On March 6, 2019 I asked a question of Twitter — If you knew you were going to be dying in the next few minutes, what song would you want playing? Or would you prefer silence?
The song contains every answer* in one track faded up in volume from shortest to longest until there is nothing.
I recommend wearing headphones.
Song | Artist | Recommender | ||
Farewell Transmission | Songs: Ohia | @onewordheadline | ||
Change on Me | RVIVR | @thebenleroy | ||
Under My Wheels | Alice Cooper | @voxael | ||
Dark is the Night | Blind Willie Johnson | @bushdog51 | ||
Death is Not the End | Nick Cave | @emilyanaymark | ||
Adrift and at Peace | Nine Inch Nails | @alrinthea | ||
Mr. Blue Sky | ELO | @mcvladie | ||
Purple Rain | Prince | @sean_h_doyle | ||
The ’59 Sound | Gaslight Anthem | @wombatdeamor | ||
Kashmir (live) | Led Zepplin | @107reader | ||
That Feel | Tom Waits | @joshua_mohr | ||
I Believe in You | Original Cast | @richseld | ||
Yakety Sax | @ahilbert3000 | |||
Walk of Life | Dire Straits | @jedidiahayres | ||
No Voices in the Sky | Motorhead | @kentgowran | ||
Slaughterama | Gwar | @falln468 | ||
Time | Alan Parsons Project | @graham_powell | ||
Highway to Hell | AC/DC | @jerrybloomfield | ||
Lateralus | Tool | @elizabethawhite | ||
Outro | M83 | @joycehermit | ||
Last Train to Clarksville | The Monkees | @patrickbalester | ||
Everlong | Foo Fighters | @dmalmon | ||
Waiting Room | Fugazi | @underadar | ||
4’33 | @pjsykes | |||
mahna-mahna | @aimeehixauthor | |||
Time | Hans Zimmer | @neosect | ||
Summer Wind | Frank Sinatra | @joesview | ||
New Dawn Fades | Joy Division | @schayworth | ||
Feels Like Home | Randy Newman | @davidcorbett_CA | ||
Marvin Gaye and Chardonnay | Big Sean | @successfulYungM | ||
Orion | Metallica | @hrubythruby | ||
Pyramid Song | Radiohead | @mfrson | ||
Avalon | Roxy Music | @nemski | ||
The Broad Majestic Shannon | The Pogues | @smitchelmay | ||
Welcome to the Black Parade | My Chemical Romance | @moosebegab | ||
Take Five | Dave Brubeck | @shotsblog | ||
I Will Dare | Replacements | @jaystringer | ||
Through Your Hands | John Hiatt | @eclamb |