Hurricane Mix: NEED HELP!
Hey Gang: I've been asked to put together a playlist for the start of hurricane season. So let's hear some chatter out there. Don't think preparedness so much -- think hunkering down, mixing rum drinks and cranking thematic, possibly ironic party tunes until the weather passes.
Here's what I have so far:
Summer Wind -- Frank Sinatra
Tryin' to Reason With the Hurricane Season -- Jimmy Buffett
Bring Tha Noize -- Anthrax & Public Enemy
Shaking the Tree -- Peter Gabriel
All Things Must Pass -- George Harrison
Brick House -- the Commodores
Sean Daly is the pop music critic for the St. Petersburg Times. His CD collection -- from Journey to Dylan, Prince to U2, Public Enemy to Stan Getz -- is much bigger and better than yours.
You must have Hurricane Party by Cowboy Mouth in your mix. It was written about a real party held in New Orleans during Hurricane Andrew. Wild time....
To slow things down a bit, The Avenue, also by Cowboy Mouth. A lovely tribute to the city after Katrina...
Posted by: Brett | March 27, 2007 at 10:54 AM
Scorpions' "Rock You Like A Hurricane" -- too obvious?
Posted by: David Pagano | March 27, 2007 at 11:01 AM
Trapped - Bruce Springsteen
Storm Front - Billy Joel
The Wind - Cat Stevens
Blowin' in the Wind - numerous artists
Wilder Than Her - Fred Eaglesmith (see lyrics for hurricane reference)
Full Force Gale - Van Morrison (or the sublime Elvis Costello version)
Cover Me - Bruce Springsteen
Get Off My Cloud - Stones
Shelter From The Storm - Rodney Crowell & EmmyLou Harris
Give Up The Funk (Tear the Roof Off The Sucker) - Parliament
Posted by: KJW | March 27, 2007 at 11:25 AM
Pretty damn quick, KJW. I'm taking "Trapped" and "Full Force Gale." Thanks.
I originally had Cat Stevens, but I doinked him. For a mellow song, I'm going with "All Things Must Pass."
Posted by: Sean Daly | March 27, 2007 at 11:37 AM
Help Me Make it Through the Night - Kris Kristofferson
The Thunder Rolls - Garth Brooks
Posted by: Guy | March 27, 2007 at 12:25 PM
I know the original has already been mentioned, but... Hurricane 2000?
Posted by: Ethan | March 27, 2007 at 01:15 PM
Hey, Daly
How about Shelter from the Storm by Dylan, Ridin' the Storm Out by REO Speedwagon, Like a Hurricane by Neil Young, Dance to the Storm by the Hothouse Flowers, and Bad Moon Rising by Creedence, and Fogerty, again, (solo this time) for Walking in A Hurricane.
Posted by: full of chaps | March 27, 2007 at 01:18 PM
How about When the Levee Breaks?
Posted by: | March 27, 2007 at 03:05 PM
Couldn't Stand The Weather by Stevie Ray Vaughan
Posted by: | March 27, 2007 at 03:23 PM
Here Comes The Rain Again by Eurythmics
Posted by: | March 27, 2007 at 03:24 PM
You Won't See Me - The Beatles
Posted by: Jeff | March 27, 2007 at 04:28 PM
Windy - The Association
Stormy Weather - Billie Holliday
Come Rain or Come Shine - Ella Fitzgerald
Into Each Life Some Rain May Fall - Ella Fitzgerald and The Inkspots
Riders on the Storm - Doors
I Can't Stand the Rain - The Commitments
Walk Between the Raindrops - Donals Fagen
Red Rain - Peter Gabriel
Like The Rain - Clint Black
Like a Hurricane - Roxy Music
A Hard Rain's Gonna Fall - Roxy Music
Somewhere Over The Rainbow - Israel Kamakawiwo'ole
Posted by: Tonianne | March 27, 2007 at 08:56 PM
It's the End of the World as We Know It (and I Feel Fine) - REM
Who'll Stop the Rain - CCR
The Storm - Big Country
Posted by: Jim | March 27, 2007 at 09:55 PM
Wild Is The Wind by David Bowie
G-Spot Tornado by Frank Zappa (use the live version from the Yellow Shark CD)
When The Lights Go Out by Oingo Boingo
Here Comes the Flood by Peter Gabriel (use the version from Robert Fripp's Exposure album...far superior)
maybe I will think of a few more....
Posted by: Douglas Arthur | March 29, 2007 at 08:57 AM
"The Only Living Boy In New York" by Simon & Garfunkle ("I get all the news I need from the weather report")
"Bitter End" Dixie Chicks, about the Katrina victims
"Like The Weather" 10,000 Maniacs
"Who'll Stop The Rain" CCR
"Rain King" Counting Crows
"Don't Drink The Water" Dave Matthews Band
"Fire and Rain" James Taylor"
"Down at the Twist and Shout" Mary Chapin Carpenter
"Float On" Modest Mouse
"Bukowski" Modest Mouse
"Swept Away" Nellie McKay
"Big Wave" Pearl Jam
Posted by: tre-b | March 29, 2007 at 10:50 AM
How could we forget Jars of Clay and their song. FLOOD?
Posted by: Douglas Arthur | March 29, 2007 at 04:02 PM