I sometimes do a segment on my radio show called "That's A Fact, Jack!" (sampling Bill Murray in "Stripes") where I talk briefly about an interesting subject, then play some songs that relate to it. I thought that the "The 6th Extinction" would be a fascinating topic. There's a metal (of course) band called The Sixth Extinction, but apart from a certain REM song about how it's the end of the world etc., I'm stumped. Any ideas, oh TP hive-mind? (Anyone ever written a song about Dodo birds? Seems like the kind of thing Robyn Hitchcock would do...) https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,70669,70669#msg-70669 Fri, 08 May 2026 03:05:16 -0500 Phorum 5.2.23 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,70669,70718#msg-70718 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,70669,70718#msg-70718 [wfmu.org]

Couldn't squeeze in as many as I wanted, so might do a pt 2 next week. Thanks, all you geniuses!]]> MrFab Trouser Press Fri, 20 Feb 2026 09:06:10 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,70669,70681#msg-70681 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,70669,70681#msg-70681 "Seconds" – U2
"Dancing with Tears in My Eyes" – Ultravox
"Hammer to Fall" – Queen
"This World Over" – XTC]]> Delvin Trouser Press Wed, 11 Feb 2026 10:01:39 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,70669,70680#msg-70680 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,70669,70680#msg-70680 Heff Trouser Press Wed, 11 Feb 2026 08:57:47 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,70669,70679#msg-70679 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,70669,70679#msg-70679 Red Skies Over Paradise by Fischer-Z (who are curiously touring out here this year).
Apocalypso by Mental As Anything]]> Aitch Trouser Press Tue, 10 Feb 2026 16:41:06 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,70669,70676#msg-70676 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,70669,70676#msg-70676 Bip Trouser Press Tue, 10 Feb 2026 09:15:47 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,70669,70675#msg-70675 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,70669,70675#msg-70675
Anyway, two from Midnight Oil come to mind: "Progress," and "Two Minutes to Midnight." I bet they have more.]]> zoo Trouser Press Tue, 10 Feb 2026 07:42:00 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,70669,70674#msg-70674 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,70669,70674#msg-70674 Miss Anthropocene, but I can't say if any of the songs on it have to do with the Anthropocene extinction as I lost any interest in anything she had to say on any topic once she took up with the Colossal Shitbag.

The Handsome Family - "Passenger Pigeons"]]> breno Trouser Press Mon, 09 Feb 2026 21:15:45 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,70669,70673#msg-70673 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,70669,70673#msg-70673
Talking Heads - Nothing but Flowers
The Police - Walking in Your Footsteps
David Bowie - Five Years
Steely Dan - King of the World
Grateful Dead - Morning Dew

Also, David Bowie did record an earlier, superior version of "1984" that combined it with a song called "Dodo" - great Shaft licks from Mick Ronson - but it's not actually about the extinct animal.

[www.youtube.com]]]> belfast Trouser Press Mon, 09 Feb 2026 20:27:20 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,70669,70672#msg-70672 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,70669,70672#msg-70672 Chucky Trouser Press Mon, 09 Feb 2026 20:16:11 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,70669,70671#msg-70671 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,70669,70671#msg-70671 Post-Punk Monk Trouser Press Mon, 09 Feb 2026 20:07:03 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,70669,70670#msg-70670 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,70669,70670#msg-70670 Abacab.

"I Melt With You," "99 Luftballoons" and "Walk the Dinosaur" are three off the top of my head that might fit, depending on how much you want extinction to overlap with nuclear armageddon.]]> breno Trouser Press Mon, 09 Feb 2026 19:56:39 -0600 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,70669,70669#msg-70669 https://trouserpress.com/forum/read.php?1,70669,70669#msg-70669 The 6th Extinction" would be a fascinating topic. There's a metal (of course) band called The Sixth Extinction, but apart from a certain REM song about how it's the end of the world etc., I'm stumped. Any ideas, oh TP hive-mind?

(Anyone ever written a song about Dodo birds? Seems like the kind of thing Robyn Hitchcock would do...)]]> MrFab Trouser Press Mon, 09 Feb 2026 18:42:24 -0600