In recent months, we’ve posted a few examples of music written about the current recession. Now it’s time to see just how sharp you are with a pop-music quiz.
This song is called “The Final Day”:
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Caution: it is very loud. The lyrics are nowhere near as straightforward as, say, “Hey Paul Krugman.” It might be recession rock or it could be apocalypse pop, hard to say.
The quiz question is this: who’s singing? First correct answer gets some Freakonomics schwag.
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Axl Rose
Trent Reznor
Guns n’ Roses
axl rose
You are.
I’m having trouble getting the link to play. Is it me or is something broken?
Axl Rose is the obvious answer, but it’s not quite right somehow… maybe it’s the lack of cursing?
I’ll name that singer in one note, three respondents too late: William Axl Rose.