# Storm songs? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 19, 2008, 10:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050 "2008-04-19T22:43:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 12:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/21 "2008-04-20T00:19:07Z")
[Baby It’s Cold Outside](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G5Rbkcxiibw) - Ray Charles and Betty Carter [Baby It’s Cold Outside](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=25fUl3NpeBc&feature=related) - Doris Day and Bing Crosby [Baby It’s Cold Outside](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZkPr_iXsTO8&feature=related) - Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Jordan ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 12:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/22 "2008-04-20T00:46:43Z")
**Enya** ’s _Storms In Africa_ is ideal for your needs. ---
**Author:** ![koeeoaddi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/koeeoaddi/32/408_2.png) [@koeeoaddi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/koeeoaddi)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/23 "2008-04-20T00:48:45Z")
Three beauties: [Ready for the Storm](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g_3jbwU3F78) by Dougie MacLean [Rain](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFbjE7NFmUI) by Patty Griffin [Rainy Night House](http://jonimitchell.com/musician/song.cfm?id=RainyNightHouse) by Joni Mitchell ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/24 "2008-04-20T00:51:39Z")
I was just watching some Gordon Lightfoot videos on YouTube, so these are fresh in my mind: [_Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_8s2zsNhSM) – particularly appropriate for November [_Early Morning Rain_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-otk4v9aRs4&feature=related) [_Sundown_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MOOs-MqDOI0&feature=related) [_Song For a Winter’s Night_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1oiiE7CyZ0&feature=related) [_10 Degrees and Getting Colder_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tRU1ndt9PE) [_Summertime Dream_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n4-UbEr1waM&NR=1) [_Cold On the Shoulder_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_jePeFEmOo&feature=related) [_Rainy Day People_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgJ2fT6tfmg&feature=related) ---
**Author:** ![Zeldar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/b77776/32.png) [@Zeldar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zeldar)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/25 "2008-04-20T00:56:18Z")
[Gino Vannelli’s **Storm At Sunup**](http://www.ginov.com/storm-lyrics.shtml) Bodacious song and album ---
**Author:** ![Gail](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Gail](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gail)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/26 "2008-04-20T01:03:27Z")
One of my favorite songs by .38 Special–[Chain Lightning](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=99PkvWQWJQE) ---
**Author:** ![Spoke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a88e57/32.png) [@Spoke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spoke)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 1:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/27 "2008-04-20T01:20:06Z")
[Call Me the Breeze](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-TXwrEqimk) - Lynyrd Skynyrd ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/28 "2008-04-20T01:31:10Z")
[The Ice Storm, Big Gust & You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hYErohHeT2U) - Tilly & The Wall ---
**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:** [April 20, 2008, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/29 "2008-04-20T01:39:02Z")
_“Stormy Sky”_ by **The Kinks** ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/30 "2008-04-20T01:41:51Z")
Wow, what a response! I had no idea there were so many weather related songs! I’ll try to make some comments **NDP-** riders on the storm is definitely a contender. **Grammanaut,** not only is it ok to like the Scorpions, I’ve seen them in concert. Of course I was all of 17 or so…And that Cure song really reminds me of another band, but I can’t think of who. **percypercy** Sting is a great choice. **BoyoJim,** CCR and Temptations are good ones \*\* feppytweed\*\* RHCP is good, but not sure if the lyrics are appropriate. Same goes for you, **Nzinga** **spoke-** My all time favorite Christmas carol is “Baby it’s Cold Outside”, the Doris Day/Bing Crosby version. That being said, “I Can See Clearly Now” is definitely a contender, as is “Call me the Breeze.” Gordon Lightfoot evokes such an interesting response in me, \*\* Strernvogel\*\* On one hand it reminds of happy days when I was really little, on the other hand, I might just have to get drunk and drive off a pier. I remembered an OK Go song, “let it rain” which I’ve always liked. As to the classical options, I liked them, but I need something more ‘pop’ sounding, easily identifiable. With all the good selections you guys have come up with already, I think I’m going to start adding them to my business emails as a sig, change them all the time. What the hell, I’m the boss. So what if I’m annoying? ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/31 "2008-04-20T01:47:34Z")
