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I Hate it Here - Wilco
I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts - X
Everybody Knows - Leonard Cohen
Hot Girl Bummer - Blackbear
A short list of songs to have on repeat in the post-election era.
Add as you see fit! Hot Girl Bummer is the general vibe of late stage whatever as far as I can tell.
I Must Not Think Bad Thoughts - X
Everybody Knows - Leonard Cohen
Hot Girl Bummer - Blackbear
A short list of songs to have on repeat in the post-election era.
Add as you see fit! Hot Girl Bummer is the general vibe of late stage whatever as far as I can tell.
Angaleena Presley - Cheer Up, Little Darling (co-written by Guy Clark, the last song he finished)
You can't fix the world, girl, it's so badly bentposted by DirtyOldTown at 2:36 PM on November 12 [6 favorites]
But you can help it along if you save your own skin
The first thing you do, honey, is make you a list
Of the things that you've done and the things that you've missed
Do the best that you can, doll, there's no one to blame
It's just the turn that it took in this crazy old game
Hold what you've got, babe, never give in
It feels like a tight spot, but it's just a loose end
Hank - James
Suppress the vote electoral lies
Black lives matter shoot on sight
We exist in multiple denials
He just says what they would hide
Rulers rule by divide
Why put your faith in facts when you can lie?
Now every possibility exists in everybody's mind
posted by metaxa at 2:42 PM on November 12 [3 favorites]
Suppress the vote electoral lies
Black lives matter shoot on sight
We exist in multiple denials
He just says what they would hide
Rulers rule by divide
Why put your faith in facts when you can lie?
Now every possibility exists in everybody's mind
posted by metaxa at 2:42 PM on November 12 [3 favorites]
John K. Samson - "Fantasy Baseball at the End of the World"
I manage my fantasy baseball team better
than I manage my anger these days,
and I’d trade my best pitcher
for a draft-pick and picture
of the president writhing in pain.
It’s a weird thing to wish for
but I can’t stop wishing,
refreshing the browser, someday
if I live long enough
and the world doesn’t end
my wish will come true, in a way,
and he’ll die like we all die,
in pain or asleep,
and we’ll still have our fantasy baseball,
and the next fascist fucker in line for the job
of demolishing hope for us all.
So I’m putting in love now,
I’m putting in faith,
putting fear on a long-term IL.
I’m going outside,
I’m going to help organize
something better.
Something beautiful.
posted by HeroZero at 2:44 PM on November 12 [7 favorites]
I manage my fantasy baseball team better
than I manage my anger these days,
and I’d trade my best pitcher
for a draft-pick and picture
of the president writhing in pain.
It’s a weird thing to wish for
but I can’t stop wishing,
refreshing the browser, someday
if I live long enough
and the world doesn’t end
my wish will come true, in a way,
and he’ll die like we all die,
in pain or asleep,
and we’ll still have our fantasy baseball,
and the next fascist fucker in line for the job
of demolishing hope for us all.
So I’m putting in love now,
I’m putting in faith,
putting fear on a long-term IL.
I’m going outside,
I’m going to help organize
something better.
Something beautiful.
posted by HeroZero at 2:44 PM on November 12 [7 favorites]
Hot girl bummer is a great tune. Thanks for the introduction, Lawn Beaver
posted by Keith Talent at 2:46 PM on November 12 [1 favorite]
posted by Keith Talent at 2:46 PM on November 12 [1 favorite]
The Dead Flag Blues
The car's on fire and there's no driver at the wheel
And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides
And a dark wind blows
The government is corrupt
And we're on so many drugs
With the radio on and the curtains drawn
We're trapped in the belly of this horrible machine
And the machine is bleeding to death
The sun has fallen down
And the billboards are all leering
And the flags are all dead at the top of their poles
posted by cortex at 2:48 PM on November 12 [10 favorites]
The car's on fire and there's no driver at the wheel
And the sewers are all muddied with a thousand lonely suicides
And a dark wind blows
The government is corrupt
And we're on so many drugs
With the radio on and the curtains drawn
We're trapped in the belly of this horrible machine
And the machine is bleeding to death
The sun has fallen down
And the billboards are all leering
And the flags are all dead at the top of their poles
posted by cortex at 2:48 PM on November 12 [10 favorites]
It might be a little early (or a little late) for this one, but... "If we're gonna make a comeback, we're gonna need those people..."
