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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2014 at 11:47
Black Bonzo has Sound of the Apocalypse.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2014 at 11:40
Both excellent songs. You are correct Moogtron III, After the Day was about nuclear war. I thought of another one about the bomb dropping on Hiroshima. Rush - The Manhattan Project.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2014 at 11:37
Marillion- Estonia (about the sinking of passenger liner).
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2014 at 10:24
Barclay James Harvest's After The Day has a nice explosion in the end.
The title and the sound of the explosion make me think that it might have something to do with the atomic bomb.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2014 at 09:40
Alrighty - I'll start us off:

Some of my favorites include
Genesis - Domino (nuclear war)
VDGG - After the Flood (environmental disaster)
Rocket Scientists - Oblivion Days (environmental disaster)
Marillion - Seasons End (environmental disaster)
Jefferson Airplane - House at Pooneil Corners (nuclear war)

and one more, Camel's For Today about 9/11. Or at least inspired by the events of 9/11.

What are some others?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2014 at 09:14
Originally posted by rushfan4 rushfan4 wrote:


Originally posted by The Doctor The Doctor wrote:

Dang. Thought this was going to be a thread about songs dealing with catastrophes in some way or another. Was all ready with several songs I like that are either apocalyptic or dealing with some catastrophe or another.
That thread would interest me.  This negative thread does not.


We...could always...derail this one a wee bit... ...couldn't we?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2014 at 08:43
Originally posted by Hnrz Hnrz wrote:

Just thought it might be fun/vaguely controversial to have a thread about those songs that you feel really don't hit the mark. Including reasons is helpful, no matter how spurious! 

Here's a few off the top of my head.

Jethro Tull - Under Wraps     (Symbolises what went wrong in the eighties, IMO Disco Folk is not a good genre to aim for)

Peter Hammil - Magog         (Why taint a beautiful album by such a random lengthy virtually unlistenable inclusion?)

ELP - Benny the Bouncer     (When the vocals come in, this song it makes me want to cut my ears off)

Pink Floyd - On the run        (I suppose it might have been new at the time, but I have always hated this song for it's lack of ,well, being a song)

Transatlantic - Charlotte Suite Pike    (It takes cheesy to a whole new level)

I like Suite Charlotte Pike.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2014 at 08:41
Originally posted by The Doctor The Doctor wrote:

Dang. Thought this was going to be a thread about songs dealing with catastrophes in some way or another. Was all ready with several songs I like that are either apocalyptic or dealing with some catastrophe or another.
That thread would interest me.  This negative thread does not.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2014 at 08:38
Dang. Thought this was going to be a thread about songs dealing with catastrophes in some way or another. Was all ready with several songs I like that are either apocalyptic or dealing with some catastrophe or another.
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: July 01 2014 at 08:20
Just thought it might be fun/vaguely controversial to have a thread about those songs that you feel really don't hit the mark. Including reasons is helpful, no matter how spurious! 

Here's a few off the top of my head.

Jethro Tull - Under Wraps     (Symbolises what went wrong in the eighties, IMO Disco Folk is not a good genre to aim for)

Peter Hammil - Magog         (Why taint a beautiful album by such a random lengthy virtually unlistenable inclusion?)

ELP - Benny the Bouncer     (When the vocals come in, this song it makes me want to cut my ears off)

Pink Floyd - On the run        (I suppose it might have been new at the time, but I have always hated this song for it's lack of ,well, being a song)

Transatlantic - Charlotte Suite Pike    (It takes cheesy to a whole new level)



Edited by Hnrz - July 02 2014 at 03:10
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