# Music to rock the Apocalypse by **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 13, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995 "2019-07-13T02:03:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 2:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/1 "2019-07-13T02:03:13Z")
So it’s The End: Against a black-clouded sky swarming with bat-winged demons, the Earth’s crust cracks open and Apollyon arises from the abyss, joining Surtur and his flaming sword. R’lyeh arises out of boiling oceans. The armies of the unholy dead slay and drink the blood of the living, while cyborg death machines fight a losing battle against them. The moon is blown into a field of asteroids and the sun is darkened. Suicide air crews carry 100 megaton hydrogen bombs to their targets, while [missiles powered by unshielded nuclear reactors](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersonic_Low_Altitude_Missile) mop-up the rest. Dogs and cats are seen living together, and the joker laughs at you. So what background music do you envision all this happening to? I nominate VanHalen’s “Running With the Devil”. ---
**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/2 "2019-07-13T02:10:29Z")
Not much of a metal fan but [Blackened](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU_ggFovJNo) seems proper. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/3 "2019-07-13T02:10:33Z")
Barry McGuire - [_Eve Of Destruction_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qfZVu0alU0I) ---
**Author:** ![Dropo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce7236/32.png) [@Dropo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dropo)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/4 "2019-07-13T02:10:33Z")
Sounds like a “Perfect Day” to spend with my friends Lou and Luciano: [![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/qupH9aLF4hA/hqdefault.jpg "Perfect Day --- Lou Reed feat Luciano Pavarotti") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qupH9aLF4hA) ---
**Author:** ![jaycat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jaycat/32/3015_2.png) [@jaycat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jaycat)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/5 "2019-07-13T02:15:31Z")
[This one?](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JgEptmz_eE) Granted, I don’t know what Appolyn, Suture and Relyh are… ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/6 "2019-07-13T03:32:05Z")
[Nails - Abandon All Life](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kgu7pKa34r8&list=OLAK5uy_kaSMsxCCqrtT1JRY-V6QZtuwcNLrghLrw). 10 songs. 18 minutes. Pure malevolence and destruction. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/7 "2019-07-13T03:32:14Z")
Jimmy Buffett, of course. Start with [Party At the End of the World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zpLBDDGaMGM) then slide into [Apocalypso](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2RDtueAJ1s). Or go the other way with [Through the Fire and the Flames](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jgrCKhxE1s) by Dragonforce. ---
**Author:** ![penultima\_thule](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/penultima_thule/32/3833_2.png) [@penultima\_thule](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/penultima_thule)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 6:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/8 "2019-07-13T06:15:40Z")
How would Aussies face the Apocalypse? The Angels, “[Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again?](https://youtu.be/XVQ1PEiZ8Eo)” ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 7:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/9 "2019-07-13T07:26:30Z")
[Earth Died Screaming](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zKsbR60EuUk) by Tom Waits. ---
**Author:** ![Banksiaman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banksiaman/32/3334_2.png) [@Banksiaman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banksiaman)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/10 "2019-07-13T07:47:46Z")
[R.E.M.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8OyBtMPqpNY) knew what was going on. ---
**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/11 "2019-07-13T10:12:43Z")
Vara Lynn singing _We’ll Meet Again_, as in Dr. Strangelove, of course! ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/12 "2019-07-13T12:07:51Z")
Stating the obvious: “The End”, by the Doors. ---
**Author:** ![EinsteinsHund](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/einsteinshund/32/8400_2.png) [@EinsteinsHund](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EinsteinsHund)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/13 "2019-07-13T14:03:14Z")
The Clash - [The Sound Of Sinners](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACZpzj0jll4) ---
**Author:** ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 2:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/14 "2019-07-13T14:26:50Z")
Timbuk 3 [The Future’s So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qrriKcwvlY) Arthur Brown [Fire](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaHEusBG20c) ---
**Author:** ![Sefton](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5daacb/32.png) [@Sefton](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sefton)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/15 "2019-07-13T17:14:02Z")
I’ll stick with a classic: [Night on Bald Mountain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCEDfZgDPS8) by Modest Mussorgsky. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/16 "2019-07-13T17:30:52Z")
[WHAM!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIgZ7gMze7A)\* Y’see, I’m envisioning myself with a big ol’ 80s boom box, taking a stand against the hordes of hell. I press PLAY, and incredibly bouncy, optimistic pop blares forth. I start doing a White Dad Dance, as enthusiastic as it is cringeworthy. Other dads stumble to their bloodied feet and join in… Hordes of hell start to dissipate. \*or [anything by the mowglis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RZqPq1-1Tw) or [Jason Mraz](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ABFtbYKW-QY)… ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2019, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/17 "2019-07-13T19:04:43Z")
**Had Enough** by The Who/John Entwistle > [@](#): > > _I’m gettin’ sick of this universe > Ain’t gonna get better, it’s gonna get worse > And the world’s gonna sink with the weight of the human race > Hate and fear in every face > I’m gettin’ ready and I’ve packed my case > If you find somewhere better, can you save my place? > Fooling no one > But ourselves > Love is dying > Here comes the end, here comes the end…of the world_ ---
**Author:** ![FoieGrasIsEvil](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foiegrasisevil/32/16638_2.png) [@FoieGrasIsEvil](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FoieGrasIsEvil)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 5:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/18 "2019-07-14T05:09:34Z")
As much as this band’s hit songs all sound very alike, I’ll say Everclear’s “Santa Monica” qualifies with it’s “swim out past the breakers, watch the world die” hook. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/MW6E_TNgCsY/maxresdefault.jpg "Everclear - Santa Monica (Official Music Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW6E_TNgCsY) ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2019, 6:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/19 "2019-07-14T06:48:25Z")
The night’s events in Manhattan reminded me of my favorite ballad of the apocalypse - Billy Joel’s [Miami 2017 (Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway).](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=isG3qkQXBic) ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/20 "2019-07-15T14:07:15Z")
> [@Alpha\_Twit](#): > > Not much of a metal fan but [Blackened](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DU_ggFovJNo) seems proper. Metallica, good call. Also [The Four Horsemen](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4nCy5CITc8) and [For Whom the Bell Tolls](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeqGuaAl6Ic). A nice deep dark sludgy soundtrack for the Apocalypse: [Electric Wizard - Funeralopolis](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ipzg6G6IBYQ) And I would add [REM - It’s The End Of The World](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY) for an incrongruent soundtrack. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995.md?page=2)