We're Splitting Up

... Or maybe coming together even stronger! It all depends on whether we're fissioning or fusioning. Think about it while listening to these atomic-or-nuclear-themed songs.

MA-11 - The A-Bomb B-List

1 - Atomic Bomb Blues Homer Harris 1946

2 - Atomic Baby Amos Wilburn 1950

3 - Fujiyama Mama Wanda Jackson 1957

4 - God's Gonna Turn Us ToDust Johnny Tyler 1960

5 - A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall Bob Dylan 1962

6 - Eve of Destruction BarryMcGuire 1965

7 - So Long, Mom (A Song for World War III) Tom Lehrer 1965

8 - Electric Funeral Black Sabbath 1970

9 - Damnation Alley Hawkwind 1977

10 -   Your Love Is Like Nuclear Waste Tuff Darts 1978

11 - Nuclear Attack Gary Moore 1980

12  -   Fylingdale Flyer  Jethro Tull 1980

13 - Einstein A Go-Go Landscape 1981

14 -   Manhattan Project   Rush 1985

15 -   If the Bombs Fall Larry Norman 1986

16 -   Christmas at Ground Zero Weird Al Yankovic 1986

17 - Watchin' Joey Glow Steve Goodman 1989

18 -    Workin' at the Nuclear Power Plant Penny File 2002

19  -   Radiation Song The Aquabats 2002

20 -    Santa Came On A Nuclear Missile Heather Noel 2003

MA-13 - Splitting Mad: More Nuclear Numbers

1 Fireball Boogie Camille Howard 1948

2  Sh-Boom The Chords 1953

3 Watch World War Three (on Pay TV) Crown City Four 1960

4 The Sun Is Burning Simon & Garfunkel  1964

5 I Come And Stand At Every Door The Byrds 1966

6 Atomic Bombs Away Blues Creation 1971

7 Nuclear Blues Blood Sweat & Tears 1980

8 Your Attention Please Scars 1981

9 After the Rain Comsat Angels 1982

10 99 Red Balloons Nena 1983

11 Party at Ground Zero Fishbone 1985

12 Protect And Survive The Dubliners 1987

13 Everyday Is Like Sunday Morrissey 1988

14 I Like Chinese Monty Python 1989

15 April 2031 Warrant 1992

16 Nuclear Supremacy Dayglo Abortions 1995

17 Jesus Hits Like an Atomic Bomb Chanticleer 2004

18 Bring Back the Bomb GWAR 2004

19 Brighter Than A Thousand Suns Iron Maiden 2006

20 The Iranian Bomb Tal Gilad 2011

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

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 song Heaven and Hell 2009 

22 Atom Bomb Blues The Naptown Jug Busters 2009

Please remember that the viewpoints expressed in these songs may or may not be consonant with your own.

See you Monday with some more spies!

  

That Weird and Wonderful Decade

 I mean the 1980s. For some reason, years ago, I got a musical bug in my ear about the 1980s, which saw the conception of all three of my wonderful offspring. But you didn't come here to hear me brag about biological children ... just musical ones ...

MA-15 - It Escaped from the 1980s

01 - MTV Theme ''Man on the Moon'' - Jonathan Elias; John Petersen - 1981  (0:54)

02 - I Think I'm in Love - Eddie Money - 1982  (3:09)

03 - We Belong - Pat Benatar - 1984  (3:42)

04 - Addicted to Love - Robert Palmer - 1986  (4:05)

05 - Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel - 1987  (4:50)

06 - The Homecoming Queen's Got a Gun - Julie Brown - 1984  (4:41)

07 - Turning Japanese - The Vapors - 1980  (3:47)

08 - Theme from “The Greatest American Hero” - Joey Scarbury - 1981  (3:15)

09 - Roll Over Beethoven (Long Version) - Electric Light Orchestra - 1973  (8:10)

10 - Hold Me - Fleetwood Mac - 1982  (3:46)

11 - Shakin' - Eddie Money - 1982  (3:10)

12 - The Warrior - Patty Smyth and Scandal - 1984  (3:58)

13 - Words - Missing Persons - 1983  (4:30)

14 - Shadows of the Night - Pat Benatar - 1982  (3:39)

15 - Mickey - Toni Basil - 1981  (3:38)

16 - Mexican Radio - Wall of Voodoo - 1982  (4:11)

17 - Walk Like an Egyptian - The Bangles - 1986  (3:24)

18 - Shock the Monkey - Peter Gabriel - 1982  (3:57)

MA-132 - It Was Extracted from the 1980s

01 - Dancing with You - PIC - 1985   (3:57)

02 - Fizz Pop (Modern Rock) - The Continentals - 1980   (2:51)

