# Blowin' in the wind -- songs with wind noise! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 19, 2007, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowin-in-the-wind-songs-with-wind-noise/423340 "2007-10-19T22:39:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowin-in-the-wind-songs-with-wind-noise/423340/21 "2007-10-20T14:47:12Z")
Who’s trippin’ down the streets of the city? Smilin’ at everybody she sees Who’s reachin’ out to capture a moment? Everyone knows it’s Windy. ---
**Author:** ![bordelond](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bordelond/32/150_2.png) [@bordelond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bordelond)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowin-in-the-wind-songs-with-wind-noise/423340/22 "2007-10-20T15:14:19Z")
[QUOTE=Randy Seltzer] **Steve Miller** - about half of his songs [/QUOTE] 😃 I was just coming in to mention the opening of “Fly Like an Eagle”. ---
**Author:** ![Lily](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/97f17d/32.png) [@Lily](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lily)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowin-in-the-wind-songs-with-wind-noise/423340/23 "2007-10-20T15:15:02Z")
Life in a Northern Town, by Dream Academy. ---
**Author:** ![toadspittle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c0e974/32.png) [@toadspittle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/toadspittle)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 3:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowin-in-the-wind-songs-with-wind-noise/423340/24 "2007-10-20T15:15:16Z")
“White Russian” by Marillion opens with the sound of blowing wind. ---
**Author:** ![Sam\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecccb3/32.png) [@Sam\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sam_Stone)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowin-in-the-wind-songs-with-wind-noise/423340/25 "2007-10-20T19:27:06Z")
**Riders on the Storm** by the Doors. ---
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [October 20, 2007, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowin-in-the-wind-songs-with-wind-noise/423340/26 "2007-10-20T22:09:26Z")
_The Wayward Wind_ sung by Gogi Grant ---
**Author:** ![Duke\_of\_Rat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Duke\_of\_Rat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke_of_Rat)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2007, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowin-in-the-wind-songs-with-wind-noise/423340/27 "2007-10-21T01:11:34Z")
Aerosmith, _Seasons of Wither_ ---
**Author:** ![Strinka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/strinka/32/512_2.png) [@Strinka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Strinka)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2007, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowin-in-the-wind-songs-with-wind-noise/423340/28 "2007-10-21T02:58:26Z")
**Hyrule Temple** from the soundtrack of Super Smash Bros. Melee. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2007, 7:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowin-in-the-wind-songs-with-wind-noise/423340/29 "2007-10-21T07:39:02Z")
[**Nick Cave** _Lovely Creature_.](http://www.last.fm/music/Nick+Cave+and+the+Bad+Seeds/_/Lovely+Creature) ---
**Author:** ![thirdname](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@thirdname](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/thirdname)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2007, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowin-in-the-wind-songs-with-wind-noise/423340/30 "2007-10-21T08:22:07Z")
**Xanadu** by Rush There’s a song called **The Best is Yet to Come** by a Aoife Ni Fhearraigh, which is the ending credits theme to the game Metal Gear Solid. It starts with choral music, followed by some wind noises and reeds, and then it goes into a sort of Irish folk song. ---
**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2007, 10:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowin-in-the-wind-songs-with-wind-noise/423340/31 "2007-10-21T10:33:10Z")
Hawkwind’s **Silver Machine** - a send-up of all the space travel songs of that time. It’s actually about a bicycle. ---
**Author:** ![An\_Arky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/87869e/32.png) [@An\_Arky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/An_Arky)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2007, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowin-in-the-wind-songs-with-wind-noise/423340/32 "2007-10-21T11:18:52Z")
Darn you to heck, **Usram** , I was going to post that! 😃 At least I can note that Lemmy sings that one, and the Sex Pistols covered it. [Obligatory YouTube link](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tDgzBd2hD4) ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [October 21, 2007, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowin-in-the-wind-songs-with-wind-noise/423340/33 "2007-10-21T15:27:24Z")
“Kites”- Simon Dupree and the Big Sound. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/blowin-in-the-wind-songs-with-wind-noise/423340.md?page=1)