Good Looks, Bummer Year
posted by mcdoublewide at 2:56 PM on November 12
Good Looks, Bummer Year
posted by mcdoublewide at 2:56 PM on November 12
My Leonard Cohen song for these moments has always been "There Is a War" rather than "Everybody Knows."
We gotta keep in the fight, "That's right--get in it."
posted by kensington314 at 2:59 PM on November 12 [5 favorites]
We gotta keep in the fight, "That's right--get in it."
posted by kensington314 at 2:59 PM on November 12 [5 favorites]
Everybody Knows was written about a deeply flawed world that's actually rapidly going away.
You Want It Darker is the lament for the new one.
posted by tclark at 3:03 PM on November 12 [15 favorites]
You Want It Darker is the lament for the new one.
posted by tclark at 3:03 PM on November 12 [15 favorites]
Top-dog fascist gets the boys in the corner
Plants poison where there was just confusion
Walks away scot-free and laughing
Rides on the tide as the cancer grows
I believe in justice, I believe in vengeance, I believe in getting the bastard
posted by ivan ivanych samovar at 3:09 PM on November 12 [3 favorites]
Plants poison where there was just confusion
Walks away scot-free and laughing
Rides on the tide as the cancer grows
I believe in justice, I believe in vengeance, I believe in getting the bastard
posted by ivan ivanych samovar at 3:09 PM on November 12 [3 favorites]
(New Model Army, Vengeance, I knew I'd forget something)
posted by ivan ivanych samovar at 3:11 PM on November 12 [1 favorite]
posted by ivan ivanych samovar at 3:11 PM on November 12 [1 favorite]
Swastika Eyes - Primal Scream (really any of the first 5 songs on XTRMNTR work)
A Light So Dim - Black Heart Procession
Currency - Black Angels
It's Hopeless - Warlocks
posted by LionIndex at 3:11 PM on November 12
A Light So Dim - Black Heart Procession
Currency - Black Angels
It's Hopeless - Warlocks
posted by LionIndex at 3:11 PM on November 12
Ship of Fools - World Party (RIP Karl Wallinger)
posted by mollweide at 3:15 PM on November 12 [11 favorites]
posted by mollweide at 3:15 PM on November 12 [11 favorites]
Ich Bin Ein Auslander- Pop Will Eat Itself
Incredibly, thirty years old this year. Regrettably, still totally relevant.
Welcome to a state where the politics of hate shout loud in the crowd
Watch 'em beat us all down
There's a rising tide on the rivers of blood
But if the answer isn't violence, neither is your silence
If they come to ethnically cleanse me
Will you speak out? Will you defend me?
Freedom of expression doesn't make it alright
Trampled under foot by the rise of the right
posted by metaxa at 3:18 PM on November 12 [10 favorites]
Incredibly, thirty years old this year. Regrettably, still totally relevant.
Welcome to a state where the politics of hate shout loud in the crowd
Watch 'em beat us all down
There's a rising tide on the rivers of blood
But if the answer isn't violence, neither is your silence
If they come to ethnically cleanse me
Will you speak out? Will you defend me?
Freedom of expression doesn't make it alright
Trampled under foot by the rise of the right
posted by metaxa at 3:18 PM on November 12 [10 favorites]
You Want It Darker is the lament for the new one.
That video for me was bookended by aggressively cheerful Starbucks holiday ads, making it the perfect dystopia sandwich. If anyone needs me, I'll be drinking.
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 3:31 PM on November 12 [4 favorites]
That video for me was bookended by aggressively cheerful Starbucks holiday ads, making it the perfect dystopia sandwich. If anyone needs me, I'll be drinking.
