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Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :
 
With the imminent ascendancy to power of potentially the most dangerous fascist demagogue the western world has seen for a generation, it's time for a song.

Inspired by the Hell thread, Are Episcopalians stupid or gutless, what might make for a good playlist to mark this most apocalyptic of occasions?

We've had a suggestion of God Save The Queen by The Sex Pistols, and Rebecca Ferguson declined her invitation to sing, after being told that Nina Simone's Strange Fruit wouldn't go down well.

I might opt for REM's It's The End Of The World As We Know It as well as Simon & Garfunkel's The Sun Is Burning.

What else should be added to the playlist?
 
Posted by Sioni Sais (# 5713) on :
 
Dear Lord and Father of mankind?
 
Posted by L'organist (# 17338) on :
 
What about Judge eternal, throned in splendour, followed by O God of earth and altar?

Particularly appropriate the lattter, which can be read in its entirety as referring to Trump, his boasting and hubris, and the appalling choice of 'pastor' for his inauguration, especially the middle verse:
quote:
From all that terror teaches, from lies of tongue and pen,
From all the easy speeches that comfort cruel men,
From sale and profanation of honour and the sword,
From sleep and from damnation, deliver us, good Lord!
(not copyright)

I'm guessing this isn't high on the playlist at pastor White's place!
 
Posted by Helen-Eva (# 15025) on :
 
For Lo, I Raise Up (Stanford).

Setting of Habakkuk 1:6 onwards. About how those who rampage violently through the world will be confronted by the glory of the Lord. Sorry I can't link to the words - the website doesn't like web addresses with brackets in.
 
Posted by Dafyd (# 5549) on :
 
Another Brick in the Wall?
(Sadly I fear 'we don't need no education' would not be taken in the sense intended.)

[ 13. January 2017, 12:11: Message edited by: Dafyd ]
 
Posted by la vie en rouge (# 10688) on :
 
I vote for some Handel: “All we like sheep (have gone astra-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-a-ay)”
 
Posted by Bishops Finger (# 5430) on :
 
Someone on these boards has suggested Magnificat , which seems apposite.

IJ
 
Posted by Callan (# 525) on :
 
Things Can Only Get Better.

Goldfinger.

Were it not for the frankly horrific circumstances in which the band broke up "It's Not The End Of The Word Now Baby (But I Can See It From Here)" by Lostprophets would be apposite.

God is God by Laibach.
 
Posted by Augustine the Aleut (# 1472) on :
 
Some observations and selections from the ever-helpful index of first lines from the Canadian hymnal:

Father who on man dost shower

Fair waved the golden corn

For my sake and the Gospel's, go

God moves in mysterious ways

Golden harps are sounding

I see the crowd in Pilate's hall

Lord I hear of showers of blessing

Not worthy, Lord, to gather
 
Posted by Sandemaniac (# 12829) on :
 
Trump-ton Riots?

AG
 
Posted by Pigwidgeon (# 10192) on :
 
What's new, pussycat?
 
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on :
 
Turn back O man, forswear thy foolish ways.

There's one in Congregational Praise which starts "God Bless Our Motherland" which is set to Rephidim, which I believe was the Tsarist anthem. Can't find it online, but it was grouped with the above, and one or two of those others have suggested.

They were on my mother's list of hymns she would like for her funeral, but her friends in the village would a) not know them, and b) not go along with their message.
 
Posted by Penny S (# 14768) on :
 
I think the hymn I couldn't find may have been a rewrite of 'Lord God of Sabaoth' - lots of it is the same.
 
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on :
 
Do they have to be hymns?

1.American Idiot by Green Day seems pretty obvious.
2. Paint it Black by The Rolling Stones, which can be taken every which way.
3. Make America Great Again by Pussy Riot, should offend everyone, though not as much as Trumpy Wumpy Teletubby does.

Could Bob Dylan's Hey Mr. Tambourine Man be slightly reworded to Hey Mr. Tangerine Man?
 
Posted by Jengie jon (# 273) on :
 
How about In God we trust by Brian Wren.

Jengie
 
Posted by Sipech (# 16870) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by no prophet's flag is set so...:
Do they have to be hymns?
Nope.
quote:
Could Bob Dylan's Hey Mr. Tambourine Man be slightly reworded to Hey Mr. Tangerine Man?
[Killing me] Love it!

I might add Tracy Chapman's Subcity into the mix.
 
Posted by Sarasa (# 12271) on :
 
I think Leonard Cohen's The Future would be very apt.
 
Posted by Rossweisse (# 2349) on :
 
"Once to Every Man and Nation." It got kicked out of The Hymnal 1982, but it seems apropos in this case.
 