03 - Man of Time - Kas Product - 1982   (3:21)

04 - TV Song - Mortal Men - 1984   (4:15)

05 - Car Back - Big Jerks - 1981   (2:25)

06 - Trick of the Light - Shooting Party - 1985   (3:09)

07 - All You Zombies - The Hooters - 1982   (4:01)

08 - (I Gotta) Buy One - Jetz - 1981   (3:46)

09 - We Like It - The Visible Targets - 1982   (2:25)

10 - Goin' Thru the Motions - Nu Shooz - 1986   (3:56)

11 - Public Buildings - Puppies - 1981   (2:41)

12 - Where's Romeo? - CaVa CaVa - 1982   (3:05)

13 - Uptight World - Single Mary - 1987   (2:53)

14 - Waiting For Delmore - Algebra Suicide - 1988   (2:56)

15 - Song for America - Westside Lockers - 1980   (4:03)

16 - Infinite Roads - The Hawaiian Pups - 1983   (3:14)

17 - Naughty Miranda - Indians in Moscow - 1984   (3:34)

18 - Time - Pauline Murray - 1989   (4:38)

19 - No Control - Wendy & the Rocketts - 1983   (3:30)

20 - Pay My Bills - Barbi and the Kens - 1980   (2:25)

21 - Dead Pop Stars - Altered Images - 1981   (3:16)

22 - Under the Gun - Face to Face - 1984   (4:39)

23 - Sold Out - The Fools - 1980   (3:16)

MA-176 - Two Word 80s Too

01 - It's Hip - The Terraplanes - 1981(2:40)

02 - Moja Mama - Videosex - 1983  (3:47)

03 - Bubble Gum - The Chichlids - 1980  (1:53)

04 - Electric Shadows - The Silence - 1985  (4:08)

05 - Savoir Faire - Family Fodder - 1980  (3:15)

06 - Callous World - Ester Zoobes - 1981  (3:12)

07 - In Egypt - Dik Dik Dimorphic - 1985  (3:39)

08 - Private World - The Vels - 1983  (4:36)

09 - Western Laughter - The Fatal Charm - 1980  (3:28)

10 - Elaborate Dummy - Portray Heads - 1984  (3:51)

11 - After Today - Elisa Waut - 1988  (3:09)

12 - Fun Wars - Dead Katts - 1982  (2:22)

13 - Permanent Damage - Suzanne Fellini - 1980  (3:16)

14 - Snake Handler - L7 - 1988  (2:27)

15 - Paper Dolls - IQU - 1984  (4:34)

16 - So Hard - Personal Effects - 1982  (3:25)

17 - Zero Gravity - IQ Zero - 1981  (3:07)

18 - No Romance - The Whisper Mode - 1985  (3:26)

19 - Sixties Flix - Action Pact - 1984  (1:54)

20 - Shut Up - Graduate - 1980  (2:53)

21 - After All - Midnite Lunch - 1983  (2:19)

22 - Hello Hello - The Keys - 1981  (3:31)

23 - Once Over - Burning Rome - 1982  (3:24)

24 - Trash City - Transvision Vamp - 1988  (5:10)

I could rave on for a while about most of these songs, but listen for yourself and do your own rave!  See you on Friday for some of my atomic accumulations.

  

The State I'm In

 ... Mental state, that is.  That's what these three comps are about.

MA-115 - Crazy, Man!

01 - Captain Howdy - Simon Stokes   1974  (3:15)

02 - Far Side of Crazy - Wall of Voodoo   1985  (4:00)

03 - I Go Psycho! - Zombina and the Skeletones   2008  (1:16)

04 - Half Life - King Black Acid   2002  (4:15)

05 - I´m Mental - Blind Date   1983  (3:55)

06 - Psycho Surgery - The Conservatives   1983  (2:57)

07 - I'm a Nut - Leroy Pullins   1966  (2:28)

08 - The Eye of Madness - The Visitor   1981  (3:32)

09 - I'm Paranoid - Bad Checks   1982  (2:54)

10 - Little Man in My Head - Dead Milkmen   1990  (3:48)

11 - Psycho - The Nozems   1991  (2:38)

12 - Hallucinations - Baker Knight and the Knightmares   1967  (2:53)

13 - Frontal Lobotomy - The Degrads   1983  (2:54)

14 - Madhouse - The Professionals   1981  (3:16)

15 - Psycho - The Sonics   1965  (2:15)

16 - I Wanna Come Back (from the World of LSD) - The Fee-Fi-Four Plus Two   1967  (2:17)

17 - Man in the Box - V2   1978  (4:10)

18 - Madman - Cuddy Toys   1980  (3:08)

