.....and I feel fine!

 

 

 

I was talking with a friend of mine the other day whom I’ve known since the 80s, and the song “It’s The End Of The World As We Know It (and I feel fine)” by R.E.M. came on.

 

We started reminiscing about how coming of age in the 80s, in Washington D.C., at the height of the cold war, and being able to sing along to songs like that made us, at best, glib about the future, and at worse, downright fatalistic and nihilistic about it.

 

So for the last forty some odd years our generation has been expecting the end of the world (and feeling fine about it), and, to be sure, as “entertaining” as it’s been to have had this front row seat witnessing the decline of our civilization in real time, I can’t help but feel that this decline has jumped the shark, so to speak, and a part of me wishes it would just get it over with.

 

Anywhoo, here are some more pop songs to sing glibly along with!

 

 

 

 

The Damned "Dozen Girls" from Strawberries (1982)

The Stranglers "London Lady" from Stranglers IV (Rattus Norvegicus) (1977)

Dum Dum Girls "There Is a Light That Never Goes Out" from He Gets Me High - EP (2011)

Lenguas Largas "I Feel" from Lenguas Largas (2017)

 

 

 

 

 

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Les Thugs "I Love You So" from I.A.B.F. (2014)

Kindling "Destroy Yrself" from Hush (2017)

Mercury Girls "All That Heaven Allows" from Ariana - Single (2016)

Los Punsetes "Mabuse" from ¡Viva! (2017)

Futuro Terror "Precipicio" from Precipicio (2017)

 

 

 

 

 

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Big Eyes "Back From The Moon" from Back from the Moon - Single (2012)

Sleeper Agent "Get It Daddy" from Celabrasion (2011)

Charly Bliss "Percolator" from Guppy (2017)

Soft Swells "Go On" from Be Young (2017)

 

 

 

 

 

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Blondie "Long Time" from Pollinator (2017)

Sweet Spirit "Baby When I Close My Eyes" from Cokomo (2015)

Portugal. the Man "Feel It Still" from Woodstock (2017)

Howlies "Angeline" from Trippin' With Howlies (2022)

 

 

 

 

 

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Sorry "Showgirl" from Showgirl - Single (2018)

Grinderman "Palaces of Montezuma" from Grinderman 2 (2010)

The Garden "Vexation" from Haha (2015)

Oh No Oh My "I Love You All the Time" from Oh No! Oh My! (2006)

Brazilian Girls "Never Met a German" from Talk to la Bomb (2006)

Juniper Moon "¿Volverás?" from El Resto de Mi Vida (2002)

 

 

 

 

 

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The Saints "Know Your Product (Remastered)" from Eternally Yours (1978)

The Only Ones "City of Fun" from Special View (1978)

Subculture "The Kids Don't Dance" from The Kids Don't Dance - Single (2019)

The Maharajas "Don’t Wanna Loose You" from A Third Opinion (2005)

The Condors "I'm Not Sorry" from Tales of Drunkenness and Cruelty (2001)

The Regrettes "Hot" from Feel Your Feelings Fool! (2017)

 

 

 

 

 

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Moving Units "Between Us & Them" from Dangerous Dreams (2004)

No Age "Serf to Serf" from "Separation" b/w "Serf to Serf" - Single (2016)

Afterimage "Satellite of Love" from Strange Confession (2007)

Meat Wave "Run You Out" from The Incessant (2017)

 

 

 

 

 

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Guided By Voices "Teenage FBI" from Do the Collapse (1999)