What Song Would You Want Playing on The Moment The Economy Tanks?

[Kotin]

What Song Would You Want Paying on The Moment The Economy Tanks?


I would go with Coheed and Cambria "The Final Cut"

[Orgoonian]

Anarchy in the UK by the Sex Pistols :eek:

[Kludge]

Fire by Arthur Brown? (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOErZuzZpS8)


(Oh yes, he IS still alive!)

[Original_Intent]

Who's sorry now - not sure who sings it.

[Kotin]

Who's sorry now - not sure who sings it.

Dean Martin?

[torchbearer]

"Nearer My God to Thee"

the song played as the titanic sunk.

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

[FunkBuddha]

Megadeth - Foreclosure of a Dream (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pQK6bh5zkI)


Rise so high, yet so far to fall.
A plan of dignity and balance for all.
Political breakthrough, euphorias high.
More borrowed money, more borrowed time.
Backed in a corner, caught up in the race.
Means to an end ended in disgrace.
Perspective is lost in the spirit of the chase.

/chorus/
Foreclosure of a dream,
Those visions never seen,
Until all is lost,
Personal holocaust.
Foreclosure of a dream.

Barren land that once filled a need,
Are worthless now, dead without a deed.
Slipping away from an iron grip,
Natures scales are forced to tip,
The heartland cries, loss of all pride.
To leave aint believing, so try and be tried.
Insufficient funds, insanity and suicide.

/chorus/

Now with new hope some will be proud.
This is no hoax, no one pushed out.
Receive a reprieve and be a pioneer.
Break new ground of a new frontier.
New ideas will surely get by.
No deed, or dividend. some may ask why?
Youll find the solution, the answers in the sky.

Rise so high, yet so far to fall.
A plan of dignity and balance for all.
Political breakthrough, euphorias high.
More borrowed money, more borrowed time.

/chorus/

Holocaust

[HenryKnoxFineBooks]

"Nearer My God to Thee"

the song played as the titanic sunk.

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



+1

[constituent]

where is my mind? (http://www.last.fm/music/Pixies/_/Where+Is+My+Mind%3F) by the pixies (i'm sure you remember it from fight club)

[UnReconstructed]

the theme song from Sanford and Son

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WqazleR3FE

[UnReconstructed]

This is what they'll play if Obama wins.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb6ErLPt4t8

[Micah Dardar]

"It's the end of the world as we know it, and I feel fine" - REM

I feel fine because I'm so poor that I won't be losing anything. ;)

I never thought that being poor would be beneficial one day. I don't even have enough Federal Reserve notes to buy a bar of gold. Time to start hunting and farming again! Oh well, my life may have more purpose that way.

[Menthol Patch]

The song from Highlander....

Do you want to live forever......

[ShowMeLiberty]

LOLing at some of the suggestions - good stuff! :D

I'd pick "American Tune" by Paul Simon
"We come on the ship they call the Mayflower
We come on the ship that sailed the moon
We come in the age's most uncertain hour
And sing an American tune..."

or

"Killing Floor Blues" recently recorded by Buddy Guy
"Hard times are here
And everywhere you go
Times are harder than
They ever been before..."

[JK/SEA]

Humanity
Auf wiedersehen
It's time to say goodbye
The party's over
As the laughter dies
An angel cries

Humanity
It's au revoir to your insanity
You sold your soul to feed your vanity
Your fantasies and lies

You're a drop in the rain
Just a number not a name
And you don't see it
You don't believe it
At the end of the day
You're a needle in the hay
You signed and sealed it
And now you gotta deal with it
Humanity
Humanity
Goodbye
Goodbye

Be on your way
Adios amigo there's a price to pay
For all the egotistic games you played
The world you made
Is gone

You're a drop in the rain
Just a number not a name
And you don't see it
You don't believe it
At the end of the day
You're a needle in the hay
You signed and sealed it
And now you gotta deal with it
Humanity
Humanity
Goodbye
Goodbye

Run and hide there's fire in the sky
Stay inside
The water's gonna rise and pull you under
In your eyes I'm staring at the end of time
Nothing can change us
No one can save us from ourselves

You're a drop in the rain
Just a number not a name
And you don't see it
You don't believe it
At the end of the day
You're a needle in the hay
You signed and sealed it
Now you gotta deal with it
Humanity
Humanity
Humanity
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye
Goodbye


From SCORPIONS. Humanity.

