/wonder if the sheet music is available, or at least the words. And
> if we could encorporate them into a music FAQ.
Words are available at
ftp://mirrors.aol.com/pub/music/lyrics/f/fish.leslie/, though it might
take a while to log in.
> Mary, is it still available from Off-Centaur? What's their address?
Don't I wish.
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Ulrika O'Brien
"P Nielsen Hayden" <p...@tor.com> wrote:
>
>Christina McVety <star...@camelot.bradley.edu> wrote in article
><5jmffm$u...@camelot.bradley.edu>...
>
>> Well, there's always the R.E.M. song "It's the End of the World As We
>Know
>> It" on their album Eponymous.
>
>Dunno about EPONYMOUS, but this song originally appeared on DOCUMENT.
Yep, it's also on EPONYMOUS, which is a compilation/best of
album collecting together stuff from about four previous albums.
It can be a good choice if you're only a lukewarm REM fan.
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Richard A. De Castro
chuck ware <cw...@groupwise.egreen.wednet.edu> writes:
>Dan Goodman wrote:
>>
>> >
>> >"It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"
>> >by REM: This was played during the Begining of "Independence Day" It
>> >got a chuckle from the audience when I saw it.
Not being a fan of what passes for modern music, I missed the reference
when I saw the film. But, it would seem that we have an official m.s
newsgroup song!
Aaron Bergman
In article <01bc5193$5e211500$560707c6@pnh>, "P Nielsen Hayden"
<p...@tor.com> wrote:
:Christina McVety <star...@camelot.bradley.edu> wrote in article
:<5jmffm$u...@camelot.bradley.edu>...
:
:> Well, there's always the R.E.M. song "It's the End of the World As We
:Know
:> It" on their album Eponymous.
:
:Dunno about EPONYMOUS, but this song originally appeared on DOCUMENT.
Eponymous is a "greatest hits"-type album that includes ITEOTWAWKI.
Aaron
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Kevin McKenzie wrote:
>
> Richard A. De Castro wrote:
>
> > It's a great tape. I especially like "Changling of the Snow"?
> >
> > I wish/wonder if the sheet music is available, or at least the words. And
> > if we could encorporate them into a music FAQ.
>
> Words are available at
> ftp://mirrors.aol.com/pub/music/lyrics/f/fish.leslie/, though it might
> take a while to log in.
That seems to be a mirror-site to at least one other; I had no trouble
logging in, though. Home site seems to be uwp.edu; they've had this
selection for some time.
Mary
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Mike S. Medintz
Despite having better things to do on Sat, 26 Apr 1997 02:07:31 GMT,
deca...@netcom.com (Richard A. De Castro) said:
>Not being a fan of what passes for modern music, I missed the reference
>when I saw the film. But, it would seem that we have an official m.s
>newsgroup song!
Which song is that? And can we get a version sung by someone other
than Michael Stipe?
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In ashen ink, Mary Creasey (cre...@worldnet.att.net) inscribed:
: That seems to be a mirror-site to at least one other; I had no trouble
: selection for some time.
UWP's lyric collection is down, but I believe some of the mirrors are
still up. AFAIK.
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med...@this.ukans.edu (Mike S. Medintz) writes:
>Despite having better things to do on Sat, 26 Apr 1997 02:07:31 GMT,
Got that right
>deca...@netcom.com (Richard A. De Castro) said:
>>Not being a fan of what passes for modern music, I missed the reference
>>when I saw the film. But, it would seem that we have an official m.s
>>newsgroup song!
>Which song is that? And can we get a version sung by someone other
>than Michael Stipe?
"It's the end of the world as we know it"?
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t that
Marcia Sampson
As for songs to sing during the Apocolypse, how about a filk party in early
November 1998, which is when the world blows up in the Draka timeline? Come
dressed as your favorite character from the novels.
Mike S. Medintz
Despite having better things to do on Tue, 29 Apr 1997 02:51:30 GMT,
deca...@netcom.com (Richard A. De Castro) said:
>>Which song is that? And can we get a version sung by someone other
>>than Michael Stipe?
>
>"It's the end of the world as we know it"?
But only if there's a good cover. Michael Stipe has an annoying voice.
