# Songs About Wind **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 3, 2006, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wind/346879 "2006-03-03T07:11:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wind/346879/1 "2006-03-03T07:11:22Z")
My cousin has asked me for an odd gift for her 60th birthday. I offered to make her a mix CD and she wants it to include only songs about wind. (Odd request but not at all odd for her; this is a woman who once wore only green for a year and who introduced the family to her fiance [the man who was to be her fourth husband] at her third husband’s funeral.) Anyway, she loves songs about the wind (and the wind itself). I have a few onhand already: -They call the wind Maria(h) from _Paint Your Wagon_ -Cat Stevens/The Wind -Where Do I Go? from _Hair_ (lyrics include “Follow the wind song”) -Bob Dylan/Blowin’ in the Wind -Bette Midler/Wind Beneath My Wings I have a trial database subscription. Can anybody recommend some good “wind songs”? I have the feeling there are some great ones I probably have on CD or can get online but I’m just not thinking of them. ---
**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wind/346879/2 "2006-03-03T07:13:28Z")
“The Wind Cries Mary,” by Jimi Hendrix. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wind/346879/3 "2006-03-03T07:18:41Z")
Might I direct you to [this](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000001U4Y/sr=8-1/qid=1141369918/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-6650504-2570562?%5Fencoding=UTF8) album? **Windsong** , **Spirit** , **Calypso** , and **Fly Away** all are good choices. Calypso to me has the feel of being on the ocean on a sailboat, though it doesn’t mention wind specifically it mentions sailing, Fly Away also doesn’t mention wind specifically but has the feeling of wind. Not sure if she’d dig the style of music though. My parents owned this album on vinyl, and I remember in the liner notes John Denver spoke of the difficulty of trying to record the sounds of the wind. He’d wanted to put those sounds directly into his songs, but wasn’t satisfied with the quality of the recordings so made this album instead. ---
**Author:** ![Zabali\_Clawbane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/ecd19e/32.png) [@Zabali\_Clawbane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zabali_Clawbane)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 7:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wind/346879/4 "2006-03-03T07:19:49Z")
Meant to also say Windsong is one of my favorites lyrical songs, since it’s a rare day in Kansas when the wind is stilled. ---
**Author:** ![Sampiro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/2acd7d/32.png) [@Sampiro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sampiro)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wind/346879/5 "2006-03-03T07:23:46Z")
> [@Zabali\_Clawbane](#): > > Might I direct you to [this](http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000001U4Y/sr=8-1/qid=1141369918/ref=pd_bbs_1/102-6650504-2570562?%5Fencoding=UTF8) album? **Windsong** , **Spirit** , **Calypso** , and **Fly Away** all are good choices. Good choices, thanks. John Denver is huge in my branch of the family (my father used to teach him and, as we heard many many times, my mother once burned off his [eyelashes](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showpost.php?p=5807675&postcount=62) . _Calypso_ is one of my sister’s favorite songs. ---
**Author:** ![Phantom\_Dennis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/51bf81/32.png) [@Phantom\_Dennis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phantom_Dennis)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 7:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wind/346879/6 "2006-03-03T07:29:58Z")
_Summer Breeze_ by Seals and Croft ---
**Author:** ![NDP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ndp/32/55_2.png) [@NDP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NDP)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 7:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wind/346879/7 "2006-03-03T07:42:57Z")
“Ride Like the Wind” by Christopher Cross “Idiot Wind” by Bob Dylan “Mandolin Wind” by Rod Stewart “Break Like the Wind” by Spinal Tap ---
**Author:** ![pool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pool/32/4152_2.png) [@pool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pool)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 7:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wind/346879/8 "2006-03-03T07:47:00Z")
Kansas - Dust in the Wind ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Rieux](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/aeb1de/32.png) [@Dr.Rieux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Rieux)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wind/346879/9 "2006-03-03T08:09:01Z")
“The Midnight Wind”–John Stewart “She’s Like the Wind”–Patrick Swayze ---