[mlmvh]

This is what they'll play if Obama wins.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb6ErLPt4t8

LOL!! I watched that show when I was a kid!

[SeanEdwards]

Would have to be either

Highway to Hell

or

Crazy Train

[Kotin]

This is what they'll play if Obama wins.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kb6ErLPt4t8

makes me reconsider Obama..


but I would like this more..


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WqazleR3FE

[yongrel]

Take on Me, by A Ha.

I don't care if it's irrelevant; it's a bloody awesome song.

[Captain America]

i like the topic

The Louvin Brothers - Great Atomic Power

[max]

the theme song from Sanford and Son

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WqazleR3FE



LOL!!!!!! the american junkyard

[SeanEdwards]

the theme song from Sanford and Son

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1WqazleR3FE

They should play that instead of "Hail to the Chief" whenever Bush enters the room.

[max]

"Nearer My God to Thee"

the song played as the titanic sunk.

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

u beat me to it

perfect song (Ave Maria would work too)

[PlzPeopleWakeUp]

nt

[Kotin]

They should play that instead of "Hail to the Chief" whenever Bush enters the room.

I agree, its my all time favorite TV show theme song..


every time I hear it I laugh so hard..

[Andrew-Austin]

I dunno, maybe

Shadow of the Day by Linkin Park (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_eEE12R8Gw)

Or perhaps - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olILVp-J7Y8&feature=related

[newyearsrevolution08]

Taps...

...for the funeral of the U.S.A.

Shouldn't it be a song dealing with the birth of the U.S.A.

if whatever we are in DIES right now I think that would be a good thing. What we live in today is not something to cry over.

I think it should be a battle song because we will have to take this place over for the good of the nation and allow the people to once again run this place.

Also we need to throw all of those politicians in front of a firing line, cheaper than tossing them in jail wasting tax money...

[Jeremy]

Lacrimosa

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lacrimosa_(Requiem)

[Bruno]

"Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie" by Don McClean.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GB0f47BMak

[ShowMeLiberty]

"Bye, Bye, Miss American Pie" by Don McClean.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GB0f47BMak

Excellent choice! :D

[Micah Dardar]

This is a classic:

Country Joe and The Fish

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5yrWPzAPbI

[chrisc888]

For What It's Worth by Buffalo Springfield
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F3VrvG7286c

[MikeStanart]

"Rock You Like a Hurricane" -Twisted Sister

and

"The Final Countdown" - Europe

[Captain America]

Shouldn't it be a song dealing with the birth of the U.S.A.

if whatever we are in DIES right now I think that would be a good thing. What we live in today is not something to cry over.

I think it should be a battle song because we will have to take this place over for the good of the nation and allow the people to once again run this place.

Also we need to throw all of those politicians in front of a firing line, cheaper than tossing them in jail wasting tax money...

stop of motor of the world

[JosephTheLibertarian]

What Song Would You Want Paying on The Moment The Economy Tanks?


I would go with Coheed and Cambria "The Final Cut"

I'd play the star spangled banner as I laugh

[Eric21ND]

I can imagine a cartoon picture.

Bush playing the lyre as the U.S. burns. Bernake and Paulson with gasoline and matches.

[Cinderella]

something by immortal technique

[thomaspaine23]

Three choices,

Bye bye miss american pie,
Casey Jones

or perhaps

Money by Pink Floyd....

[SeanEdwards]

"Rock You Like a Hurricane" -Twisted Sister



I'm pretty sure that was the Scorpions (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rB8HudfbaTE).

(OMG, it's totally eighties!)

[SeanEdwards]

This would be appropriate too:

Fat Ass Joint - Cujo (http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=213350001)

[muzzled dogg]

something by immortal technique

point of no return!!!!!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igt-jW4e8ts
(fuck the video, some home made shit)

[thehighwaymanq]

Anything by Immortal Technique.

He could cough on a song and I would love it!

His new album is fucking fire!