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 3:31 PM on November 12 [4 favorites]
warsawpack "survive"
and sure, why not Ministry "Thieves"
posted by ginger.beef at 3:34 PM on November 12 [3 favorites]
and sure, why not Ministry "Thieves"
posted by ginger.beef at 3:34 PM on November 12 [3 favorites]
Fishbone "Pressure"
thank you god for fishbone
posted by ginger.beef at 3:38 PM on November 12 [4 favorites]
thank you god for fishbone
posted by ginger.beef at 3:38 PM on November 12 [4 favorites]
Real truth about it is
No one gets it right
Real truth about it is
We're all supposed to try
posted by She Vaped An Entire Sock! at 3:41 PM on November 12 [5 favorites]
No one gets it right
Real truth about it is
We're all supposed to try
posted by She Vaped An Entire Sock! at 3:41 PM on November 12 [5 favorites]
WTF is Self-Care - Open Mike Eagle
Nuclear War - Sun Ra
posted by coffeecat at 4:00 PM on November 12 [5 favorites]
Nuclear War - Sun Ra
posted by coffeecat at 4:00 PM on November 12 [5 favorites]
"Running On Empty" Bob Schneider's cover got me to pull over and park and listen
posted by ginger.beef at 4:12 PM on November 12
posted by ginger.beef at 4:12 PM on November 12
https://youtu.be/8n4qoGyN0hc?si=NbyseA3Y_nsoaf--
In the east where the bear is dancing
In the west where the eagle flies
In the middle we stand our ground
The forces pull us down down down
Tensions on both sides
We're paralyzed and victimized
We're terrified and petrified
Demoralized and mortified
Of genocide and suicide
And patricide and cyanide
We're pacified by every side
Force-fed pride and then we die for them
We die for them
In the east where the bear is dancing
In the west where the eagle flies
In the middle we stand our ground
The forces pull us down down down
We believe
posted by Jake DeNiro at 4:21 PM on November 12
In the east where the bear is dancing
In the west where the eagle flies
In the middle we stand our ground
The forces pull us down down down
Tensions on both sides
We're paralyzed and victimized
We're terrified and petrified
Demoralized and mortified
Of genocide and suicide
And patricide and cyanide
We're pacified by every side
Force-fed pride and then we die for them
We die for them
In the east where the bear is dancing
In the west where the eagle flies
In the middle we stand our ground
The forces pull us down down down
We believe
posted by Jake DeNiro at 4:21 PM on November 12
Songs about malaise in general are one thing but I can think of more than a few overtly political songs from the 80s and 90s which could have been written today which is pretty depressing in itself. Not denying that progress has been made on a lot of fronts but there's still a long way to go.
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 4:28 PM on November 12 [3 favorites]
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 4:28 PM on November 12 [3 favorites]
Sheep -- Housemartins
Sometimes I get so angry with the simple life they lead
The shepherd's smile seems to confirm my fears
And they've never questioned anything, never disagreed
Sometimes I think they must have wool in their ears
And when you see a cane, I see a crook
And when you see a crowd, I see a flock
It's sheep we're up against
posted by vverse23 at 5:04 PM on November 12
Sometimes I get so angry with the simple life they lead
The shepherd's smile seems to confirm my fears
And they've never questioned anything, never disagreed
Sometimes I think they must have wool in their ears
And when you see a cane, I see a crook
And when you see a crowd, I see a flock
It's sheep we're up against
posted by vverse23 at 5:04 PM on November 12
I am getting a fuckton of catharsis out of old LA punk right now.
Let's Have a War -- Fear
It already started in the city
Suburbia will be just as easy
posted by JoeZydeco at 5:11 PM on November 12 [3 favorites]
Let's Have a War -- Fear
It already started in the city
Suburbia will be just as easy
posted by JoeZydeco at 5:11 PM on November 12 [3 favorites]
"I'm guided by a signal in the heavens
I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin
I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons
First we take Manhattan,
posted by clavdivs at 5:30 PM on November 12 [3 favorites]
I'm guided by this birthmark on my skin
I'm guided by the beauty of our weapons
First we take Manhattan,
posted by clavdivs at 5:30 PM on November 12 [3 favorites]
then we take Berlin"
posted by clavdivs at 5:30 PM on November 12 [1 favorite]
posted by clavdivs at 5:30 PM on November 12 [1 favorite]
Running The World - Jarvis Cocker [CW: Uses language some may find offensive]
Democracy - Leonard Cohen
When The Ship Comes In - Bob Dylan w/ Joan Baez
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 5:33 PM on November 12 [1 favorite]
Democracy - Leonard Cohen
When The Ship Comes In - Bob Dylan w/ Joan Baez
posted by Alvy Ampersand at 5:33 PM on November 12 [1 favorite]
Cohen put out a book of poetry and drawings that included a messy sketch of a man saying "You're not going to like what comes after America" and I've been thinking about it for the last decade.
