Matt Johnson (the artist behind 'the The') released his album 'Mind Bomb' way back in 1989.
See if these lyrics don't seem to be prescient;
"God doesn't belong to the Yankee dollar
God doesn't plant the bombs for Hezbollah
Islam is rising
The Christians mobilising
The world is on its elbows and knees
It's forgotten the message and worships the creeds".
In an even earlier album, 'Infected', Johnson again seems to peer into the early millenium with uncanny accuracy;
"This is your captain calling--with an urgent warning
We’re above the gulf of arabia--our altitude is falling
And I can’t hold her up--there’s no time for thinking
All hands on deck--this bird is sinking"
from - 'Sweet Bird of Truth'
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