Let's have some morbid fun and build a playlist of tracks with apt titles for the current situation. Here's a few to start you off:
Exposure - Peter Gabriel
Martial Law - George Clinton
Sick, Sad Little World - Incubus
Infected - The The
Curfew - The Stranglers
Hands Clean - Alanis Morissette
Business Interruptus - Rob Crow
Behind The Mask - Yellow Magic Orchestra
Anti Body - Gazelle Twin
The Plague - Scott Walker
Enough Space - Foo Fighters
'Keep Your Distance' - Richard Thompson
'Lovers In A Dangerous Time' - Bruce Cockburn
What, no Glitter fans?..🤣
Gary Glitter ~ Do You Wanna Touch Me?
UB40 - 'One in Ten'
The last official UK unemployment figures were 3.9%, aged 16 and over.
This UB40 song has come strongly to my mind a lot recently, with the onslaught of CV19 and the devastating impact it is having on everybody's lives and livelihoods and society in general, and I think this statistic from back in 1981, which refers to the local unemployment figures and people claiming unemployment benefit at 9.6% in the West Midlands at that time (which is what the band is referring to), is going to be much nearer the mark for the total unemployed figure throughout the UK, in the very near future....and obviously similar scenarios throughout the developed world.
The Residents/Snakefinger - "Is Everybody Ready for the Picnic in the Jungle"
David Bowie - "Intro to and Diamond Dogs"
Legendary Pink Dots - "So Gallantly Screaming"
The Sound > 'I Can't Escape Myself'
Killing Joke ~ Requiem
'Don't Stand So Close To Me' - The Police
Cannot believe no one has mentioned 'Panic In The World'.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gt0zy4RNB5k
I just found a couple of corkers:
Need You Forever - Lou Rawls
I Wish You Belonged To Me - Lou Rawls
Joy Division ~ Transmission...=====>...Joy Division ~ Isolation
Doctor To My Disease - Jethro Tull
Nursie - Jethro Tull
And You And I / Cord Of Life / Eclipse / The Preacher the Teacher / Apocalypse - Yes
The Beginning of The End - Nine Inch Nails
This is going better than I expected. Here's another one:
The Disease - Sound Struggle
Killing Joke ~ 'I Am The Virus'
Twelve Foot Ninja ~ 'Coming For You'
Twelve Foot Ninja ~ 'Sick'
Revocation ~ 'The Grip Tightens'
Psycroptic ~ 'As the Kingdom Drowns'
Exploited ~ 'Dead Cities'
Trivium ~ 'Catastrophist'
Carnifex ~ 'Six Feet Closer to Hell'
The Specials ~ 'Ghost Town'
Threat Signal ~ 'Elimination Process'
..and the ferocious music in this song seems appropriate for the ferocious, brutal and cruel nature of the Coronavirus sweeping the globe:
Psycroptic ~ 'Carriers Of The Plague'
“World Destruction” – Time Zone
“Nemesis” – Shriekback
“Sweet Bird Of Truth” – The The
“Finishing Touches” – Warren Zevon
“The Front” – Wayne Horvitz/The President
“Yashar” – Cabaret Voltaire
“Godless” – The Dandy Warhols
“Everlong” – Foo Fighters
“The Torture Never Stops” – Frank Zappa
“Many Rivers To Cross” – Joe Cocker version
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Bill got involved as well:
The Waltz at the End of the World
The Rose Colored Cottage at the End of Time
End of the Future
It's The End Of The World (And I Feel Fine) R.E.M.
Until The End Of The World U2
Waiting For The End Of The World - Elvis Costello