- Violent Femmes, “Blister in the Sun”
- Joy Division, “Isolation”
- The Style Council, “The Long Hot Summer”
- Sex Pistols, “Bodies”
- Television, “Marquee Moon”
- Dead Kennedys, “Let’s Lynch the Landlord”
- The Bags, “Survive”
- Tuxedomoon, “No Tears”
- The Sleepers, “When Can I Fly?”
- Crass, “Do They Owe Us a Living?”
- Toiling Midgets, “Destiny”
- “Amazing Grace”
- Marlene Dietrich, “Boys in the Back Room” and “Falling in Love Again”
- The Window Panes, “If the Sky Should Fall Tomorrow”
- Big Star, “Holocaust”
- Killing Joke, “Complications”
- Tones on Tail, “Go!”
- The Smiths, “These Things Take Time” and “That Joke Isn’t Funny Anymore”
These are the songs mentioned in the stories in the order that they appear–makes a pretty good mix tape! Note: The Sleepers “When Can I Fly” isn’t on YouTube right now but the link goes to equally great Sleepers tune, “Theory” and its instrumental intro, “Zenith.” In the story “Testament of Faith,” the narrator thinks that he is dancing to either Tears for Fears or Love and Rockets, but, as we find here, he is actually dancing to Tones on Tail. The Window Panes, sadly, never recorded “If the Sky Should Fall Tomorrow” so you will simply have to imagine its beauty.
