# Need End Of The World Songs Fast! **URL:** \ **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\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Garfield226](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Garfield226](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Garfield226)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/21 "2008-11-09T20:21:31Z")
Steve Goodman - Watchin’ Joey Glow. [http://www.mp3lyrics.org/s/steve-goodman/watching-joey-glow/](http://www.mp3lyrics.org/s/steve-goodman/watching-joey-glow/) ---
**Author:** ![Simplicio](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c37758/32.png) [@Simplicio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simplicio)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/22 "2008-11-09T20:23:37Z")
I’d like to nominate this thread for the “most ominous thread title” award. ---
**Author:** ![Dosipede](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Dosipede](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dosipede)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/23 "2008-11-09T21:23:15Z")
Yeah, I read the title and said, “Whoa! Better the check the news sites.” Anyway, my nomination is “Blackened” by Metallica. More pre-apocalyptic, but I think it fits. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2008, 9:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/24 "2008-11-09T21:27:06Z")
> [@Future\_Londonite](#): > > “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 I’ll second GSYBE and throw in almost any song by Converge. Also the entire second side of David Bowie’s **Low**. ---
**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:** [November 9, 2008, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/25 "2008-11-09T21:34:08Z")
[“Miami 2017 (I’ve Seen the Lights Go Out on Broadway)”,](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDXLyczUMoE&feature=related) Billy Joel. Strictly speaking, it’s about the end of New York City, not the world, but it’s appropriately apocalyptic. ---
**Author:** ![gonzomax](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e8c25b/32.png) [@gonzomax](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gonzomax)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 9:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/26 "2008-11-09T21:39:23Z")
[Eve of Destruction- Sing Along with Barry McGuire.](http://www.brownielocks.com/eveofdestruction.html) Barry McGwire “the Eve of Destruction”. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 9:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/27 "2008-11-09T21:44:55Z")
“A Hard Rain’s A-Gonna Fall,” Bob Dylan “1983… (A Merman I Should Turn to Be)/Moon, Turn the Tides…Gently Gently Away,” Jimi Hendrix ---
**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 9:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/28 "2008-11-09T21:59:33Z")
It’s a ridiculous song (“We’re heading to Venus…”) but I’m surprised nobody has mentioned The Final Countdown by Europe. ---
**Author:** ![Hunter\_Hawk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/50afbb/32.png) [@Hunter\_Hawk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hunter_Hawk)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/29 "2008-11-09T23:03:01Z")
The album _New World’s Fair_ by Michael Moorcock and the Deep Fix. (Yes, _the_ Michael Moorcock. He was buddies with Hawkwind back in the day.) ---
**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:** [November 9, 2008, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/30 "2008-11-09T23:07:22Z")
> [@Hunter\_Hawk](#): > > The album _New World’s Fair_ by Michael Moorcock and the Deep Fix. > (Yes, _the_ Michael Moorcock. He was buddies with Hawkwind back in the day.) And also friends with Buck Dharma and Blue Oyster Cult… hmm, perhaps Godzilla should be in this list, along with E.T.I. and Black Blade. ---
**Author:** ![PastAllReason](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f07891/32.png) [@PastAllReason](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastAllReason)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 11:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/31 "2008-11-09T23:23:37Z")
> [@Tijuana\_Golds](#): > > It’ the End of the World as we know it - REM Also covered by Great Big Sea in a version that I prefer. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Gadai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@An\_Gadai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Gadai)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/32 "2008-11-09T23:44:07Z")
> [@Rucksinator](#): > > It’s a ridiculous song (“We’re heading to Venus…”) but I’m surprised nobody has mentioned The Final Countdown by Europe. Is this an End Of The World song? ---
**Author:** ![Mbossa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/73ab20/32.png) [@Mbossa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mbossa)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2008, 11:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/33 "2008-11-09T23:55:46Z")
Jefferson Airplane’s _The House At Pooneil Corners_. > [@](#): > > Everything someday will be gone except silence. > The earth will be quiet again. > Seas from clouds will wash off the ashes of violence > Left as the memory of men. > There will be no survivors, my friend. Sounds pretty apocalyptic to me. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Scrivener](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@The\_Scrivener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Scrivener)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/34 "2008-11-10T00:22:08Z")
XTC’s “This World Over” ---
**Author:** ![wolf\_meister](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wolf_meister/32/15202_2.png) [@wolf\_meister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolf_meister)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 12:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/35 "2008-11-10T00:38:33Z")
Well, I’m feeling old here. (Heck I’m ten years \*\*\*older \*\*\*than the President-elect). Someone already mentioned “Eve of Destruction”. It seems that of all the songs mentioned so far, the least “hip”, most minimalist apocalyptic themed would have to be “End of the World” by Skeeter Davis. Although a “pop” hit from the early 1960’s, it has more of a country sound. Basically Skeeter is singing about the gloom that has befallen her now that her lover has left her. The title of the song is extremely deceptive wouldn’t you say? I’d say this is not the type of song you wanted at all. Still, I am adhering to the OP because it literally is an “End of the World” song. As for another nomination there’s “2525” by Zager and Evans. Yes, this song is just a few steps up in hipness from the Skeeter Davis melody and so this too might be considered a trivial tune. ---
**Author:** ![SharkB8](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/977dab/32.png) [@SharkB8](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SharkB8)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/36 "2008-11-10T00:43:33Z")
“Last Goodbye” Jeff Buckley? ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/37 "2008-11-10T00:49:13Z")
Dang, someone beat me to XTC. Flowers, by Camper Van Beethoven was the other one that sprang to my mind. ---
**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:** [November 10, 2008, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/38 "2008-11-10T01:42:58Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > Weird Al Yankovic [Christmas at Ground Zero](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EGdrMOttV_s) And, along the same line, [“Party at Ground Zero”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MJCaFe1yamg) by Fishbone. Also, [“Earth Died Screaming”](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6LBmTUth-g&feature=related) by Tom Waits. Finally, the title obviously dates it but Prince’s “1999” should fit well with the apocalyptic theme. ---
**Author:** ![Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Hazle\_Weatherfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hazle_Weatherfield)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 5:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/39 "2008-11-10T05:21:39Z")
“Pets” by Porno for Pyros ---
**Author:** ![Rucksinator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/898d66/32.png) [@Rucksinator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rucksinator)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2008, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913/40 "2008-11-10T06:06:27Z")
> [@An\_Gadai](#): > > Is this an End Of The World song? If “the Earth” = “The World”, then I think so. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/need-end-of-the-world-songs-fast/471913.md?page=3)