Comments on: Ecology and climate songs

Ecology and climate songs

jeffburdges — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 16:24:14 -0800

Although my own favorite is Procession by Nightwish, there are many list articles chronicling ecology and climate songs, with some examples by LouderThanWar, Eva Amsen (Forbes), Ijeoma Nwatu (Nature Conservancy), Sarah Gibbens (National Geographic), Joe McCarthy (Global citizen), Jayson Greene (Pitchfork), and Alexis Petridis (Guardian).

Above, I've suppressed articles with mostly duplicates, or little really distinctive, but accepting bias towards recent works, some songs that appear repeatedly include: Feels Like Summer by Childish Gambino (previously) All the good girls go to hell by Billie Eilish 4 Degrees by ANOHNI Before the Fever and New Gods by Grimes Despite Repeated Warnings by Paul McCartney Shut It Down and After The Gold Rush by Neil Young (see this cover too) Fall On Me by R.E.M. Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology) by Marvin Gaye Big Yellow Taxi by Joni Mitchell

By: jeffburdges

jeffburdges — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 16:41:40 -0800

12ft ladder link for the Guardian spamwall above. I've mostly skipped anything simple experimental, like people using climate data, but instrumental climate music abounds, albeit less listed by journalists. Amusing story: After hearing Last of the Wilds by Nightwish live in Glasgow, and knowing nothing about their current lineup, I told my office mate "I saw this strange horizontal type of bagpipe that actually sounds nice!", to which she responds "It's a lowland bagpipe. It sounds as bad as other bagpipes. You heard Troy Donockley. He's just extremely good." She'd considered learning the lowland bagpipe after hearing him, but quickly abandoned this idea.

By: koalaman

koalaman — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 16:43:38 -0800

These are great. I find myself still listening to a ton of Midnight Oil. Their newest album rips, especially 'At the Time of Writing' And who can beat those dance moves?

By: egregious theorem

egregious theorem — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 16:56:07 -0800

Watershed by Vienna Teng

By: vrakatar

vrakatar — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 17:07:50 -0800

Shipyards by Leaherface

By: brambleboy

brambleboy — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 17:12:25 -0800

Well, this dates me, but the ones that stick with me are the ones I heard as a small child. Pollution (Tom Lehrer 1960) What have they done to the rain (Malvina Reynolds 1962, Joan Baez version) Coming of the roads (Billy Edd Wheeler 1965 / Peter, Paul, & Mary version) Whose garden was this (Tom Paxton 1970 / John Denver version) And of course, it just wouldn't be right to try to avoid the excess of Michael Jackson's Earth Song (1995).

By: aesop

aesop — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 17:21:40 -0800

Pretty much the entirety of Rook by Shearwater. (A lot of their output, period.)

By: eustatic

eustatic — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 17:22:07 -0800

The entire NORCO soundtrack, due to the game being about life among the doomsday machines

By: workerant

workerant — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 17:22:38 -0800

The Truth Comes Out by Corb Lund - a country song about climate change. "The weather's been funny thirty years or so The winters got warm, and not as much snow Hear the big cats comin' cuz there's nowhere left to go"

By: eustatic

eustatic — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 17:25:30 -0800

Prolific Warrior remix of Tribe Called Red - Black Snakes

By: jeffburdges

jeffburdges — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 17:35:20 -0800

The Seed by Aurora is epic. Aurora's music is often nature connected ala Running With The Wolves but not sure many discuss degradation. I forgot Greenpeace's metal list but they forgot Revelation (Mother Earth) by Ozzy Osbourne.

By: eustatic

eustatic — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 17:37:56 -0800

Moon Over Marin - Dead Kennedys

By: unearthed

unearthed — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 17:42:52 -0800

Great post thanks jefbrudges Jethro Tull - Heavy Horses .. And one day when the oil barons have all dripped dry And the nights are seen to draw colder They'll beg for your strength, your gentle power Your noble grace and your bearing .. Mr Tull was/is prescient, need to let his work soak in, there's wisdom, cultural memory .. and useful harnessable anger there.

By: eustatic

eustatic — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 17:55:03 -0800

US centric, but Fuck Katrina by 5th Ward Weebie was listed in the IPCC working group II report

By: seasparrow

seasparrow — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 19:15:06 -0800

Surprised I'm the first person to add "Gentle Arms of Eden" (sometimes called the Atheist's Hymn).

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 19:23:39 -0800

Pollution. All around. Sometimes up, Sometimes down. Pollution. Are you coming To MY TOWN? We're on different buses, Pollution. ...but we're both using petrol.

By: Philipschall

Philipschall — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 19:46:34 -0800

The dripping tap won't be turned off by the suits in charge of the world and our futures hanging on by a thread with our heads in the sand. The dripping tap won't be turned off by the gods up above us. Big sky country. That we never hear from in these times of our dying needs. KGLW - The Dripping Tap

By: eustatic

eustatic — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 20:15:49 -0800

Pollution. Are you coming To MY TOWN?

