The Top 10 Doomsday Songs

 

To celebrate the end of the world . . . which is supposedly happening sometime TODAY . . .UltimateClassicRock.com put together a list of The Top 10 Doomsday Songs.

 

(--Technically, some people thought this was going to happen at 11:12 UTC . . . Coordinated Universal Time . . . which was just after 6:00 A.M. Eastern time, but there are a TON of theories.  Who knows.)

 

(--For predicting the apocalypse, some clarity and precision would be much appreciated.)

 

--Here's the list:

 

1.)   "The End",  The Doors  (1967)

 

2.)   "Bad Moon Rising",  Creedence Clearwater Revival  (1969)

 

3.)   "(Don't Fear) the Reaper",  Blue Oyster Cult  (1976)

 

4.)   "It's the End of the World as We Know It (And I Feel Fine)",  R.E.M.  (1987)

 

5.)   "Hells Bells",  AC/DC  (1980)

 

6.)   "Run Like Hell",  Pink Floyd  (1980)

 

7.)   "After Forever",  Black Sabbath  (1971)

 

8.)   "When the World Is Running Down, You Make the Best of What's Still Around",  The Police  (1980)

 

9.)   "Until the End of the World",  U2  (1991)

 

10.)   "The End",  The Beatles  (1969)

 

 

--after combing through the Internet . . . i dug up a TON of suggestions for songs to play to celebrate the IMPENDING END OF THE WORLD.  (--With varying degrees of relevance to an actual apocalypse.)

 

 

(--Iincluded songs from multiple different genres in this list . . . so there should be something for everyone.  However, I did not include any songs from the UltimateClassicRock.com list.)

 

 

--Here's the list:

 

 

--"Apocalypse Please",  Muse  (2003)

 

--"The Day the Whole World Went Away",  Nine Inch Nails  (1999)

 

--"Every Day Is Like Sunday",  Morrissey  (1988)

 

--"2 Minutes to Midnight",  Iron Maiden  (1984)

 

--"Minutes to Midnight",  Midnight Oil  (1984)

 

--"Seconds",  U2  (1983)

 

--"When the Man Comes Around",  Johnny Cash  (2002)

 

--"We Will Become Silhouettes",  The Postal Service  (2005)

 

--"(I'll Love You Till) The End of the World",  Nick Cave  (1991)

 

--"Here Comes the Flood",  Peter Gabriel  (1976)

 

--"[Eff] Armageddon . . . This Is Hell",  Bad Religion  (1981)

 

--"London Calling",  The Clash  (1979)

 

--"Doomsday Clock",  The Smashing Pumpkins  (2007)

 

--"End Times",  The Eels  (2010)

 

--"The Earth Died Screaming",  Tom Waits  (1992)

 

--"99 Red Balloons",  Nena  (1983)

 

--"Eve of Destruction",  Barry McGuire  (1965)

 

--"Here's Your Future",  The Thermals  (2006)

 

--"Two Suns in the Sunset",  Pink Floyd  (1983)

 

--"Five Years",  David Bowie  (1972)

 

--"1999",  Prince  (1982)

 

--"Land of Confusion",  Genesis  (1983)

 

--"Till the World Ends",  Britney Spears  (2011)

 

--"Save the World",  Swedish House Mafia  (2011)

 

--"24 Hrs. to Live",  Ma$e featuring Diddy, DMX, The Lox and Black Rob  (1997)

 

--"Last Man on Earth",  Alice Cooper  (2011)

 

--"The End Is Near",  Al Green  (1989)

 

--"The Apocalypse Song",  St. Vincent  (2007)

 

--"Waiting for the End of the World",  Elvis Costello  (1977)

 

--"Banned From the End of the World",  Sleater Kinney  (1999)

 

--"The World Began in Eden and Ended in Los Angeles",  Phil Ochs  (1970)

 

--"Ten Seconds 'Til the End of the World",  Whiskeytown  (1996)

 

--"Happy Ending",  Arthur Russell  (1986)

 

--"Goodnight",  The Beatles  (1968)

 

--"Gimme Shelter",  The Rolling Stones  (1969)

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