Got another one for ya:
November Rain by GnR
I think we might be forgetting the best Bob Dylan storm song, A Hard Rains-A Gonna Fall
What’s the music piece played in the classic Disney “Mickey conducting the orchestra in a tornado” short?
“Don’t Rain on My Parade” by Babs herself
Is Anybody There by John Hiatt:
“I see a road and a flash of lightning
Let me tell you it’s frightening”
The windshield is covered with rain, I’m crying
“Where Would I Be?” by Cake has stormy lyrics/feel:
I’ve been waiting for so long
I’ve been hoping your love’s not gone
Houses are sliding in the mud
Rivers are raging in your blood
Where would I be without your love?
Where would I be without your arms around me?
You were to be the only one
If I knew you I would not run
You have been cloudy, distant, dark
I’m thinking of Noah and the ark
Where would I be without your love?
Where would I be without your arms around me
“Raindrops Keep Fallin’ on My Head” - B.J. Thomas
“Night Moves” - Bob Seger and The Silver Bullet Band (Woke last night to the sound of thunder/How far off I sat in wonder)
‘Loving a Hurricane’ - John Hiatt
‘Willow’ - Joan Armatrading (‘Shelter form a storm…’)
MiM
Digging through my work computer I’ve come up with perhaps one of the strangest playlist you’ve seen; every different type of genre, some are a stretch and some are perfect.
AC/DC - Thunder Struck
Arrested Development - Raining Revolution
At The Drive-In - Quarantined
Brother Ali - Rain Water
Carl Thomas - Summer Rain
Decemberist - The Mariner’s Revenge Song
Disney’s Bambi - April Showers
Dr. Octagon - A Gorilla Driving a Pick-up Truck
Gilligan’s Island - Theme
Gnarls Barkley - Storm Coming
Huge Spacebird - Clouds
Jimi Hendrix - In From the Storm
K-OS - The Rain
Kingston Trio - Early Morning Rain
Mason Jennings - Stormy Weather; Summer Dress
Old 97’s - Blinding Sheets of Rain; Won’t Be Home
Oran “Juice” Jones - Walking In the Rain
Paul McCartney - Uncle Albert & Admiral Halsey
Sage Francis - Black Out On White Night; Water Line
SoundGarden - Blackhole Sun
Tay Zonday - Chocolate Rain
White Stripes - Cold Cold Night
Down in the Flood - Dylan
Hard Rain is Gonna Fall - Dylan
Lookout Cleveland - the Band
Passing the Time - Cream
and, similar to Beethoven’s Pastoral Symphony, Mike Oldfield’s Hergest Ridge has a great guitar freakout representing a thunderstorm. Side 2, not far from the end.
April Showers - Mel Torme
April Showers - Al Jolson
I don’t recall - has anyone suggested “It’s Raining Men” yet?
You cannot leave out Lone Justice’s Dixie Storms, with Maria McKee’s beautiful voice over a simple piano accompaniment.
Another thought, but I don’t know if it really fits your theme: Woody Guthries’s song “The Great Dust Storm (Dust Storm Disaster)” - the Grapes of Wrath in song.
I’m fixing a hole where the rain gets in
And stops my mind from wandering
Where it will go
Since the notion of “Rain = Storm” has been introduced, the rain song I’ve been a fan of since it came out is Buddy Holly’s Raining In My Heart.
“Soon It’s Gonna Rain” from The Fantasticks
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Is Anybody There by John Hiatt:
“I see a road and a flash of lightning
Let me tell you it’s frightening”
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For Hiatt I’d recommend “Feels Like Rain” but can’t find any sound files.
There’s also Velvet Underground “Hey Mr. Rain.”
Hope I am not too late, but Looks like rain by the Dead.
SSG Schwartz