posted by criticalyeast at 5:35 PM on November 12 [15 favorites]
posted by criticalyeast at 5:35 PM on November 12 [15 favorites]
Jamiroquai - Virtual Insanity
Dead Milkmen - Right Wing Pigeons
posted by hoppytoad at 5:52 PM on November 12
Dead Milkmen - Right Wing Pigeons
posted by hoppytoad at 5:52 PM on November 12
Cranes in the Sky helped me get through 2017.
posted by Rinku at 6:00 PM on November 12 [2 favorites]
posted by Rinku at 6:00 PM on November 12 [2 favorites]
"....Queen Victoria
The 20th century belongs to you and me
Let us be two severe giants
(not less lonely for our partnership)
who discolour test tubes in the halls of science
who turn up unwelcome at every World's Fair
heavy with proverb and correction
confusing the star-dazed tourists
with our incomparable sense of loss."
( from the Norton anthology modern poetry)
posted by clavdivs at 6:00 PM on November 12 [1 favorite]
The 20th century belongs to you and me
Let us be two severe giants
(not less lonely for our partnership)
who discolour test tubes in the halls of science
who turn up unwelcome at every World's Fair
heavy with proverb and correction
confusing the star-dazed tourists
with our incomparable sense of loss."
( from the Norton anthology modern poetry)
posted by clavdivs at 6:00 PM on November 12 [1 favorite]
I play this real loud as needed....."
"Alrighty then, picture this, if you will
10 to 2 a.m., X, Yogi DMT and a box of Krispy Kremes
In my need-to-know post just outside of Area 51
Contemplating the whole "Chosen People" thingy
When just a flaming stealth banana split the sky"
posted by clavdivs at 6:07 PM on November 12 [1 favorite]
"Alrighty then, picture this, if you will
10 to 2 a.m., X, Yogi DMT and a box of Krispy Kremes
In my need-to-know post just outside of Area 51
Contemplating the whole "Chosen People" thingy
When just a flaming stealth banana split the sky"
posted by clavdivs at 6:07 PM on November 12 [1 favorite]
Anger wants a voice, voices wanna sing
Singers harmonize till they can't hear anything
I thought that I was free from all that questioning
But every time a problem ends, another one begins
And the stone walls of Harmony Hall bear witness
Anybody with a worried mind could never forgive the sight
Of wicked snakes inside a place you thought was dignified
I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die
posted by Horace Rumpole at 7:13 PM on November 12 [3 favorites]
Singers harmonize till they can't hear anything
I thought that I was free from all that questioning
But every time a problem ends, another one begins
And the stone walls of Harmony Hall bear witness
Anybody with a worried mind could never forgive the sight
Of wicked snakes inside a place you thought was dignified
I don't wanna live like this, but I don't wanna die
posted by Horace Rumpole at 7:13 PM on November 12 [3 favorites]
This list is great
Individual tunes are grabbing me, but the expanding sum of all the parts is very pleasing
This might be my last list
posted by ginger.beef at 7:26 PM on November 12 [2 favorites]
Individual tunes are grabbing me, but the expanding sum of all the parts is very pleasing
This might be my last list
posted by ginger.beef at 7:26 PM on November 12 [2 favorites]
What are we going to do now?
Taking off his turban, they said, “Is this man a Jew?”
Working for the clampdown
They put up a poster saying “We earn more than you,
When we're working for the clampdown”
“We will teach our twisted speech
To the young believers
We will train our blue-eyed men
To be young believers….”
posted by baseballpajamas at 8:22 PM on November 12 [6 favorites]
Taking off his turban, they said, “Is this man a Jew?”
Working for the clampdown
They put up a poster saying “We earn more than you,
When we're working for the clampdown”
“We will teach our twisted speech
To the young believers
We will train our blue-eyed men
To be young believers….”
posted by baseballpajamas at 8:22 PM on November 12 [6 favorites]
First mood: Queen - Is This The World We Created
Later mood: Black Flag - Rise Above
posted by pdb at 8:58 PM on November 12 [1 favorite]
Later mood: Black Flag - Rise Above
posted by pdb at 8:58 PM on November 12 [1 favorite]
Modern Romans, The Call
Sugar Smacks, Jerry Joseph
Year Zero, Billy Woods, Kenny Segal, feat. Danny Brown
But always, in the end, most of all: Thieves, Ministry (live)
Also, big ups to Hoppytoad for Right Wing Pigeons. Definitely one of my all time faves.