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
I think American Idiot should be the theme music for any TV channel covering the event.

There has to be some good Metal songs that are appropriate. Three from Sunn o))) that I have found:

Cursed Realm (of the winterdemons)
Fried Eagle Mind (Followed by Blood Swamp. He can drain that.)
Herod 2014 (which I am sure could be renamed Herod 2017).

Mostly based on the titles. I think we do need the apocalyptic mood of death drone metal music. The sort that plays over a desolate post-apocalypse wasteland in films.
 
Posted by Og, King of Bashan (# 9562) on :
 
Steve Bannon might appreciate a rousing Die Wacht am Rhein sing-along.

From Russia with Love might be a tad obvious.
 
Posted by Stercus Tauri (# 16668) on :
 
Parcel o' Rogues
 
Posted by Graven Image (# 8755) on :
 
Send in the Clowns.
 
Posted by Avey (# 18701) on :
 
New Dawn Fades
Atrocity Exhibition
From Safety to Where

(All Joy Division tracks)

State of the Nation
Ruined in a Day

(New Order)
 
Posted by Lamb Chopped (# 5528) on :
 
The Gotterdammerung?

or O fortuna...

[ 13. January 2017, 18:44: Message edited by: Lamb Chopped ]
 
Posted by Avey (# 18701) on :
 
Mozart Kyrie [Biased]
 
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :
 
De Colores

What's So Funny About Peace, Love, and Understanding?

Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

Bruce Springsteen's "Promised Land" ( I currently don't have a president, but I sure as hell have a Boss.)"Badlands" might be better, can't decide.

I would suggest "This Land is Your Land", but I doubt the assembled crowd would get the irony.
 
Posted by georgiaboy (# 11294) on :
 
It might be too subtle a connection for many, but Liszt's 'Les Préludes,' with its echoes of Nuremburg rallies and the Nazi invasion of USSR makes waaay to many connections. IMNSHO (Besides, it's a great piece!)
 
Posted by georgiaboy (# 11294) on :
 
It might be too subtle a connection for many, but Liszt's 'Les Préludes,' with its echoes of Nuremburg rallies and the Nazi invasion of USSR makes waaay to many connections. IMNSHO (Besides, it's a great piece!)
 
Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
Gotta be Nellie the Elephant, hasn't it? Perhaps with some special words for the Inauguration:

To DC
A travelling circus came
With an unintelligent elephant
And Donald was his name.
Lots of tricks
For Donald to perform
He told them all he'd build a wall
And he took the crowd by storm

Chorus:
Donald the elephant packed his trunk
And blundered off to the White House
Off he went with a trumpety-trump
Trump trump trump...
(Da capo ad nauseam).

[ 13. January 2017, 20:16: Message edited by: Albertus ]
 
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :
 
Oh, holy shit, that's golden. [Killing me]
 
Posted by Tubbs (# 440) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
Oh, holy shit, that's golden. [Killing me]
.

Laughed so hard, I choked on my GIN.

"We'll all go together when we go"?!

Tubbs
 
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :
 
And it would force him to scream, red- faced, "I'm not an elephant, goddammit, I'm a donkey! I'M A DONKEY!"

Upon which gif- makers everywhere would rejoice.
 
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :
 
Oh, wait, I fucked that up, didn't I?

See how nice I am? I could have quietly deleted that, but here I stand, allowing you to mock my fuck up.
 
Posted by Stercus Tauri (# 16668) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Albertus:

Chorus:
Donald the elephant packed his trunk
And blundered off to the White House
Off he went with a trumpety-trump
Trump trump trump...
(Da capo ad nauseam).
Then there's a variation on the juvenile version:

Donald the elephant packed his trunk
And blundered off to the shite House
Off he went for a dumpety-dump
Dump dump dump...
 
Posted by Gracious rebel (# 3523) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Albertus:
Gotta be Nellie the Elephant, hasn't it? Perhaps with some special words for the Inauguration:

To DC
A travelling circus came
With an unintelligent elephant
And Donald was his name.
Lots of tricks
For Donald to perform
He told them all he'd build a wall
And he took the crowd by storm

Chorus:
Donald the elephant packed his trunk
And blundered off to the White House
Off he went with a trumpety-trump
Trump trump trump...
(Da capo ad nauseam).
This is brilliant! Would it be OK for me to share it on Facebook?
[Overused]
 
Posted by Rossweisse (# 2349) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Lamb Chopped:
The Gotterdammerung?
Perfect.
 
Posted by Sparrow (# 2458) on :
 
You're so vain?
 
Posted by georgiaboy (# 11294) on :
 
I've just been watching/listening to clips from 'Assassins' (Sondheim).

