Ten songs about nuclear war.

Hip Priest · 04.24.2007, 02:14 PM

Teapacks' controversial 'Push the Button, Israel's entry into the 2007 Eurovision song contest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI_S0...eature=related

Cheers.

noumenal · 04.24.2007, 02:18 PM

All this talk about Wilco lately. So, the first thing in my head is the Uncle Tupelo cover of Atomic Power.

Hip Priest · 04.24.2007, 02:18 PM

Sorry, I had to pick ten from an extensive list. Perhaps you could do a second poll?

noumenal · 04.24.2007, 02:22 PM

Oh, oooops. I thought you just wanted people to yell some out.

I've always thought of Can's Mushroom from Tago Mago as being about nuclear war. I don't know.

!@#$%! · 04.24.2007, 02:22 PM

hip priest, nuclear war is actually a sun-ra cover.

hm... i like cities in dust by siouxie & the banshees.

its reportedly about pompeii but that's too strong a metaphor to be ignored no?

watch it before its'taken down!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLP35SNOSDY

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i'll vote for nuclear was as i own the ep & its great (almost all, i dont like the little children chorus, though it has a point)

Hip Priest · 04.24.2007, 02:23 PM

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Originally Posted by noumenal

Oh, oooops. I thought you just wanted people to yell some out.

I've always thought of Can's Mushroom from Tago Mago as being about nuclear war. I don't know.

Yell out as many as you wish. It's probably better if you type them though, as I'm quite far away from you. There's a list here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ut_nuclear_war

Hip Priest · 04.24.2007, 02:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by !@#$%!

hip priest, nuclear war is actually a sun-ra cover.

hm... i like cities in dust by siouxie & the banshees.

its reportedly about pompeii but that's too strong a metaphor to be ignored no?

watch it before its'taken down!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLP35SNOSDY

Gah! Fucky wikipedia! Oh well, vote for whichever you wish. Thanks for the link.

!@#$%! · 04.24.2007, 02:26 PM

wikipedia is the world's new brain lobe

Hip Priest · 04.24.2007, 02:27 PM

It is all-pervading. And it's certainly handy for 'list of songs about...' searches.

gmku · 04.24.2007, 02:43 PM

I have to admit I don't know most of those, but I can say, as one who served in the Air Force in W. Germany in the 1980s, that there is just something about the Nena song that so embodies that part of the Cold War. Seriously.

Iain · 04.24.2007, 02:43 PM

I voted for YLTs Nuclear War but I know you really meant Sun Ra so that's OK.

Torn Curtain · 04.24.2007, 03:39 PM

I think Breathing by Kate Bush could've been on the list too.

Pookie · 04.24.2007, 03:43 PM

I don't know many of the songs, but Charles Mingus is my favourite artist out of those listed.

So he gets my vote.

A Thousand Threads · 04.24.2007, 03:44 PM

"I was born .dadadaad.. in a bomb.... dadadaad"
I can´t remember,
who did that song?

HaydenAsche · 04.24.2007, 03:45 PM

What about "We have a bigger problem now" by Dead Kennedys.

Gang of Four shit, too?

LifeDistortion · 04.24.2007, 04:12 PM

Forgot "Party at Ground Zero" from Fishbone

!@#$%! · 04.24.2007, 04:39 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pookie

I don't know many of the songs, but Charles Mingus is my favourite artist out of those listed.

So he gets my vote.

oh yeah i would vote mingus too but i havent actually HEARD that so i thought it would be cheating a little bit.

Danny Himself · 04.24.2007, 05:13 PM

I picked '99 Luftballons' by Nena, simply because the german version is one of my favorite pop songs ever.

Пятхъдесят Шест · 04.24.2007, 06:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Danny Himself

I picked '99 Luftballons' by Nena, simply because the german version is one of my favorite pop songs ever.

Perhaps favorite German pop song.

Also, there are numerous cover versions that make this song most enjoyable.

Dead-Air · 04.24.2007, 09:40 PM

Off that list I voted for "World Destruction", but if the Sun Ra version of "Nuclear War" were there I'd go that way for sure. I like the Yo La Tengo version o.k., especially the Mike Ladd remix, but the original is the stroke of genius.

Thank you for not putting any Roger Waters songs on the list!

