Coronavirus Playlist

On this April Fool's Day, I offer a very serious suggestion of songs to play during the COVID-19 crisis - another iPod playlist of doom.  These songs, in no particular order, are relevant in one way or another. 

"Don't Stand So Close To Me," the Police (keep a distance of six feet)

"Waiting For the Sun," the Doors (waiting for better days so we can find out what went wrong)

"It Better End Soon," Chicago (a ten-minute anti-war suite)

"It's the End of the World As We Know It (and I Feel Fine)," R.E.M. (natch!)

"Keep Yourself Alive," Queen (ditto)

"Avant Gardener," Courtney Barnett ("I'm having trouble breathing in")

"School's Out," Alice Cooper ("We might not come back at all . . .")

"Industrial Disease," Dire Straits (and industry wants us to return to work?)

"Ventilator Blues," the Rolling Stones (of course)

"Mercy Mercy Me (The Ecology)," Marvin Gaye (the planet is dying)

"The Last Resort," the Eagles ("seeking a place to stand . . . there is no more New Frontier, and we have got to make it here")

"Eat at Home," Paul McCartney (don't eat out!)

"Shelter From the Storm," Bob Dylan (shelter in place)

"My Hometown," Bruce Springsteen (deserted town)

"Do For the Others," Stephen Stills ("She is gone, there is no tomorrow . . . It is done so now, he must borrow the life of his brothers and living in sorrow, must do for the others")

"Life During Wartime," the Talking Heads (no parties, no discos, no fooling around - groceries to last a couple of days)

"World of Pain," Cream (no time for pity)

"Pure and Easy," the Who ("As people assemble, civilization is trying to find a new way to die . . .")

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