No, not "I Don't Want To Miss A Thing" on repeat. This is a playlist in honor of this day, May 21st, 2011. The last day at the end of the world! Enjoy!
1. Muse - "Apocalypse Please"
Muse, invoking a baroque and moody Queen sound suggest in a world this corrupt & shitty, maybe Apocalypse is a good thing.
2. Metallica - "The Four Horsemen"
What would an apocaplypse be without someone to let you know it's coming? Metallica's thrashing tribute to those bringers of death is a must-have for the occasion.
3. AC/DC - "Highway to Hell"
My friends are gonna be there too indeed. An anthem for those of us left behind, Kirk Cameron style. Yes, that includes you Steve. God even sees what happens in Tijuana.
Johnson was a shrewd man. If he had control over Judgment Day, he'd make sure his cold tony of a woman was left off Jesus' guest list. I'd hate to see what he'd do to the guy who poisoned him if he got ahold of St. Peter's corrective pen.
5. Johnny Cash - "The Man Comes Around"
Cash always sounded like John Wayne's personal angel of death & whiskey. In this, the Man in Black preaches about the deadly mysterious ways of the Man in White, who will kill us all because he loves us.
6. Radiohead - "Motion Picture Soundtrack"
Quite possibly Radiohead's most depressing song (which boggles the mind), "Motion Picture Soundtrack" is for reminiscing about regrets and people you'll miss as the streets run red with the blood of millions.
7. R.E.M. - "It's The End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)"
Arguably the jauntiest tune about rapture. Suck it up. If Lenny Bruce isn't afraid you shouldn't be either. Besides, you'll need something to dance to. It makes for an excellent distraction from rivers of puss and genitals bleeding of their own accord.
8. Fuel - "Bad Day"
Wouldn't it really suck if during your last hours you were sulking because you spilled your coffee and broke your shoe-lace... or were caught listening to this song?
9. The Postal Service - "We Will Become Sillhouettes"
Maybe its just me, but a brightly poppy and peppy song about preparing for a world cataclysm that you know will only leave a shadow of your body anyway scared the everlivingfuck outta me in 2004.
10. Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds - "(I'll Love You) Till The End of the World"
Cave bemoans the dreadful gossip-mongers and acts of violence and destruction in his town and tells his darling that despite all of that, he'll love her "till the end of the world." Fortunately for him, he doesn't have long to wait.
11. U2 - "Until The End of the World"
At first Bono is enraptured (ha) by a girl who talks about the end of the world even when things are happy. But by the end of the song he's drugged her, then misses her because she didn't wait until the end of the world for him. What a John Kerry flip-flopper. I'd tell him to make up his mind but I'm afraid he's all outta time.
12. The Doors - "The End"
This & the next one depends entirely on what mssg you prefer to hear as you shuffle to the next coil. If youd writhe to the madness of a psychedelic fever dream as Jim Morrison becomes a lizard, this is The End for you.
13. The Beatles - "The End"
But, if all you really need is love, then there's nothing better than hearing Sir John, Sir Paul, Sir George, and Sir Ringo reminding you, in The End, the secret of life.
14. Explosions in the Sky - "So Long, Lonesome"
A beautiful rock orchestra will sing you to sleep as North America sinks beneath waves. The crescendo and crashes will compliment the sky alighting on fire, as you realize...
Holy shit, some crazy old man used Bible math, and was right! I gotta tweet this to... no one. Oh, yeah. All of a sudden, I miss everyone.
15. Dr. Dre - "The Day The Niggaz Took Over"
If the whole world has gone to shit, I doubt that anyone will mind that Black people took over. It's the only time they'd be allowed to. Ask any Tea Partier, and they'll likely tell you The Rapture really began 1/20/2009 - but Tea Partiers aren't racist. They just disbelieve even logical facts from a Black man with a better education than they.
On second thought, go ahead and end the world. Please.
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