"It feels like the world's gone mad and there's nothing you can do about it," beklaagt Dan Smith van Bastille zich op hun nieuwste hit World Gone Mad. We leven nu inderdaad in bijzondere tijden, maar Bastille is lang niet de eerste Top 40-act die reflecteert op de wereld waarin we leven. We doken weer eens in het Top 40-archief en selecteerden de volgende vier sombere visies op de wereld. "It feels like the world's gone mad and there's nothing you can do about it," beklaagt Dan Smith van Bastille zich op hun nieuwste hit World Gone Mad. We leven nu inderdaad in bijzondere tijden, maar Bastille is lang niet de eerste Top 40-act die reflecteert op de wereld waarin we leven. We doken weer eens in het Top 40-archief en selecteerden uit vier verschillende decennia vier sombere visies op de wereld.
1 Mad World - Michael Andrews featuring Gary Jules
All around me are familiar faces
Worn out places, worn out faces
Bright and early for their daily races
Going nowhere, going nowhere
Their tears are filling up their glasses
No expression, no expression
Hide my head, I want to drown my sorrow
No tomorrow, no tomorrow
2 This World Today Is A Mess - Donna Hightower
You try to give another man
A helping hand
He will take your kindness
For a weaker stand
Never do to others
What they do to you
You'd better do it to them
Before they do it to you
3 Mixed Up World - Timex Social Club
Why does no one ever see a thing
Another child is missing, the headlines sing
Sitting here trying to figure it out
But the pain only makes me want to shout
4 What Is The World Coming To - The Cats
People of the world should all unite
Like I heard somebody say before
Why has everybody got to fight
Just to get what they're looking for
