but, an honorable mention to
Admittedly, it’s hard to argue against the eminent knowledge and learned authority of a Middle School teacher, so who knows, maybe there was a deeper metaphorical meaning layered over the seemingly obvious lyrics about “some stupid with a flare gun”, like some exquisite, uhhh…thing with layers.
But I don’t think Deep Purple was really all that…deep.
You may be on to something here. I think the next year Mr. Gold was the assistant manager of the 7-11
Everyday is like Sunday by Morrissey. Though I was always unsure whether it was wishing for a nuclear war as an alternative to hanging out in a grim Northern seaside town or was meant to be about a grim Northern seaside town that escaped being nuked during a nuclear war, but carried on being grim.
How about Grag Lake’s number, which is called, well, “Nuclear Attack”?
Are you afraid of the Russians?
Fight Fire With Fire Metallica
But, leaning back to my OP…don’t you all think its a great genre? Very varied, very sardonic and filled with black humor.
Well, dreads about cataclysmic events and the end times always have been great fodder for creativity and imagination. See Revelation, zombie movies, Roland Emmerich…
Thats definitely a good idea for another list “Top movies about Revelation or its contents”
The Omen
The Rapture…etc…
South Park ripped off this thread for their last ep
These haven’t been submitted yet.
Truck Stop at the End of the World - Commander Cody
Nuclear War - Sun Ra
Warning: NSFW lyrics
Seconds - U2
Nuclear Seasons - Charlie XCX
The Postal Service - We Will Become Silhouettes. Oddly enough it was subtle enough at first that I didn’t get what it was about but when it was pointed out to me it flipped 180 to being heavy-handed instead. But it’s still a good song if you like this type of music.
Yup. That one went on my Nuclear War Playlist. The most recent by far to go on there.