(Hmm....TEotWAWKI covered by Ministry...?)
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Michael January
Dan Goodman <dsg...@visi.com> wrote in article
<5jivil$be4$1...@darla.visi.com>...
> In article <Pine.SOL.3.91.970421211057.9161C-100000@gemini>,
> Mike Ralls <mra...@willamette.edu> wrote:
> >I'm writing a story about "The End Of The World" and I wanted to
have a
> >couple of songs being played that would fit this theme. What
songs can you
> >think of to play during the "End of Life As We Know It?"
Some good suggestions have already been made, the only others I can
think of
offhand is:-
1. Ninety Nine Red Balloons .... by (I think...) a German artist?
Great for Nuclear Apocalypse
2. The Final Countdown .... also by a European group (name escapes
me).
3. Oh what a wonderful day ... by Louis Armstrong, as played in Good
Morning Vietnam.
I've always been a softy for Queen, maybe there's something on one of
their albums?
Who wants to live forever?
We are the champions
Mama
Another one bites the dust ?? (tongue in cheek?)
Somebody mentioned 'American Pie' by Don Mclean, the song title is
actually 'The day the music died'.
I also vaguely recall a song referring to 'Ground Zero' but can't
remember more than that.
Generally, most rock music or heavy metal is pretty destructive
sounding, possibly
anarchic or nihilistic.
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Steven F. Scharff
Steven F. Scharff <sch...@powernet.net> wrote in article
<01bc544a$9b1fd900$33112ace@scharff>...
| Christina McVety <star...@camelot.bradley.edu> wrote in article
| <5jmffm$u...@camelot.bradley.edu>...
| | : dsg...@visi.com (Dan Goodman) wrote:
| | : >Mike Ralls <mra...@willamette.edu> wrote:
| | : >>I'm writing a story about "The End Of The World" and I wanted to
have
| a
| | : >>couple of songs being played that would fit this theme. What songs
| can you
| | : >>think of to play during the "End of Life As We Know It?"
| |
| Know
| | Independence Day, but it is still appropriate.
| | --
|
| It's incredibly dated, but there's Barry McGuire's "Eve Of Destruction".
|
| How about...
| "Panic In the World" by Bee Bop Deluxe
| "Lawyers, Guns and Money" by Warren Zevon
| "Here Comes the Flood", different versions by Peter Gabriel and Robert
| Fripp
|
| Or if you're into Classical, there's the old stand-bys, "O Fortuna" from
| Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana", and "Siegfried's Funeral Music" and "Final
| Scene" from Richard Wagner's "Gotterdammerung".
I remembered a few more...
"Beautiful World" by Devo
"Complicated Game" by XTC
"The 'I Feel Like I'm Fixin' To Die' Rag" by Country Joe MacDonald & the
Fish
(White it's dated and deals with Vietnam, it is a darkly amusing song
about death in combat!)
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In article <5k6kpd$ivk$1...@mhadf.production.compuserve.com>, Marcia Sampson
<10312...@CompuServe.COM> writes:
Ooohh, I forgot about that. I'd pick Eric, except . .how do I say this.
I'm not nearly svelte enough. And I don't have a mustache either. :-)
Don
IronKobra
In article <01bc558d$e004ec60$LocalHost@user1>, "Michael January"
<no_spa...@iafrica.com> writes:
>I also vaguely recall a song referring to 'Ground Zero' but can't
>remember more than that.
Hmm, well the only song I can come up with depends on TEOTWAWKI to come in
December, but how about "It's Christmas at Ground Zero" by the great
artist "Wierd" Al Yankovic. :-)
Don
OJ THORNTON
Marcia Sampson (10312...@CompuServe.COM) wrote:
: As for songs to sing during the Apocolypse, how about a filk party in early
: November 1998, which is when the world blows up in the Draka timeline? Come
: dressed as your favorite character from the novels.
Or even in summer (I think it's August sometime) when, according to the
Terminator film timeline, the world meets Nuclear Holocaust? (although,
through a bit of time-paradox which the plot completely ignores, Ms.
Connor supposedly saves us all from THAT fate!)