**Blondebear** Sunny Afternoon, too. Kinks are a fave-never noticed how much OK Go sounds similar to the Kinks. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 1:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/32 "2008-04-20T01:47:40Z")
[QUOTE=Johnny L.A.] Devo: **Hold Back The Rain** [/QUOTE] :smack: I was wondering why that didn’t look right. I mean, Duran Duran _did_ do _Hold Back The Rain_, right? Only Duran Duran isn’t spelled D-e-v-o. Processor/peripheral disconnect. ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/33 "2008-04-20T01:52:02Z")
If Storm in a Teacup is a little too racy, RHCP has their hit Snow (Hey Oh). ---
**Author:** ![ShermanAter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b4bc9f/32.png) [@ShermanAter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShermanAter)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/34 "2008-04-20T01:56:42Z")
One of my favorites: Stevie Ray Vaughan Texas Flood Written by - L.C. Davis & J.W. Scott From - Texas Flood ``` Well there's floodin' down in Texas All of the telephone lines are down Well there's floodin' down in Texas All of the telephone lines are down And I've been tryin' to call my baby Lord and I can't get a single sound Well dark clouds are rollin' in Man I'm standin' out in the rain Well dark clouds are rollin' in Man I'm standin' out in the rain Yeah flood water keep a rollin' Man it's about to drive poor me insane Well I'm leavin' you baby Lord and I'm goin' back home to stay Well I'm leavin' you baby Lord and I'm goin' back home to stay Well back home I know floods and tornadoes Baby the sun shines every day ``` ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/35 "2008-04-20T01:58:56Z")
How has nobody yet mentioned Riding the Storm Out by REO Speedwagon? ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/36 "2008-04-20T02:04:19Z")
A few non-Lightfoot selections I’ve remembered since my last post: [_A Mighty Wind_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TOM7mUaOgtI) (from the movie of the same name) [_I Love a Rainy Night_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ1GQFtHGxU&feature=related) – Eddie Rabbitt [_Storm Front_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVCsfNzc-pM&feature=related) – Billy Joel ---
**Author:** ![DfrntBreign](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/f6c823/32.png) [@DfrntBreign](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DfrntBreign)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/37 "2008-04-20T02:04:54Z")
If someone else mentioned any of these, I missed it. The Storm - Bloodline Couldn’t Stand the Weather - Stevie Ray Vaughan Hurricane - Neil Young ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 2:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/38 "2008-04-20T02:36:00Z")
[QUOTE=Sternvogel] [_Storm Front_](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVCsfNzc-pM&feature=related) – Billy Joel [/QUOTE] You stole my first thought. Also: “Beautiful Rain,” Ladysmith Black Mambazo “Africa,” Toto By the way, **fisha,** you will be securing permissions from and paying any appropriate fees to the artists whose music you wish to use to promote your company, yes? ---
**Author:** ![fisha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@fisha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fisha)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 2:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/39 "2008-04-20T02:38:10Z")
[QUOTE=Scarlett67] You stole my first thought. Also: “Beautiful Rain,” Ladysmith Black Mambazo “Africa,” Toto By the way, **fisha,** you will be securing permissions from and paying any appropriate fees to the artists whose music you wish to use to promote your company, yes? [/QUOTE] Actually, if I am going to use it on the website, yes. I’m trying to be reputable, at least every once in a while. ---
**Author:** ![Scarlett67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scarlett67/32/7387_2.png) [@Scarlett67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scarlett67)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2008, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050/40 "2008-04-20T02:55:12Z")
[QUOTE=fisha] Actually, if I am going to use it on the website, yes. I’m trying to be reputable, at least every once in a while. [/QUOTE] OK, cool, carry on. 🙂 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/storm-songs/446050.md?page=3)