Sans Parade: The End of the World 1964

Lyrics: THE END OF THE WORLD 1964 I read the news today, oh boy It was the end of life as we know In 1964 Titans on the run The brightness of the sun Over the towns Fly missiles fly Over the lakes Fly missiles, faster than sound All we built Will crumble down to ground All you had Will turn into grey dust Burn back into ash Our fathers’ land Helpless we stand Over the towns Fly missiles fly Over the lakes Fly missiles, faster than sound The white traces from the orbit Silent, glorious On a clear July night A new star is born Then the light burns our eyes Heat burns the skin And the sound burns our ears When over the towns... WRITTEN BY Jani Lehto MARKUS PERTTULA: vocals JANI LEHTO: guitars, synthesizers, banjo- mandolin, marching bass drum, gong PEKKA TUPPURAINEN: piano, bass guitar VILLE PYNSSI: drums INKERI SIIRILÄ: violin In 2008, after 50 years of top secrecy, some of the NATO archives from the Cold War era were opened to historians, journalists and scientists. The opened archives included attack plans and intelligence data from the 1960s. The following presentation is an interpretation of this looming war scenario and how it was depicted in the Helsingin Sanomat newspaper on March 29, 2009 from a Finnish view. The video also draws influence from a BBC nuclear war film called Threads (1984), while adding personal views and nostalgic impressions of life in our homeland Finland in the 1960s. Recommended links: Threads, 1984, a BBC TV film, directed by Mick Jackson: Näin Eurooppa olisi tuhottu, Helsingin Sanomat, March 29, 2009, only in Finnish: The Atomic Café, 1982, a satirical documentary of propaganda films from the 1940s and 1950s: Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum database: ...