When I was a teenager , wearing the clothes and lifestyle of the end of the world , Punk Rocker. The soundtrack was provided by The Dead Kennedys and Fear. Weirdly the Dead Kennedys concerns and lyrics are being played out in real time right now. So I'd suggest Dead Kennedys Soup is Good Food or Green Day's American Idiot. https://youtu.be/KgY9rFbetpo?si=CnP30I1r1SWLDW0p
Coming in late with a couple of left field / controversial suggestions, as most of the really good ones have already been mentioned.
Always look on the bright side of life
Closing time
We didn’t start the fire
Oddly enough, the 1812 overture comes to mind. While it was composed as a celebration, something about finishing it with the blast of cannons somehow seems appropriate.
Can't go past a bit of Death Metal for this subject. e.g. Progenies of the Great Apocalypse by Dimmu Borgir, or indeed the song Dimmu Borgir by the same band. Or perhaps a bit less wordy tune like Thunderhorse by Dethklok. Slaves Shall Serve by Behemoth. Headhunter Halfmoon by Marduk. That'll do for now!
Excellent choices
“It’s the end of the world as we know it (and I feel fine)”
Actual end of the world? Or just society?
The Pixies at the end of Fight Club seemed a mastestroke, or is it just nostalgic unconscious bias?
If we are talking about societal breakdown, there must a wealth of punk tracks to suit, Jim Carroll's "People who died" looks a winner.
Almost forgot, "Nice boys" was covered by G'nR' but I prefer the original by Rose Tattoo..
Contains the line"... out in the street the garbage lies, protected by a million flies..."
When I was a teenager , wearing the clothes and lifestyle of the end of the world , Punk Rocker. The soundtrack was provided by The Dead Kennedys and Fear. Weirdly the Dead Kennedys concerns and lyrics are being played out in real time right now. So I'd suggest Dead Kennedys Soup is Good Food or Green Day's American Idiot. https://youtu.be/KgY9rFbetpo?si=CnP30I1r1SWLDW0p
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds: "(I'll Love You) Till the End of the World" from the Soundtrack for Vim Venders 1991 movie 'Until the End of the World'
"The revolution will not be televised" - Gil Scott-Heron
"Running" - Gil Scott-Heron
(Heck, Gil has a bunch of tracks that seem appropriate to the times, all these years later, like "Whitey on the moon").
Johnny Cash's cover of "Hurt".
"So falls the world" - Ulver
"Blackstar" - David Bowie
"Apples from a tree" - Mark Lanegan (but the whole of Straight Songs of Sorrow wouldn't go astray for the occasion).
Jeff Wayne's "War of the worlds"?
"Worlds End" - The Reels
"Mad World" - Tears for Fears
"There she goes, my beautiful world" - Nick Cave
"Destruction makes the world burn brighter" - Chelsea Wolf
Some of those describe more personal ends than global, so you might disqualify them.
Sunday Morning Coming Down
At My Funeral (Crash Test Dummies)
Bloodletting (album Concrete Blonde)
I’m old AF in that I know none of these songs.
I would recommend “The End” - The Doors
“Sympathy for the Devil” - The Rolling Stones
and “Knocking on Heaven’s Door” - Bob Dylan
Dylan is a great pick!
Coming in late with a couple of left field / controversial suggestions, as most of the really good ones have already been mentioned.
Always look on the bright side of life
Closing time
We didn’t start the fire
Oddly enough, the 1812 overture comes to mind. While it was composed as a celebration, something about finishing it with the blast of cannons somehow seems appropriate.
I just realised - going out with a bang 🙄
And of course "Trouble Every Day"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=girnJH7tvpM
Eve of Destruction (Barry McGuire)
The Future (Leonard Cohen)
Dead Can Dance - Persephone/Summoning of the Muse/Bylar
Astral & Shit - no/pos
Voice of Eye - Andrasthea/Transcendence/Bardo 1
Sabled Sun - Home
“Every Day Is Like Sunday,” Kate York
Exit Music - Radiohead
There's always Good Riddance.
Can't go past a bit of Death Metal for this subject. e.g. Progenies of the Great Apocalypse by Dimmu Borgir, or indeed the song Dimmu Borgir by the same band. Or perhaps a bit less wordy tune like Thunderhorse by Dethklok. Slaves Shall Serve by Behemoth. Headhunter Halfmoon by Marduk. That'll do for now!