# Songs about...stormy weather **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 11, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713 "2009-09-11T18:42:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/1 "2009-09-11T18:42:48Z")
Trying to put together a playlist of ‘bad weather’ songs. Anything song about rotten, crummy, miserable weather. Mostly rain & storms, but snow, hail, twisters, etc. qualify as well. So far, possible imclusions are: Stormy Weather - Billie Holliday version Ball & Chain - Janis Joplin (“Sittin’ by my window, lookin’ at the rain”) Rain - the Beatles Like the Weather - 10,000 Maniacs Ride Captain Ride - Blues Image Riding the Storm Out - REO Speedwagon Any suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![Infovore](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/infovore/32/420_2.png) [@Infovore](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Infovore)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/2 "2009-09-11T18:47:49Z")
Stormy Monday, Jethro Tull (might be a cover of an earlier version, but that’s the one I know) The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, Gordon Lightfoot Riders on the Storm, The Doors ---
**Author:** ![ToeJam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/dfb087/32.png) [@ToeJam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ToeJam)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/3 "2009-09-11T18:53:15Z")
ACDC- Stormy May Day And I always liked the Standard "Raindrops (Falling on my Head) but that’s not really depressing sounding. ---
**Author:** ![Oakminster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/77aa72/32.png) [@Oakminster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oakminster)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/4 "2009-09-11T18:57:02Z")
One of those hair bands had a song…_Rock You Like a Hurricane_…or something like that. _Walking in the Alabama Rain_–Jim Croce (I think that’s the name of a song, may just be a lyric from one of his songs) ---
**Author:** ![Sigmagirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c89c15/32.png) [@Sigmagirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sigmagirl)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/5 "2009-09-11T19:01:34Z")
\*Feels Like Rain \*-- John Hiatt \*Kentucky Rain \*-- Elvis Presley ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/6 "2009-09-11T19:03:56Z")
_Riders on the Storm_ – the Doors **When the Levee Breaks** – Memphis Minnie (for purists) or Led Zeppelin ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/7 "2009-09-11T19:04:11Z")
\*Gotta See Jane, \*(R. Dean Taylor, Golden Earring, etc.) “Drivin’ through the pourin’ rain” \*The Rain, the Park and Other Things, \*(Cowsills) _Who’ll Stop the Rain,_ CCR _Have You Ever Seen the Rain,_ CCR _Rock You Like a Hurricane_, Scorpions _Little Tornado_, Aimee Mann ---
**Author:** ![palindromemordnilap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/db5fbb/32.png) [@palindromemordnilap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/palindromemordnilap)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/8 "2009-09-11T19:06:30Z")
_Louisiana Rain,_ Tom Petty _It’s Raining Again,_ Supertramp \*Here Comes the Flood, \*Peter Gabrield ---
**Author:** ![Taenia\_spp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b5e925/32.png) [@Taenia\_spp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Taenia_spp)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 7:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/9 "2009-09-11T19:09:43Z")
Not really about bad weather, more of an allegory to love: _Follow on_, Danú ---
**Author:** ![42fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/4/b487fb/32.png) [@42fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/42fish)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/10 "2009-09-11T19:47:59Z")
“Wasn’t That A Mighty Storm?” Eric von Schmidt (among others) “Three Feet High And Rising” Johnny Cash “Here Comes The Rain Again” Eurhythmics “Rainy Day In June” The Kinks “Rainy Night In Georgia” Brook Benton “In The Rain” The Dramatics “I Can’t Stand The Rain” Ann Peebles “Rainy Days And Mondays” The Carpenters ---
**Author:** ![Finagle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b19c9b/32.png) [@Finagle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Finagle)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 7:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/11 "2009-09-11T19:48:41Z")
Wasn’t That a Mighty Storm – Eric Von Schmidt This Mortal City – Dar Williams (about an ice storm, more or less) Summer Rain – Johnny Rivers (kind of upbeat, actually) At the Harbour – Renaissance ---
**Author:** ![Carmady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f04885/32.png) [@Carmady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carmady)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/12 "2009-09-11T20:05:06Z")
Stormy Weather - Pixies Snowstorm - Galaxie 500 ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/13 "2009-09-11T20:09:59Z")
Stormy Sky–The Kinks ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/14 "2009-09-11T20:16:17Z")
> [@Oakminster](#): > > One of those hair bands had a song…_Rock You Like a Hurricane_…or something like that. Scorpions, I think. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/15 "2009-09-11T20:18:42Z")
“Storms in Africa” and “Listen to the rain” by Enya ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/16 "2009-09-11T20:21:42Z")
“Concerto for a Rainy Day” – Electric Light Orchestra (consists of four interconnected songs: “Standin’ in the Rain”, “Big Wheels Turning”, “Summer and Lightning”, and “Mr. Blue Sky”) “Laredo Tornado” – Electric Light Orchestra ---
**Author:** ![tr0psn4j](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/958977/32.png) [@tr0psn4j](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tr0psn4j)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 8:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/17 "2009-09-11T20:23:15Z")
Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin. And the 3000 other people who have sang it I guess. Well actually it’s Kris Kristofferson but I’m going to pretend it’s JJ anyway. “Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained,” and later on in the song, “Windshield wipers slapping time, I was holding Bobby’s hand in mine,” Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy Lordy. ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/18 "2009-09-11T21:24:52Z")
> [@tr0psn4j](#): > > “Bobby thumbed a diesel down just before it rained,” :smack: I’ve spent the last 20 years or so (since I first heard the song) wondering what the hell a “diesel dam” was! ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 9:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/19 "2009-09-11T21:33:37Z")
These aren’t necessarily ABOUT weather, but… 1. “Lightning Strikes” by Aerosmith 2. “Lightning Crashes” by Live 3. “The Thunder Rolls” by Garth Brooks 4. “The Storm” by Big Country 5. “The Sky Is Crying” by Steview Ray Vaughn ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2009, 9:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713/20 "2009-09-11T21:35:35Z")
Mistral Wind - Heart. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-stormy-weather/509713.md?page=2)