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Coffee Break: One last song

Earth shortly before the moment of the equinox on March 20, 2019.
Earth shortly before the moment of the equinox on March 20, 2019.GOES-East/NOAA Environmental Visualization Laboratory, via NPR

by Jill Riley and Anna Weggel

January 07, 2021

Thanks to Jay Gabler who stopped by today with a book that examines what song people would want to hear as their very last song on earth.

Mike Ayers' One Last Song: Conversations on Life, Death, and Music asks the question to 30 musicians such as Jim James of My Morning Jacket, Andre 3000, Jeff Tweedy, Phoebe Bridgers, Colin Meloy of the Decemberists, Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips, Lauren Mayberry of CHVRCHES, A.C. Newman of The New Pornographers, Courtney Barrett, Regina Spektor, and many more.

But today -- we want to hear what YOUR pick would be.

For today's 9:30 Coffee Break, tell us -- what would you want to hear as your last song on earth?

Respond with your song ideas in the comments below.

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Songs played

The Flaming Lips - Do You Realize
Judy Garland - Over the Rainbow
Florence and the Machine - No Light, No Light
The Rolling Stones - You Can't Always Get What You Want
The Replacements - Within Your Reach
The Beatles - Abbey Road Medley 2 (Golden Slumbers/Carry That Weight/The End)
Joni Mitchell - Both Sides Now