19 - They Won't Let My Girlfriend Talk to Me - Jimmy and the Boys   1981  (3:14)

20 - Worm in My Brain - The Weather Prophets   1988  (3:43)

21 - Lobotomy - The Sharks   1979  (2:54)

22 - The Rubber Room - Porter Wagoner   1971  (2:40)

23 - The Paranoids Are Coming - Geza X and the Mommymen   1982  (3:12)

24 - Call Me Crazy - FroSTed   1995  (3:55)

25 - Don't Make Me Move - PIC   1985  (3:20)

MA-137 - Flip City

01 - All in My Mind - Ohm and the Secret Sources ? - 1984   (4:40)

02 - Problem Child - Slugs - 1981   (2:57)

03 - They’re Coming to Take Me Away Ha-Haaa! - Napoleon XIV (Jerry Samuels) - 1966   (2:10)

04 - I’m Happy They Took You Away, Ha-Haaa! - Josephine XV (Bryna Raeburn) - 1966   (2:10)

05 - I’m Normal - The Emperor (Bob Hudson) - 1966   (2:14)

06 - They're Coming to Get Me Again, Ha Haaaa! - Napoleon XIV (Jerry Samuels) - 1988   (2:36)

07 - (Feeling Like a) Little God - Helicopter - 1981   (3:25)

08 - Sociopath - Ampop - 2002   (4:01)

09 - I'm Weird - The Wolffe Gang - 1981    (4:19)

10 - Paranoimia - Art of Noise - 1986   (3:15)

11 - Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues - The Kinks - 1971   (3:31)

12 - Gimme Gimme Shock Treatment - Ramones - 1977   (1:42)

13 - Anxiety Reaction - Images in Vogue - 1982   (4:02)

14 - Mother - The Police - 1983    (3:05)

15 - Identity Loss - Active Ingredients - 1980   (2:01)

16 - Twisted - Joni Mitchell - 1974   (2:29)

17 - Absolutely Bill's Mood - They Might Be Giants - 1987   (2:36)

18 - My Inner Voices - Two of Us - 1988   (3:51)

19 - Screaming Nutter - The Candy Ranch - 1989   (3:18)

20 - Your Mother Is a Sociopath - Truckstop Honeymoon - 2011   (2:22)

21 - The Ripper - Bully Boy - 1985   (3:50)

22 - I Lost My Mind - Eye Do It - 1984   (3:20)

23 - Institutionalized - Suicidal Tendencies - 1983   (3:49)

24 - Cracked Mirror - Moev - 1981   (5:57)

MA-162 - plum coocoo

01 - Who Am I? Where Am I? - Outrageous - 1979  (2:19)

02 - The Dog Said Yeah - The Ones - 1980  (2:27)

03 - I'd Rather Have a Bottle in Front of Me (Than a Frontal Lobotomy) - Randy Hanzlick - 1980  (3:01)

04 - Amnesia - Inner Landscapes - 1983  (4:05)

05 - Wreckage of Your Mind - Dead Neighbours - 1985  (4:44)

06 - My Mind Wanders - Toys - 1979  (2:44)

07 - Shok Treetments - The Low Numbers - 1976  (2:53)

08 - Paranoia Perception - The Dadistics - 1979  (3:42)

09 - Insomnia - Primal Danse - 1982  (5:00)

10 - Psycho-Analyst - Johnny Dole and the Scabs - 1977  (1:44)

11 - Invisible People - Touch - 1983  (3:30)

12 - Too Bad You're Crazy (from the movie April Fool's Day) - Jerry Whitman - 1986  (2:52)

13 - Monster Hospital - Metric - 2006  (3:30)

14 - Echoes - Prayer Before Birth - 1982  (3:23)

15 - I Love Your Neurosis - The Nervebreakers - 1979  (3:10)

16 - There's Someone Following Me - Eddie & Sunshine - 1983  (3:57)

17 - No More Hot Dogs - Hasil Adkins - 1956  (2:06)

18 - Paranoia - The Freeze - 1979  (3:04)

19 - Confidentially Renee - The Clocks - 1980  (2:14)

20 - Being Watched - The Puget Sound - 1986  (2:27)

21 - Running in Mazes - Zoom Lens - 1980  (4:59)

22 - CIA (They Found Me Out) - Pure Chance - 1984  (2:18)

23 - Looking at You - Slice - 1982  (2:26)

24 - Pretend You're Not Crazy - Phobia - 1979  (2:58)

25 - The Dark Side of Your Brain - Bruce Joyner & the Plantations - 1986  (3:29)

Hope you can escape the straitjacket in time to come back Wednesday for some songs from the 1980s!