'The Ballad of Booth' has chilling overtones for today.
 
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
De Colores

What's So Funny About Peace, Love, and Understanding?

Keep Your Eyes on the Prize

Bruce Springsteen's "Promised Land" ( I currently don't have a president, but I sure as hell have a Boss.)"Badlands" might be better, can't decide.

I would suggest "This Land is Your Land", but I doubt the assembled crowd would get the irony.
They might if they played all the verses.
 
Posted by jedijudy (# 333) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:
Oh, wait, I fucked that up, didn't I?

See how nice I am? I could have quietly deleted that, but here I stand, allowing you to mock my fuck up.
Dear Kelly, we would never, never do that in Heaven. [Two face] However, I believe the Heavenly Hosts are due a boon? Or points, even? [Snigger]

I think I will be playing Dies Irae from the Mozart Requiem. Day of wrath, indeed. And there's a trump(et) in it, too.

As the other thread suggests, the Imperial March from Star Wars would be appropriate.

quote:
Originally posted by Graven Image:
Send in the Clowns.
Yup! [Big Grin]
 
Posted by cliffdweller (# 13338) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Augustine the Aleut:
Some observations and selections from the ever-helpful index of first lines from the Canadian hymnal:

Father who on man dost shower

Fair waved the golden corn

For my sake and the Gospel's, go

God moves in mysterious ways

Golden harps are sounding

I see the crowd in Pilate's hall

Lord I hear of showers of blessing

Not worthy, Lord, to gather
Naughty!
[Killing me]
 
Posted by Rossweisse (# 2349) on :
 
This is a little too obvious, perhaps, but it's perfect. (Thank you, Maestro Verdi.) Love the big bass drum!
 
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Lyda*Rose:
They might if they played all the verses.
That's just what I meant. I pictured all these Trumpkins going," mumble mumble mumble whatever Utah Phillips just said
THIS LAND IS MADE FOR YOU AND ME. SPECIFICALLY. AND NOT THOSE LOSERS OVER THERE."
 
Posted by cliffdweller (# 13338) on :
 
Many have suggested the Imperial March ( Darth Vader's theme)
 
Posted by Albertus (# 13356) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Gracious rebel:
quote:
Originally posted by Albertus:
Gotta be Nellie the Elephant, hasn't it? Perhaps with some special words for the Inauguration:

To DC
A travelling circus came
With an unintelligent elephant
And Donald was his name.
Lots of tricks
For Donald to perform
He told them all he'd build a wall
And he took the crowd by storm

Chorus:
Donald the elephant packed his trunk
And blundered off to the White House
Off he went with a trumpety-trump
Trump trump trump...
(Da capo ad nauseam).
This is brilliant! Would it be OK for me to share it on Facebook?
[Overused]
Feel free! [Big Grin]
 
Posted by The Phantom Flan Flinger (# 8891) on :
 
Roger Waters / Pink Floyd - Two Suns In The Sunset.
 
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
A Town Without Pity
 
Posted by Honest Ron Bacardi (# 38) on :
 
Arrival of the Queen of Sheba
 
Posted by churchgeek (# 5557) on :
 
Last night I posted on facebook asking my friends what they thought the National Cathedral's choir should sing, seeing that they will be singing...

During the course of the discussion, I suggested:
Judge Eternal
Drop, Drop Slow Tears (Especially since this is a man who has claimed to have never needed to ask for God's forgiveness)
Any number of penitent Psalms in Anglican chant
O Holy City Seen of John
Any setting of the Dies Irae
Something in Russian


Here's some of my favorites from friends' responses (some of whom are shipmates):
Let My People Go
God of Grace and God of Glory
Remember, O Thou Man
Turn Back, O Man
Any setting of the Magnificat
The Kontakion
 
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :
 
How about God moves in a mysterious way? [Big Grin]
 
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :
 
Sorry, Augustine the Aleut - I've just noticed you posted God moves in a mysterious way ages ago. [Hot and Hormonal]

[ 15. January 2017, 00:16: Message edited by: Piglet ]
 
Posted by Net Spinster (# 16058) on :
 
We Shall Overcome

Solidarity Forever
 
Posted by Golden Key (# 1468) on :
 
--All God's Creatures Got A Place In The Choir"

--"We Shall Overcome"

--Theme from "9-5" (and the movie is on TV right now)

--"I Gotta Get Out Of This Place"

--"Joshua fit the battle of Jericho. and the wall came a tumblin' down"
 
Posted by ThunderBunk (# 15579) on :
 
If something in Russian is required, and the resident Orthodoxen could countenance this without a shout of "Outrage!!", a sotto voce "Gospodi pomilui" could be sung as a chant throughout.

