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ANTI-NUKE SONGS AND SONGS ABOUT NUCLEAR ENERGY, NUCLEAR WASTE, RADIATION, NUCLEAR WEAPONS, AND NUCLEAR WAR

RATINGS... for each clip are out of a possible 5, based on overall song quality, relevance to the theme, and perceptibility of that relevance.

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BEST NUCLEAR SONGS

Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good “Hot Spot” ... by Phil Manzanera

Hot Spot is a particularly stark juxtaposition of our modern distractions—in this case, a nightclub—with the consequences of leaving the reigns of power in the hands of madmen who have the keys to the nukes and other weapons of mass destruction.

L Y R I C S   S N I P P E T

I said "Hey, baby what you need the needle for?"
She said, "It used to be illegal, now it's a law!
We're all shooting atropine to make damn sure,
Everyday since they started up the third world war..."

See full "Hot Spot" lyrics on GP

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From the album K-Scope
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Rating: 4 of 4 -- Very good “Godzilla” ... by Blue Oyster Cult

A fun classic. The eco spin is Godzilla's origins—genetic mutation from radiation.

L Y R I C S   S N I P P E T

History shows again and again
How nature points out the folly of men . . .
Godzilla!

See full "Godzilla" lyrics on GP

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From the album 'Spectres'
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Rating: 4 of 4 -- Very good “The Sun Is Burning” ... by Simon & Garfunkel

The song starts out with pastoral images of everyday life, culminating in the terrifying end described in the lyrics below. A great anti-nuke song from the 1960s folk-rock era.

L Y R I C S   S N I P P E T

Now the sun has come to earth,
Shrouded in a mushroom cloud of death.
Death comes in a blinding flash
Of hellish heat and leaves a smear of ash . . .
And the sun has come to earth.

See full lyrics on Sing365

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album cover for Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M. Watch 'The Sun is Burning' music video

From the album Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M.
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good “Underground” ... by Wishbone Ash

A great song, with that comments on the absurdity of politicians suggesting we do the bunker hunker so they don't have to actually solve the little problem of nuclear apocalypse.

L Y R I C S   S N I P P E T

Fireball, there's going to be a fireball...
There won't be a sign,
There was never a time like this before...

See full lyrics on Sing365

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album cover for Tracks 2 Watch 'Underground' music video

From the album Tracks 2
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Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good “Barrel Of Pain” ... by Crosby, Stills & Nash

When Graham Nash lived in San Francisco, he loved the bay view—until he found out they'd been dropping barrels of nuclear waste in the water.

L Y R I C S   S N I P P E T

I can see the sea begin to glow;
I can feel it leaking down below;
I can barely stand it what you're doing to me...

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From the album Allies

 

MORE GOOD NUCLEAR SONGS

Rating: 3 of 5 - Good “Fukushima Night” ... by Dalia Kobelieva

A nice rocked-out song with an explicit message to The Powers That Be on how we feel about nuclear energy and weapons.

L Y R I C S   S N I P P E T

[To] the high and mighty—
Stop the nuclear night; if
This you don't do,
WE will stop YOU.

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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good “Fukushima Baby” ... by David Stephenson

A good rave-up where the girl of his dreams may be a little to hot to handle.

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When she made landfall on the Oregon Coast,
I grabbed her hand and I held her close.
When it comes to love, some feel a pitter-patter,
But I felt the heat of her nuclear reactor.

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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good “I Come and Stand at Every Door” ... by The Byrds

L Y R I C S   S N I P P E T

I'm only seven, although I died
In Hiroshima long ago....
Death came and turned my bones to dust,
And that was scattered by the wind.

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From the album Fifth Dimension
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good “Radioactivity” ... by Kraftwerk

German band Kraftwerk strikes a blow against the nuclear machine, overtly criticizing the nuclear operation at Sellafield—and nuclear power in general.

L Y R I C S   S N I P P E T

Chain reaction and mutation;
Contaminated population....
Stop—radioactivity
Is in the air for you and me.

See full lyrics on Metro Lyrics

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From the album Radio-Activity
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good “Talking Atom (Old Man Atom)” ... by Pete Seeger

A witty, world-wise tune from the master folkie.

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The answer to it all ain't military datum,
Like who gets there firstest with the mostest atoms.
No, the people of the world must decide their fate—
They gotta get together or disintegrate.

See full lyrics on Metro Lyrics

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From the album Gazette, Vol. 1
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Rating: 3 of 5 - Good “Shut ’Em Down” ... by Gil Scott-Heron

A direct message that the only good nuclear power plant is a dead nuclear power plant.

L Y R I C S   S N I P P E T

Did you feel that rumble? Did you hear that sound?
Well it wasn't no earthquake, but it shook the ground.
It made me think about power, like it or not:
I got to work for earth
For what it's worth,
'Cause it's the only earth we've got.
Shut 'em down!

