{"id":8169,"date":"2016-12-23T12:26:13","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T17:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=8169"},"modified":"2016-12-23T12:26:13","modified_gmt":"2016-12-23T17:26:13","slug":"songs-for-the-end-of-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=8169","title":{"rendered":"Songs for the end of the world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, after I watched the final episode of an amazing Brazilian television series, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/3%25\">3%<\/a> (yes, that&#8217;s the title) on Netflix, I felt compelled to listen to the immortal song <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Aquarela_do_Brasil\">Aquarela do Brasil<\/a>, especially the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9HtHEgINHO0\">Geoff Muldaur version<\/a> that was the title song for Terry Gilliam&#8217;s film <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Brazil_(1985_film)\">Brazil<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/9HtHEgINHO0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>As I was listening to the song, I realized that along with Vera Lynn&#8217;s We&#8217;ll Meet Again, it&#8217;s one of the songs I&#8217;d like to listen to when the world comes to an end.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/15YgdrhrCM8\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Runner-ups include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=La4Dcd1aUcE\">Nena&#8217;s 99 Luftballons<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=IDEIol3cgF4\">Anita Kelsey&#8217;s version<\/a>\u00a0(known from the film Dark City) of <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sway_(song)\">Sway<\/a> (\u00bfQui\u00e9n ser\u00e1?)<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/La4Dcd1aUcE\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/m5dwTjPy5tI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>As to why I am thinking about the end of the world&#8230;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\" style=\"text-align: center\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">The United States must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability until such time as the world comes to its senses regarding nukes<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/811977223326625792\">December 22, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<fb:like href='https:\/\/spinor.info\/weblog\/?p=8169' send='true' layout='standard' show_faces='true' width='450' height='65' action='like' colorscheme='light' font='lucida grande'><\/fb:like>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last night, after I watched the final episode of an amazing Brazilian television series, 3% (yes, that&#8217;s the title) on Netflix, I felt compelled to listen to the immortal song Aquarela do Brasil, especially the Geoff Muldaur version that was the title song for Terry Gilliam&#8217;s film Brazil. 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