Mister Naidu, meant to get back to you sooner. Thanks, the Tom Lehrer song is fun.
PC, I recall having a single by a band called TV Personalities, it was called "Part Time Punks." Wow, that was 30 years ago! But it must be the same band...
And speaking of obscure British post-punk music from the old days, here is my all-time favorite nuclear apocalypse song, Young Marble Giants' "Final Day" (with a strange video that could just as well have starred Helen :) :
Thanks for those songs. I hadn't heard them before.
I would say that the best apocalyptic-type song to make it big was R.E.M.'s great "It's The End Of The World As We Know It." (influenced by Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues"!)
here's a link for those who aren't familiar with it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thMm-7RFsm0
That's fun, but it can't replace "Fujiyama Mama" as my favorite atom bomb song...
ReplyDeletehttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeyTuJjCtvw
Very nice, Richard. But you could have sent me Wanda's video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jVs3iwkAP0k
ReplyDeleteHow about Tom Lehrer's cheery atom bomb song http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frAEmhqdLFs
This is my fave atom bomb themed song
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Nice one, PC. Of course, like me in my post, they nicked "Dr. Strangelove" for the song title. :)
ReplyDeleteIndeed :)
ReplyDeletelol Richard...Helen loved ostrich feathers, but burlesque? Surely you can't be serious? (I am serious, and don't call me Shirley..lol :D)
ReplyDeleteYup, same band... great band!
ReplyDeleteAs indeed where Young Marble Giants. Hadn't seen the Final Day video before :)
Accidentally deleted original post :(
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Richard S. said...
Mister Naidu, meant to get back to you sooner. Thanks, the Tom Lehrer song is fun.
PC, I recall having a single by a band called TV Personalities, it was called "Part Time Punks." Wow, that was 30 years ago! But it must be the same band...
And speaking of obscure British post-punk music from the old days, here is my all-time favorite nuclear apocalypse song, Young Marble Giants' "Final Day" (with a strange video that could just as well have starred Helen :) :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ngl-kx5ltEw
March 16, 2010 3:04 AM
Richard, your comments and PC's response and mine are above.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for those songs. I hadn't heard them before.
I would say that the best apocalyptic-type song to make it big was R.E.M.'s great "It's The End Of The World As We Know It." (influenced by Dylan's Subterranean Homesick Blues"!)
here's a link for those who aren't familiar with it http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thMm-7RFsm0
what film is this song from please
ReplyDeletethe film is Muqadar :)
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