See full lyrics on Wikia

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From the album Tour de Force
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MORE GOOD NUCLEAR SONGS ...
BUT HAVEN'T HAD TIME TO ADD BELLS AND WHISTLES

  • “Crawl Out Through the Fallout” ... by Sheldon Allman
  • “Everyday Is Like Sunday” ... by 10000 Maniacs
  • “Everyday Is Like Sunday” ... by Morrissey
  • “No Nuclear War” ... by Peter Tosh
  • “North Winds Blowing” ... by The Stranglers
  • “Nuclear” ... by Ryan Adams
  • “Soviet Snow” ... by Shona Laing
  • “The Neutron Bomb” ... by Arlo Guthrie
  • “Tomahawk Cruise” ... by TV Smith
  • “We Almost Lost Detroit” ... by Gil Scott-Heron
  • “Uranium Fever” ... by Elton Britt

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HONORABLE MENTIONS

  • “Do You Believe in the Westworld?” ... by Theatre of Hate
  • “Flame of the West” ... by Big Country
  • “Fukushima Song—Talkin' End Game” ... by Michael Montecrossa
  • “Generals” ... by The Damned
  • “Last in the House of Flames” ... by UK Decay
  • “Living Through Another Cuba” ... by XTC
  • “Nagasaki Nightmare” ... by Crass
  • “Two Tribes” ... by Frankie Goes to Hollywood
  • “Uranium Rock” ... by The Cramps
  • “Warhead” ... by UK Subs
                

 

IN THE REVIEW QUEUE ...

  • “Anti-Nuclear Blues” ... by Louisiana Red
  • “Don't Melt Down on My Baby” ... by Tru Fax & the Insaniacs
  • “Face the Fire” ... by Dan Fogelberg
  • “Geiger Counter” ... by Kraftwerk
  • “No Filthy Nuclear Power ” ... by Oi Polloi
  • “No Nuke Blues” ... by Vic Sadot
  • “Nuclear Blues” ... by Frances Plante-Scott
  • “Nuclear Blues” ... by Blood Sweat & Tears
  • “Nuclear Infected” ... by Alice Cooper
  • “Nuclear Reactor” ... by Birth Control
  • “Nuclear Waste” ... by Oi Polloi
  • “Nuclear Waste” ... by Sting & the Radioactors
  • “Nuclear Waste” ... by Tru Fax & the Insaniacs
  • “Playing with Uranium” ... by Duran Duran
  • “Power” ... by John Hall
  • “Radiation” ... by Evan Johns & the H-Bombs
  • “Radium Rain” ... by Bruce Cockburn
  • “Roulette” ... by Bruce Springsteen
  • “The Devil Made Three Mile Island” ... by Al & Jean Shade
  • “The Invention of Nuclear Power” ... by Peter Adams
  • “The Plutonium Song” ... by Malvina Reynolds
  • “Thumbnail Sketch of Atomic Energy” ... by Tom Glazer
  • “Uh Oh Plutonium” ... by Anne Waldeman/Hyacinth Girls
  • “Uranium Rock” ... by Warren Smith
  • “Uranium” ... by Kraftwerk
  • “Uranium” ... by The Commodores
                

 

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RELATED AUDIO

CATEGORY:  NUCLEAR, ENVIRONMENT — 18.JAN.2015

Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Fairewinds Energy Education

Debate: Should Nuclear Energy Be Expanded to Help Create a More Sustainable Future? — Given the seriousness of the climate challenge—of the need to get to a zero-carbon future—does nuclear need to play an expanded role in the world's energy matrix? This was the question that Hofstra University posed to a debate panel in late 2014. Arnie Gundersen of Fairewinds was among the debaters who discussed the environmental, fiscal, and policy issues pertaining to the expansion of nuclear energy.
Watch  |  Download/listen   1:31:10

GP comment:  Even if one assumed sufficient additional nuclear capacity could be brought online in time to make a difference for climate mitigation—it can't—the answer is still "hell no." Gundersen had a couple of great lines; here is one: Nuclear proponents have faith that humans are smart enough to figure out how to store radioactive nuclear waste for a quarter million years. Alternative energy proponents have faith that humans are smart enough to figure out how to store electricity overnight.

Original Show Pub Date: 20.Nov.2014

CATEGORY:  RESILIENCE, NUCLEAR — 03.JAN.2015

Rating: 4 of 5 - Very good Fairewinds Energy Education

Solar EMP—Beautiful Skies with Devastating Repercussions — Sometimes the most beautiful natural phenomena can have devastating consequences. When the sun ejects hot charged particles into space, the Northern Lights are created here on Earth. Occasionally, the sun erupts with such huge quantities of particles—a coronoal mass ejection—that electronics and electrical grids can be damaged. Mat Stein and Arnie Gundersen discuss the dangers to our electrical systems and nuclear power plants worldwide from a large coronal mass ejection.
Watch  |  Download/listen   30:50

GP comment:  Stein reviews a number of little-know previous major coronal-mass-ejection events and gives us the math that shows that we are overdue for another one.

Original Show Pub Date: 11.Sep.2014

CATEGORY:  NUCLEAR — 02.NOV.2014

Rating: 5 of 5 - Must-listening! Radio EcoShock

Want to Kill Nuclear? Get Solar — Arnie Gundersen updates us on Fukushima-related issues as well as the cozy relationship between the US Nuclear Regulatory Agency and the nuclear power industry, with safety and sensibility being routinely sacrified. Gundersen also says that those who want to hasten the demise of nuclear power should install solar panels, which produce their power during peak-load times. Peak-load times are the only times nuclear power plants make money. Deprive them of that, and (maybe) they will be driven to closure by poor economics.
Go to page  |  Download/listen   37:04

GP comment:  Gundersen mentions solar electric explicitly as a weapon in the fight against nuclear, but solar hot water is also a great technology and is cost effective for homeowners over the lifespan of the system.

Original Show Pub Date: 29.Oct.2014

 
 
     
     
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