Midnight Mixtape: End of the world

End of the world

On the midnight mixtape, Colin Murray was joined by Claire Lim to look at listener selections (21/09/2023) with Songs that reference the end of the world as we know it (as REM disbanded on this day in 2011)!

Songs in contention

• Johnny Cash - The man comes around
• Europe - Final Countdown
• Frankie goes Hollywood - Two Tribes
• Def Leppard - Armageddon it
• Radiohead - Idioteque
• Postal Service - We will become the silhouettes
• Prince - 1999
• Marvin Gaye - Mercy mercy me
• Iron Maiden - 2 minutes To midnight
• REM - End of the word as we know it
• Skeeter Davis - End of the road
• Flight of the Conchords - Robots
• Bob Sinclair - World hold on
• DJ Shadow - 6 Days feat Mos Def (soulwax rmx)
• Nena - 99 luftballons
• Metallica - For whom the bell tolls
• Aphrodite's Child - Four horsemen
• Sam Fender - Hypersonic Missiles
• Ultravox - Dancing with tears in my eyes
• Soundgarden - Black hole sun
• Doors - The End
• U2 - End of the world
• Mark Owen - 4 minute warning
• Barry McGuire - Eve of destruction
• David Bowie - 5 years
• Cure - End of the world
• Aerosmith - Don't want miss a thing (Armageddon)
• Super Furry Animals - It's not the end of the world
• Jeff Wayne - Eve of the war
• Young Marvel Giants - Final Day
• Miss Saigon - Last night of the world

Final Mixtape

Here's the final mixtape!

[Side 1]
1. Jeff Wayne - Eve of the war
2. Metallica - For whom the bell tolls
3. Soundgarden - Black hole sun
4. Aphrodite's Child - Four horsemen
5. Johnny Cash - The man comes around
6. Doors - The End
[Side 2]
7. Prince - 1999
8. REM - End of the word as we know it
9. DJ Shadow - 6 Days feat Mos Def (soulwax rmx)
10. Radiohead - Idioteque
11. Flight of the Conchords - Robots
12. Europe - Final Countdown
Hidden: Super Furry Animals - It's not the end of the world?

Thank you for Mog created an "applified" and spotified playlist.

Previous Appearances

FIVE debuts including Aphrodite's Child, DJ Shadow, Europe, Flight of the Conchords and Jeff Wayne.
Of the other acts with previous appearances:

Artist	#	Other Appearances
Soundgarden	2	SPOONman (Set the table, 74)
Super Furry Animals	2	The man don't (Wales*, 9)
Metallica	5	Enter Sandman (Dreams, 21) Enter Sandman (Monster, 23) For whom the bell tolls (Books, 108) Seek and destroy (Search, 102)
REM	7	Everybody hurts (Human Spirit 2, 91) It's the end of the world (Say What, 52) Losing my religion (Whisper, 48) Man on the moon (Non Sport, 18) Orange Crush (Fruit, 3) Try not to breathe (Breathing, 82)
Doors	8	LA Woman (LA LA Land, 27) Light my fire (Gone too soon, 8) Peace Frog (Blood, 35) Riders in the storm (Villians, 26) Roadhouse Blues (Hotels, 70) The end (End of the Road, 59) Wintertime Love (Winter, 33)
Johnny Cash	9	Folsom Prison Blues (Prison*, 34) Folsom Prison Blues (Hello*, 50) Hurt (Blood*, 35) Ring of fire (12 Days of Christmas*, 31) Folsom Prison Blues (Trains, 96) Folsom Prison Blues (Breaking Law, 109) In my life (Beatles, 44) (w/ June Carter) Jackson (Couples, 65)
Radiohead	9	Fake Plastic Trees (Radio*, 29) Fake plastic trees (Plants*, 107) Airbag (Fast, 45) Idioteque (Oh Brother, 14) My iron lung (Breathing, 82) The bends (Under the Sea, 51) There There (Groundhog Day 2, 88) Everything in it's right place (Day/Night Before, 110)
Prince	12	1999 (New Years, 83) Kiss (Kiss, 93) Let's go crazy (One name, 16) Little Red Corvette (Snooker, 47) Little Red Corvette (Car Showroom 1, 76) Purple Rain (80s Movies, 11) Raspberry Beret (Fruit, 3) RASPberry Beret (Toolbox, 55) Starfish and coffee (Memories, 46) U got the look (Cowbell, 28) When doves cry (12 Days of Christmas, 31) (w/ Sheena Easton) U got the look (See Clearly, 71)