Youtube: Immortal Technique The 3rd World

[Live_Free_Or_Die]

nt

[awake]

Foo Fighters - (Why'd you have to go and) Let it Die

[ScotTX]

"The Imperial March" from Star Wars.

Where's my Jedi at?!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7KkFcyOklg

[Dave39168]

Country Boy Can Survive
-Hank Jr.

[amy31416]

where is my mind? (http://www.last.fm/music/Pixies/_/Where+Is+My+Mind%3F) by the pixies (i'm sure you remember it from fight club)

Awesome choice.

I was a freak for the pixies back in the day, even met Kim Deal.

[tonesforjonesbones]

I would want this song..a sobering experience. TONES

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU

[Kludge]

The Nationalist Anthem, with a slow raising of the American Flag by the Boy Scouts.

[Carole]

Who's sorry now - not sure who sings it.
Connie Francis ?

[angelatc]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQk2LtK680w
(or
Jim Croce's Operator. It doesn't really fit but it's probably my all time favorite song.)

[angelatc]

Connie Francis ?

You're right! I would have guessed Patsy Cline.

Now I have to listen to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1o1V2uiagpU .

[Original_Intent]

Thought of another one:

History will teach us nothing - by Sting

(I used that on one of my Ron Paul vids on YouTube)

[Bruno]

The Nationalist Anthem, with a slow raising of the American Flag by the Boy Scouts.

nice touch

[Korey Kaczynski]

Foetus - Nail - Anything (Viva!)

[Daswiz]

Tool- Enema

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCEeAn6_QJo

[Bruno]

Pardon the language, but this came to mind and when I saw the lyrics realized how fitting it was.

"I Want to F*ck You Like an Animal" by Nine Inch Nails. Check out the lyrics.

you let me violate you you let me desecrate you
you let me penetrate you you let me complicate you
help me i broke apart my insides help me i've got no soul to sell
help me the only thing that works for me help me get away from myself
i want to f*ck you like an animal
i want to feel you from the inside
i want to f*ck you like an animal
my whole existence is flawed
you get me closer to god
you can have my isolation, you can have the hate that it brings
you can have my absence of faith, you can have my everything
help me tear down my reason, help me its' your sex i can smell
help me you make me perfect, help me become somebody else
i want to f*ck you like an animal
i want to feel you from the inside
i want to f*ck you like an animal
my whole existence is flawed
you get me closer to god
through every forest, above the trees
within my stomach, scraped off my knees
i drink the honey inside your hive
you are the reason i stay alive

[CasualApathy]

"The Star Sprangled Banner" as played by Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock in 69.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFLy8eGtSYo

Take a listen if you don't know it, I'm sure you will agree it's perfect :)

[parke]

The song that is the truth:

Uncle Sam Goddamn by Brother Ali

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OO18F4aKGzQ

[IPSecure]

http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:a7Ti5inz7-JOQM:http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/new-york/images/s/new-york-statue-of-liberty.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIyo4kpsEas)
** Parasite Lady **

[Kotin]

"The Star Sprangled Banner" as played by Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock in 69.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFLy8eGtSYo

Take a listen if you don't know it, I'm sure you will agree it's perfect :)

I love it.

[Grimnir Wotansvolk]

"No Words" - Tragedy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wCK7L2QY4ho&feature=related

No words, no words can explain the anger from years and years of being beaten down
No words,no words can relay.. no words,no words can erase
Brainwashed, domesticated, bound in chains
No words, no words can relay

As the giant steamroller called progress mows down the last fragments of what once was

No words can explain the rage as another factory replaces another field
No words, no words can relay

No words can begin to say what would be said if the dead could replay, if the napalmed children, the tortured dissidents, the publicly executed, the burned villages, the silent masses could cry, could scream, could speak..

Telling tales of tragedies for which we find no words
For which there are no words

[BuddyRey]

If the mood is somber and the death of the economy is more of a whimper than a bang, I'd play "Here's Where the Story Ends" by The Sundays.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n35C0j3LLB0

If it's more of an all-hell-breaks-loose scenario, "Helter Skelter", by The Beatles!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WuJ3EvNh-0

But only because Constituent beat me to the Pixies! ;-)

If the mood is a mixture of bitter irony and optimistic humor, it would be "We'll Meet Again" by Vera Lynn (as used to such great effect in Dr. Strangelove)

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

"Who's Sorry Now" by Connie Francis was another amazing suggestion!

