The Swine Flu Mixtape
We refuse to call it H1N1.
Hysteria took over a few weeks ago with the spread of Swine Flu across the globe. The news and media was flooded with warnings of a possible epidemic. Trips to Mexico were canceled, Purell was purchased in large quantities and I even saw a few people wearing facemasks to cover their mouth on the train. Sure, Swine Flu has killed less people than the regular flu, but the media took it and ran with it. At least it’s something other than the failing economy and the massive job losses across the country to report. In all honesty, it should have garnered some concern, because the strand of virus had the potential to mutate into a stronger form, and it was spreading so rapidly, but when my Mom calls to warn me of taking public transit (my daily form of transportation), things have been blown a bit out of proportion. This week’s mixtape is an ode to Swine Flu, because apparently it’s now hip to mock and poke fun of the disease that was going to end the world a few weeks ago.
The Beatles – Piggies - Now is not the popular time to be a pork product. If The Beatles could have seen the future, they may not have painted such a cushy picture for these piggies.
Queens of the Stone Age - Run Pig Run - Also, if you are currently a pork product, I’d take the advice of heavy rockers QOTSA and run. Otherwise you’ll likely be slaughtered by skeptics or quarantined.
The Hives – Fever - Supposedly the main sign of Swine Flu is an unusually high fever. Which you’ll probably have after listening to enough garage punk and jumping around to The Hives. Don’t get the Swine Flu confused with just being really warm. You’ll feel like an idiot at the emergency room.
Flyleaf – I’m So Sick - Assuming you catch swine flu (highly unlikely), make sure you are treated in time. Although death toll is still low, especially in comparison to the media coverage of all of this, no one likes to be really sick. It sucks.
Muse – Hysteria - Somehow the world is adding Swine Flu to the mounting reasons and testimonials that the world is coming to an end. I know mass hysteria is creeping close when my mother calls and tells me to start using hand sanitizer.
St. Vincent - The Apocalypse Song - If Swine Flu is indeed the icing on the cake to The Apocalypse, and the world is doomed, I’d be alright with that. Sure beats a black hole or the four horsemen.
The Futureheads - Skip To The End - Just in case the end is in fact near, I’m taking a cue from The Futureheads, and just skipping to the end. I’m going to live it up thanks to the Swine Flu scare. You’ll find me guzzling mass amounts of booze, maxing out all of my credit cards, and having lots of unprotected sex. Let the end of the world begin folks!
No Doubt - End It On This - Back to the whole theory that Swine Flu could be the end of the human race. Would it be that bad? Sure, it would suck, but it would beat a nuclear war. It would be better than something like The Day After Tomorrow. A morphed version of Swine Flu that couldn’t be cured and wipes out the entire population sounds like a bad plot for a Sci-Fi channel movie. But it would be sort of funny in a dark humor way.
The Cramps - Bikini Girls With Machine Guns - If we are indeed ending the world, my vote goes that we go down with this song by The Cramps playing as the world blazes out in all it's glory. Bikini Girls running around shooting off machine guns, everyone killing pigs, the infected eating all the bacon they want, and general mayhem and mass hysteria. Sign me up.
Posted by Lisa White on May 13, 2009 @ 12:00 am
