“Meltdown” by Slobberbone.
Too bad the *Atomic Cafe * soundtrack is long out of print and fetches a pretty penny in used-record stores, when a copy turns up. That would be right up your alley. Oh, and great thread title.
::Clutches his *Atomic Cafe * soundtrack LP tightly::
A quick twiddle of the Ipod gives me…
Black Planet - Sisters of Mercy
Flowers - Camper Van Beethoven
Diamond Dogs - David Bowie
Electric Funeral - Black Sabbath
Pop Goes the World - Men without Hats
Two Suns in the Sunset - Pink Floyd
This World Over - XTC
I can’t believe this has slipped so far down the thread, but…
Political Science by Randy Newman
No one likes us, I don’t know why.
We may not be perfect, but heaven knows we try.
But all around, even our old friends put us down.
Let’s drop the big one, and see what happens.
And Further On - Jethro Tull
Two Suns in the Sunset - Pink Floyd
Sneaked in there while I was Googling for the lyrics, didn’tcha.
Life During Wartime by The Talking Heads
Bushwick Bills “Wha Cha Gonna Do?” on the “Phantom of the Rapra” album.
The chorus goes:
What cha gonna do when the world’s on fire?
I’ma light a spliff, and keep gettin higher
The world’s bout to end
I don’t give a fuck
I ain’t scared to die, niggaz put that on Chuck
Insignificance by Pearl Jam
“Shiny Shiny” by Haysi Fantayzee
Don’t Ask Me by Public Image Limited
Kiss Off by Violent Femmes (OK, so that’s got suicide and not the end of the world per se, but how can you not love “8, 8, I forget what 8 was for”?)
Aenima by Tool
Last Great American Whale by Lou Reed
Monkey’s Gone To Heaven by The Pixies
The PIL and Femmes are just such cheery-sounding songs! Fun fun fun!
Is ‘Every Day Is Like Sunday’ really about the end of the world, or is it about a run-down seaside resort in the UK? I’d heard your (the OP’s) interpretation, but listening to the lyrics I suspected that this wasn’t the case.
“Waitin’ for the End of the World”–Elvis Costello
A hearty second to “Political Science.”