posted by Smedly, Butlerian jihadi at 9:11 PM on November 12 [2 favorites]
Sugar Smacks, Jerry Joseph
Year Zero, Billy Woods, Kenny Segal, feat. Danny Brown
But always, in the end, most of all: Thieves, Ministry (live)
Also, big ups to Hoppytoad for Right Wing Pigeons. Definitely one of my all time faves.
posted by Smedly, Butlerian jihadi at 9:11 PM on November 12 [2 favorites]
“Little Dark Age”, MGMT (written in reaction to the first go ‘round)
—
I think about this lyric often these days:
The superstitious sailors of old
Refused to learn to swim
But there's no need to drown these days
Cause we've got lifeboats
Where are the lifeboats?
There are no lifeboats
There are no fucking lifeboats
“To the Lifeboats”, Thomas Dolby
posted by snortasprocket at 9:39 PM on November 12 [4 favorites]
—
I think about this lyric often these days:
The superstitious sailors of old
Refused to learn to swim
But there's no need to drown these days
Cause we've got lifeboats
Where are the lifeboats?
There are no lifeboats
There are no fucking lifeboats
“To the Lifeboats”, Thomas Dolby
posted by snortasprocket at 9:39 PM on November 12 [4 favorites]
Wake Up
Originally by Rage Against the Machine but brilliantly covered by Brass Against. Seriously, Sophia Urista will jolt your consciousness.
Fist in the air in the land of hypocrisy
Movements come and movements go
Leaders speak movements cease when their heads are flown
Cause all these punks got bullets in their heads
posted by zooropa at 9:51 PM on November 12 [2 favorites]
Originally by Rage Against the Machine but brilliantly covered by Brass Against. Seriously, Sophia Urista will jolt your consciousness.
Fist in the air in the land of hypocrisy
Movements come and movements go
Leaders speak movements cease when their heads are flown
Cause all these punks got bullets in their heads
posted by zooropa at 9:51 PM on November 12 [2 favorites]
Hello Cruel World by E.
I first heard this on Q101 in Chicago in 1992. I was 17 and remember my friends and I screaming the chorus: What the hell? Hello cruel world.
Norman Rockwell colors fade
All my favorite things have changed
Well, what the hell
Hello cruel world
Bad and beautiful and strange
Monkeys dancing in a cage
Well, what the hell
Hello cruel world
posted by zooropa at 9:57 PM on November 12 [1 favorite]
I first heard this on Q101 in Chicago in 1992. I was 17 and remember my friends and I screaming the chorus: What the hell? Hello cruel world.
Norman Rockwell colors fade
All my favorite things have changed
Well, what the hell
Hello cruel world
Bad and beautiful and strange
Monkeys dancing in a cage
Well, what the hell
Hello cruel world
posted by zooropa at 9:57 PM on November 12 [1 favorite]
Stumbled across this while listening to the Dark soundtrack for the first time a couple days after the election and now I can't stop playing it.
Bonaparte - Melody X
Now you look for love in the times of hate
How many swipes for a blow of fate
You keep the light on
You keep the light on
You keep the night light on
Every day is like the same old song
Until everything right goes wrong
You keep the light on
You keep the light on
You keep the night light on
Hold your broken dream up high
Oh you know you try
Oh you know you try
It's the worst case scenario lullaby
posted by Synesthesia at 10:53 PM on November 12 [1 favorite]
Bonaparte - Melody X
Now you look for love in the times of hate
How many swipes for a blow of fate
You keep the light on
You keep the light on
You keep the night light on
Every day is like the same old song
Until everything right goes wrong
You keep the light on
You keep the light on
You keep the night light on
Hold your broken dream up high
Oh you know you try
Oh you know you try
It's the worst case scenario lullaby
posted by Synesthesia at 10:53 PM on November 12 [1 favorite]
Tidal playlist up to this point.
I might curate the order some depending on how it listens, but I bet it's pretty good as it is. I left off my listing of Thieves (the only true duplicate on the list, but I'm not ashamed, that song is unfortunately far too appropriate). I included both versions of Everybody knows, but used the Concrete Blonde recorded track, because obviously the 120 Minutes version isn't there (but what a gem, I had never heard that, thank you greywyvern!). The only song not on Tidal at all is sadly Warsawpack, what a jam.