By the way, this is possibly the greatest thread topic ever.

[IPSecure]

Sold Out! (http://www.protestmusic.org/soldout/sold-out.mp3)

[bunklocoempire]

Sweet Dreams - Roy Buchanan
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOptDDU3rOo


(Pixies Debaser also fits with the "Fed"/economy now don't it?:), DEATH TO THE PIXIES!!:cool:)


Bunkloco

[Joseph Hart]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4-aUiddpUo

[BagOfEyebrows]

these songs, alternating on a homemade cd

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RGdxexKINM (warning, language, images)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j72XykL84GM (calming song)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8nJ30dodvdc (sometimes crazy is good)

[Dary]

American Woman - Guess Who
http://www.youtube.com/watch?emb=0&aq=2&v=xE1_l3RQhxs

[Mister Grieves]

Paul McCartney - Dance Tonight

[malibuu]

Ouch . . . Maybe The Doors ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zZls5ZH5ytA

Five to one, baby
One in five
No one here gets out alive, now
You get yours, baby I'll get mine . . .

[SnappleLlama]

Golden Girls Theme Song

[ShowMeLiberty]

"Don't Fear the Reaper" - Blue Oyster Cult
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMYSWiPm7E0


I really need a CD with all these songs!

[SLSteven]

With over 9 trillion in debt, I am pretty sure the economy has already tanked.

[enjerth]

At first I was thinking "Bye, Bye Miss American Pie", but then I decided I'd rather be focused on a new life. When darkness falls, we are reborn.

Killswitch Engage - When Darkness Falls (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlfCaJR_0gk)

[CasualApathy]

I love it.

And you just know that Jimi Hendrix would have been a Ron Paul supporter. :)

Here is my evidence: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVvtIS2YGVI

Just listen to the emotion he conveys through that guitar, and the lyrics:

"Machine gun
Tearing my body all apart

Machine gun, yeah
Tearing my body all apart

Evil man make me kill ya
Evil man make you kill me
Evil man make me kill you
Even though were only families apart

Well I pick up my axe and fight like a bomber
(you know what I mean)
Hey! and your bullets keep knocking me down

Hey, I pick up my axe and fight like a bomber now
Yeah, but you still blast me down to the ground

The same way you shoot me down, baby
Youll be going just the same
Three times the pain,
And your own self to blame
Hey, machine gun

I aint afraid of your mess no more, babe
I aint afraid no more
After a while, your, your cheap talk dont even cause me pain,
So let your bullets fly like rain

cause I know all the time youre wrong baby
And youll be going just the same
Yeah, machine gun
Tearing my family apart
Yeah, yeah, alright
Tearing my family apart"

[LiveToWin]

As I watch the sheep panicking on TV I will be listening to -

The Civilians Military - Revolution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNZrAe0IuNk
"The time has come for the people of this great nation to stand up, and fight and take back the rights which they have so foolishly given away."

Cold - End of the World http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOMn9hIFBhI
http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/cold/endoftheworld.html

[Kade]

I've Got a Lovely Bunch of Coconuts (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I've_Got_a_Lovely_Bunch_of_Coconuts)

[Bill M DC]

Take on Me, by A Ha.

I don't care if it's irrelevant; it's a bloody awesome song.

Still on my myspace blog. Love it forever!

[polomertz]

I'm surprised nobody posted this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eBGIQ7ZuuiU
It will help the situation by making you dumber.
Ignorance is bliss.

[tonesforjonesbones]

I posted that up a ways...I guess nobody bothered to hit the link. TONES

[FunkBuddha]

Weird Al needs to do a parody of "Roll Out" by Ludacris called "Bail Out" while dressed up as Hank Paulson.


Chorus:

Me and my Homies - Bailed Out!
Twin GSEs - Bailed Out!
and AIG - Bailed Out!
So much money - for the Bail Out!


I can't remember how the rest of the song went. I never much cared for it.