By: ivan ivanych samovar

ivan ivanych samovar — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 20:38:11 -0800

Johnny Cash, Don't Go Near The Water, the water isn't water anymore

By: eustatic

eustatic — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 20:45:21 -0800

Thou - view of a burning city Fiery spires raised to pierce the veil of hermetic, nourishing night. Concrete standards to proclaim the tyranny of industry's might. The heralds that announce the imminence of cancerous disease, unending plague.

By: Clowder of bats

Clowder of bats — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 20:47:32 -0800

vermillion lies - global warming "we'll build a freezer for the polar bears!"

By: pompomtom

pompomtom — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 20:58:26 -0800

Oh eustatic, don't put a link up! Now everyone will notice the line I missed...

By: Artifice_Eternity

Artifice_Eternity — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 21:14:11 -0800

Ladytron - 90 Degrees Ninety degrees in the shade The shade that stretches forever Over black everglades, crystallized And circled with flames of the summer I don't know where you've been Out on the sand with Medusa And not busy with fighting Gravity, the seducer Go now and look out your window Go now and look out your window The night belongs to you

By: inflatablekiwi

inflatablekiwi — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 21:23:52 -0800

Muse - The 2nd Law: Isolated System and The 2nd Law: Unsustainable The fundamental laws of thermodynamics will Place fixed limits on technological innovation And human advancement In an isolated system, the entropy Can only increase A species set on endless growth is un- (Unsustainable)

By: rog

rog — Sun, 16 Oct 2022 21:39:48 -0800

Heifer whines could be human cries Closer comes the screaming knife This beautiful creature must die This beautiful creature must die A death for no reason And death for no reason is MURDER And the flesh you so fancifully fry Is not succulent, tasty or kind It's death for no reason And death for no reason is MURDER Meat is murder is the title track of the album of the same name released by The Smiths in 1985.

By: thegirlwiththehat

thegirlwiththehat — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 04:35:14 -0800

Eppure il vento soffia ancora by Pierangelo Bertoli, but i like the Ligabue versione

By: MrVisible

MrVisible — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 06:49:59 -0800

Wintersleep - Dead Letter And The Infinite Yes

I found a letter that read "Our existence has serious side effects." Turned on, turned on the television And it's telling me the world is collapsing

Quiet Hollers - Mont Blanc

I know I planted those seeds down too deep They'll die and never see the sun My fault for that one I was a city boy before No excuses anymore I'll try to learn and to keep us fed Shed a tear for the books I should have read

By: The_Vegetables

The_Vegetables — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 09:24:08 -0800

Uncle Lucius - Keep the Wolves Away about the narrators' father being injured in an oil spill. James McMurtry - Levelland this one has a bit about the history of dryland farming - dryland wheat prior to modern systems, then irrigation. In the '90s climate change was a bit more abstract: The Levellers- This Garden INXS - Salvation Jane mother nature - we're trying to kill you - we're such greedy fools INXS - Johnson's Aeroplane about farming in general. John Mellencamp - Rain on the Scarecrow about farming income specifically The Clash - London Calling a bit farther back it was debated if the world was getting cooler heading towards an ice age. London Calling references that.

By: bink

bink — Mon, 17 Oct 2022 09:47:20 -0800

Another World, Fantastic Fires, and Our Saving Grace from the latest album by Conduit of Humanity Gaya's Eyes by Todd Rundgren

By: jilloftrades

jilloftrades — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 13:59:08 -0800

King Tide And the Sunny Day Flood - Billy Bragg "Cuz everyone's a libertarian until the brown water fills their home"

By: graywyvern

graywyvern — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 14:46:44 -0800

i've always thought björk's song "desired constellation" on medulla was about ecocide.

By: jeffburdges

jeffburdges — Wed, 19 Oct 2022 18:01:47 -0800

Carbon by VNV Nation

By: jeffburdges

jeffburdges — Fri, 04 Nov 2022 23:50:41 -0800

I noticed this youtube channel, due to them posting some Bob Dylan songs like Climate Curse and his modified Tears of Rage. "Admit that around you the waters have grown" — Bob Dylan, The times they are a-changin' Although not written with climate in mind, Dylan says the song is "about the person who doesn't take you seriously but expects you to take him seriously", which covers economists fairly well. It spawned variants by Michael Peart and others.

By: jeffburdges

jeffburdges — Mon, 14 Nov 2022 10:31:10 -0800

Awesome songs everyone, thank you all! :) At the time of writing is really wonderful, koalaman. I love Rising Seas, Tarkine, and others now too. I knew Beds are Burning of course, but somehow never noticed the band.