**Author:** ![Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Stark\_Raven\_Mad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stark_Raven_Mad)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 8:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wind/346879/10 "2006-03-03T08:19:41Z")
Frank Sinatra does a great rendition of Summer Wind. I’m trying to think of a song that describes flatulence in the lyrics but I’m coming up completely blank. ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wind/346879/11 "2006-03-03T08:20:43Z")
• Nina Simone (and many others), _Wild Is the Wind_ • Frank Sinatra, _The Summer Wind_ • _Colors of the Wind_ (from the _Pocahontas_ soundtrack) • The Association, _Windy_ • Donovan, _Catch the Wind_ • Fleetwood Mac, _Rhiannon_ ("Taken by the wind . . . ") ---
**Author:** ![Scissorjack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c67d28/32.png) [@Scissorjack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scissorjack)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 9:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wind/346879/12 "2006-03-03T09:27:50Z")
> [@Walloon](#): > > • Nina Simone (and many others), _Wild Is the Wind_ Notably David Bowie, on the album Station To Station. ---
**Author:** ![paulmarkj](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9e8a1a/32.png) [@paulmarkj](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/paulmarkj)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 9:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wind/346879/13 "2006-03-03T09:43:47Z")
Two of my favourite songs: I Talk to the Wind - King Crimson (Gentle, melodic) Where the Wind Don’t Whine - Richard Thomson ---
**Author:** ![Blake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a9a28c/32.png) [@Blake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blake)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 11:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wind/346879/14 "2006-03-03T11:18:54Z")
[Gypsy Wind](http://lyrics.duble.com/D/danfogelberglyrics/danfogelberggypsywindlyrics.htm), Dan Fogelberg. [Cyclone Season](http://72.14.207.104/search?q=cache:VA7KhzJmnO0J:www.panama.com.au/Albums/North_Lyrics.html+%22cyclone+season%22+connors&hl=en&gl=au&ct=clnk&cd=8). Graeme Connors [My Friend the Wind](http://www.metrolyrics.com/lyrics/129482/Demis_Roussos/My_Friend_The_Wind/) Demis Roussos [Whispering WInd](http://www.sing365.com/music/lyric.nsf/Whispering-Wind-lyrics-Moby/3300FF73A9BB191A48256BC7001FD61C), Moby [Santa Ana Winds](http://www.seeklyrics.com/lyrics/Beach-Boys/Santa-Ana-Winds.html), Beach Boys ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wind/346879/15 "2006-03-03T12:12:59Z")
Some country covers from my personal music collection… Suzy Bogguss: **Music on the wind** , from her _Aces_ album. Kathy Mattea seems rather fond of wind: **Willow in the wind** from her _Willow in the wind_ album & **Walk the way the wind blows** , from her _Walk the way the wind blows_ album & (a personal favorite with it’s country/celtic/nautical fusion) **Ready for the storm** from her _Time passes by_ album. ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 12:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wind/346879/16 "2006-03-03T12:22:20Z")
An old 50’s thing – _The Wayward Wind_ – Gogi Grant Pat Boone – _With the Wind and the Rain in Your Hair_ ---
**Author:** ![Walter\_Windchill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Walter\_Windchill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walter_Windchill)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wind/346879/17 "2006-03-03T12:29:05Z")
“Four Strong Winds,” by Waylon Jennings. “What I’d Give to Be The Wind,” by Roger Miller. “Sonic Wind,” by Calexico. “Windfall,” by Son Volt. “Sauget Wind,” by Uncle Tupelo “I Envy the Wind,” by Lucinda Williams ---
**Author:** ![ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e9bcb4/32.png) [@ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ComeToTheDarkSideWeHaveCookies)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 12:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wind/346879/18 "2006-03-03T12:41:12Z")
This is getting too fun. John Anderson’s **Seminole Wind** is another personal fave. Barbara Streisand’s **Like a straw in the wind**. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wind/346879/19 "2006-03-03T13:05:43Z")
“Let the Wind Blow” - The Beach Boys > [@pool](#): > > Kansas - Dust in the Wind There’s a different song with this title by Todd Rundgren. ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Jones](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/96bed5/32.png) [@Cat\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Jones)\ **Post date:** [March 3, 2006, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wind/346879/20 "2006-03-03T13:22:01Z")
Bowie also did “When the Wind Blows” - about Nuclear war, the ‘theme’ for [this film](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090315/) based on a Raymond Briggs book of the same name. Nick Heyward “Whistle Down the Wind”. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/songs-about-wind/346879.md?page=2)