[Kotin]

Weird Al needs to do a parody of "Roll Out" by Ludacris called "Bail Out" while dressed up as Hank Paulson.


Chorus:

Me and my Homies - Bailed Out!
Twin GSEs - Bailed Out!
and AIG - Bailed Out!
So much money - for the Bail Out!


I can't remember how the rest of the song went. I never much cared for it.

haha that would be awesome.

[hillbilly123069]

Ground Control to Major Tom.

[LittleLightShining]

where is my mind? (http://www.last.fm/music/Pixies/_/Where+Is+My+Mind%3F) by the pixies (i'm sure you remember it from fight club)My all-time favorite Pixies tune.

Burnin' and lootin' (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pkXSgtn3BuM)?

[Kludge]

American Idol: Greatest Hits Volume 3

[IPSecure]

http://i2.ytimg.com/vi/Igt_W6Xjw1A/default.jpg (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRggD2rzNsQ#)
B.O.C. "Cities On Flame"

[torchbearer]

B.Y.O.B. - System of a Down

[Isaac Bickerstaff]

The Ex with Tom Cora
"State of Shock"
http://levka.spb.ru/music/the_ex_+_tom_cora_-_state_of_shock.mp3

[ShowMeLiberty]

Ahahahahah..... Wipeout!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkYSDYDc8mE

[Orgoonian]

The Prisoner by Iron Maiden

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkBd3FD1GRY

[jrskblx125]

something by immortal technique

absolutely... and strange coincidence i am from leominster!

[oilboiler]

Road to Hell, Chris Rea

Stood still on a highway I saw a woman by the side of the road

With a face that I knew like my own
reflected in my window.
Well
she walked up to my quarterlight and she bent down real slow

A fearful pressure paralysed me in my shadows.

She said: Son
what are you doing here?
My fear for you has turned me in my grave.
I said: Mama
I come to the valley of the rich
myself to sell.
She said: Son
this is the road to hell.

On your journey 'cross the wilderness from the desert to the well
You have strayed upon the motorway to hell.

We'll
I'm standing by a river but the water doesn't flow

It boils with every poison you can think of.
Then I'm underneath the streetlights
but the light of joy I know
Scared beyond belief way down in the shadows.

And the perverted fear of violence chokes a smile on every face

And common sense is ringing out the bells.
This ain't no technological breakdown
oh no

this is the road to hell.

And all the roads jam up with credit
and there's nothing you can do

It's all just bits of paper flying away from you.
Look out world
take a good look what comes down here

You must learn these lesson fast and learn it well.
This ain't no upwardly mobile freeway

Oh no
this is the road
this is the road
this is the road to hell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R8KkuNIDweQ

[jdmyprez_deo_vindice]

The unofficial Ron Paul Revolution theme song by Aimee Allen

or

Don't dream it's over by Crowded House
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dZZfuCJ970w

[Theocrat]

"Collecting Things" by Jon Brion (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEharDZFv40) :(

[Arklatex]

This one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGZo28IAv4o for some reason or another.

[nate895]

Country Boy Can Survive
-Hank Jr.

+1776 I have it on que.

[Arklatex]

+1776 I have it on que.



Damn that's a good one too!

I'd like to spit some beechnut in that dude's eye and..

[Bman]

Mahna Mahna (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YevYBsShxNs)

[Ben2008]

What Song Would You Want Paying on The Moment The Economy Tanks?


I would go with Coheed and Cambria "The Final Cut"


"It's Raining Men."

[Kotin]

"It's Raining Men."

:D

[Thrashertm]

Bye Bye Ms. American Pie seems appropriate.

[Thrashertm]

"Rock You Like a Hurricane" -Twisted Sister

and

"The Final Countdown" - Europe

Rock You Like a Hurricane is by the Scorpions

[Feelgood]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fm4iU0yx9GY

Tubthumping - Chumbawamba

Cant believe that one wasnt posted... :D

Pissin' our country away
Pissin' our country away

He drinks a whisky drink
He drinks a vodka drink
He drinks a lager drink
He drinks a cider drink
He sings the songs that
Remind him
Of the good times
He sings the songs that
Remind him
Of the betta times:

[pooflinger1488]

I would absolutely play The Death of a Nation by Anti-Flag. Check out the video, its very powerful.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ca6ERTxUCGw

[hillbilly123069]

The theme music to Conan the Barbarian

[olehounddog]

1974 Montrose
Paper Money http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzrOcGODOqY

[Unspun]

point of no return!!!!!!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igt-jW4e8ts
(fuck the video, some home made shit)

I'm not so much a fan of Marxists...



