End of the world playlist — and not just the obvious Mayan apocalypse songs
By Matt Miller | December 21st, 2012 | 2 commentsToday, according to history’s most credible doomsday theorists, the Mayans, is the end of the world. Dec. 21, 2012 is the day that the Mayan calendar ends, which obviously means the ancient civilization predicted the end of the world, and didn’t just eventually find it pointless to make a calendar that went like 5,000 years into the future.
So, there are two options: Light candles and cry while recounting your meaningless existence or party because if it is the end of the world you might as well end it all having fun.
We here at Reverb choose the latter, so find some friends, and enjoy this end of the world playlist:
You can listen to the entire playlist on Spotify, too.
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1 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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2 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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3 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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4 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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5 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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6 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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7 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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8 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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9 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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10 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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11 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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12 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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13 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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14 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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15 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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16 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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17 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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18 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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19 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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20 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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21 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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22 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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23 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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24 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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25 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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26 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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27 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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28 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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29 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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30 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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31 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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32 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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33 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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34 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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35 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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36 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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37 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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38 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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39 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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40 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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41 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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42 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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43 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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44 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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45 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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46 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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47 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
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48 of 48Gwar is ready, excited even, for the end of the world. The band played the Summit Music Hall on Wednesday, October 31, 2012. Photos by Seth A. McConnell, heyreverb.com.
“Idioteque” — Radiohead
“(Nothing But) Flowers — Talking Heads
“Gimme Shelter” — the Rolling Stones
“What a Wonderful World” — Louis Armstrong
“How it Ends” — DeVotchKa
“Jesus Etc.” — Wilco
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