This is the Russian (church Slavonic) equivalent of Kyrie Eleison.
 
Posted by Stejjie (# 13941) on :
 
"Death on Two Legs" by Queen?

(Lyrics here in case you're unaware of this masterpiece of vitriol, don't know if they're safe for work or not:)
 
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Stejjie:
"Death on Two Legs" by Queen?

(Lyrics here in case you're unaware of this masterpiece of vitriol, don't know if they're safe for work or not:)
That is perfect. Not one I know - it doesn't get played on "Happy Radio" much.
 
Posted by Rosa Gallica officinalis (# 3886) on :
 
here's a fantastic setting of MLK's we have a dream speech to Woodlands (Tell out my soul) by Michael Foster.
First verse is:
We have a dream: this nation will arise,
and truly live according to its creed,
that all are equal in their makers eyes,
and none shall suffer through another’s greed.

Full hymn
 
Posted by Stetson (# 9597) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Stejjie:
"Death on Two Legs" by Queen?

(Lyrics here in case you're unaware of this masterpiece of vitriol, don't know if they're safe for work or not:)
I love how on the album, that song is immediately followed by the mock-Edwardian foppishness of Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon. Queen was pretty much at home in any musical genre you could name.
 
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
Don't Fence Me In
 
Posted by no prophet's flag is set so... (# 15560) on :
 
It's Hard to be Humble. (Mac Davis)

"Oh Lord it's hard to be humble
When you're perfect in every way.
I can't wait
To look in the mirror.
Cause I get better looking each day.
To know me is to love me.
I must be a hell of a man.
Oh Lord It's hard to be humble,
But I'm doing the best that I can. "

(It's even a country song, a genre I generally loathe)
 
Posted by Aravis (# 13824) on :
 
From the children's section of the hymn book: "It's (=he's?) rounded like an orange"
 
Posted by Piglet (# 11803) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
quote:
Originally posted by Stejjie:
"Death on Two Legs" by Queen?

(Lyrics here in case you're unaware of this masterpiece of vitriol, don't know if they're safe for work or not:)
That is perfect. Not one I know - it doesn't get played on "Happy Radio" much.
I do remember the song, but I'd forgotten just how vitriolic (and, as it turns out, appropriate to the circumstances) the words were. [Big Grin]
 
Posted by Amanda B. Reckondwythe (# 5521) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by ThunderBunk:
If something in Russian is required . . . .
The theme song from the Mel Brooks movie The Twelve Chairs: "Hope for the best, expect the worst."
 
Posted by Kelly Alves (# 2522) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Kelly Alves:


Bruce Springsteen's "Promised Land" ( I currently don't have a president, but I sure as hell have a Boss.)"Badlands" might be better, can't decide.

Wow, I was wrong on both counts. "The American Land."
 
Posted by Jane R (# 331) on :
 
I'd forgotten about 'Death on Two Legs'. Perfect.

In a spirit of unity, I would like to propose Weird Al Yankovic's parody of 'Happy': Tacky . It even references Kanye West, who I understand has visited Trumpington Towers (see, he's not racist: some of his best friends are black).

Also, if the Episcopalian choir really are going to sing they can get away with ANYTHING provided it's in Latin. I suggest Dies Irae.

[ 17. January 2017, 10:41: Message edited by: Jane R ]
 
Posted by Stejjie (# 13941) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Schroedinger's cat:
quote:
Originally posted by Stejjie:
"Death on Two Legs" by Queen?

(Lyrics here in case you're unaware of this masterpiece of vitriol, don't know if they're safe for work or not:)
That is perfect. Not one I know - it doesn't get played on "Happy Radio" much.
Here it is.
 
Posted by Lyda*Rose (# 4544) on :
 
quote:
Originally posted by Jane R:
I'd forgotten about 'Death on Two Legs'. Perfect.

In a spirit of unity, I would like to propose Weird Al Yankovic's parody of 'Happy': Tacky . It even references Kanye West, who I understand has visited Trumpington Towers (see, he's not racist: some of his best friends are black).

Also, if the Episcopalian choir really are going to sing they can get away with ANYTHING provided it's in Latin. I suggest Dies Irae.
Yeah, Dies Irae sounds so macho The Donald would love it and he'd vaguely recognize it from an SUV commercial.

And I love "Tacky"! [Big Grin]
 
Posted by Schroedinger's cat (# 64) on :
 
[Somewhat niche post]

Given the poem that has been written for the inauguration, I think The Eagles Journey of the Sorcerer would be appropriate.

[/Niche post]
 


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