I'd go with Queen-Another One Bites The Dust.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hMenB9Ywh2Q

[Madcat455]

I'd go with "Fade to Black"

Metallica.....

[GunnyFreedom]

Jeff Buckley's version of Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujia"

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

I'm on my phone and typed out the link, so let me know if it doesnt work. Honestly i dont even know if it's the right one...

[RP4EVER]

Its the end of the World as we know it

[FindLiberty]

Theme song from the movie, "The Titanic".

[georgiaboy]

Several come to mind, here's one:

"Also Sprach Zarathrustra" intro into live opening of Elvis' Presley concert, followed by his "That's Alright Mama"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNPk0TJ4IBg (sorry about quality - bootleg)

[GunnyFreedom]

fixed link:

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

Perfect song for a crash leading to martial law and general chaos.

[Knightskye]

"Invisible Man" by Theory of a Deadman.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9Lj8X8xRLg

Describes Bernanke pretty well. :cool:

[anarchy]

Ruby Tuesday - Rolling Stones http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNiuJX0DXRk

If you have watched Children of men you will understand ;)

After that:

The Dark is Rising - Mercury Rev http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgVoYONg8cE

An Ending (Ascent) - Brian Eno http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lOgQyIMX_XU

Shit I think I'm gonna make an end-of-the-world playlist now :D

[werdd]

2112 VII The grand Finale.

In the year 2062, a galaxy-wide war results in the union of all planets under the rule of the Red Star of the Solar Federation. The world is controlled by the Priests of the Temples of Syrinx, who determine the content of all reading matter, songs, pictures - every facet of life during the year 2112 ("The Temples of Syrinx").

A man discovers a guitar (ancient miracle) and learns to play new, different music from what he has ever heard. When he goes to present this to the priests of the Temples, they destroy the guitar. He goes into hiding and dreams of music; upon awakening he becomes severely depressed and commits suicide after a few more days in hiding. As he dies, another planetary battle begins ("Grand Finale") resulting in the (perhaps deliberately) ambiguous ending "Attention all planets of the Solar Federation: We have assumed control." (This spoken section was created by Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson reportedly "messing around with a tape recorder".)

On the album, Neil Peart credits "With acknowledgment to the genius of Ayn Rand." Rand, a Russian-born American novelist and Objectivist philosopher, wrote a novella entitled Anthem (itself the title of another Rush song, from the album Fly By Night) from which Peart borrowed the broad strokes of the plot.

[PAULinSC]

"Heard the World" by Of A Revolution (O.A.R)

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

I just heard the world, is breaking down into bits again.
Tell me what am i to do?
And you just want me to stay, here.
So i'm just gonna stay, here.

Home, the last resort.
Build a castle with an iron door.
Lock the window, pull the shades, the hazed out sun won't help anyway.

If the world is crumbling down, I don't wanna be alone.
NO, locked up in this place.

I heard the world up, late night.
Holding my breath tight, trying to keep my head on right.
There's a chill in the air, nobody could care.
How you're caught up in the fight of your life.

Fear, is holding me here.
The television got me seeing unclear.
Bravery, my neighbor, moved away.
Cause I don't need to be courageous today.
If the world was crumbling down, I don't wanna be alone.
NO, locked up in this place.

I heard the world up, late night.
Holding my breath tight, trying to keep my head on right.
There's a chill in the air, nobody could care.
How you're caught up in the fight of your life.

