# Need End Of The World Songs Fast!
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913
**Category:** Cafe Society
**Created:** [November 9, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913 "2008-11-09T17:17:28Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2008, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/1 "2008-11-09T17:17:28Z")
After struggling for eight days and only managing about a thousand words a day, I think my first plot for nanowrimo is not going to be successful. As a radical move to stay in the game, I started a new story last night. It’s a story set just after a world-wide disaster (whose nature I haven’t actually decided on yet) wipes out the greater part of humanity. Of course, I’m now about 14,000 words behind, so I’m hoping to make an inspiring soundtrack to help me catch up.
So far I have “Aenema” by Tool and “Flood” by Jars of Clay. What other songs should I add to a soundtrack for the end of days?
Any sort of song that suggests an end to things as we know it is fine - somewhere I have a song about the world being eaten by goats that I’ll need to find, so I’m sure whatever you think of will be at least as appropriate 🙂
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2008, 5:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/2 "2008-11-09T17:30:46Z")
Weird Al Yankovic [Christmas at Ground Zero](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGdrMOttV_s)
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### Author:  [@Glory](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glory)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/3 "2008-11-09T17:34:28Z")
It’s the End of the World As We Know It?
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### Author:  [@The\_Batman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Batman)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2008, 5:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/4 "2008-11-09T17:34:57Z")
When The World Ends - Dave Matthews Band
When The Man Comes Around - Johnny Cash
Vicarious - Tool
It’ the End of the World as we know it - REM
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### Author:  [@3acresandatruck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/3acresandatruck)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2008, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/5 "2008-11-09T17:42:27Z")
Wooden Ships (Crosby, Stills and Nash is my preferred version) -
“I can see by your coat my friend
you’re from the other side…
there’s just one thing I’d like to know,
can you tell me please,
Who won?”
ETA: just remembered the album 666, from Aphrodite’s Child (with Vangellis)
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### Author:  [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2008, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/6 "2008-11-09T17:43:36Z")
Dancing With Tears in My Eyes by Ultravox.
Very good video [here](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOKMxMjc8Mk).
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### Author:  [@mshar253](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mshar253)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2008, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/7 "2008-11-09T17:49:37Z")
Black Hole Sun?
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### Author:  [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2008, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/8 "2008-11-09T18:01:25Z")
Tom Lehrer [We Will All Go Together When We Go](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frAEmhqdLFs&feature=related).
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### Author:  [@pmwgreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pmwgreen)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2008, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/9 "2008-11-09T18:07:41Z")
“Sunny Came Home” always struck me as apocalyptic, if not post.
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### Author:  [@criminey.jicket](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/criminey.jicket)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2008, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/10 "2008-11-09T18:10:37Z")
The End, by The Doors
Here Comes the Flood, by Peter Gabriel
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### Author:  [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2008, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/11 "2008-11-09T18:23:27Z")
“99 Red Balloons” by Nena?
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### Author:  [@Art\_Rock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Art_Rock)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2008, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/12 "2008-11-09T19:18:12Z")
Red skies over paradise - Fischer Z
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### Author:  [@De\_La\_Rue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/De_La_Rue)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2008, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/13 "2008-11-09T19:20:38Z")
“Bad Moon Rising” has a lot of apocalyptic imagery.
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### Author:  [@pmwgreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pmwgreen)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2008, 7:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/14 "2008-11-09T19:42:20Z")
> [@criminey.jicket](#):
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> The End, by The Doors
> Here Comes the Flood, by Peter Gabriel
Biko, by Pater Gabriel
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### Author:  [@Tangent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tangent)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2008, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/15 "2008-11-09T19:45:03Z")
[The Merry Minuet](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhaDtSBmIrI)
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### Author:  [@pmwgreen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pmwgreen)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2008, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/16 "2008-11-09T19:49:41Z")
The version of “Home Sweet Home” from Grave of the Fireflies.
[ ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mypgywe49VI)
It doesn’t get more post apocalyptic than that.
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### Author:  [@Contrapuntal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Contrapuntal)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/17 "2008-11-09T19:50:31Z")
[Political Science (Video)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGO42gvCSPI)
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### Author:  [@Future\_Londonite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Future_Londonite)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2008, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/18 "2008-11-09T19:53:53Z")
“Lift your skinny fists like antennas to heaven” by GodSpeedYouBlackEmperor or “F#A#(inifinity symbol)” by them should do the trick…especially Dead Flag Blues on the latter album
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### Author:  [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2008, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/19 "2008-11-09T20:04:32Z")
“California” by Flash and the Pan
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### Author:  [@Future\_Londonite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Future_Londonite)
#### Post date: [November 9, 2008, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/20 "2008-11-09T20:07:03Z")
Here’s a video-montage set to Dead Flag Blues - warning, strong [9-11 images (Video)](http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=YopiOKSffHM)
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