Anyway, I got off of Spotify during the Joe Rogan antivax moment, and you should too. So hopefully this gets one person off that platform. What a POS that guy is, and he gets $20 million a year to pollute young men's minds with sophomoric rationalizations for bigotry. He is arguably one of the bigger reasons we're in this mess. Well, none of it's from my bank account.
I'm really excited to listen to this playlist. There are several acts I've never heard of, and I'm always on the hunt for good music. Thanks to everyone who contributed. I will continue to update this as people add on.
posted by Smedly, Butlerian jihadi at 4:15 AM on November 13 [8 favorites]
I might curate the order some depending on how it listens, but I bet it's pretty good as it is. I left off my listing of Thieves (the only true duplicate on the list, but I'm not ashamed, that song is unfortunately far too appropriate). I included both versions of Everybody knows, but used the Concrete Blonde recorded track, because obviously the 120 Minutes version isn't there (but what a gem, I had never heard that, thank you greywyvern!). The only song not on Tidal at all is sadly Warsawpack, what a jam.
Anyway, I got off of Spotify during the Joe Rogan antivax moment, and you should too. So hopefully this gets one person off that platform. What a POS that guy is, and he gets $20 million a year to pollute young men's minds with sophomoric rationalizations for bigotry. He is arguably one of the bigger reasons we're in this mess. Well, none of it's from my bank account.
I'm really excited to listen to this playlist. There are several acts I've never heard of, and I'm always on the hunt for good music. Thanks to everyone who contributed. I will continue to update this as people add on.
posted by Smedly, Butlerian jihadi at 4:15 AM on November 13 [8 favorites]
You Want It Darker was my 2016 post-election album, and I put it on again last Wednesday, followed by the rest of my Cohen collection. Dropkick Murphys' Meanest Of Times album is also getting some play - I thought it was all just a nightmare, I guess it was true.
posted by mersen at 6:34 AM on November 13 [2 favorites]
posted by mersen at 6:34 AM on November 13 [2 favorites]
Alles Kaputt! by Grausame Töchter is my contemporary jam. The video is not safe for work.
posted by seanmpuckett at 6:58 AM on November 13
posted by seanmpuckett at 6:58 AM on November 13
Europe is lost
America...lost
London...lost
Still we are clamouring victory
All that is meaningless rules
We have learned nothing from history
Warning: Disturbing images in video
posted by johngoren at 8:05 AM on November 13 [1 favorite]
America...lost
London...lost
Still we are clamouring victory
All that is meaningless rules
We have learned nothing from history
Warning: Disturbing images in video
posted by johngoren at 8:05 AM on November 13 [1 favorite]
Steal away at sundown, pick a place to hide
Check for signs of ambush, hunker down inside
Tired of running, tired of never standing still
Hear them riding up the hill
Men whose ribs are showing through their skin
Bringing up the rear
It’s high noon somewhere
It’s dark in here
posted by missmobtown at 8:06 AM on November 13
Check for signs of ambush, hunker down inside
Tired of running, tired of never standing still
Hear them riding up the hill
Men whose ribs are showing through their skin
Bringing up the rear
It’s high noon somewhere
It’s dark in here
posted by missmobtown at 8:06 AM on November 13
Imho not a great song, but Fuck You by Lily Allen of course. The Fear is truly awesome, likely her best work, and timeless so far.
posted by jeffburdges at 1:14 PM on November 13 [1 favorite]
posted by jeffburdges at 1:14 PM on November 13 [1 favorite]
We'd a nice thread on ecology and climate songs in 2022, which stupidly mostly omitted Gojira, which reminds me..
Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!) by Gojira, Victor le Masne, and Marina Viotti. Afaik live videos mostly have olympics news blabla.
Also..
The partisan by Leonard Cohen and Noir Desir.
You want it darker by Leonard Cohen
Everyday is like sunday by Morrissey
posted by jeffburdges at 1:35 PM on November 13 [1 favorite]
Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!) by Gojira, Victor le Masne, and Marina Viotti. Afaik live videos mostly have olympics news blabla.
Also..
The partisan by Leonard Cohen and Noir Desir.