View Poll Results: Pick one from this list, and tell us why you like it so much.
"99 Luftballons" by Nena	5	18.52%
"A Hard Rain's a Gonna Fall" by Bob Dylan	4	14.81%
"Black Planet" by The Sisters of Mercy	1	3.70%
"Einstein A-Go-Go" by Landscape	2	7.41%
"Enola Gay" by Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark	0	0%
"Nuclear War" by Yo La Tengo	9	33.33%
"Oh Lord, Don't Let Them Drop That Atom Bomb On Me" by Charles Mingus	3	11.11%
"Push The Button" by Teapacks	0	0%
"World Destruction" by Public Image Limited with Afrika Bambaataa	1	3.70%
"World War III" by Grandmaster Flash	2	7.41%
Voters: 27. You may not vote on this poll

04.24.2007, 02:14 PM	#1
Hip Priest invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Birkenhead Posts: 9,397	Teapacks' controversial 'Push the Button, Israel's entry into the 2007 Eurovision song contest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI_S0...eature=related Cheers. __________________ Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. http://www.flickr.com/photos/outsidethecamp/
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noumenal expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,855	All this talk about Wilco lately. So, the first thing in my head is the Uncle Tupelo cover of Atomic Power.
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04.24.2007, 02:18 PM	#3
Hip Priest invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Birkenhead Posts: 9,397	Sorry, I had to pick ten from an extensive list. Perhaps you could do a second poll? __________________ Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. http://www.flickr.com/photos/outsidethecamp/
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noumenal expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,855	Oh, oooops. I thought you just wanted people to yell some out. I've always thought of Can's Mushroom from Tago Mago as being about nuclear war. I don't know.
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!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,548	hip priest, nuclear war is actually a sun-ra cover. hm... i like cities in dust by siouxie & the banshees. its reportedly about pompeii but that's too strong a metaphor to be ignored no? watch it before its'taken down! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLP35SNOSDY -- i'll vote for nuclear was as i own the ep & its great (almost all, i dont like the little children chorus, though it has a point)
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!@#$%! invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: mars attacks Posts: 42,548	wikipedia is the world's new brain lobe
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04.24.2007, 02:27 PM	#9
Hip Priest invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Birkenhead Posts: 9,397	It is all-pervading. And it's certainly handy for 'list of songs about...' searches. __________________ Abhor that which is evil; cleave to that which is good. http://www.flickr.com/photos/outsidethecamp/
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gmku invito al cielo Join Date: May 2006 Location: Oxford, England Posts: 15,225	I have to admit I don't know most of those, but I can say, as one who served in the Air Force in W. Germany in the 1980s, that there is just something about the Nena song that so embodies that part of the Cold War. Seriously. __________________ Ever notice how this place just basically, well, sucks.
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Iain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,544	I voted for YLTs Nuclear War but I know you really meant Sun Ra so that's OK.
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04.24.2007, 03:39 PM	#12
Torn Curtain invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: France Posts: 7,997	I think Breathing by Kate Bush could've been on the list too.
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04.24.2007, 03:43 PM	#13
Pookie invito al cielo Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 9,877	I don't know many of the songs, but Charles Mingus is my favourite artist out of those listed. So he gets my vote.
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04.24.2007, 03:44 PM	#14
A Thousand Threads expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 2,000	"I was born .dadadaad.. in a bomb.... dadadaad" I can´t remember, who did that song?
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04.24.2007, 03:45 PM	#15
HaydenAsche invito al cielo Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 10,755	What about "We have a bigger problem now" by Dead Kennedys. Gang of Four shit, too? __________________ rip
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LifeDistortion expwy. to yr skull Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: CA Posts: 2,457	Forgot "Party at Ground Zero" from Fishbone
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04.24.2007, 05:13 PM	#18
Danny Himself invito al cielo Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 9,623	I picked '99 Luftballons' by Nena, simply because the german version is one of my favorite pop songs ever.
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04.24.2007, 09:40 PM	#20
Dead-Air invito al cielo Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Portland OR Posts: 4,300	Off that list I voted for "World Destruction", but if the Sun Ra version of "Nuclear War" were there I'd go that way for sure. I like the Yo La Tengo version o.k., especially the Mike Ladd remix, but the original is the stroke of genius. Thank you for not putting any Roger Waters songs on the list! __________________ FuckBook; My Band; My Radio Show; My Flickr Page; Science Fiction Message Board
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