Msm...@ix.netcom.com
1) Apocalyptic city by Testament
2) Memories of tomorow by Suicidal Tendencies
Cybernaut
In article <5k6kpd$ivk$1...@mhadf.production.compuserve.com>, Marcia
Sampson <10312...@CompuServe.COM> writes
>As for songs to sing during the Apocolypse, how about a filk party in early
>November 1998, which is when the world blows up in the Draka timeline? Come
>dressed as your favorite character from the novels.
Oh now come on really!
It simply has to be "Look on the Bright side of Life" from Monty Python
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S. M. Fitzgerald
In <01bc558d$e004ec60$LocalHost@user1> "Michael January"
<no_spa...@iafrica.com> writes:
>
>Some good suggestions have already been made, the only others I can
>think of
>offhand is:-
>
>1. Ninety Nine Red Balloons .... by (I think...) a German artist?
>Great for Nuclear Apocalypse
>2. The Final Countdown .... also by a European group (name escapes
>me).
>3. Oh what a wonderful day ... by Louis Armstrong, as played in Good
>Morning Vietnam.
>
>I've always been a softy for Queen, maybe there's something on one of
>their albums?
>Who wants to live forever?
>We are the champions
>Mama
>Another one bites the dust ?? (tongue in cheek?)
>
>Somebody mentioned 'American Pie' by Don Mclean, the song title is
>actually 'The day the music died'.
>
>I also vaguely recall a song referring to 'Ground Zero' but can't
>remember more than that.
>
>Generally, most rock music or heavy metal is pretty destructive
>sounding, possibly
>anarchic or nihilistic.
>
>===========================
>Michael January
>Cape Town, South Africa
>Please reply to xr...@iafrica.com
>
>
Ahh! Queen! Thank you for reminding me of The Mother Of All
Apocalyptic Songs, with which I have rattled my windows for the better
part of 20 years: Queen's "The Prophet's Song" from their album
"Night at the Opera."
"Oh, oh, people of the earth,
Listen to the warning
The prophet he said,
For soon the cold of night will fall
Summoned by your own hand . . ."
"Flee for your life
Who heed me not, let all your treasure make you
Fear for your life
Deceive you not the fires of Hell will take you
Should death await you . . ."
The lyrics are good, but pale next to the music. Multilayered,
emphatic, compelling, brutal, riveting. This could well be my #1
choice for Apocalypse Song of the Century.
All best,
Fitz
Mike S. Medintz
Despite having better things to do on 2 May 1997 08:17:08 GMT,
"Michael January" <no_spa...@iafrica.com> said:
>Some good suggestions have already been made, the only others I can
>think of offhand is:-
>
>1. Ninety Nine Red Balloons .... by (I think...) a German artist?
>Great for Nuclear Apocalypse
Yep....I forgot who it's by.
>2. The Final Countdown .... also by a European group (name escapes
>me).
It's by "Europe," a really bad swedish beer-and-lifestyle glam-rock
hairspray-fueled band that probably died with the 80's.
>Generally, most rock music or heavy metal is pretty destructive
>sounding, possibly anarchic or nihilistic.
Metallica's "Ride the Lightning" and "Master of Puppets" albums have a
lot of good TEotWAWKI stuff. Same for a couple of DRI tracks,
Corrosion of Conformity...(Ministry, anyone?)
Charles Buckley
In article <336c4a46...@news.cc.ukans.edu>,
Mike S. Medintz <med...@this.ukans.edu> wrote:
>Despite having better things to do on 2 May 1997 08:17:08 GMT,
>"Michael January" <no_spa...@iafrica.com> said:
>
>>Some good suggestions have already been made, the only others I can
>>think of offhand is:-
>>
>>1. Ninety Nine Red Balloons .... by (I think...) a German artist?
>>Great for Nuclear Apocalypse
>
>Yep....I forgot who it's by.
>
Nina. It's making a bit of a resurgence due to it's use in
the movie Grosse Point Blank.
>>2. The Final Countdown .... also by a European group (name escapes
>>me).
>
>It's by "Europe," a really bad swedish beer-and-lifestyle glam-rock
>hairspray-fueled band that probably died with the 80's.
>
>>Generally, most rock music or heavy metal is pretty destructive
>>sounding, possibly anarchic or nihilistic.
