22. "Waiting for the Hammer to Fall" by Queen
For we who grew up tall and proud in the shadow of the mushroom cloud, this song sums up the feeling of an ongoing Cold War quite well, much better than any movie Mr. Brown would force us to watch in science class. But the main message of the song is one of peace--that we should all stop fighting each other, because death's coming for us all anyway, so what the hell are we fighting for?
I know. Kind of a weird way to spread world peace. We want our world peace messages to be warm and fuzzy, not slap us across the face. But the bluntness of the message is warranted, as people don't really listen to warm and fuzzy. And it's kind of hard to argue with the reasoning. We might as well make the best of what time we've got left until the Grim Reaper comes for us.
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