POP Goes The World! / What the Fontaine?!

…… and I feel fine!

Fri, Jan 10, 2025

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!

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Playlist

    Time: January 10 - 3:01:04 pm
  • Strawberries

    The Damned, “Dozen Girls”

    from Strawberries

    Castle Communications - 1982

    • Time: January 10 - 3:04:18 pm

  • The Stranglers, “London Lady”

    from Stranglers IV (Rattus Norvegicus)

    A&M Records - 1977

    • Time: January 10 - 3:07:09 pm
  • He Gets Me High - EP

    Dum Dum Girls, “There Is a Light That Never Goes Out”

    from He Gets Me High - EP

    Sub Pop Records - 2011

    • Time: January 10 - 3:12:43 pm
  • Lenguas Largas

    Lenguas Largas, “I Feel”

    from Lenguas Largas

    Recess Records - 2017

    • Time: January 10 - 3:19:39 pm
  • I.A.B.F.

    Les Thugs, “I Love You So”

    from I.A.B.F.

    Nineteen Something - 2014

    • Time: January 10 - 3:24:36 pm
  • Hush

    Kindling, “Destroy Yrself”

    from Hush

    6131 Records - 2017

    • Time: January 10 - 3:28:16 pm
  • Ariana - Single

    Mercury Girls, “All That Heaven Allows”

    from Ariana - Single

    Slumberland Records - 2016

    • Time: January 10 - 3:31:49 pm
  • ¡Viva!

    Los Punsetes, “Mabuse”

    from ¡Viva!

    Mushroom Pillow - 2017

    • Time: January 10 - 3:34:21 pm
  • Precipicio

    Futuro Terror, “Precipicio”

    from Precipicio

    BCore Disc - 2017

    • Time: January 10 - 3:39:39 pm
  • Back from the Moon - Single

    Big Eyes, “Back From The Moon”

    from Back from the Moon - Single

    Grave Mistake Records - 2012

    • Time: January 10 - 3:42:37 pm
  • Celabrasion

    Sleeper Agent, “Get It Daddy”

    from Celabrasion

    Mom + Pop Music/RCA Records - 2011

    • Time: January 10 - 3:44:45 pm
  • Guppy

    Charly Bliss, “Percolator”

    from Guppy

    Lucky Number - 2017

    • Time: January 10 - 3:47:31 pm
  • Be Young

    Soft Swells, “Go On”

    from Be Young

    Bushwick Recordings INTL - 2017

    • Time: January 10 - 3:51:55 pm
  • Pollinator

    Blondie, “Long Time”

    from Pollinator

    BMG Rights Management (UK) Ltd. - 2017

    • Time: January 10 - 3:56:36 pm
  • Cokomo

    Sweet Spirit, “Baby When I Close My Eyes”

    from Cokomo

    Nine Mile Records - 2015

    • Time: January 10 - 4:00:02 pm
  • Woodstock

    Portugal. the Man, “Feel It Still”

    from Woodstock

    Atlantic Records - 2017

    • Time: January 10 - 4:02:40 pm
  • Trippin' With Howlies

    Howlies, “Angeline”

    from Trippin' With Howlies

    OverUnder Records - 2022

    • Time: January 10 - 4:09:18 pm
  • Showgirl - Single

    Sorry, “Showgirl”

    from Showgirl - Single

    Domino Recording Co - 2018

    • Time: January 10 - 4:11:29 pm
  • Grinderman 2

    Grinderman, “Palaces of Montezuma”

    from Grinderman 2

    Mute, a BMG Company - 2010

    • Time: January 10 - 4:14:45 pm
  • Haha

    The Garden, “Vexation”

    from Haha

    Epitaph - 2015

    • Time: January 10 - 4:17:09 pm
  • Oh No! Oh My!

    Oh No Oh My, “I Love You All the Time”

    from Oh No! Oh My!

    Koenig Records - 2006

    • Time: January 10 - 4:22:23 pm
  • Talk to la Bomb

    Brazilian Girls, “Never Met a German”

    from Talk to la Bomb

    Verve Forecast - 2006

    • Time: January 10 - 4:22:25 pm
  • El Resto de Mi Vida

    Juniper Moon, “¿Volverás?”

    from El Resto de Mi Vida

    Elefant Records - 2002

    • Time: January 10 - 4:27:08 pm
  • Eternally Yours

    The Saints, “Know Your Product (Remastered)”

    from Eternally Yours

    Parlophone UK - 1978

    • Time: January 10 - 4:29:49 pm
  • Special View

    The Only Ones, “City of Fun”

    from Special View

    Epic - 1978

    • Time: January 10 - 4:33:47 pm
  • The Kids Don't Dance - Single

    Subculture, “The Kids Don't Dance”

    from The Kids Don't Dance - Single

    Heavy Soul! Records - 2019

    • Time: January 10 - 4:36:38 pm

  • The Maharajas, “Don’t Wanna Loose You”

    from A Third Opinion

    Low Impact Records - 2005

    • Time: January 10 - 4:38:15 pm
  • Tales of Drunkenness and Cruelty

    The Condors, “I'm Not Sorry”

    from Tales of Drunkenness and Cruelty

    Vital Gesture - 2001

    • Time: January 10 - 4:40:13 pm
  • Feel Your Feelings Fool!

    The Regrettes, “Hot”

    from Feel Your Feelings Fool!

    Warner Records - 2017

    • Time: January 10 - 4:45:16 pm
  • Dangerous Dreams

    Moving Units, “Between Us & Them”

    from Dangerous Dreams

    Rx/Palm Pictures - 2004

    • Time: January 10 - 4:47:44 pm
  • "Separation" b/w "Serf to Serf" - Single

    No Age, “Serf to Serf”

    from "Separation" b/w "Serf to Serf" - Single

    RRDS - 2016

    • Time: January 10 - 4:49:51 pm

  • Afterimage, “Satellite of Love”

    from Strange Confession

    Trance Port - 2007

    • Time: January 10 - 4:54:47 pm
  • The Incessant

    Meat Wave, “Run You Out”

    from The Incessant

    SideOneDummy Records - 2017

    • Time: January 10 - 4:56:58 pm
  • Do the Collapse

    Guided By Voices, “Teenage FBI”

    from Do the Collapse

    EastWest Germany - 1999