>
>Metallica's "Ride the Lightning" and "Master of Puppets" albums have a
>lot of good TEotWAWKI stuff. Same for a couple of DRI tracks,
>Corrosion of Conformity...(Ministry, anyone?)
>
Hmmm Bhavad Gita.. don't recall the artist. It seems somehow very
appropriate...
Ulrika O'Brien
med...@this.ukans.edu (Mike S. Medintz) wrote:
>Despite having better things to do on 2 May 1997 08:17:08 GMT,
>"Michael January" <no_spa...@iafrica.com> said:
>
>>Some good suggestions have already been made, the only others I can
>>think of offhand is:-
>>
>>1. Ninety Nine Red Balloons .... by (I think...) a German artist?
>>Great for Nuclear Apocalypse
>
>Yep....I forgot who it's by.
The group was called Nena, after their lead singer, Nena Kerner.
She kept making me think "That's what you'd get if you crossed
Mick Jagger with Pat Benatar," at least in terms of look and
mannerism... Personally, I prefer the German version of the
song -- what little's there is largely fumbled in the translation--
but if German lyric songs were fair game, that opens all sorts of new
territories. Geier Sturtzflug have several, I think, including
"Besuchen Sie Europa (Solange es Noch Steht)" ("Come visit Europe --
While It's Still Standing").
Tracy Hite
I've got a couple of suggestions:
"Survivor's Song" -- Julia Ecklar
"Christmas at Ground Zero" -- Weird Al Yankovic (sp?)
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Patti Smith's "Leaving on a Jet Plane"
R.E.M.'s "Can't Get There From Here" or "Endgame"
CCR's "Looking Out My Back Door"
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Despite having better things to do on 6 May 1997 23:30:59 GMT, Ulrika
O'Brien <uaob...@uci.edu> said:
>but if German lyric songs were fair game, that opens all sorts of new
>territories. Geier Sturtzflug have several, I think, including
>"Besuchen Sie Europa (Solange es Noch Steht)" ("Come visit Europe --
>While It's Still Standing").
Of course they're fair game. All languages are fair game. I know that
I ain't the only one here who listens to Los Lobos. (Can't think of
any of their stuff that would be good for the end of the world,
though.)
Eric Richard Paulsen
"London Calling" - The Clash
"Mean Streets" - Van Halen
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Agdhani
How about "Don't Fear the Reaper?"
Or on a classical vein...Beethoven's 5th? Maybe even something on the
violin...since Nero fiddled while Rome burned...=)
Survivalst
Yes, Mike and the Mechancs would be my favorite choice, but its not "Can
you hear me". The song is "Silent Running".
Mike S. Medintz
Despite having better things to do on Thu, 08 May 1997 20:25:32 -0800,
Or "It's a nice day for a white wedding," that song always seemed
vaguely apocalyptic to me.
>Or on a classical vein...Beethoven's 5th? Maybe even something on the
>violin...since Nero fiddled while Rome burned...=)
There's also the long line of traditional songs about tragedy
impending or tragedy narrowly averted that the Grateful Dead
covered... I'm kinda partial to "Been all around this world"
And then there's Zeppelin's "Battle of Evermore" about the battle at
the end of the world, which seems vaguely appropriate. :-)
J Scott Burke
> Well, there's always the R.E.M. song "It's the End of the World As We
> Know It" on their album Eponymous. Admittedly, it was used in the
> movie Independence Day, but it is still appropriate.
Actually, "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"
is from their 1987 album DOCUMENT. EPONYMOUS is a greatest hits
joke thrown together by their old record company after they went to
Warner Bros. Still, I find it amusing that the song has been used
in so many movies and TV shows by people who obviously don't have a clue
what it's really about...
jsb "R.E.M. is my musical alter ego"
Patrick Connors
OJ THORNTON wrote:
> Or even in summer (I think it's August sometime) when, according to the
> Terminator film timeline, the world meets Nuclear Holocaust? (although,
> through a bit of time-paradox which the plot completely ignores, Ms.
> Connor supposedly saves us all from THAT fate!)
