C90 - 1980s Cold War/nuclear paranoia

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XTC - This World Over, Nena - 99 Luftballons

― Damian (Damian), Monday, 1 September 2003 11:08 (twenty-two years ago)

I'm Afraid Of The Russians - christ, I can't actually remember the name of the band. Was it Flying Lizards?

― kate (kate), Monday, 1 September 2003 11:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Nuclear Assault - anything

― DJ Mencap (DJ Mencap), Monday, 1 September 2003 11:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Sting - Russians (Obviously). His only decent solo track BTW.
Treponem Pal - Too Many Humans
Frankie - Two Tribes (Obviously, again)
Ultravox - Dancing With Tears In My Eyes

etc. etc.

― Marcel Gallingez (Marcel Gallingez), Monday, 1 September 2003 11:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Nik Kershaw: I Won't Let The Sun Go Down On Me
Captain Sensible: Glad It's All Over
Heaven 17: Let's All Make a Bomb

― Geir Hongro (GeirHong), Monday, 1 September 2003 11:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Prince 'Ronnie, Talk to Russia"
Prince "1999"
Fishbone "Party at Ground Zero"

― H (Heruy), Monday, 1 September 2003 11:49 (twenty-two years ago)

A good chunk of Chameleons songs (but in particular, "Up the Down Escalator")

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 1 September 2003 12:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Kate Bush - Breathing

― The Lex (The Lex), Monday, 1 September 2003 13:22 (twenty-two years ago)

'shiny shiny' from
haysi fantayzee should own
this thread, but doesn't

― Haikunym (Haikunym), Monday, 1 September 2003 13:29 (twenty-two years ago)

Fischer-Z=Cruise Missles

"They claim the ultimate solution.
To all the problems that we face.
It's pointing rockets at the Russians.
And hope they don't end up in Greece. All those
Cruise missiles (We're looking for those).
Cruise missiles (We're standing near those).
Cruise missiles (They're not 5 miles away)."

― SplendidMullet (iamamonkey), Monday, 1 September 2003 13:55 (twenty-two years ago)

Weirdos-"We Got the Neutron Bomb"

― Trish! (Arthur), Monday, 1 September 2003 13:58 (twenty-two years ago)

David Bowie-"Bombers"

― Trish! (Arthur), Monday, 1 September 2003 13:59 (twenty-two years ago)

Ronnie talk to Russia before its too late
before its too late
before its too late
Ronnie talk to Russia before its too late
before they blow up the world
You go to the zoo, but you can't feed guerillas
can't feed guerillas
Left-wing guerillas
You can go to the zoo, but you can't feed guerillas
who wanna blow up the world

― Freedom Dupont, Monday, 1 September 2003 14:01 (twenty-two years ago)

The Sound, "Missiles"
B-Movie, "All Fall Down"

Was nuclear apocalypse the Babylon of UK postpunk?

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 1 September 2003 14:05 (twenty-two years ago)

The whole the Sisters First and Last and Always album.

― flowersdie (flowersdie), Monday, 1 September 2003 14:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Captain Sensible - Glad It's All Over

― F. Ranier, Monday, 1 September 2003 14:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Crazy Train? "Heirs to the cold war..."

― Bryan Moore (Bryan Moore), Monday, 1 September 2003 15:11 (twenty-two years ago)

Gillan - "And they call iiiit/ Mutually Assured Destructshaaaaaaaaan"

― zebedee (zebedee), Monday, 1 September 2003 15:17 (twenty-two years ago)

XTC - "Living through another queue-oo-oo ..... ba ba ba ba ba ba ba..."

― zebedee (zebedee), Monday, 1 September 2003 15:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Pink Floyd - 'Two Suns In The Sunset'

"And as the windscreen melts/ and my tears evaporate/ Leaving only charcoal to defend..."

― zebedee (zebedee), Monday, 1 September 2003 15:20 (twenty-two years ago)

David Bowie, "Fantastic Voyage"

"Ask" by the Smiths -- that's what nuclear paranoia is ALL ABOUT

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Monday, 1 September 2003 15:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Iron Maiden, "2 Minutes to Midnight"...TO KILL THE UNBORN IN THE WOOOOOOOOMB!

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Monday, 1 September 2003 15:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Exploited - "Let's Start a War"

― H (Heruy), Monday, 1 September 2003 15:29 (twenty-two years ago)

"Gay Bar" !!

― Sonny A. (Keiko), Monday, 1 September 2003 15:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Young Marble Giants - Final Day
Seven Seconds to Midnight - Wah Heat

― rub a soul, Monday, 1 September 2003 16:09 (twenty-two years ago)

Megadeth - Rust in Peace...Polaris
Megadeth - Tornado of Souls

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 1 September 2003 16:10 (twenty-two years ago)

Queensryche -- "Before the Storm"

hell, most of the tracks off the album, in one way or another.

― Kingfish (Kingfish), Monday, 1 September 2003 16:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Minutemen, "Paranoid Chant"

"I try to talk to girls and I keep thinking about World War III!"

