# Pick a song to match the times **URL:** \ **Category:** Thread Games\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [October 3, 2020, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-song-to-match-the-times/922107 "2020-10-03T10:09:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-song-to-match-the-times/922107/1 "2020-10-03T10:09:01Z")
Pick a song that sums up the news, current affairs or a relevant story. This thread might start a bit negatively but there is the odd good story to pick and hopefully things will pick up and we’ll soon be posting joyous pop anthems. Explain your pick without getting into Pit territory. ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 10:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-song-to-match-the-times/922107/2 "2020-10-03T10:12:39Z")
I’ll start with this George Michael song whose lyrics seem perfect for the events of the past week. “The rich declare themselves poor”, “this is the year of the guilty man; your television takes a stand” [![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7bbDszphR8) ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 5:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-song-to-match-the-times/922107/3 "2020-10-03T17:23:39Z")
[![](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/o3EAzf5fDpY/hqdefault.jpg "Depeche Mode - Blasphemous Rumours (Official Video)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3EAzf5fDpY) ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-song-to-match-the-times/922107/4 "2020-10-03T17:35:59Z")
Ok, much too obvious and on- the-nose, but somebody has to be the first to post it: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/Z0GFRcFm-aY/maxresdefault.jpg "R.E.M. - It's The End Of The World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z0GFRcFm-aY) ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-song-to-match-the-times/922107/5 "2020-10-03T17:46:15Z")
[![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/jqZ8428GSrI/hqdefault.jpg "The Specials - Ghost Town") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jqZ8428GSrI) ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-song-to-match-the-times/922107/6 "2020-10-03T18:31:29Z")
At Op’s suggestion, moved from [Cafe Society](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/cafe-society/15) to [Thread Games](https://boards.straightdope.com/c/thread-games/28). ---
**Author:** ![Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiendish_astronaut/32/3295_2.png) [@Fiendish\_Astronaut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiendish_Astronaut)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-song-to-match-the-times/922107/7 "2020-10-03T22:36:21Z")
Thanks. It’s probably about to die anyway. Let’s see. ---
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-song-to-match-the-times/922107/8 "2020-10-03T22:39:07Z")
[![]( " - YouTube") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fl0ahDKR0QU) ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [October 3, 2020, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-song-to-match-the-times/922107/9 "2020-10-03T23:08:38Z")
First song that came to my mind… ---
**Author:** ![Hoopy\_Frood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hoopy_frood/32/8452_2.png) [@Hoopy\_Frood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hoopy_Frood)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2020, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-song-to-match-the-times/922107/10 "2020-10-04T23:50:08Z")
One of those songs of which people tend to not really listen to the lyrics: [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/qOfkpu6749w/maxresdefault.jpg "John Mellencamp - Pink Houses") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qOfkpu6749w) ---
**Author:** ![Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/prof.pepperwinkle/32/13627_2.png) [@Prof.Pepperwinkle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Prof.Pepperwinkle)\ **Post date:** [October 28, 2020, 2:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-song-to-match-the-times/922107/11 "2020-10-28T14:04:26Z")
And Are We Yet Alive? [https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=and+are+we+yet+alive&&view=detail&mid=E85574A0E4E1B7E0F609E85574A0E4E1B7E0F609&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dand%2Bare%2Bwe%2Byet%2Balive%26FORM%3DHDRSC3](https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=and+are+we+yet+alive&&view=detail&mid=E85574A0E4E1B7E0F609E85574A0E4E1B7E0F609&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dand%2Bare%2Bwe%2Byet%2Balive%26FORM%3DHDRSC3) ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 2, 2020, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-song-to-match-the-times/922107/12 "2020-11-02T11:45:08Z")
[Tomorrow](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KahOD-93D7U). ---
**Author:** ![Ignatz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/3be4f8/32.png) [@Ignatz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ignatz)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2021, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pick-a-song-to-match-the-times/922107/13 "2021-01-03T15:22:45Z")
Adagietto Symphony No. 5 -Gustave Mahler (from Death in Venice)