It's not all sad songs where people die alone! Sometimes it's sad songs where people die together.
Humans aren't good at dealing with the feelings caused by mass death, but we sure are good at causing it. As with every episode of this show, we delve into how humans have used music to process, protest, and commemorate the people that have been lost. Each one a unique and beautiful expression of the infinite variety that is the human experience, even if they are just one of 16,000. For the people mourning them, they were everything.
| Track Name | Artist | Album | Released |
|---|---|---|---|
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Cities in Dust
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Garbage | Witness to Your Love | 2023 |
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Slow Train Rhythm for Deep Relaxation
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First Class Cart | Relaxing Train Atmosphere for Peaceful Sleep | 2023 |
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Fire & Flame
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The Longest Johns | Cures What Ails Ya | 2020 |
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Monongah Mine Disaster
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Dan Cunningham | Country Roads | 2018 |
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Mannington Mine Disaster
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Hazel Dickens | Harlan County USA: Songs Of The Coal Miner's Struggle | 1973 |
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Mining for Gold - Chemical Worker's Song
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The Longest Johns | Caught in the Net | 2024 |
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Deep Sleep Rain on Window
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Calm Places | Cosy Wind from Inside for Sleep and Meditation | 2021 |
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Bhopal (Driftnet Plan)
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Bob Wiseman | In Her Dream: Bob Wiseman Sings Wrench Tuttle | 1989 |
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Toy Factory Fire
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Don McGlashan | Warm Hand | 2006 |
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Uvalde
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Danny Gillespie | Goodbye and Good Luck | 2023 |
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Herb Girls of Birkenau
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Rasputina | How We Quit the Forest | 1998 |
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Peaceful Train Rumbles to Lull You to Sleep
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F/A/B Binaural | Calming Train Tones for Soothing Sleep | 2023 |
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War Pigs (Acoustic Cover)
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The Prairie Cartel | War Pigs (Acoustic Cover) | 2020 |
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Beyond Vietnam: A Time to Break Silence (April 4, 1967), Pt. 3
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Martin Luther King, Jr. | The Anthology 1957-1968 | 2012 |
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War Isn't Murder
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Jesse Welles | War Isn't Murder | 2024 |
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Commuter's Nap
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Freight Going Nowhere | Commuter's Nap | 2024 |
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A Man's a Man for A' That
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Emily Smith;Jamie McClennan | Adoon Winding Nith | 2009 |
This one was hard, guys. I had trouble thinking of a good wrap-up song for all the corporate and government caused social deaths. But I did it and even though we have hiccups, we're getting better. Just, very, very, slowly.