# 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:** 2
**Author:** ![Doyle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doyle/32/439_2.png) [@Doyle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doyle)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 2:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/21 "2019-07-15T14:21:24Z")
Genesis - Supper’s Ready There’s an angel standing in the sun And he’s crying with a loud voice “This is the supper of the mighty one” Lord of Lords, King of Kings Has returned to lead his children home To take them to the new Jerusalem ---
**Author:** ![furryman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/furryman/32/99_2.png) [@furryman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/furryman)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/22 "2019-07-15T18:55:57Z")
Indian Love Call by Slim Whitman [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kCppUtS9vLk) Waltzing Matilda [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/l_o8vX8lGss/hqdefault.jpg "Great Scenes: Waltzing Matilda Finale") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_o8vX8lGss) ---
**Author:** ![Aquadementia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aquadementia/32/555_2.png) [@Aquadementia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aquadementia)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 9:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/23 "2019-07-15T21:31:50Z")
There is a correct answer because it all started so innocently with [99 Red Balloons](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8DXDdRnq7NE). Afterwords I expect [All By Myself](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN9CjAfo5n0) will be on loop. ---
**Author:** ![DorkVader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@DorkVader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DorkVader)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/24 "2019-07-15T23:32:23Z")
Bomber, by Motorhead, all the way, or Ace of Spades, that song just rocks no matter the circumstances. ---
**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 15, 2019, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/25 "2019-07-15T23:37:47Z")
> [@DorkVader](#): > > Bomber, by Motorhead, all the way, or Ace of Spades, that song just rocks no matter the circumstances. You, sir, have excellent taste in music. ---
**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 16, 2019, 2:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/26 "2019-07-16T02:12:25Z")
_A’ Bomb in Wardour Street_ – The Jam ---
**Author:** ![Kobal2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kobal2/32/20_2.png) [@Kobal2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kobal2)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 2:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/27 "2019-07-16T02:19:37Z")
I mean, it’s quite a bit on the nose, but… [HAIL THE APOCALYPSE](https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjR0e6AsLjjAhX1DmMBHXYgCAcQyCkwAHoECA0QBQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DzKe8jze56Vg&usg=AOvVaw3goUr0UoBgwJTnIIXa5Bpp). ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 2:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/28 "2019-07-16T02:31:49Z")
> [@Sefton](#): > > I’ll stick with a classic: [Night on Bald Mountain](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCEDfZgDPS8) by Modest Mussorgsky. If you’re going to go classical, Carl Orff’s [_O Fortuna_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GXFSK0ogeg4) from _Carmina Burana_ is traditional end-of-the-world music. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/29 "2019-07-16T02:47:01Z")
Flash and the Pan specialized in apocalyptic music in a minor key. The song dealing with a nuclear apocalypse was “[California](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qqiHPYXz4k),” but they also dealt with the Titanic (“Down Among the Dead Men”) and the destruction of Atlantis (“Atlantis Calling”), ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 6:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/30 "2019-07-16T06:44:52Z")
I’d go with some classic Goth. Maybe Sisters of Mercy’s _[Black Planet](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x6Oh4aaLCFM)_, maybe Fields of the Nephilim’s _[Trees Come Down](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lvhd8OIzn5Y)_, maybe Siouxsie’s _[Cities In Dust](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wsOHvP1XnRg)_. Or maybe something more downtempo - I think Swans’ _[Goddamn The Sun](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jpVtYQIols)_ will serve. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 1:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/31 "2019-07-16T13:55:20Z")
I don’t see how it can’t be [Hell Awaits](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yew9L0Xjm_g&feature=youtu.be&t=65). Playing the soundtrack to the apocalypse is the entire reason _Slayer_ even exists. ---
**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 16, 2019, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/32 "2019-07-16T20:08:46Z")
> [@DCnDC](#): > > I don’t see how it can’t be [Hell Awaits](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yew9L0Xjm_g&feature=youtu.be&t=65). Playing the soundtrack to the apocalypse is the entire reason _Slayer_ even exists. Another poster with excellent taste in music! ---
**Author:** ![swampspruce](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampspruce/32/261_2.png) [@swampspruce](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampspruce)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/33 "2019-07-16T22:28:36Z")
Beethoven’s Ode to Joy for the sheer incongruity. ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/34 "2019-07-16T22:35:49Z")
Anything, pretty much, by **TOOL**. ---
**Author:** ![Johanna](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johanna/32/8318_2.png) [@Johanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johanna)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 10:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/35 "2019-07-16T22:58:19Z")
[The Gates of Delirium](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EdmUAsU2eXI). Yes. ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/36 "2019-07-16T23:08:16Z")
Jolly good thread. 🆒 I nominate the Rolling Stones ‘Sympathy for the Devil’. ---
**Author:** ![Philliam](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/philliam/32/3011_2.png) [@Philliam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Philliam)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 11:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/37 "2019-07-16T23:11:27Z")
Savoy Brown - _Hellbound Train_ https://www.youtube.com/embed/jJnhdBpoBKM?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLR2MBvE7FEgydBiwq5IxBQavUo8znhZei ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2019, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/38 "2019-07-16T23:25:30Z")
Symphony of Destruction - Megadeth ---
**Author:** ![Beckdawrek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beckdawrek/32/3647_2.png) [@Beckdawrek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Beckdawrek)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 3:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/39 "2019-07-17T15:26:39Z")
‘Imagine’–john lennon ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 7:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/music-to-rock-the-apocalypse-by/836995/40 "2019-07-17T19:11:26Z")
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