[AmericasLastHope]

"O Fortuna" by Carl Orff.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0I8_bOAuso

[Xenophage]

"The Temples of Syrinx" by Rush

Weve taken care of everything
The words you hear, the songs you sing
The pictures that give pleasure to your eyes
Its one for all, all for one
We work together, common sons
Never need to wonder how or why

We are the priests
Of the temples of syrinx
Our great computers
Fill the hollowed halls
We are the priests
Of the temples of syrinx
All the gifts of life
Are held within our walls

Look around this world we made
Equality our stock in trade
Come and join the brotherhood of man
Oh what a nice contented world
Let the banners be unfurled
Hold the red star proudly high in hand

We are the priests
Of the temples of syrinx
Our great computers
Fill the hollowed halls
We are the priests
Of the temples of syrinx
All the gifts of life
Are held within our walls

[dirknb@hotmail.com]

Welcome to the Jungle by Guns N' Roses

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYRC4H64EFk

[torchbearer]

"Nearer My God to Thee"

the song played as the titanic sunk.

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

:o

[CapitalistRadical]

Something by Front Line Assembly (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8W6ID8jk4A)

[Cowlesy]

Werewolves of London

[Dave]

REO Speedwagon: Ridin' the Storm Out

Manfred Mann's Earth Band: Stranded in Iowa

[Smiley Gladhands]

+1 for Aenema and Another One Bites the Dust.

also....

IMO, that's the time to start get yer adrenaline flowing....and yer neighbor's.

Rise - by Pantera

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


We've got no time to lose
Your news is old news
Hate this, hate me, hate this
Right approach for the wrong
It's time to spread the word
Let the voice be heard
All of us, one of us, all of us
Dominate and take the motherfucking world

Mass prediction, unification
Breathing life into out lungs
EVERY creed and EVERY kind
To give us depth for strength

Taught when we're young to hate one another
It's time to have a new reign of power
Make pride universal so no one gives in
Turn our backs on those who oppose
Then when confronted we ask them the question
That's wrong with their mind?
What's wrong with your mind?

(Chorus) It's time to RISE

We've lived with past mistakes
Can we live with our own
Forgive, forget forgive
Be a man, not a child
There are no tears for peace
Of the common sympathies
Educate, reinstate, educate
A thing of past
The trouble in the states

It's time to rise

[raiha]

HEELP, YOU KNOW I NEED SOMEBODY
HEEELP, NOT JUST ANYBODY
HEEEELP YOU KNOW I NEED SOMEBODY
HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEELP



A Beatles song called HELP (you guessd it)
or

Tumblin a tumblin a tumblin down
Tumblin' Tumblin' Tumblin down
A Tumblin' a tumblin' a tumblin' down,
my world is tumblin down'

NZ sixties song called Tumblin' Down (you guessd it again)

[RSLudlum]

http://i35.tinypic.com/24ybcwi.jpg


"Washington is Next"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3jBLeRnXwQQ


The quiet war has begun with silent weapons
And the new slavery is to keep the people
Poor and stupid, "Novus Ordo Seclorum"

How can there be any logic in biological war?
We all know this is wrong, but the New World Order's
Beating down the door, oh something needs to be done

There was a King (evil king) who dreamt the wickeness of dreams
An ancient mystery no prohet could interpret
Of seven years of famine, the wolf is at my door
As predicted years ago, that that was, that is, that is no more

The word predicts the future and tells the truth about the past
Of how the world leaders were hailed unto Pharoah
The Eighth False King to the Throne, Washington is Next!

Disengage their minds, sabotage their health
Promote sex, and war, and violence in the kindergartens
Blame the parents and teachers; it's their fault, "Annuit Coeptis"
Attack the church dynamic, attack the family
Keep the public undisciplined till nothing left is sacred and
The "have-nots" get hooked and have to go to the "haves" just to cop a fix

I am the King (evil king) who dreams the wickedness of dreams
An ancient mystery nobody could interpret
Of seven empires falling, the wolf is at my door
As predicted years ago, that that was, that is, that is no more

The word predicts my future and tells the truth about my past
Of how the world leaders are waiting to usher in
The Eighth World Power of modern Rome, Washington is Next!

There was a King (evil king) who dreamt the wickness of dreams
An ancient mystery no prophet could interpret
Of seven empires falling, the wolf is at the door
As predicted years ago, that that was, that is, that is no more

I am a King and I dream the wildest dreams
And nobody could interpret
Seven empires falling, the wolf is at my door
Oh, that that was, that is, that is no more

There's something at my door
Some ancient mystery
The future tells the truth about the past
I'm the Eighth False King to the throne
I've got you in my crosshairs, now, ain't that a bitch?

