This playlist is an offshoot of my earlier The Ache Towards Transcendence Tempered by Death which grew too long and so I tried to break it down into more thematic strands. This one focusses, mostly, on man's inhumanity to man, beast and planet.
Easy listening for raging misanthropes...
(Thanks to Goya for the illustration)
TRACKLIST
1. big yellow taxi / Joni Mitchell 2:15
2. Earth Died Screaming / Tom Waits 3:39
3. Ohio / Neil Young 3:40
4. Listening Wind / Talking Heads 4:43
5. Pull Out The Pin / Kate Bush 5:27
6. Holiday in Cambodia / Dead Kennedys 3:44
7. Revolution Blues / Neil Young 4:04
8. Suffer Little Children / The Smiths 5:28
9. A Pair Of Brown Eyes / The Pogues 5:02
10. Final Day / Young Marble Giants 1:58
11. Zyclon B Zombie / Throbbing Gristle 3:49
12. STRANGE FRUIT / Billie Holiday 3:09
Thanks for posting this, Seamus. As if I didn't already need a reason to listen to Joni Mitchell and Billie Holiday... :)
ReplyDeleteYou never need a reason to listen to Joni or Billie.
DeleteGreat theme, Seamus. Some cracking tunes there too. Off the top of my head, I'd go with God's Song by Randy Newman, Dad's Gonna Kill Me by Richard Thompson and Hell Broke Luce by Tom Waits.
ReplyDeleteBrendan
No Townes? All great suggestions. Particularly enjoying the Thompson. Glad to be pointed back to it.
DeleteRichard is the man for the job. Two more here:
Deletehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqI_tAATkFo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSumx-db4wk