You want it darker by Leonard Cohen
Everyday is like sunday by Morrissey
posted by jeffburdges at 1:35 PM on November 13 [1 favorite]
"Horrible Day" Frank Black and the Catholics
posted by ginger.beef at 3:08 PM on November 13 [1 favorite]
posted by ginger.beef at 3:08 PM on November 13 [1 favorite]
Token Meme, I have to second the suggestion for New Dark Ages. The Bad Religion song The Kids Are Alt Right seems to fit our time, too.
With an incoming fascist regime giving Elon Musk stronger influence over Mankind's future in the stars, Gil Scott-Heron's cynical take on space exploration seems to fit more than ever: Whitey On The Moon.
The Gadsden flag has been appropriated by the far right, but the flag and the message "Don't Tread on Me" (Metallica) are a message of resistance and American pride that's not exclusive to them at all.
Procrastination, I agree about All You Fascists. But I have to say the Resistance Revival Chorus gospel-style rendition of All You Fascists is by far my favorite.
And I do think the fascists are bound to lose. They're in ascendancy now, and it's certainly going to get worse before it gets better. Republicans will ruthlessly consolidate power. We have a long road ahead of us. But fascism and despotism are a shitty form of government and inherently self-limiting. It'll take some work. The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice--but only if we push it that way.
posted by Sleeper at 11:03 PM on November 13 [2 favorites]
With an incoming fascist regime giving Elon Musk stronger influence over Mankind's future in the stars, Gil Scott-Heron's cynical take on space exploration seems to fit more than ever: Whitey On The Moon.
The Gadsden flag has been appropriated by the far right, but the flag and the message "Don't Tread on Me" (Metallica) are a message of resistance and American pride that's not exclusive to them at all.
Procrastination, I agree about All You Fascists. But I have to say the Resistance Revival Chorus gospel-style rendition of All You Fascists is by far my favorite.
And I do think the fascists are bound to lose. They're in ascendancy now, and it's certainly going to get worse before it gets better. Republicans will ruthlessly consolidate power. We have a long road ahead of us. But fascism and despotism are a shitty form of government and inherently self-limiting. It'll take some work. The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice--but only if we push it that way.
posted by Sleeper at 11:03 PM on November 13 [2 favorites]
Oh, love this thread.
Maybe a little UK centric, but the result over in the states immediately brought "Heartland" (The The) to mind.
But the stains on the heartland can never be removed
From this country that's sick, sad, and confused
Or, I guess, their more on-the-nose "Kissing the Ring of Potus" (The The)...
So, is this how the Empire dies?
Its constitution withered on the vine
Propped up by the dollar and the drone
Slumped upon a degenerating throne
posted by probablytom at 4:38 AM on November 14
Maybe a little UK centric, but the result over in the states immediately brought "Heartland" (The The) to mind.
But the stains on the heartland can never be removed
From this country that's sick, sad, and confused
Or, I guess, their more on-the-nose "Kissing the Ring of Potus" (The The)...
So, is this how the Empire dies?
Its constitution withered on the vine
Propped up by the dollar and the drone
Slumped upon a degenerating throne
posted by probablytom at 4:38 AM on November 14
And "Kissing the Ring of Potus" has already been removed from the Internet...
posted by jenfullmoon at 7:54 AM on November 14
posted by jenfullmoon at 7:54 AM on November 14
this ain't no party
this ain't no disco
this ain't no foolin around
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 8:17 AM on November 14
this ain't no disco
this ain't no foolin around
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 8:17 AM on November 14
Songs about malaise in general are one thing but I can think of more than a few overtly political songs from the 80s and 90s which could have been written today which is pretty depressing in itself. Not denying that progress has been made on a lot of fronts but there's still a long way to go.
A thing about me is I have atrocious taste and fucking love post-Peter-Gabriel Genesis. But lord help me, I can't make it through Land of Confusion these days.
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 8:19 AM on November 14
A thing about me is I have atrocious taste and fucking love post-Peter-Gabriel Genesis. But lord help me, I can't make it through Land of Confusion these days.
posted by We put our faith in Blast Hardcheese at 8:19 AM on November 14
Replacements - Election Day
Billy Bragg - Days Like These
Game Theory - Throwing the Election
posted by The_Vegetables at 9:02 AM on November 14
Billy Bragg - Days Like These
Game Theory - Throwing the Election
posted by The_Vegetables at 9:02 AM on November 14
Some more The The goodness:
The Beat(en) Generation - 1989
When you cast your eyes upon the skylines
Of this once proud nation
Can you sense the fear and the hatred
Growing in the hearts of its population
And youth, oh youth, are being seduced
by the greedy hands of politics and half truths
(Chorus)
The beaten generation
The beaten generation
Reared on a diet of prejudice and mis-information
The beaten generation
The beaten generation
Open your eyes, open your imagination
We're being sedated by the gasoline fumes
and hypnotised by the satellites
Into believing what is good and what is right
You may be worshipping the temples of mammon
Or lost in the prisons of religion
But can you still walk back to happiness
When you've nowhere left to run?
