On account of the reissue of William Onyeabor's gorgeous and most excellent "Atomic Bomb" (my vote in this poll), I'm presenting my ten faves on the theme. I tried to mostly pick songs that did something unusual with the atomic theme - so as much as I love "two minutes to midnight," its cacophonic sonic violence was a little too on the nose. I also tried to keep away from very well-known nuclear songs (no Dylan's a Hard Rain, no luftballoons). I could've made a poll entirely of Atomic Platters songs (which I did, here) but I tried to limit those selections for this poll. Please add your favorite nuclear/atomic songs below.
Not all of these are available on Spotify, but I made a playlist of the ones which were: http://open.spotify.com/user/mordys/playlist/2gaA3YAyiYVOecxAxrQYV5
Presented in no particular order, my top ten favorite atomic bomb songs:
Poll Results
| Option | Votes |
| Gil Scott-Heron - We Almost Lost Detroit | 4 |
| The Louvin Brothers - The Great Atomic Power | 4 |
| Peter Tosh - No Nuclear War | 2 |
| Pete Seeger - Talking Atom (Old Man Atom) | 1 |
| Kate Bush - Breathing | 1 |
| William Onyeabor - Atomic Bomb | 1 |
| The Five Stars - Atom Bomb Baby | 1 |
| Danny Kaye and the Andrews Sisters - Civilization (Bongo, Bongo, Bongo) | 1 |
| Marvin Gaye - Nuclear Juice | 0 |
| Simon & Garfunkel - The Sun is Burning | 0 |
― Mordy /s.png, Sunday, 27 October 2013 15:43 (twelve years ago)
