Songs for a Dying Planet

Rock · 1992 · 11 tracks

Songs for a Dying Planet

A mix of satirical bar-room rock and surprisingly heavy existentialism. Walsh balances his signature slide guitar with a twelve-minute epic about the 20th century.

It's Joe Walsh being funny for forty minutes and then suddenly making you contemplate the end of the world for twelve.

A blend of cynical humor and late-night existential dread anchored by masterclass slide guitar.

Songs for a Dying Planet · vs · Joe Walsh

Humor Satire+1.0σ

The writing leans notably further into humor satire than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 11 Tracks

01

Shut Up

3:20

02

Fairbanks Alaska

3:27

03

Coyote Love

4:43

04

I Know

1:45

05

Certain Situations

4:34

06

Vote for Me

4:22

07

Theme From Baroque Weirdos

1:34

08

The Friend Song

3:33

09

It’s All Right

3:25

10

Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow

3:59

11

Decades

12:03

Moments Worth Waiting For

The transition from the biting satire of Vote for Me into the bizarre instrumental textures of Theme From Baroque Weirdos.

The twelve-minute mark of Decades where the historical narrative finally collapses into a haunting, repetitive realization of time passing.

The dry, percussive guitar chug that opens Shut Up, perfectly mimicking the annoyance of a one-sided conversation.

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