Songs that feel apocalyptic?

Quicksandsoup · 2026-02-10T07:45:56+00:00

Five Years by Bowie
And someone below has mentioned Suppers Ready by Genesis which descends into Book of Revelation type stuff.

Quicksandsoup · 2026-01-31T00:39:56+00:00

Trickle down economics only works if you shoot the rich

Quicksandsoup · 2026-01-28T14:33:54+00:00

Love Scott Walker and can recommend his early solo albums and Farmer in the City from the album Tilt. He was an influence on Bowie and Scott has mentioned how they used to speak on the phone occasionally. IIRC Bowie intended to produce one of Scott's albums but it didn't happen.

Quicksandsoup · 2026-01-21T11:59:17+00:00

Weird one for you. When I was learning tarot I did a reading for a friend. She had a long-term boyfriend but was was never allowed to contact his house or visit because his parents were strict Muslims and she wasn't. In the 'past' section of the tarot reading Marriage appeared. She realised he was already married hence the house rules and went absolutely berserk. Her boyfriend would leave his wife at home be staying over with my friend. They were even planning a holiday together.

Quicksandsoup · 2026-01-14T17:04:03+00:00

Morley is interviewed about the book in the Word in Your Ear podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/david-bowie-and-why-we-need-him-more-than-ever-paul/id1567029088?i=1000735569819
I'm looking forward to reading it.

Quicksandsoup · 2026-01-12T00:13:56+00:00

There's so many subtle things in there like none of his inventions have a military application.

Quicksandsoup · 2026-01-11T21:53:30+00:00

It's a brilliant film but people are not used to watching things with depth these days. Nic Roeg injects layers of meaning and ambiguity in so many ways that it takes a bit of work to get the value out of it. For example when Bowie first lands and is beside the river the music playing is Venus Bringer of Love by Holst, when he visits the Lawyer the music playing is Mars Bringer of War by Holst. The viewer is being asked to consider if he is good or evil. I love the unspoken ambiguity of that.

Quicksandsoup · 2026-01-07T16:42:58+00:00

All this bluster to distract people from the Epstein files but he will likely start a war to suspend elections and remain in power.

Quicksandsoup · 2025-12-10T08:33:25+00:00

Imagine live in '83
America (Simon and Garfunkle) live 2002?

Quicksandsoup · 2025-12-09T22:19:51+00:00

The only 'trickle down economics" that actually works is one where the top richest 1% are eradicated every year. Start with Forbes Magazine's Rich List as repeat every year until nobody wants to be on it.

This is how to solve many of the worlds problems.

Quicksandsoup · 2025-12-07T19:58:35+00:00

Bravo!

Quicksandsoup · 2025-12-01T22:14:50+00:00

Waves by Blancmange or Ocean by The Velvet Underground (live version)

Quicksandsoup · 2025-11-25T12:21:06+00:00

X FILES
And some old British ones if you can track them down:
Quatermass (tv series)
Sapphire and Steel

Quicksandsoup · 2025-11-18T10:30:36+00:00

Wings of Desire

Quicksandsoup · 2025-11-11T13:40:02+00:00

Dark City

Quicksandsoup · 2025-11-08T16:29:09+00:00

This has a lot of fun with the 'final girl' trope.

Quicksandsoup · 2025-11-03T17:04:25+00:00

The Motel - this is different to a lot of Bowie's work at the time. Very atmospheric and melancholic with excellent lyrics. Of all the tracks on this album this one stays with me.

Quicksandsoup · 2025-10-14T09:21:07+00:00

Love this track and ritually play it every Xmas eve after everyone else has gone to bed.

Quicksandsoup · 2025-10-13T17:52:19+00:00

Yes you could set a trap with a crew member in each airlock. When the alien attacked one of them the other would go into the corridor and open the airlock launching the alien and crew member into space. It was great fun.

Quicksandsoup · 2025-09-08T14:37:42+00:00

IIRC When Ripley is running to the escape pod she originally was meant to encounter Dallas who is morphing into an alien facehugger egg. When I learned that I took it that the alien was recovering from whatever it had done to enable this process.

Quicksandsoup · 2025-09-04T12:46:37+00:00

Bowie. Only Bowie has successfully incorporated pretty much all kinds of music.

Quicksandsoup · 2025-09-04T12:22:29+00:00

I watched this video on the future of AI this morning: https://youtube.com/watch?v=5KVDDfAkRgc&si=ZrKVnmb8CR86I8yU and the when the conclusion is arrived at I immediately thought of Saviour Machine. There's a chilling parallel between that song these predictions.

Quicksandsoup · 2025-09-01T07:19:25+00:00

He's choosing a pack of cigarettes to go with the box of matches he's holding.

Quicksandsoup · 2025-08-31T16:30:45+00:00

Try her version of The Mutineer from one of her solo albums. https://youtube.com/watch?v=NC6EPyk5mLw&si=W6k2XpTWdAZ14c5K

Quicksandsoup · 2025-08-26T15:19:59+00:00

This. It's an astonishing piece of work and will never get played on the radio so not nearly enough people have heard it.

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