It occurred to me, what with all the hullabaloo over the advent of Isabel, that what this occasion needs is a decent mix tape to drown out the howling winds and torrential downpour.
So far, I have Ridin’ The Storm Out by REO Speedwagon, (Your Love is Like a) Hurricane, by Neil Young, Windy by The Association, Fire and Rain by James Taylor, and The Rhythm of the Rain by The Cascades. (You can tell I listened to a lot of AM radio wqhen I was a kid.)
Any ideas?
(Rock You Like) A Hurricane, by the Scorpions.
I might have parenthenticalized (is that even a word?) the wrong part of that, though.
(Listen to the) Rhythm of the (Falling) Rain, IIRC by the Fleetwoods. They Call the Wind Maria, from Paint Your Wagon. Garth Brooks’ The Thunder Rolls.
And of course Stormy Weather.
Dare I add Barry McGuire’s Eve of Destruction?
Classical music:
Ride of the Valkries
Mars, God of War
Finagle’s Cave
Britten’s Four Interludes from Peter Grimes (one specifically deals with a storm)
Well if we’re doing program music,
Dvorak’s On The New World and Beethoven’s Sixth Symphony, both of which depict storms. And a shout out to my gay brethren, It’s Raining Men by The Weather Girls.
Night on Bald Mountain
The Great Gig In the Sky, Pink Floyd
Might I suggest *Hurricane[/] by Bob Dylan?
Okay, either the one beer I’ve had so far has made me drunker than I thought, or my keyboard is acting funny.
I can’t believe no one has mentioned Creedence Clearwater Revival.
Hells Bells by AC/DC.
Electric Light Orchestra’s “Concerto for a Rainy Day” from Out of the Blue:
“Standin’ in the Rain”
“Big Wheels”
“Summer and Lightning”
“Mr. Blue Sky”
Riders on the Storm - Doors
Run Through the Jungle - Creedence
Who’ll Stop the Rain - Creedence
Rainy Night in Georgia - Brook Benton
I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash
Somewhere Over the Rainbow - Judy Garland
Singing in the Rain - ?
Fixing a Hole - Beatles
Rain - Beatles
Fulsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
Puff the Magic Dragon - Peter, Paul & Mary
Don’t Let the Rain Come Down - Kingston Trio
Sloop John B - Beach Boys
Purple People Eater - ?
Born to be Wild - Stepenwolf
Wooly Bully - Sam the Sham
I Can See Clearly Now - Johnny Nash
Clouds (Both Sides Now) - Joni Mitchell
Black Sabbath - Black Sabbath
Sit Back and Groove on a Rainy Day - Hendrix
Forgot the best one:
Purple People Eater
How about the theme from The Poseidon Adventure?
:smack: asterion beat me to it.
What about Storm by Vanessa Mae?
How about ‘Dead Set on Destruction’ by Husker Du?
Have You Ever Seen the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival
Don’t Rain on My Parade - Barbra Streisand
And most obviously:
A Hard Rain’s A Gonna Fall - Bob Dylan
“G-Spot Tornado” - Frank Zappa
“Nightmares” - Pulnoc
“The Man Comes Around” - Johnny Cash (just for the “thorn tree is in the whirlwind” line)
“Tupelo” - John Lee Hooker
“Books Of Moses” - Skip Spence
“Land Of The Sun” - Skip Spence
“Talking Drum” - King Crimson
The entire Sorcerer soundtrack by Tangerine Dream.
And probably most of my suggestions from the “music to ‘F’ by thread” that was making the rounds here in CS a while back would work as well.