Washington, you're next!

[james1906]

Has nobody mentioned The Message by Grandmaster Flash?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAYGIR0lBsU

[jabrownie]

Don't know if it's actually what I'd go with but think it might fit the mood:

Space Oddity version by Natalie Merchant:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R03O_bI4tyE

[Minlawc]

'It's the End of the World as We Know it' by R.E.M. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmBDgAcIt-0

and/or 'Conga' by Gloria Estefan http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4A50EHwCjY

[amonasro]

Finale of Mahler's 2nd symphony.

[parke]

I got a soul.. but Im not a soldier. The Killers

[richardfortherepublic]

Trouble by Kat Stevens

[ValidusCustodiae]

I just made a video for it.

Fallen on Hard Times by Jethro Tull.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgWANp7zrAc

[BuddyRey]

Bumped for the burgeoning Administration of the "Chosen One." :(

[Kotin]

well since its bumped I will add "Talk Shows On Mute" by Incubus

[anaconda]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQUAxN9Sxdo&feature=related

[enter`name`here]

matchbox 20 how far we've come
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDEXHIGjMII

[jkr]

wish you where here

[FreeMama]

In my siggy :)

[fatjohn]

Clubbed to Death - Rob D

The Sound of the Revolution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-vuNcQV7YHc

Followed up with requim for a dream by clint mansell
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSY4Yi2ypno&feature=related

[OferNave]

"The Age of Aquarius" (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aquarius/Let_the_Sunshine_In)

You won, hippies. No more money.

[jkr]

yes fire it up!

[jkr]

high tide & then some...

[blocks]

California Dreamin'.....mamas and papas. OG version.

[jkr]

have another hit
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EacQEhrbBQ&feature=related

[Young Paleocon]

"Hey to say I told you so"-the Hives
"Seasons in the Abyss"-Slayer
"Remembrance"-Bolt Thrower

[phill4paul]

"Aenima" by Tool

http://www.musicbabylon.com/artist/Tool/Aenima/77387-aenima-lyrics.htm

Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will.
I sure could use a vacation from this

Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of
Freaks

Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call LA
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any fucking time. Any fucking day.
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay.

Fret for your figure and
Fret for your latte and
Fret for your lawsuit and
Fret for your hairpiece and
Fret for your prozac and
Fret for your pilot and
Fret for your contract and
Fret for your car.

It's a
Bullshit three ring circus sideshow of
Freaks

Here in this hopeless fucking hole we call LA
The only way to fix it is to flush it all away.
Any fucking time. Any fucking day.
Learn to swim, I'll see you down in Arizona bay.

Some say a comet will fall from the sky.
Followed by meteor showers and tidal waves.
Followed by faultlines that cannot sit still.
Followed by millions of dumbfounded dipshits.

Some say the end is near.
Some say we'll see armageddon soon.
I certainly hope we will
I sure could use a vacation from this

Stupid shit, silly shit, stupid shit...

One great big festering neon distraction,
I've a suggestion to keep you all occupied.

Learn to swim.

Mom's gonna fix it all soon.
Mom's comin' round to put it back the way it ought to be.

Learn to swim.

Fuck L Ron Hubbard and
Fuck all his clones.
Fuck all these gun-toting
Hip gangster wannabes.

Learn to swim.

Fuck retro anything.
Fuck your tattoos.
Fuck all you junkies and
Fuck your short memory.

Learn to swim.

Fuck smiley glad-hands
With hidden agendas.
Fuck these dysfunctional,
Insecure actresses.

Learn to swim.

Cuz I'm praying for rain
And I'm praying for tidal waves
I wanna see the ground give way.
I wanna watch it all go down.
Mom please flush it all away.
I wanna see it go right in and down.
I wanna watch it go right in.
Watch you flush it all away.

Time to bring it down again.

Don't just call me pessimist.
Try and read between the lines.

I can't imagine why you wouldn't
Welcome any change, my friend.

I wanna see it come down.
put it down.
suck it down.
flush it down.