Raaaaaapture.

Kevin inspired me with his own End of the World mix so much that I had to try my hand at one.

When composing the list, though, I decided to make it a narrative of someone about to experience the Rapture. Then I had to decide, was this person a sinner? Would this person be leaving any loved ones behind? There are probably about a zillion songs about being naughty or love lost, so I decided that my hypothetical person would be Catholic, well, me. Catholics can basically sin all they want, live with the nagging guilt, and as long as they apologize to God and ask for forgiveness, into Heaven it is.*

(*I'm sure the crazy Rapture zealots would probably argue this point, but this is pretty much how I was raised, so I'ma go for it. Plus it lends a bit of drama to the mix.)

Multiple songs off of Brenda's EP would've been appropriate to use, but their songs weren't on the playlist website. And a lot of the songs on George Harrison's All Things Must Pass would've been appropriate, too: My Sweet Lord, What Is Life, Awaiting On You All, Beware of Darkness, All Things Must Pass, Isn't it a Pity, Hear Me Lord, Out of the Blue. 

Anyway, here is my Rapture Concept Album mix thing.

1. Glee Cast, "Friday." Cereal, buses, fun fun fun, Partyin' partyin' yeah. Sounds pretty much like my life, as-is.

2. George Harrison, "What Is Life." This is my existential crisis song, the realization that the Rapture might actually be coming, not knowing what will happen.

3. David Bowie, "Golden Years." Remember all of the awesome times. "Nights are warm and the days are young... Nothings gonna touch you in these golden years." Life has been great, whatever life is. I mean, that's what people say happens when you're faced with death- a flashback. This subtly danceable track also appears in A Knight's Tale. Heath Ledger, RIP.

4. George Michael, "Careless Whisper" Oh, wait a minute. I don't want to die. I don't want to never dance again, the way I danced with you. Cue saxophone.

5. Chicago, "Hard to Say I'm Sorry." God, It's me. I know I've been a little shit and I want to apologize for all of my wrongdoings, but seriously. I don't feel sorry and misbehaving has been really fun... What's that? Oh, yup, you're right. Father, forgive me for my sins. It has been approximately thirteen years since my last confession. I hope you're sitting in a comfortable pew because this going to take a long time.

6. Jeff Buckley, "Hallelujah." Token six-minute spiritual track.

7. The Kinks, "This Time Tomorrow." What's it going to be like? Death, heaven, afterlife? This is something I've always been scared to think about. The uncertainty of it all is just too much, it can be all-consuming. "I don't know where I'm going, or what I'm going to see-heee-eee."

8. Spoon, "I Summon You." Woo hoo! I'm in! See you all in Heaven, bitches!

9. Devo, "Gut Feeling." OMG it's going to happen.(I wanted to work out Devo and Kinks together as a little Wes Anderson homage, but it didn't quite work out.)

10, 11. Blondie, "Rapture" and Rapture "Whoo! Alright- Yeah... Uh-huh." Two awesome songs with the word 'Rapture' to indicate in the timeline that the Rapture happened. In my version of the Rapture, it lasts like five minutes and not five months. Please note that a dummy in my Media Studies class tried to argue which came first, rap or hip hop, when we were discussing the history of music and this Blondie tune came up as an example of an early mainstream rap anthem.

12. Talking Heads "Heaven." Everyone has a different idea of what Heaven is. I think this place sounds pretty good. 

13. Fleet Foxes, "Quiet Town." Everything is quiet because everyone is either dead or hangin' with the apostles and saints and stuff.

14. Daniel Johnston, "Devil Town." A reflection on the life I had been leading, "I was living in a Devil town."