― unperson, Monday, 1 September 2003 17:18 (twenty-two years ago)

Weird Al Yankovic - "Christmas At Ground Zero"

― Curt1s St3ph3ns, Monday, 1 September 2003 17:21 (twenty-two years ago)

The Happiest Guys in the World - The Cold War's Over

― jel -- (jel), Monday, 1 September 2003 17:40 (twenty-two years ago)

The Sneakers- "(Love's Like a) Cuban Crisis"

― Trish! (Arthur), Monday, 1 September 2003 18:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Data-Fallout

― Paul R (paul R), Monday, 1 September 2003 21:33 (twenty-two years ago)

sun ra - nuclear war (did that come out in the 80's? i first heard it in the 80's)

― gaz (gaz), Monday, 1 September 2003 21:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Killing is my business...and business is good!
Peace sells, but who's buying?
I get my political views from Megadeth album titles.

― Shmuel (shmuel), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 01:01 (twenty-two years ago)

"Think Again" (plus about a score of other Billy Bragg songs)

― Ben Dot, Tuesday, 2 September 2003 01:03 (twenty-two years ago)

Time Zone - World Destruction!

― Spencer Chow (spencermfi), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 03:40 (twenty-two years ago)

One of Our Submarines, by Thomas Dolby.

Plenty of good old U2, particularly Unforgettable Fire.

This topic is the whole reason I started listening to music & reading books. U2 War- first album I owned.

― sucka (sucka), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 05:18 (twenty-two years ago)

the specials' "man at C&A"

― adam b (adam b), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 11:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Midnight Oil: "Power and the Passion", "Best of Both Worlds"

― d.w., Tuesday, 2 September 2003 12:32 (twenty-two years ago)

In total shockah, no one says Roger Waters - 4 Minutes

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 12:38 (twenty-two years ago)

Sun Ra - Nuclear War

― ModJ, Tuesday, 2 September 2003 12:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Art Attacks - Neutron Bomb
Crass - Nagasaki Nightmare, Big A Little A
Crisis - Holocaust
Discharge - Protest & Survive
Killing Joke - Turn To Red, Requiem, Wardance, Tomorrow's World.... aah sod it - Alex In NYC to thread!
The Mob - Our Life Our World
1919 - After The Fall, Earth Song
Red Beat - Survival
Zounds - War

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 13:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Elton John - Nikita

― willem (willem), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 13:02 (twenty-two years ago)

The Stranglers - Nuclear Device

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 13:02 (twenty-two years ago)

.... not to mention Tank and Sweden of course

― Stewart Osborne (Stewart Osborne), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 13:04 (twenty-two years ago)

blondie's "atomic" was a 1980 single, so just scrapes in

― zebedee (zebedee), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 13:09 (twenty-two years ago)

ABSOLUTELY EVERY TRACK ON THE FIRST SEVEN ALBUMS BY KILLING JOKE, YOU FIRE-DISHONORING DOLTS!

`cept you, Stew, of course.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 14:01 (twenty-two years ago)

"5 Minutes"

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 17:36 (twenty-two years ago)

By the Stranglers? That's about a break-in/murder.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 17:37 (twenty-two years ago)

(not yet reading thread)

If somebody hasn't yet beat me to "Party at Ground Zero" I'm ashamed of you all.

(reads thread)

H I kiss you!

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 17:44 (twenty-two years ago)

oh and also "It's the End of the World As We Know It" by REM

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 17:54 (twenty-two years ago)

"By the Stranglers? That's about a break-in/murder."

No, that single my Jerry Harrison and Bootsey collins featuring a loop of Reagan's "The bombing begins in five minutes..." speech.

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 18:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Oooh that's a fucking GREAT song...that's offa that one Jerry Harrison album with the people crawling in the mud on the cover, innit?

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 18:40 (twenty-two years ago)

Nah, it came out as an EP by "Bonzo Goes To Washington" in 1984 (according to the AMG) Never saw the cover though, heard it on a tape.

― Charles McCain (Charles McCain), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 18:44 (twenty-two years ago)

That reminds me of The Ramones - Bonzo Goes To Bitberg

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 18:52 (twenty-two years ago)

OMD -- "Enola Gay"

― David A. (Davant), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 22:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Fear - "Let's Start a War"
Fear - "Foreign Policy"
Circle Jerks - "Paid Vacation"
Circle Jerks - "Makin' the Bombs"
Men At Work - "It's a Mistake"
Sex Pistols - "Holiday in the Sun"
the Clash - "Ivan meets G.I. Joe"
...er..
Elton John - "Nikita"

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 22:52 (twenty-two years ago)

the motherlode

― gygax! (gygax!), Tuesday, 2 September 2003 22:55 (twenty-two years ago)

The russians are coming with The red squares

i second Young Marble Giants - Final Day
and
Arthur russell was also on Bonzo Goes To Washington" in 1984

― Jens (brighter), Friday, 5 September 2003 07:55 (twenty-two years ago)

The Walls Came Down - The Call
If I Had a Rocket Launcher - Bruce Cockburn

― dave225 (Dave225), Friday, 5 September 2003 10:46 (twenty-two years ago)

XTC - Generals And Majors

― Damian (Damian), Friday, 5 September 2003 11:01 (twenty-two years ago)

one year passes...

Jethro Tull - "Fylingdale Flyer"! I found this on an old cassette tape at the weekend. Fantastic prog/pop tune.

― Jeff W (zebedee), Monday, 15 August 2005 15:40 (twenty years ago)

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