Monday, July 02, 2012

MA-18 - Goin' Fission!: Pop & Rock with a Long Half-Life

Here we are with another collection of radioactive songs.

From the earnest (track 1 or track 21) to the humorous (tracks 8 or 14) to the satirical (tracks 6 or 22), the idea ofatomic power has been 'spodin' (to quote Ricky Ricardo) for years.

Here are a few of the more interesting aural experiences:


1 Jesus Is the First Line of Defense Pilgrim Travellers 1951

2 Atomic Kisses Earney Vandagriff 1955

3 Hydrogen Bomb The Laurels 1961

4 The War Drags On Mick Softley 1965

5 Atom and Evil General Electric 1966

6 Please Don't Drop That H- Bomb on Me Country Joe & The Fish 1967

7 Wooden Ships Jefferson Airplane 1969

8 Political Science Randy Newman 1972

9 Nuclear Babies Oingo Boingo 1980

10 Let's All Make a Bomb Heaven 17 1981

11 Run Like a Villain Iggy Pop 1982

12 World Suicide Defuser 1983

13 Uranium Rock The Cramps 1983

14 Surfin' USSR Ray Stevens 1988

15 The Bomb Lifesavers Underground 1992

16 Atomic Power Uncle Tupelo 1994

17 The Bomb Inside the Bomb We Are Scientists 2002

18 Nuclear Blues Frances Plante-Scott 2004

19 Bomb.Repeat.Bomb.1954 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists 2007

20 Atomic Bomb Brian Butler 2008

21 Atom and Evil Heaven and Hell 2009

22 Atom Bomb Blues The Naptown Jug Busters 2009

And here is the link: http://www.mediafire.com/?3y5up1b4hbvqba1

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