Add to your Apocalypse Planning Calendar:
Monday, September 13, 1999, whan (in the Space 1999/UFO continuum) the
moon will blow out of its orbit. They get the TV show, we get the side
effects. (I think we come out slightly ahead...)
-Pat Connors
Kristin Marie Bachman
On Sat, 10 May 1997, Mike S. Medintz wrote:
> >How about "Don't Fear the Reaper?"
>
> Or "It's a nice day for a white wedding," that song always seemed
> vaguely apocalyptic to me.
>
> >Or on a classical vein...Beethoven's 5th? Maybe even something on the
> >violin...since Nero fiddled while Rome burned...=)
>
> And then there's Zeppelin's "Battle of Evermore" about the battle at
> the end of the world, which seems vaguely appropriate. :-)
>
Pink Floyd's "Goodbye Blue Sky" and the Police's "When the World
is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around" both fit my list.
Kristin Bachman, Eternal Imaginator
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J Scott Burke <bur...@spammersmustbestrappedtotherack.iquest.net> wrote:
>Actually, "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"
>is from their 1987 album DOCUMENT. EPONYMOUS is a greatest hits
>joke thrown together by their old record company after they went to
>Warner Bros. Still, I find it amusing that the song has been used
>in so many movies and TV shows by people who obviously don't have a clue
>what it's really about...
After having heard the story of the origin of the phrase
"Automatic for the People," I don't see how ordinary mortals
can be expected to have much clue about anything Michael
"Mumbles" Stipe chooses to write/sing about without first
investing in a R.E.M. concordance.
J Scott Burke
Ulrika O'Brien <uaob...@uci.edu> wrote:
>J Scott Burke <bur...@spammersmustbestrappedtotherack.iquest.net> wrote:
>
>>Actually, "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"
>>is from their 1987 album DOCUMENT. EPONYMOUS is a greatest hits
>>joke thrown together by their old record company after they went to
>>Warner Bros. Still, I find it amusing that the song has been used
>>in so many movies and TV shows by people who obviously don't have a clue
>>what it's really about...
>
>After having heard the story of the origin of the phrase
>"Automatic for the People," I don't see how ordinary mortals
>can be expected to have much clue about anything Michael
>"Mumbles" Stipe chooses to write/sing about without first
>investing in a R.E.M. concordance.
>
If you think the lyrics on AUTOMATIC are oblique and way back in
the mix, try CHRONIC TOWN or MURMUR. MURMUR is probably my favorite
of their albums even though most of the words are unintelligible;
but the feeling of the songs get through--and that's what really
matters with a band like R.E.M.
"It's the End of the World..." is a song about homesickness and
personal apocolypse rather than a global one; it uses the global
apocolypse cliches as metaphors for more personal things. The song
was written in mid-1987 when the band had been on tour almost constantly
since 1982; it was veiled Stipean catharsis.
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In article <5l8bcc$8jk$1...@news.iquest.net>, J Scott Burke
Yeah, Michel Stipe has even admited that especially in concerts he would
occasionally just string together sylables that sounded like words, as
opposed to using actual, dictionary approved words. I'm a big fan of the
old albums as well, although it has been nice watching them grow, and I
think Stipe's lyrics have gotten consistently better. Other than Monster,
I don't think they've had a bad album.
Sorry to go off on even more of a Tangent, but they are one of my favorite
bands. My band used to do a killer cover of Swan Swan H before I turned
30, cut my hair, and became respectable.
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Julian Flood
Michael Raven has set Housman's A Shropshire Lad to folk tunes. The whole
CD is gentle and sad, really perfect fin de siecle stuff. Sit under the
birch trees in the garden and sip the oldest malt possible while Joan Mills
sings "along the fields as we came by, a year ago my love and I" or "the
gale it plies the saplings double, it blows so hard twill soon be gone,
today the Roman and his trouble are ashes under Uricon."
And darkness falls softly from the summer sky.
Unless it's really the Apocalypse. Then I'd advise Onward Christian
Soldiers - just in case.
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Don't hurry me, I'm from Suffolk
Mark Sutherland
My personal favourite for the pocsylipse would have to be
"into the void" by black sabbath- apretty graphic description of one of
the more "popular" teotawaki situations!
regards
Mark