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Foo Fighters - Exhausted (The first album is actually Dave Grohl writing, singing and playing all the instruments himself and he had at least a large say in the recording and production. I sorta wish he'd stuck with that!)
I got this album on the day it came out and I don't think I've ever listened to this song (the last one on the album) without actually crying, then the feeling of defiance and rising hope, bitter sweet beauty and feeling truly alive.

None of Them Knew They Were Robots - Mr. Bungle

There aren't really words to describe this and the lyrics are as unusual as the sound, and below the video.


Mendel's machines replicate in the night
In the black iron prison of St. Augustine's light.
He's paying the bills and they're doing him proud
They can float their burnt offerings on assembler clouds;
With omega point in the sight,
The new Franklins fly their kites
And the post modern empire is ended tonight!

From history
The flood of counterfeits released;
The black cloud,
Reductionism and the beast.
Automatons gather all the pieces
So the world may be increased,
In simulation jubilation
For the deceased...

(Spray-on clothes and diamond jaws
Wrinkles smoothed by nanoclaws...)

With my machines I can dispatch you
From this world without a trace;
Our nostalgia ghosts are ready to take your place!

(Content-shifting shopping malls
Gasoline trees and walk-through walls)

None of them knew!
None of them knew!

I feel the grey goo boiling my blood,
As I watch the dead rise up out of the earth.
Try to hide from the lies as they all come true.

Deus absconditus
Deus nullus Deus
Deus nisi Deus

I feel the grey goo boiling my blood
As the Fenris wolf slowly bites through his chain.
Try to hide the myth as it becomes a Man.

None of them knew!
None of them knew
They were robots...

Deus absconditus
Deus nullus Deus
Deus absconditus
Deus nisi Deus

Buying an X or an O
In statecraft tic-tac-toe!
Cat's game for Joe Blow!
Post industrial bliss;
A binary hug or kiss
Can be wrung from utility mist.
They stole the great arcanum;
The secret fire.
Moloch found his gold
For the new empire
Once again...
The necrophage becomes saint.

Lindy hop around the truth!
Jump back: wolf pack attack!
Swingin' up there in the noose...
Slap back: white shark attack!
Lindy hop around the truth...
Jump back: wolf pack attack!
Swingin' up there in the noose...
Slap back! white shark attack!

Phased array diffraction nets
From full-wall paint-on TV sets;
Migratory home sublets
And time shared diamond fiber sets.
(Recombinant logos keys,
Bitic Qabalistic trees.)

Deus absconditus
Deus nullus Deus
Deus nisi Deus

I feel the grey goo boiling my blood
As Leviathan and his bugs freeze the sea.
Try to save the world by immolating myself.

From history
The flood of counterfeits released;
The black cloud,
The resurrection of the deceased.
Automatons gather all the pieces
So the world may be increased
In simulation jubilation
For the builders
Of the body of the Beast.

Sour Times - Portishead

and P.J. Harvey - This is Love

I may have posted this before, but...it's worth a second listen.

Brian Jonestown Massacre - Anemone

Tony, hello old friend... I was wandering the streets of World Music a few weeks ago and ran into this group playing on a corner and fell in love love love... while I really REALLY get a kick out of putting this song on and projecting it across valley to mess with the "alt-right prepper newbie neighbor" who is CLEARLY convinced I'm a commie terrorist playing towel head music (it's Hebrew but potato patato you know) the very first time I heard this/watched this video, my thought was Tony - Tony surely will get the beauty and not try to turn me into Homeland Security. I have to send this to Tony. So, weeks later - here it is. What do you think?

Light in Babylon - Baderech El Hayam