(Chorus)
And if they send in the special police
To deliver us from liberty and keep us from peace
Then won't the words sit ill upon their tongues
when they tell us justice is being done
and that freedom lives in the barrels of a warm gun
(Chorus)
Armageddon Days Are Here (Again) - also 1989
They're 5 miles high as the crow flies
Leavin' vapour trails against a blood red sky
Movin' in from the East toward the West
With Balaclava helmets over their heads, yes!
But if you think that Jesus Christ is coming
Honey you've got another thing coming
If he ever finds out who's hi-jacked his name
He'll cut out his heart and turn in his grave
Islam is rising
The Christians mobilising
The world is on its elbows and knees
It's forgotten the message and worships the creeds
It's war, she cried, It's war, she cried, this is war
Drop your possessions, all you simple folk
You will fight them on the beaches in your underclothes
You will thank the good lord for raising the union jack
You'll watch the ships out of harbour
And the bodies come floating back
If the real Jesus Christ were to stand up today
He'd be gunned down cold by the C.I.A.
Oh, the lights that now burn brightest behind stained glass
Will cast the darkest shadows upon the human heart
But God didn't build himself that throne
God doesn't live in Israel or Rome
God belong to the yankee dollar
God doesn't plant the bombs for Hezbollah
God doesn't even go to church
And God won't send us down to Allah to burn
No, God will remind us what we already know
That the human race is about to reap what it's sown
The world is on its elbows and knees
It's forgotten the message and worships the creeds
Armageddon days are here again
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 12:17 PM on November 14 [1 favorite]
The Beat(en) Generation - 1989
When you cast your eyes upon the skylines
Of this once proud nation
Can you sense the fear and the hatred
Growing in the hearts of its population
And youth, oh youth, are being seduced
by the greedy hands of politics and half truths
(Chorus)
The beaten generation
The beaten generation
Reared on a diet of prejudice and mis-information
The beaten generation
The beaten generation
Open your eyes, open your imagination
We're being sedated by the gasoline fumes
and hypnotised by the satellites
Into believing what is good and what is right
You may be worshipping the temples of mammon
Or lost in the prisons of religion
But can you still walk back to happiness
When you've nowhere left to run?
(Chorus)
And if they send in the special police
To deliver us from liberty and keep us from peace
Then won't the words sit ill upon their tongues
when they tell us justice is being done
and that freedom lives in the barrels of a warm gun
(Chorus)
Armageddon Days Are Here (Again) - also 1989
They're 5 miles high as the crow flies
Leavin' vapour trails against a blood red sky
Movin' in from the East toward the West
With Balaclava helmets over their heads, yes!
But if you think that Jesus Christ is coming
Honey you've got another thing coming
If he ever finds out who's hi-jacked his name
He'll cut out his heart and turn in his grave
Islam is rising
The Christians mobilising
The world is on its elbows and knees
It's forgotten the message and worships the creeds
It's war, she cried, It's war, she cried, this is war
Drop your possessions, all you simple folk
You will fight them on the beaches in your underclothes
You will thank the good lord for raising the union jack
You'll watch the ships out of harbour
And the bodies come floating back
If the real Jesus Christ were to stand up today
He'd be gunned down cold by the C.I.A.
Oh, the lights that now burn brightest behind stained glass
Will cast the darkest shadows upon the human heart
But God didn't build himself that throne
God doesn't live in Israel or Rome
God belong to the yankee dollar
God doesn't plant the bombs for Hezbollah
God doesn't even go to church
And God won't send us down to Allah to burn
No, God will remind us what we already know
That the human race is about to reap what it's sown
The world is on its elbows and knees
It's forgotten the message and worships the creeds
Armageddon days are here again
posted by any portmanteau in a storm at 12:17 PM on November 14 [1 favorite]
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